Immigration Timeline

  • Importation of African Slaves Begins

    African slaves started coming to America.They got importaed on June 10,1619.After a while they finally gained freedom.
  • Irish potato famine

    Irish potato famine
    Potato crops did not grow because late blight disease.
    Late blight is a disease that destroys both the leaves and the roots of the potato plant.
    This lead to 1 million irish to immigrate to the united states.
  • California Gold Rush

    Many people were dying and China was destroyed from the California Gold Rush so chinese people decided to go to America. Many were left homeless and many were left sick. Most Chinese immigrants were very poor and starved. The California Gold Rush is when people rushed to California to find gold.
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein was born on March 14 1879.He was born in Württemberg, Germany.Six weeks after he was born he moved to Munich.
  • Frank Costello

    Frank Costello
    Born in Italy Frank immigrated to NewYork when he was 4 years old.
    (He was a mobster)
  • Charles Luciano (Lucky)

    Charles Luciano (Lucky)
  • Fritz Feld

    Fritz Feld
    On October 15,1900 Fritz Feild was born in Berlin Germany.Fritz Feild had two children.Passed away on November 18,1993.
  • Angel Island immigration center

    Angel Island immigration center
    On the San Francisco Bay, the U.S government opens a new immigration center because of the shutting down of the Elis Island immigration center.
  • Easter Rising Dubin

    Easter Rising Dubin
    It means the Irish republican rebelled against the British government by using the irish Critzen army.
    It was led by patrick Pearse.
    Patrick pearse who proclaims the " Irish Republic " .
  • maeve Brennan

    maeve Brennan
    she was born januaray 6 , 1917 in Dublin , Ireland.
    She was an Irish short story writer and journalist.
    she was married to the new yorker's mamnaging editor st.Clair Makelway for 5 years.
    She Moved to the United States in 1934.
    She died in 1993 at age 76 after being commited to Lawrence Hospital.
  • war of independence and partition

    war of independence and partition
    26 southern counties became the irish fnee state.
    worhtern ireland remain part of britain.
  • Italian immigration Law is passed

    Italian immigration Law is passed
    This law sets limits for the Italians to go to America.
  • Nancy Kwan

    Nancy Kwan
    Was in numerous TV series. She was in the TV series "Miracle Landing," "Hawaii Five-O," and "Noble House. " She also politically active as a woman spokesperson.
  • Angel Island immigration center closes

    Angel Island immigration center closes
    The immigration center on Angel island is closed by the U.S government.
  • British Actie Union

    British Actie Union
    Made Ireland A Part of the United Kingdom.
  • Mount Vesuvius eruption

    Mount Vesuvius eruption
    This eruption caused a natural disaster. Causing most of the italians to immigrate.
  • Eileen Chang

    Eileen Chang
    Wrote 2 novels "The Rice Sprout Song" and "The Rouge of the North." Later she celebrated abouther novella "The Golden Cangue." Later in 1975 she finished "A Biography of Hai Shang Hua."
  • Lian Neeson

    Lian Neeson
    He was born June 7 , 1952 in Ballymena , Northern Ireland.
    he was a actor.
    he played in a cast as jesus christ and evane ligist in the religious film , pilgrams progress in 1978.
    oskar schindler in the oscar winning schindlers list.
    star wars episode in 1999.
    he was married to natasha richardson.
    he became a naturalized citizen of the united states in 2009
  • The famous Elis Island closes

    The famous Elis Island closes
    The U.S. government closes an immigration station on Ellis Island. This means any italian going ot New York muct go somewhere else.
  • Bloody friday

    Bloody friday
    belfast in ireland.
    the IRA set off 26 bombs.
    In 75 minutes Killed 9 and injered 130.
    Bloody friday lead to the decision by the british government to implement.