Random History By instant_classic Mar 1, 1095 Crusades Begin: Asia? Wiki Link Jan 1, 1265 Renaissance: Europe Wiki Link Jul 27, 1299 Ottoman Empire Began Wiki Link Jan 1, 1348 Plack Plague: Europe Black Plague Apr 29, 1429 Joan of Arc: France Wiki Link Jan 1, 1456 Vlad the Impaler: Hungary Wiki Link Sep 27, 1480 Spanish Inqusition Established Wiki Link Aug 11, 1492 Pope Alexander VI/ Rodrigo Borgia: Spain Wiki Link Jan 1, 1585 William Shakespeare: Warwickshire, England Wiki Link Aug 18, 1590 Roanoke Colony: North Carolina Wiki Link Jan 1, 1602 Elizabeth Báthory: Hungary Wiki Link Apr 1, 1607 Pocahontas/ John Smith: Virginia Wiki Link Feb 2, 1692 Salem Witch Trials: Massachusetts Wiki Link Jan 1, 1763 American Revolution/War of Independence WIki Link Apr 30, 1789 George Washington start in office (1st President) Wiki Link Jan 1, 1798 Beethoven: Vienna Wiki Link Jan 1, 1818 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1st published: London Wiki Link Jan 1, 1830 Marie Laveau: New Orleans Wiki Link Jan 1, 1831 The LaLauries: New Orleans Wiki Link Nov 8, 1869 Battle of Gettysburg: Pennsylvania Wiki Link Aug 31, 1888 Jack the Ripper: Whitechapel, London Wiki Link Aug 4, 1892 Lizzie Borden: Fall River, Massachusetts Wiki Link May 1, 1897 Bram Stoker's Dracula Published: UK Wiki Link Sep 1, 1898 Boxer Rebellion: China Wiki Link Jul 1, 1899 Newsies Strike: New York Wiki Link Apr 15, 1912 Titanic Sinks: Atlantic Ocean Wiki Link Jul 28, 1914 WW1 Wiki Link Jun 1, 1918 Spanish Influenza: Pandemic Wiki Link Jan 1, 1929 Walt Disney Productions Wiki Link Jan 1, 1932 Aldus Huxley's Brave New World Published: UK Wiki Link Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart disappeared Wiki Link Sep 1, 1939 WW2 Wiki Link Jan 1, 1953 Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Published: Wiki Link Jan 1, 1954 Civil Rights movement: US Wiki Link