Vikings establish settlements in Ireland.
Month
836
Norman invasion of England
William the Conqueror defeats English King Harold II at Hastings.
Month
1066
Theobald fitzWalter arrives in Ireland
He is granted Chief Butler of Ireland by Prince John, Lord of Ireland. The first in the line of the Butler family.
Month
1185
Magna Carta signed by King John.
The origin of the modern concept of constitutional rule.
Month
1215
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks.
Month
1453
Johannes Gutenberg prints the first book with moveable type
Month
1455
Christopher Columbus “discovers” the New World
Month
1492
Martin Luther Launches the Protestant Reformation
Month
1517
Hernándo Cortés begins his conquest of South America.
Month
1519
Henry VIII declared king of Ireland by the Irish parliament
Ireland now under English control.
Month
1536
The first permanent English settlement
Established at Jamestown, VA
Month
1607
The Pilgrims arrive in Massachusetts
Month
1620
Isaac Newton publishes Principia Mathematica
The foundation of modern physics.
Month
1687
Beginning of the American Revolutionary War
Month
1775
American Declaration of Independence is signed.
Month
1776
End of the American Revolutionary War
Month
1783
French Revolution marks a break with the monarchy.
Month
1789
The War of 1812.
Month
1812
Battle of Waterloo
The Napoleonic Empire ends.
Month
1815
The first passenger steam locomotive is built in England
The start of the modern railway.
Month
1825
Publication of Darwin’s The Origin of Species
Month
1859
Beginning of the American Civil War.
Month
1861
Corporal Marvin J. Cook
From the Hayward family archives
Month
1861
General Sheridan
From the Butler family archives
Month
1861
End of the American Civil War.
Month
1865
African American men granted the right to vote
Month
1870
Benz develops first petrol-driven car.
Month
1885
Einstein publishes his theory of special relativity.
Month
1905
The peak of European immigration to the United States
Month
1907
Beginning of World War I.
Month
1914
The Russian Revolution established the USSR.
Month
1917
End of the First World War.
Month
1918
Women in the US are granted the right to vote.
Month
1920
The Irish Free State is established.
Month
1922
Beginning of The Great Depression
Month
1929
Beginning of Second World War.
Month
1939
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The United States enters WWII
Month
1941
3 Sailors, 1945
From the Brandon family archives
Month
1945
Yeoman Mary L Brandon & Pvt. Lucy H. Brandon
From the Brandon family archives
Month
1945
End of the Second World War.
Month
1945
Beginning of the Cold War
Month
1947
Communist China founded.
Month
1949
Beginning of Korean War
Month
1950
End of Korean War
Month
1953
Beginning of the Vietnam War.
Month
1955
Invention of the silicon chip by Robert Noyce.
This invention will usher in the computer age.
Month
1959
The Cuban Missile Crisis brings a near military conflict between the US and USSR.
Month
1962
Rev. Martin Luther King makes his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
Month
1963
Month
1963
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
Month
1963
Neil Armstrong is the first man to step on the moon.
Month
1969
Soldier, Vietnam
From the Butler family archives
Month
1969
End of the Vietnam War
Month
1975
The collapse of Communist regimes in Europe.
Month
1990
Beginning of the first Gulf War
Month
1991
The Internet first becomes available.
Month
1991