Florence Nightingale By sydneyk10 May 12, 1820 Florence Nightingale is born 1844 Florence Nightingale enrolls as a nursing Student 1850 Florence Nightingale took a nursing job 1853 Crimean War breaks out 1854 She is asked to organize nurses to help in the war 1860 Nightingale training school is established 1883 She is awarded the royal red cross 1908 She is conferred the merit of honor 1910 Florence Nightingale falls ill Aug 13, 1910 Florence Nightingale dies