The Incomplete History of Things that Interest Me

Reign of Henry VIII

Period: Apr 21, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547

Reign of Elizabeth I

Period: Nov 17, 1558 to Mar 24, 1603

William Shakespeare

Period: Apr 26, 1564 to Apr 23, 1616

Robinson Crusoe Published

Apr 25, 1719

By Daniel Defoe

Napoleon Bonaparte

Period: Aug 15, 1769 to May 5, 1821

French Revolution Begins

Jul 14, 1789

(The Storming of the Bastille)

Reign of Queen Victoria

Period: Jun 20, 1837 to Jan 22, 1901

Thomas Edison

Period: Feb 11, 1847 to Oct 18, 1931

Moby Dick Published

Oct 18, 1851

By Herman Melville

A Tale of Two Cities Published

Apr 30, 1859

Serialised weekly in "All the Year Round" until November 1859

On the Origin of Species Published

Nov 24, 1859

By Charles Darwin

The Dreyfus Affair

Jan 5, 1895

Alfred Dreyfus convicted of Treason

First X-rays created

Nov 8, 1895

By Wilhelm Röntgen. His work won him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

World War I

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Russian Revolution

Mar 8, 1917

The "February Revolution", in which the Tsar was deposed. The "October Revolution" led to rule by Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Released

Feb 26, 1920

Directed by Robert Wiene

Metropolis Released

Jan 10, 1927

Directed by Fritz Lang

Spanish Civil War

Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

World War II

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

JFK Assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

Martin Luther King Assassinated

Apr 4, 1968

Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee
By James Earl Ray