History Class Timeline 2016-2017

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    On July 4th 1776, America announced their independence from Great Britain
  • The Alamo

    The Alamo
    The Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio's control launched an assault on the Alamo
  • The first comic book ever!

    The first comic book ever!
    The earliest comic book know today is called The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck. It was published in several languages in Europe in 1837.
  • The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears
    In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma.
  • The Californian Gold Rush

    The Californian Gold Rush
    The gold rush started off when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma.
  • The Pony Exspress

    The Pony Exspress
    In 1860 April 3 a system of messengers on nothing but horse back called themselves the pony express began to carry messages west ward. From all the way to Kansas to the west coast of San Francisco. The Pony Express would deliver your mail.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    On April 12,1861 at Fort muster in Charleston South Carolina the first shot of the civil war was fired 4 years after the North wins and slavery is ended.
  • The first basketball

    The first basketball
    Dr. James Naismith invented the first ever basketball with four leather patches and laces weighing under 20oz. Before that players used a soccer ball and would shoot it up into peach baskets that were hung up.
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    at 7:55 a.m. Japanese airplanes dove from the sky and released there attack on Pearl Harbor. In a few hours the Japanese destroyed or damaged every ship docked at Pearl Harbor. Along with killing more then 2,400 Americans.
  • Educational changes

    Educational changes
    On this day Linda protested that segregation in schools and other public faculties are wrong and should be illegal.
  • The Death of Elvis

    The Death of Elvis
    In the afternoon of August 16 Elvis Presley suddenly dropped to the floor in his mansion. Cause of death a heart attack.
  • 9-11

    9-11
    On this day there were four planned terrorist attacks using planes. Two of them striking the world trade center and the pentagon. The fourth one never made it to its detestation and crashed in a open field Pennsylvania.
  • My Birth

    My Birth
    On this day i was brought into the world by my parents and took my first breathes of air.