Historical Events Timeline By asmolik 3500 BCE Wheel is invented in Mesopotamia 3000 BCE Egyptian hieroglyphics are created 1500 BCE Aryans invade India 669 BCE Assyrians from Mesopotamia conquer and rule Egypt. 1 BCE Christ was born 1775 American Revolution begins 1914 WWI begins 1929 Great Depression in USA begins 1969 Apollo 11's mission to the moon begins 2009 President Barack Obama is inaugurated