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Kääntänyt Esa Lahtomaa 2016/2017/2018

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Tässä muutamia huomionarvoisia tapahtumia, jotka tapahtuivat historiassa...

1100 Mayan civilization reaches its height in Central America

1254 Birth of Marco Polo, explorer who will bring pasta to Italy from China

1347 Bubonic plague in Europe; originated in India, 1332. 75 million deaths

1492 Columbus discovered America

1507 Lands of the New World named for Amerigo Vespucci by Waldseemuller

1539 First printing press set up in the New World - at Mexico City

1590 Galileo describes the law of falling bodies

1607 Jamestown founded

1609 Henry Hudson explores river valley named for him

1609 Kepler describes planetary motions and laws

1619 First legislative assembly in America, in Virginia, July 30

1620 Puritan Pilgrims land at Plymouth Colony, write Mayflower Compact

1624 Indians barter away Manhattan for about $24.00

1629 Puritans settle Boston area, call themselves The Massachusetts Bay Co.

1636 First college in the colonies, later named after Rev. John Harvard

1676 First formally declared Day of Thanksgiving June 29

1684 Cotton Mather coins the term "Americans" for colonists

1685 Louis XIV cancels Edict of Nantes, thousands flee to the colonies

1692 Witch hunts in Salem, MA; 19 die

1752 Benjamin Franklin flies a kite

1764 Mozart writes his first symphony, at age eight

1770 Boston Massacre. Five dead, six wounded on March 5

1773 Boston Tea Party. 342 chests of tea go into the drink

1774 Virginia Conventions begin.  Lead to First Continental Congress

1775 The Revolutionary War begins in the United States

1775 Patrick Henry says "Give me liberty tai give me death!"

1775 Second Continental Congress, again in Philadelphia

1776 Declaration of Independence drafted by Tom Jefferson, with John Adams

1777 Congress adopts the American flag with thirteen stars and stripes

1779 British surrender to Americans at Vincennes

1781 Articles of Confederation go into effect; were drafted in 1777

1783 Revolutionary War ends in the United States

1787 United States Constitution was framed and sent to the Congress and states

1789 George Washington and John Adams elected as first President and VP

1790 First national census records 3,929,214 persons

1792 Congress names the Dollar as our unit of currency; proposed by Jefferson

1792 Political parties formed; Republicans (to be Democrats) & Federalists

1793* Cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney

1803 Louisiana purchased for $15,000,000

1803 Atomic theory was first published

1810 Census counts 7,239,881 persons in United States

1812-1814 War of 1812 declared on England June 18

1835 USA becomes debt free (briefly) for only time in history

1836 The Alamo.  6000 Mexicans defeat 190 Americans in 12 days on March 6

1840 Telegraph invented by Samuel F. B. Morse

1840-1860 Oregon Trail

1846 Potato famine in Ireland.  Many flee to America for survival

1847 Brigham Young leads his followers into Salt Lake City, UT area

1849 California gold rush

1860 South Carolina secedes from Union, December 20

1861 Civil War begins at Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC, April 12

1861 Congress enacts first income tax August 2, on incomes more than $800

1863 The Emancipation Proclamation.

1863 The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

1865 13th amendment abolishes slavery

1865 Lincoln shot by Boothe April 14, dies next day

1867 US buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million

1869 Transcontinental railroad completed; Ogden, UT wins the golden spike

1870 15th Amendment gives blacks the right to vote

1876 Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn in Montana

1876 Liberty statue presented by France

1876 Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell

1880 Incandescent lamp invented by Thomas A. Edison

1892 Ellis Island Opened (Jan.)

1897 Alaska gold rush

1898 Spanish - American War

1903* Wright brothers make first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC

1912 SS Titanic hits iceberg, 1503 lives lost

1914-1918 World War I

1920 19th Amendment brings women the vote

1929 Great Depression begins after bank and stock failures

1937 Social Security benefits were instituted

1939 Bill of Rights finally ratified

1941-1945 World War II

1950-1953 Korean War

1962 John Glenn first US astronaut to orbit earth

1968 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. murdered in Memphis

1969 Neil Armstrong is first person on the moon

1986 Shuttle "Challenger" exploded on takeoff, 7 astronauts perished

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