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History | Dates We Should Remember |
Date | Event |
8000 BC | Jericho founded |
2340 BC | Sargon's empire |
1730 BC | Hammurabi's Reign (Code of Hammurabi) |
1473 BC | Hatshepsut wife of Thutmose II mother of III declared self a pharaoh |
1382-1344 B.C | Amenhotep introduced worship of Aten |
1279 BC | Moses and the Exodus |
1183 BC | Traditional date for the fall of Troy defeat of the Trojans by the Myceneans |
970 BC | King Solomon built Temple in Jerusalem |
800 BC | Carthage founded by Phoenicians (Philistines from Tyre) |
624 BC | Buddha born |
551 BC | Confucius born |
490 BC | Battle of Marathon battle fought on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica in which the Athenians under Miltiades, in a single afternoon, repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece |
480 BC | Battle of Salamis: Leonidas at Thermopylae-Xerxes’ invasion and flight |
480 and 460 BC | Cincinnatus farmer and soldier called from the fields to defend Rome |
480 BC. |
Themistocles chief saviour of Greece from subjection to the Persian Empire at the Battle of Salamis |
474 BC | Publication of the Twelve Tables of Law |
469 BC - 399 BC | Socrates: Greek philosopher in Athens |
461-429 BC | AGE OF PERICLES (Athenians became attached to democracy) speech reported by Thucydides |
450 BC | Battle of Marathon |
413 BC | Seige of Syracruse: The defeat of Athens and the passing of her sway |
c. 347 BC |
Plato: wrote The Republic |
331 BC | The Victory of Arbela: Alexander the Great: His conquest of Asia and entry into Babylon |
264 BC | Roman Republic |
202 BC | Scipio defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama |
c. 6 AD | Birth of Christ |
44 AD | Julius Caesar murdered |
312 AD | 312 AD Constantine consolidated his position as Roman Emperor with his victory at the Malvian Bridge. He attributed his victory to the "Sign of the Cross" which he had seen in the heavens. |
410 AD | Sack of Rome by Alaric king of the Visogoths |
570 A.D | Mohammed was born |
732 AD | Battle of Tours Muslims turned back by Charles Martel |
800 AD | Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor |
871 AD | Alfred the Great king of Wessex |
940 AD | Brian Boru one of Ireland's greatest leaders |
1066 AD | William the Conquer defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings |
1096 AD | Year of the First Crusade |
1215 AD | King John signed the Magna Charta |
1314 AD | Robert the Bruce won the decisive Battle of Bannockburn (1314) and ultimately confirmed Scottish independence in the Treaty of Northampton (1328). |
1337 AD | Beginning of the 100 years war between England and France Edward III won 2 great victories at Crecy (1346) and Poitiers |
1349 AD | First year of the Black Death |
1429 AD |
Joan of Arc
led the
French army in a momentous victory at Orléans that repulsed an English
attempt to conquer
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1588 AD | Spanish Armada defeated during Queen Elizabeth I reign |
1607 AD | Settlement of Jamestown |
Dec 21, 1620 AD | Mayflower landed |
1638 AD | Louis XIV born Le Roi de Soleil |
1653-1658 AD | English Civil War and then Commonwealth of Oliver Cromwell |
Copyright 1996 These are my own working genealogy files that I share with you. The errors are my own. But, perhaps they will give you a starting point. All original writing is copyrighted. Webmaster
Copyright 1996 These are my own working genealogy files that I share with you. The errors are my own. But, perhaps they will give you a starting point. All original writing is copyrighted. Webmaster