Humanities Star Test Prep

By pkalisch
  • Period: Apr 24, 1300 to

    Ottoman Empire

    The Ottoman Empire was in existence from 1300 to 1923.
  • Apr 23, 1563

    Stocking Frame invented

  • Final Meeting of the Court of High Commission.

    Final Meeting of the Court of High Commission.

  • Louis XIV invades the Rhineland, beginning the Nine Years War.

    Louis XIV invades the Rhineland, beginning the Nine Years War

  • John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government is licensed to be printed.

    John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government is licensed to be printed.

  • English Bill of Rights signed

  • English Bill of Rights signed

  • Judeo-Christian Views

    Yale adopted Hewbrew insignia in 1701. Judeo-Christians believe in God and fighting for their country.

  • Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine

    1712 – Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine

  • Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod

    1752 – Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod

  • James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny

    1764 – James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny

  • Jacques Perrier invents a steamship

    1775 – Jacques Perrier invents a steamship

  • American Declaration of Independence signed.

  • U.S. Consitution Adopted

  • French Declaration of Rights of Man

  • U.S. Bill of Rights signed

  • Jefferson's Inagural Address

  • Missouri Compromise

  • European Revolutions of 1848

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Gettysburg Address

  • Harim Maxim invents the machine gun; Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine; Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas-engined motorcycle

    1885 – Harim Maxim invents the machine gun; Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine; Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas-engined motorcycle

  • Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator

    1891 – Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator

  • Beginning of Armenian genocide.

    "To firmly secure and perpetuate Turkish rule in the remaining territories of the Ottoman state, Abdul-Hamid initiated a program of demographic and political consolidation through the mass slaughter of vast numbers of Armenians beginning in 1894." - http://www.armenian-genocide.org/ottoman.html

  • The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

    1900 – The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

  • End of World War 1.

    At 11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end.

  • John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer

    1942 – John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer

  • China Joins United Nations