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American History18321
  Title DatePeople
Mayflower Compact 11/11/1620 31
Antinomian Controversy 1636-1638 9
Bacon's Rebellion 1676 52
Battle of Quebec 1690 2
Salem Witch Trials 1692 44
Boston Tea Party 16 DEC 1773 21
Fairfax Resolves 18 JUL 1774 4
Declaration of Independence 4 JUL 1776 46
Articles of Confederation Summer 1777 35
Annapolis Convention 1786 SEP 1786 11
Constitutional Convention, 1787 May-Sep 1787 41
Hartford Convention 1814/1815 12
Black Hawk War 1832 1
USS Princeton Explosion 28 Feb 1844 9
Lincoln Assassination 14 Apr 1865 26
National Union Convention AUG 1866 11
Statue of Liberty 1882-1885 5
Entertainment2736
  Title DatePeople
Night Flight 1933 3
You Can't Take it With You 1938 3
The Wizard of Oz 1939 3
Babes on Broadway 1941 4
Holiday Inn 1942 2
Ziegfeld follies 1945 5
It's a Wonderful Life 1946 4
It Happened in Brooklyn 1947 3
Key Largo 1948 3
Father of the Bride Jun 1950 2
A Place in the Sun Aug 1951 2
Show Boat 1951 3
From Here to Eternity 1953 3
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 2
Long Day's Journey into Night 1962 2
Daytona 500 2/24/1963 1
The Brady Bunch 1969-1974 2
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 1970 2
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 1
Footloose 1984 1
Back to the Future 1985 1
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 1
Back to the Future Part II 1989 1
Back to the Future Part III 1990 1
Something to Talk About 1995 1
Titanic (Movie) 1997 2
Criminal Minds 2005-2020 1
European Battles70355
  Title DatePeople
Reconquista 0710 1
Battle of Mortemer 1054 5
Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066 2
Battle of Hastings 14 OCT 1066 17
Battle of Alnwick 13 NOV 1093 3
Crusades 1096-1291 11
Battle of the Standard 22 Aug 1138 2
Battle of Lincoln (1141) 2 FEB 1141 4
Siege of Newbury Castle 1153 2
Campaign in Upper Normandy 1166 1
Third Crusade 1189-1192 24
Fourth Crusade 1202-1204 3
Albigensian Crusade 1209-1229 13
Fifth Crusade 1213-1221 18
Battle of Damme 30 MAY 1213 3
Battle of Bouvines 1214 9
First Barons War 1215-1217 6
Battle of Lincoln (1217) 20 MAY 1217 4
Barons' Crusade 1239 2
Seventh Crusade 1248-1254 5
Second Barons War 1264-1267 10
Battle of Lewes 14 MAY 1264 12
Anglo-French War 1294 3
Battle of Dunbar (1296) 1296 2
Battle of Falkirk 22 JUL 1298 11
Caerlaverock Castle 1300 3
Battle of the Golden Spurs 1302 5
Battle of Roslin 24 FEB 1303 4
Battle of Happrew 1304 6
Siege of Stirling Castle 1304 4
Battle of Methven 19 JUN 1306 3
Battle of Loudoun Hill 10 MAY 1307 3
Battle of Bannockburn 23 JUN 1314 37
Battle of Boroughbridge 16 March 1322 2
Battle of Old Byland 14 OCT 1322 4
Invasion of England 1326 8
Battle of Dupplin Moor 10 AUG 1332 6
Battle of Halidon Hill 19 JUL 1333 11
Edwardian War 1337-1360 6
The Hundred Years' War 1337 2
Battle of Crecy 1346 17
Siege of Calais 1346-1347 7
Battle of Nevilles Cross 17 OCT 1346 17
Battle of Poitiers 19 SEP 1356 9
Battle of Otterburn AUG 1388 7
