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timeline of german history 1942 The Germans are defeated at El Alamein in Egypt 1815 A German Confederation is formed The area that is now Germany was inhabited by Germanic speaking tribes for many centuries. They first became part of the Frankish Empire under the rule of Charlemagne, who is considered the father of the […]
Read More »california drought history timeline El Niño and La Niña have often been associated with wet and dry cycles in California, respectively (the 1982–83 El Niño event, one of the strongest in history, brought record precipitation to the state), but recent climate data show mixed evidence for such a relationship due in part to the growing […]
Read More »history of art timeline In order to fully appreciate the work of any artist or art movement it is necessary to understand its position in the Art History Timeline. As most new artwork is a reaction against or development of a previous style in the timeline, it is enlightening to know the artistic and historical […]
Read More »history of horses timeline It is unsure who tamed the first horses, it could possibly have been the indo-europeans, as horses were certainly evident when the indo-europeans arrived in Greece around 2100BC. However, one of the first horse images became apparent in the city of Troy around 1900BC with the famous Trojan Horse. The taming […]
Read More »history of alcohol timeline 1793 During the whiskey rebellion of Pennsylvania, government troops arrest a handful of distillery leaders who refused to pay taxes on their products. 1789 The first American temperance society is formed in Litchfield, Connecticut, with the goal of reducing alcohol consumption. Similar societies soon follow in other states. Two of the […]
Read More »south carolina history timeline After the Revolutionary War, South Carolina became the eighth state to join the United States on May 23, 1788. The first capital was Charleston, but the capital was moved Columbia in 1790 in order to be located near the center of the state. Myrtle Beach by Joe Byden Columbia is South […]
Read More »history of taxes in the us timeline 1977 – Social Security Act Amendment of 1977 passed. With Social Security in trouble, Congress passed a schedule of Social Security tax increases, ending in the year 2030, that would gradually raise the combined amount paid by employers and employees from 11.7 to 15.3 percent. Also raised the […]
Read More »history of mankind timeline isolation of first antibiotic: penicillin (Alexander Fleming, UK, 1928) birth of the Renaissance (Italy), rise of individuality, imagination, innovation, capitalism This timeline of human prehistory comprises the time from the first appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa 300,000 years ago to the invention of writing and the beginning of history, 5,000 […]
Read More »history of diabetes timeline Despite these advances, before the discovery of insulin, diabetes inevitably led to premature death. The first big breakthrough that eventually led to the use of insulin to treat diabetes was in 1889, when Oskar Minkowski and Joseph von Mering, researchers at the University of Strasbourg in France, showed that the removal […]
Read More »wisconsin history timeline 1981: Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co., “The beer that made Milwaukee famous,” closes. 2000: UW football team becomes the first Big 10 team to win consecutive Rose Bowls, defeating Stanford; UW men’s basketball team advances to the Final Four in the NCAA tournament; During construction of Miller Park in Milwaukee, a 567-foot crane […]
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