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1588 BCE
Thomas Harriot
Thomas Harriet was born in 1560 in Oxford. Thomas Harriet writes " A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. He was also an astronomer, mathematician and made the science field more modern. He later died in July 1621. -
1568 BCE
Conquest of New Spain
Bernial Diaz Del Castillo writes the True History of the Conquest of New Spain. He was a Spanish Conquistador and was a solider in the Mexican War. -
Library of Congress
Library of Congress is born. On April 24, 1800 President John Adams said that books could be published and be purchased. The first ordered from London, arrived in 1801 and were stored in the library's first home which was the U.S Capital. -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark begin their famous journey into the American West. They were wanting to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest. The expedition lasted from 1804 to 1805. There were hardships along the way. -
Napoleon
Napoleon died because of exile. He escaped to France in early 1815 and raised a New Grand Journey. He was exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa. He ruled across Europe. In 1802 he established the Napoleon code which was the new French law system. He was later crowned the emperor of France in 1804. -
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes the Scarlet Letter. He wrote this book to show the hypocrisy and the life of the Puritans. He wrote a lot of dark romantic stories as well. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas- Nebraska Act is passed, because they could have free will and decide for themselves if they wanted to have slaves in their states. The act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
The First Hospital
The First Hospital for women is built in New York. They needed to have a hospital for the ones who were in maternity. The first female child was born in the hospital on April 27th. -
Evolution
Charles Darwin was born in United Kingdom on February 12, 1809. He introduces the theory of evolution. He believed that monkeys and humans shared common ancestry. He made a book about Origins of Species in 1859. He later died in 1882. -
The Second Opium War
The Second Opium War ends in China. The Second Opium War or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war that resulted in the United Kingdom and the French fighting against the Quing dynasty in China. It lasted from 1856 to 1860.