Battle of Nicopolis Sept 25, 1396 1
Battle of Shrewsbury 21 JUL 1403 14
Lancastrian War 1415-1420 2
Siege of Harfleur 1415 2
Battle of Agincourt 25 OCT 1415 25
Battle at the mouth of the Seine 15 Aug 1416 1
Siege of Caen 1417 3
Battle of Bauge 22 MAR 1421 4
Battle of Verneuil 17 AUG 1424 5
Scottish and Western Marches 1434-1436 1
Siege of Calais 1436 3
War of the Roses 1455-1487 24
Battle of Towton 29 MAR 1461 7
Siege of Bamburgh Castle 1462-1464 2
Battle of Edgecote Moor 26th July 1469 3
Battle of Barnet 1471 2
Battle of Bosworth Field 22 AUG 1485 16
Battle of Blackheath 17 JUN 1497 2
Siege of Landrecies 1543 1
Battle of Ancrum Moor 1545 1
Siege of Leith 1560 1
French Civil Wars 1560's 1
expedition to Calais 1596 1
Battle of Pontefract 1644 1
European History131
  Title DatePeople
Magna Carta 1215 31
French and Indian War11
  Title DatePeople
Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) 1759 1
Mexican-American War1029
  Title DatePeople
Battle of Resaca de la Palma 9 MAY 1846 3
Battle of Monterrey SEP 1846 2
Battle of Buena Vista FEB 1847 9
Siege of Veracruz MAR 1847 7
Battle of Cerro Gordo 18 APR 1847 7
Battle of Contreras AUG 1847 1
Battle of Churubusco 20 AUG 1847 7
Battle of Molino del Rey 8 SEP 1847 1
Battle for Mexico City SEP 1847 3
Battle of Chapultepec SEP 1847 3
Party Conventions72237
  Title DatePeople
Whig National Convention DEC 1839 1
Democratic National Convention MAY 1844 4
Democratic National Convention MAY 1848 2
Whig National Convention 1848 3
Democratic National Convention JUN 1852 4
Whig National Convention JUN 1852 2
Democratic National Convention JUN 1856 11
Republican National Convention JUL 1856 18
Whig National Convention SEP 1856 1
Democratic National Convention JUN 1860 32
Republican National Convention JUL 1860 17
Republican National Convention JUN 1864 6
Democratic National Convention AUG 1864 6
Republican National Convention MAY 1868 9
Democratic National Convention JUL 1868 8
Republican National Convention JUN 1872 3
Democratic National Convention JUL 1872 4
Republican National Convention JUN 1876 7
Democratic National Convention JUN 1876 10
Republican National Convention JUN 1880 11
Democratic National Convention JUN 1880 5
Republican National Convention JUN 1884 9
Democratic National Convention JUL 1884 5
Democratic National Convention JUN 1888 2
Republican National Convention JUN 1888 5
Republican National Convention JUN 1892 5
Republican National Convention JUN 1896 10
Democratic National Convention JUL 1896 5
Republican National Convention JUN 1900 8
Democratic National Convention JUL 1900 2
Republican National Convention JUN 1904 11
Democratic National Convention JUL 1904 3
Republican National Convention JUN 1908 8
Democratic National Convention JUL 1908 1
Republican National Convention JUN 1912 11
Democratic National Convention JUN 1912 6
Republican National Convention JUN 1916 12
Democratic National Convention JUN 1916 2
Republican National Convention JUN 1920 6
