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Human History Timeline B.C. Time Period. 200,000 B.C. Homo sapiens, the first modern humans, appear in Africa. 62,000 B.C. Bow and arrows with stone points (arrowheads) are used. 30,000 B.C. Cro-Magnon man is flourishing, moving from the Near East into Europe, lives by hunting and gathering. Cro-Magnon’s painted caves with drawings of the ...
1777-01-03 General George Washington 's revolutionary army defeats British forces at Battle of Princeton, New Jersey. 1778-06-28 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton) 1780-01-04 Snowstorm hits George Washington 's army at Morristown, New Jersey. 1780-06-23 American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and ...
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Note the open carriages. 1850 Mormon Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois, destroyed by tornado. 1854 Marine Telegraph from Fort Point to San Francisco completed. 1856 Doctor William Palmer (the Rugeley Poisoner) found guilty of poisoning in Stafford, England. 1862 Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
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1609- Hudson explores Newark Bay 1638- A Swedish colony is established along the Delaware River (but it was taken over by the Dutch in 1655). 1660- Dutch establishes Bergen, now Jersey City, becomes the first permanent town in New Jersey 1664- The British take control of New Jersey from the Dutch 1676- New Jersey Colony is divided into East Jersey ...
1702- East and West Jersey combined into one colony 1721- William Trent started a village called "Trent's Town," which eventually became Trenton in 1790 and the state's capital city. 1738- Lewis Morris became the first governor of New Jersey. 1746- Princeton University is founded 1758- The Old Barracks in Trenton is built 1766- Rutgers University i...
LATE 1800s- The genius of New Jersey's inventors helped New Jersey grow in new directions. One of the most famous inventors was Thomas A. Edison, who invented the incandescent light bulb, movie camera, and phonograph in his West Orange and Menlo Park labs. 1804- 1. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr have a famous duel in Weehawken 2. New Jersey beca...
1912- New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson is elected President of the US 1918- A German U-boat sinks six American ships off the coast of New Jersey 1921- The first Miss America Pageant is held 1927- The Holland Tunnel opens 1933- The first drive-in movie theater in the US opens in Camden 1939-1945 - World War II,More than 500,000 New Jersey resident...
2000- 1. Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service began operation from Bayonne; the rail system now extends to Weehawken; 2. a fire at Seton Hall University killed three students in a dormitory; 3. Gov. Christine Whitman bcame the head of the Environmental Protection Agency under the administration of President George W. Bush 2001- 1. On September 11, 700 ...
More Events On This Day. American director, producer, and actor Sydney Pollack —who helmed a number of popular films, including The Way We Were (1973), Tootsie (1982), and Out of Africa (1985)—died at age 73. Sort fact from fiction in our film school quiz. Formerly a colony of the Dutch and later the British, Guyana gained its independence.
c. 2874 BC: The 365-day calendar year was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 epagomenal days. 2863 BC: Egyptian 2nd Dynasty Prince Raneb born around this year in history. 2860 BC: Saqqara Tomb A construction started. 2852 BC: The beginning of the period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in China.
May 28. Today's: Famous Birthdays - Music history. 585 BC - A solar eclipse occurred that had been predicted by Thales Miletus. 585 BC - The Persian-Lydian battle ended. 1533 - England's Archbishop declared the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid. 1805 - Napoleon was crowned in Milan, Italy.
