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1440 Johann Gutenberg develops the priting press.

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1440 Johann Gutenberg develops the priting press.

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by 1450, had a printing machine perfected and ready to use commercially: The Gutenberg press.

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1833 Great Britain abolishes slavery in the empire. 

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1833 Great Britain abolishes slavery in the empire. 

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Three years later, on 25 March 1807, King George III signed into law the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, banning trading in enslaved people in the British Empire.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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1492 Chistoper Colombus first reaches America 

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1492 Chistoper Colombus first reaches America 

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On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain in three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. On October 12, the ships made landfall—not in the East Indies, as Columbus assumed, but on one of the Bahamian islands, likely San Salvador..

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1763 The Treaty of Paris grants Britain a vast North American empire.

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1763 The Treaty of Paris grants Britain a vast North American empire.

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Treaty of Paris, (1763), treaty concluding the Franco-British conflicts of the Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in North America) and signed by representatives of Great Britain and Hanover on one side and France and Spain on the other, with Portugal expressly understood to be included. It was signed in Paris on Feb.

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1776 the american colonies declare independence.

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1776 the american colonies declare independence.

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On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to declare independence. Two days later, it ratified the text of the Declaration.

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1844 Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message.

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1844 Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message.

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On May 24, 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse dispatched the first telegraphic message over an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore.

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1565 Spanish settlers establish Saint Augustine,Florida

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1565 Spanish settlers establish Saint Augustine,Florida

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On September 8, 1565, with much pomp and circumstance and 600 voyagers cheering, Menéndez set foot on the shores of Florida. In honor of the saint whose feast day fell on the day he first sighted land, Menéndez named the colonial settlement St. Augustine.

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1783 colonists and British sing the treaty of Paris , ending the war. 

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1783 colonists and British sing the treaty of Paris , ending the war. 

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This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally

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1588 England defeats the Spanish Armada 

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1588 England defeats the Spanish Armada 

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Queen Elizabeth's decisive defeat of the Invincible Armada made England a world-class power and introduced effective long-range weapons into naval warfare for the first time, ending the era of boarding and close-quarter fighting.

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1607 John Smith and other colonist establish,Jamestow.

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1607 John Smith and other colonist establish,Jamestow.

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In December 1606, the company dispatched three ships carrying 104 settlers, including Captain John Smith, to start this colony. Established on May 13, 1607, the colony was named Jamestown, in honor of the king.

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Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government.

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1688 The Glorious Revolution in England established the supremacy of Parlament 

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1688 The Glorious Revolution in England established the supremacy of Parlament 

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The Glorious Revolution (1688–89) permanently established Parliament as the ruling power of England—and, later, the United Kingdom—representing a shift from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.

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The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1794. King Louis XVI needed more money, but had failed to raise more taxes when he had called a meeting of the Estates General.

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The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.

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1848 Woman's rights convention is held at Seneca Falls, New York.  

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1848 Woman's rights convention is held at Seneca Falls, New York.  

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Heralded as the first women's rights convention in the United States, it was held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19 and 20, 1848.

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1861 The confederacy is formed. The Civil War begins.

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1861 The confederacy is formed. The Civil War begins.

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At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered.

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1861 Czar Alexander ll emanciapates Russia serfs.

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1861 Czar Alexander ll emanciapates Russia serfs.

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The serfs were emancipated in 1861, following a speech by Tsar Alexander II on March 30, 1856. In Georgia, the emancipation took place later, in 1864, and on much better terms for the nobles than in Russia. State-owned serfs (those living on and working on Imperial lands) were emancipated in 1866.

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1865 The Civil War ends; Lincoln is assassinated.

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1865 The Civil War ends; Lincoln is assassinated.

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On the evening of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

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The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election; through it Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House on the understanding that he would remove the federal troops from South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.

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1803 the united states purchases the louisiana territory from france.

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1803 the united states purchases the louisiana territory from france.

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In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward.

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1763 The Treaty of paris ends the french and indian war.

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1763 The Treaty of paris ends the french and indian war.

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The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.

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1819 The United States acquires Florida from spain.

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1819 The United States acquires Florida from spain.

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In 1819, after years of negotiations, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams achieved a diplomatic coup with the signing of the Florida Purchase Treaty, which officially put Florida into U.S. hands at no cost beyond the U.S. assumption of some $5 million of claims by U.S. citizens against Spain.

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1821 Mexico wins independence from spain 

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1821 Mexico wins independence from spain 

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On August 24, 1821, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O'Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba, which approves a plan to make Mexico an independent constitutional monarchy. In 1822, as no Bourbon monarch to rule Mexico had been found, Iturbide was proclaimed the emperor of Mexico.

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1845 The great potato famine begins in ireland

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1845 The great potato famine begins in ireland

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The Irish Potato Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, began in 1845 when a mold known as Phytophthora infestans (or P. infestans) caused a destructive plant disease that spread rapidly throughout Ireland.