8th Grade History Timeline By Madedu Period: Feb 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1700 Mercantilism Feb 24, 1582 Gregorian Calendar Period: Jan 1, 1651 to Jan 1, 1766 Parliament's Act & Taxes Sep 13, 1651 The Navigation Acts Period: Jan 1, 1731 to Jan 1, 1755 The First Great Awakening Mar 1, 1733 The Molasses Act Period: Jan 1, 1745 to Jan 1, 1816 Francis Asbury May 1, 1750 "Black Harry" Hoiser May 28, 1751 Battle of Jumonville Glen Period: Jan 1, 1754 to Jan 1, 1763 The French and Indian War Jul 9, 1755 Battle of Monongahela Period: Jan 1, 1756 to Jan 1, 1763 Seven Years' War Period: Jan 27, 1756 to Dec 5, 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Period: Jan 1, 1760 to Jan 1, 1766 Pontiac's War Period: Jan 1, 1760 to Jan 1, 1840 Industrial Revolution Jan 1, 1763 Royal Proclamation Apr 5, 1764 The Sugar Act Sep 2, 1764 The Currency Acts Mar 22, 1765 The Stamp Act May 3, 1765 The Quartering Act Jan 1, 1766 Sons of Liberty Mar 18, 1766 The Declaratory Act Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacare Dec 16, 1773 The Tea Act Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Concord Jan 1, 1776 Common Sense by Thomas Paine Period: Jan 1, 1776 to Jan 1, 1779 Battles of Revoulution Part i Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Nov 15, 1777 Articles of Confederation Period: Jan 1, 1779 to Jan 1, 1783 Battles of Revoulution Part II Sep 17, 1787 Constitution of the United States Period: Jan 1, 1789 to Jan 1, 1799 French Revolution Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797 President George Washington Jan 1, 1790 The Second Great Awakening Jul 16, 1790 Washington, D.C. Period: Jan 1, 1791 to Jan 1, 1794 Whiskey Rebellion Dec 15, 1791 Bill of Rights Period: Aug 29, 1792 to Aug 16, 1875 Charles Finney Jan 1, 1793 Fugitive Slave Law Passed Jan 1, 1793 Chisholm v. Georgia decision Oct 11, 1793 Yellow Fever Outbreak Dec 22, 1793 Napoleon Bonaparte Mar 14, 1794 Cotton Gin Nov 19, 1794 Jay Treaty Signed Aug 3, 1795 Treaty of Greenville Period: Nov 2, 1795 to Nov 10, 1799 The Directory Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 4, 1801 President John Adams Feb 1, 1800 American Entertainment Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1801 President Thomas Jefferson Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase May 14, 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition Period: Jan 1, 1807 to Jan 1, 1910 Westward Expansion Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817 President James Madison Jan 1, 1812 War of 1812 Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825 President James Monroe Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829 President John Quincy Adams Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837 President Andrew Jackson Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Jan 1, 1890 Indian Wars in the West Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Jan 1, 1840 Steam Locomotive Jan 1, 1831 Trail of Tears Oct 2, 1835 Battle of Gonzales Period: Oct 2, 1835 to Apr 21, 1836 Texas Revolution Jan 1, 1836 Morse Code Period: Feb 23, 1836 to Mar 6, 1836 Battle of Alamo Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841 President Martin Van Buren Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 4, 1841 President William Harrison Period: Mar 5, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845 president john tyler Jan 1, 1843 Steam Hammer Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 4, 1849 President James Polk Period: May 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1849 Mexican-American War Period: Jan 24, 1848 to Jan 24, 1955 California Gold Rush Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850 Presdient Zachary Taylor Period: Jul 9, 1850 to Mar 4, 1853 President Millarod Fillmore Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857 President Franklin Pierce May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861 President James Buchanan Aug 5, 1858 Transatlantic Cable Apr 3, 1860 Pony Express Feb 1, 1861 Confederate States Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865 President Abraham Lincon Jul 21, 1861 Battle of Manassas Feb 6, 1862 Battle of Fort Henry Period: Feb 11, 1862 to Feb 16, 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson Period: Apr 6, 1862 to Apr 7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh May 20, 1862 Homestead Acts Period: Aug 28, 1862 to Aug 30, 1862 2nd Battle of Manassas Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Period: Dec 11, 1862 to Dec 17, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Apr 21, 1863 Battle San Jacinto Period: Apr 30, 1863 to May 6, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville Period: May 18, 1863 to Jul 14, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Period: Sep 19, 1863 to Sep 20, 1863 Battle of Chickamauga Jan 1, 1864 Battle of Shenandoah Valley Period: May 31, 1864 to Jun 21, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor Jul 