Democratic National Convention JUN 1920 5
Republican National Convention JUN 1924 11
Democratic National Convention JUN 1924 6
Republican National Convention JUN 1928 3
Democratic National Convention JUN 1928 3
Republican National Convention JUN 1932 5
Democratic National Convention JUN 1932 4
Republican National Convention JUN 1936 6
Democratic National Convention JUN 1936 1
Republican National Convention JUN 1940 4
Democratic National Convention JUL 1940 8
Republican National Convention JUN 1944 1
Democratic National Convention JUL 1944 9
Republican National Convention JUN 1948 4
Democratic National Convention JUL 1948 6
Republican National Convention JUL 1952 1
Democratic National Convention JUL 1952 3
Democratic National Convention AUG 1956 2
Republican National Convention AUG 1956 1
Democratic National Convention JUL 1960 2
Republican National Convention JUL 1960 1
Democratic National Convention AUG 1964 1
Democratic National Convention JUL 1972 1
Democratic National Convention JUL 1976 1
Democratic National Convention AUG 1980 1
Republican National Convention AUG 1984 1
Passenger Lists57548
  Title DatePeople
Jamestown Fleet, SusanConstant, Godspeed, Discovry 1606 4
Ship, 'John and Francis' 1607-1634 1
Ship 'Virginia' 1609 1
Ship 'Godspeed' 1610 2
Ship 'Swan' 1610 5
ships, 'De La Warr, Blessing, and Hercules' 1610 1
ships, 'Deliverance and Patience' 1610 3
Ship 'Prosperous' 1611 Mar-May 1611 1
Ship 'George' 1617 1
Ship 'Neptune' Aug 1618 2
Ship 'Bona Nova' 1618 2
The Mayflower Sep/Nov 1620 61
Ship, 'Margaret & John' 1621 1
Ship 'Marmaduke' 1621 JUL 1621 1
Ship 'Fortune' Nov 1621 13
Ship 'Anne' jul 1623 32
Ship 'Hopewell' 1629 1
Ship 'Mary and John', 1630 Mar-May 1630 39
The Winthrop Fleet Apr-Jun 1630 80
Ship 'Lyon' 1631 Nov 1631 20
Ship 'William and Francis' Mar-Jun 1632 8
Ship 'Lyon', 1632 Jun-Sep 1632 8
Ship 'Griffin' 1633 Sep 1633 4
Ship 'Bonaventure' 1634 3
Ship 'Mary and John', 1634 Mar 1634 12
Ship 'Hercules' Mar 1634 4
Ship 'Elizabeth' May 1634 35
Ship 'Francis' 1634 13
Ship 'Griffin' 1634 Sep 1634 10
Ship 'Safety' 1635 1
Ship 'The Christian' 1635 4
Ship 'Hopewell', 1635 1635 12
Ship 'Susan and Ellin' MAY 1635 11
Ship 'Elizabeth and Ann' 1635 15
Ship 'Plain Joan' 1635 1
Ship 'James' 1635 8
Ship 'Thomas and John' Jun 1635 1
Ship 'Planter' June 1635 5
Ship 'Increase' 1635 16
Ship 'Abigail' Apr-Jul 1635 12
Ship, 'Primrose' 1635 1
Ship 'Defence' Oct 1635 12
Ship 'Truelove' Sep 1635 10
Ship 'Hector' May-Jun 1637 8
Ship 'Bevis' MAY 1638 2
Ship 'John of London' Aug 1638 3
Ship 'Martin' Jul 1638 9
Ship 'Dilligent' Jun-Aug 1638 28
Ship, 'Gilded Otter' 27 APR 1660 4
Ship, 'The Rosetree' 1663 2
Ship 'James Goodwill' 1728 11 SEP 1728 3
Ship 'Adventure' 23 Sep 1732 2
Ship 'Elizabeth' 1733 4
Ship 'Robert & Alice' 1739 2
Ship 'St Mark' 26 Sep 1741 1
Ship 'Brothers' 22 September 1752 1
Ship, 'Chance' 1765 3
Seminole Wars13
  Title DatePeople
Battle of Ouithlacoochie 31 DEC 1835 3
Sports137
  Title DatePeople
1900 Summer Olympics 1900 1
