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Date |
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1 | 1492 | - 1492: Columbus "discovers" America
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2 | 1517 | - 1517: Lutheran Reformation
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3 | 1603 | - 1603: Elizabeth I dies; James VI of Scotland assumes the throne of England as James I
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4 | 1620 | - 1620: Pilgrims arrive in America
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5 | 1685 | - 1685—1750: Johann Sebastian Bach
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6 | 1707 | - 1707: Act of Union between England and Scotland
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7 | 1746 | |
8 | 1756 | - 1756—1791: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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9 | 1770 | - 17 Dec 1770—25 Mar 1827: Ludwig van Beethoven
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10 | 1776 | - 4 Jul 1776: Declaration of Independence
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11 | 1783 | - 1783: Revolutionary War ends
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12 | 1789 | - 30 Apr 1789: George Washington becomes President
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13 | 1797 | - 4 Mar 1797: John Adams becomes President
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14 | 1801 | - 4 Mar 1801: Thomas Jefferson becomes President
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15 | 1809 | - 4 Mar 1809: James Madison becomes President
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16 | 1817 | - 4 Mar 1817: James Monroe becomes President
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17 | 1825 | - 4 Mar 1825: John Quincy Adams becomes President
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18 | 1829 | - 4 Mar 1829: Andrew Jackson becomes President
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19 | 1837 | - 1837: Victoria becomes Queen
- 4 Mar 1837: Martin Van Buren becomes President
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20 | 1841 | - 4 Mar 1841: William Henry Harrison becomes President
- 4 Apr 1841: John Tyler becomes President
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21 | 1845 | - 4 Mar 1845: James K. Polk becomes President
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22 | 1849 | - 4 Mar 1849: Zachary Taylor becomes President
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23 | 1850 | - 9 Jul 1850: Millard Fillmore becomes President
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24 | 1853 | - 4 Mar 1853: Franklin Pierce becomes President
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25 | 1857 | - 4 Mar 1857: James Buchanan becomes President
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26 | 1861 | - 1861: American Civil War begins
- 4 Mar 1861: Abraham Lincoln becomes President
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27 | 1865 | - 1865: American Civil War ends
- 15 Apr 1865: Andrew Johnson becomes President
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28 | 1867 | - 1867: Confedation of Canada
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29 | 1869 | - 4 Mar 1869: Ulysses S. Grant becomes President
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30 | 1877 | - 4 Mar 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President
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31 | 1881 | - 4 Mar 1881: James A. Garfield becomes President
- 19 Sep 1881: Chester A. Arthur becomes President
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32 | 1885 | - 4 Mar 1885: Grover Cleveland becomes President
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33 | 1889 | - 4 Mar 1889: Benjamin Harrison becomes President
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34 | 1893 | - 4 Mar 1893: Grover Cleveland becomes President
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35 | 1897 | - 4 Mar 1897: William McKinley becomes President
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36 | 1901 | - 1901: Queen Victoria dies
- 14 Sep 1901: Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
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37 | 1903 | - 17 Dec 1903: Wright Brothers' first flight
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38 | 1909 | - 4 Mar 1909: William Howard Taft becomes President
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39 | 1913 | - 4 Mar 1913: Woodrow Wilson becomes President
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40 | 1914 | |
41 | 1917 | - 1917: America enters World War I
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