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Bishop Ussher
Using biblical chronology, Bishop pinpoints creation at 4004 B.C. -
Trouble in the U.K.
King Charles I beheaded in England; England becomes a commonwealth. Cromwell invades Ireland. -
Linnaeus
Linnaeus tries to classify all life on earth by kingdoms, classes, orders, genera, and species. -
War against an Emperor
France declares war on Emperor Charles VI -
Lamarck Champions Evolution
Lamarck proposes that living things evolve to become more complex through time. -
Freinds are made.
Friendship treaty between Britain and the Sikhs is signed. -
Lord Kelvin calculates the age of the earth
Kelvin proclaims the earth is roughly 100 million years old. -
Failed Crops
Famine in Ireland (potato famine) -
Neanderthal
Unearthing a fossil skull in Germany’s Neander Valley challenges christian belief of Adam and Eve. -
Peace in Europe
Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War -
Evolution is accepted
Evolution is now a mainstream idea with magazines and newspapers promoting it, even though it is still doubted. -
End of the American Civil War
General Lee surrenders and confederate states are given over to Ulysses S. Grant. -
Bible reading required in public schools.
New fundamentalist movement now ensures the practice of reading the bible in school. -
The Age of Jazz
Jazz Era begins in New Orleans -
DNA Puzzle Solved
Discovery of the double helix structure of DNA unlock the details of what genes are and how they work. -
Stalin succeeds to another.
Stalin succeeded by Malenkov & Khrushchev -
A new view of humans and apes
genetic science shows striking resemblances in ape and human DNA -
Vietnam War causes distress
M.L.K. leads anti-Vietnam War march in N.Y. -
Lucy
find of a 4 million year-old fossils that offers evidence of an ancient human ancestor. -
Watergate Scandal
Watergate scandal; Nixon resigns; Pres. Ford pardons Nixon.