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Jan 1, 1877 Reconstruction Period Apr 9, 1865 Battle of Appomattox Courthouse Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869 President Andrew Johnson Period: Jun 9, 1865 to Mar 25, 1865 Siege of Petersburg Dec 24, 1865 Klu Klux Klan Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877 President Ulysses Grant Mar 10, 1876 Telephone Oct 14, 1878 Light Bulb Jan 1, 1881 American Red Cross Period: Mar 5, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881 President James Garfield Jul 4, 1881 The Tuskegee Institution Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 19, 1885 President Chester Arthur May 24, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889 President Grover Cleveland Oct 28, 1886 Statue on Liberty Oct 9, 1888 Washington Monument Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893 President Benjamin Harrison Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897 President Grover Cleveland Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901 President William Mckinley Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 1, 1930 Global Exploration Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909 President Theodore Roosevelt Period: Dec 5, 1901 to Dec 15, 1966 Walt Disney Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brothers Plane Jul 28, 1908 F.B.I. Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913 President William Taft Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921 President Woodrow Wilson Period: Jul 21, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War I Period: Aug 4, 1914 to Aug 16, 1914 Battle of Liege Period: Aug 26, 1914 to Aug 30, 1914 Battle of Tannenberg Period: Sep 5, 1914 to Sep 12, 1914 Battle of Marne Period: Feb 19, 1915 to Jan 9, 1916 The Gallipoli Campaign Sep 9, 1915 Army Tanks Period: Feb 21, 1916 to Dec 18, 1916 Battle of Verdun Period: May 31, 1916 to Jun 1, 1916 Battle of Jutland Period: Jul 1, 1916 to Nov 18, 1916 Battle of Somme Mar 8, 1917 The Bolshevik Revolution Mar 8, 1917 Russian Revolution Jul 31, 1917 3rd Battle of Ypres Period: Oct 24, 1917 to Nov 19, 1917 Battle of Caporetto Nov 20, 1917 Battle of Cambrai Aug 8, 1918 Battle of Amiens Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Jan 1, 1920 The Roaring 20's Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923 President Warren Harding Period: Jan 1, 1922 to Jan 1, 1991 The Soviet Union Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929 president calvin coolidge Oct 11, 1925 The Scopes Monkey Trial Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jan 1, 1939 The Great Depression Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933 President Herbert Hoover Mar 4, 1933 The New Deal Period: Jan 8, 1935 to Aug 16, 1977 Elvis Presley Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953 president harry truman Oct 24, 1945 United Nations Mar 5, 1946 The Iron Curtain Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinso Jan 1, 1948 Cable Tv Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 The Korean War Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961 President Dwight Eisenhower Period: Jan 1, 1954 to Jan 1, 1968 Civil Right Movement Aug 28, 1955 Emmet Till Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 The Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks Period: Jan 1, 1957 to Jan 1, 1975 The Space Race Oct 5, 1957 Sputnik Feb 1, 1960 Machine Guns May 26, 1960 The Beatles Jan 1, 1961 The Beach boys Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963 President John Kennedy Period: Apr 12, 1961 to May 9, 1865 The Civil War Period: Apr 17, 1961 to Apr 19, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Jan 1, 1962 The Rolling Stones Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Assassination Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969 President Lyndon Johnson Jan 1, 1964 Civil Rights Act Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974 President Richard Nixon Jul 20, 1969 Man on the Moon Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977 President Gerald ford Apr 1, 1976 Apple Inc. Period: Jan 21, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981 President james carter Jan 1, 1979 Microsoft Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989 President Ronald Reagan Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993 President George H.W. Bush Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Jan 1, 1990 Computer Animation Apr 24, 1990 Hubble Telescope Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991 The Gulf War Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001 President Bill Clinton Oct 27, 1995 Pickney's Treaty Signed Jan 1, 1998 iMac Jan 1, 2001 iPod Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009 President George W. Bush Sep 11, 2001 9/11/2001 Jan 1, 2003 Apple/iTunes Store Jan 1, 2005 YouTube Jan 1, 2007 iPhone Jan 1, 2008 App Store Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 1, 2016 President Barak Obama Jan 1, 2010 iPad