1928 Major League Baseball World Series 1928 1
1934 Major League Baseball World Series 1934 1
1941 Major League Baseball World Series 1941 1
1951 Major League Baseball World Series 1951 1
1954 Major League Baseball World Series 1954 1
1963 Major League Baseball World Series 1963 1
1979 Major League Baseball World Series 1979 1
1983 Major League Baseball World Series 1983 2
2002 Major League Baseball World Series 2002 1
2003 Major League Baseball World Series 2003 1
2014 Major League Baseball World Series 2014 1
2015 Major League Baseball World Series 2015 1
US Civil War56392
  Title DatePeople
Battle of Sewell's Point MAY 1861 2
Battle of Big Bethel 10 JUN 1861 9
Battle of Bull Run (1st) 21 Jul 1861 35
Battle of Leesburg 21 Oct 1861 6
Battle of New Bern 14 MAR 1862 2
Battle of Shiloh 6 Apr 1862 33
Battle of New Orleans Apr 1862 3
Siege of Corinth 29 APR 1862 10
Battle of Drewrys Bluff 15 May 1862 5
Battle of Hanover Court House 27 MAY 1862 5
Battle of Seven Pines 31 May 1862 17
Battle of Malvern Hill 1 Jul 1862 24
Battle of Cynthiana 1862 JUL 1862 3
Battle of Cedar Mountain 9 AUG 1862 16
Battle of Lone Jack 15 AUG 1862 1
Battle of Bull Run (2nd) 28 Aug 1862 36
Battle of South Mountain 14 SEP 1862 1
Battle of Antietam 17 Sep 1862 43
Second Battle of Corinth Oct 1862 7
Battle of Perryville 8 OCT 1862 9
Battle of Hartsville 7 DEC 1862 2
Battle of Fredericksburg 11 Dec 1862 43
Battle of Stones River 31 Dec 1862 15
Battle of Mingo Swamp 2/4/1863 1
Battle of Chancellorsville 30 Apr 1863 51
Battle of Vicksburg 18 May 1863 26
Morgan's Raid Jun-Jul 1863 1
Battle of Gettysburg 1 Jul 1863 106
Battle of Buffington Island 19 JUL 1863 3
Battle of Chickamauga 19 Sep 1863 29
Chattanooga Campaign Sep-Nov 1863 4
Battle of Bristoe Station 14 OCT 1863 2
Battle of the Wilderness 5 MAY 1864 36
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House 8 May 1864 22
Battle of New Market 15 MAY 1864 5
Battle of Cold Harbor Jun 1864 35
Battle of Petersburg 9 Jun 1864 23
Battle of Cynthiana 1864 JUN 1864 2
Battle of Peachtree Creek 20 JUL 1864 10
Battle of Atlanta 22 JUL 1864 10
Battle of Deep Bottom (1st) JUL 1864 1
Battle of Mobile Bay AUG 1864 5
Battle of Jonesborough 31 AUG 1864 4
Battle of Hurricane Creek OCT 1864 1
Battle of Franklin 30 NOV 1864 7
Battle of Nashville 15 DEC 1864 6
Second Battle of Fort Fisher JAN 1865 3
Battle of Fort Fisher JAN 1865 1
Battle of Wilmington Feb 1865 3
Battle of Averasborough 16 MAR 1865 1
Battle of Bentonville 19 Mar 1865 9
Battle of Spanish Fort 27 Mar 1865 2
Appomattox Campaign 29 MAR 1865 5
US Revolutionary War24219
  Title DatePeople
Battle of Alamance 1771 1
Battle of Point Pleasant 10 Oct 1774 6
Battles of Lexington and Concord 19 APR 1775 25
Siege of Boston 1775-1776 7
Battle of Bunker Hill 17 Jun 1775 21
Battle of Quebec 31 DEC 1775 8
Battle of Moores Creek 27 FEB 1776 6
Defense of Williamsburg 1776-1781 2
Battle of Long Island 27 AUG 1776 18
Battle of Trenton 26 DEC 1776 24
Valley Forge Encampment 1777 39
