Timeline By svs0702 Jan 1, 2000 780 BC - Greeks sent settlers to create colonies in Asia Minor May 1, 2000 588 BC - Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem. Jun 1, 2000 588 BC - Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem. Jul 1, 2000 496 BC - Persian Wars Aug 1, 2000 496 BC - Persian Wars Sep 1, 2000 9 AD - German tribes destroyed 3 Roman legions under P. Quinctilius Varnus Oct 1, 2000 79 AD - Mount Vesuvius Erupted covering Pompeii and Herculaneum. Dec 1, 2000 621 AD - Islam begins in Mecca Jan 1, 2001 711 AD - Moors (Muslims) reached Spain via Morocco Feb 1, 2001 1066 AD - Battle of Hastings May 1, 2001 1492 AD - Columbus found the “New World” Jun 1, 2001 1492 AD - Moors defeated by Ferdinand and Isabella Aug 1, 2001 1588 AD - Spanish Armada defeated by England Nov 1, 2001 1607 AD - English Settlement at Jamestown, VA. Mar 1, 2002 1619 AD - First slaves arrive in Virginia. May 1, 2002 1803 AD - Louisiana Purchase Sep 1, 2002 1803 AD - World population hits 1 billion Apr 1, 2003 1854 AD- John Snow maps the first cholera outbreak in London May 1, 2004 1860 AD - Civil War Jun 1, 2004 1860 AD - Industrial Revolution Aug 1, 2004 1869 AD - Transcontinental Railroad Sep 1, 2004 1898 AD - Spanish/American War Oct 1, 2004 1914 AD - WWI Nov 1, 2004 1920 AD - Women in America gain suffrage Dec 1, 2004 1947 AD - Cold War Jan 1, 2005 1939 AD - WWII Feb 1, 2005 1950 AD - Korean War Mar 1, 2005 1989 AD - Berlin Wall falls Apr 1, 2005 1991 AD - USSR splits Apr 1, 2005 2001 AD - 9/11 Attacks May 1, 2014 2008 AD - half of the world's population lives in an urban setting