Battle of Princeton 3 JAN 1777 13
Battle of Ridgefield 27 Apr 1777 4
Battle of Bennington 16 AUG 1777 6
Battle of Brandywine 11 SEP 1777 34
Battle of Saratoga Sep/Oct 1777 14
Battle of Germantown 4 OCT 1777 37
Battle of Wyoming 3 JUL 1778 1
Battle of Monmouth 28 Jul 1778 27
Battle of Kings Mountain 7 Oct 1780 27
Battle of Guilford Court House 15 Mar 1781 19
Battle of Eutaw Springs 8 SEP 1781 11
Siege of Yorktown OCT 1781 29
Battle of Blue Licks 19 Aug 1782 3
War of 1812525
  Title DatePeople
Siege of Fort Erie AUG-SEP 1814 3
Battle of Bladensburg 24 AUG 1814 8
Battle of Plattsburgh SEP 1814 1
Battle of New Orleans Jan 1815 13
World War I37
  Title DatePeople
Battle of the Marne (1st) SEP 1914 1
Battle of the Marne (2nd) Jul-Aug 1915 1
Meuse-Argonne Offensive Sep-Nov 1918 5
World War II518
  Title DatePeople
Attack on Pearl Harbor 7 DEC 1941 7
Guadalcanal Campaign 1942-1943 1
Landing at Normandy 6 Jun 1944 5
Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign Jun/Nov 1944 1
Battle of Iwo Jima Feb-Mar 1945 4
WWII11
  Title DatePeople
Battle of Leyte Gulf 23 Oct 1944 1

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1792 USA 3
1804 USA 8
1808 USA 7
1812 USA 6
1816 USA 4
1820 USA 2
1824 USA 9
1828 USA 4
1832 USA 8
1836 USA 8
1840 USA 3
1844 USA 4
1848 USA 7
1852 USA 6
1856 USA 10
1860 USA 18
1864 USA 8
1868 USA 4
1872 USA 5
1876 USA 8
1880 USA 7
1884 USA 6
1888 USA 4
1892 USA 8
1896 USA 7
1900 USA 5
1904 USA 9
1908 USA 8
1912 USA 7
1916 USA 4
1920 USA 8
1924 USA 6
1928 USA 3
1932 USA 5
1936 USA 2
1940 USA 4
1944 USA 4
1948 USA 6
1952 USA 6
1956 USA 7
1960 USA 7
1964 USA 5
1968 USA 7
1972 USA 2
1976 USA 8
1980 USA 6
1984 USA 3
1988 USA 5
1992 USA 4
1996 USA 2
2000 USA 6
2004 USA 4
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2012 USA 4
2016 USA 7
2020 USA 7
Governor's125165
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1938 California 1
1942 California 1
1802 Connecticut 2
1803 Connecticut 2
1835 Connecticut 3
1837 Connecticut 2
1838 Connecticut 3
1839 Connecticut 3
1842 Connecticut 3
1950 Connecticut 2
1962 Connecticut 1
2010 Connecticut 1
2018 Connecticut 1
2014 Georgia 1
1836 Kentucky 2
1840 Kentucky 2
1844 Kentucky 2
1939 Kentucky 1
1848 Maine 3
1849 Maine 3
1844 Maryland 2
1848 Maryland 2
1851 Maryland 2
1854 Maryland 2
1858 Maryland 2
1851 Massachusetts 3
1860 Massachusetts 2
1886 Massachusetts 2
1902 Massachusetts 1
1960 Massachusetts 1
1962 Massachusetts 1
1994 Massachusetts 2
2018 Massachusetts 1
1872 Michigan 1
1998 Minnesota 3
2000 Montana 0
2000 Montana 1
2010 Nevada 1
1777 New York 3
1783 New York 3
1792 New York 4
1798 New York 3
1804 New York 4
1807 New York 3
1810 New York 4
1836 New York 4
1838 New York 4
1840 New York 4
1842 New York 2
1844 New York 3
1846 New York 3
1848 New York 3
1850 New York 1
1852 New York 1
1854 New York 3
1856 New York 4
1858 New York 4
1860 New York 2
1862 New York 2
1864 New York 2
1866 New York 3
1868 New York 3
1872 New York 2
1874 New York 3
1876 New York 3
1879 New York 3
1882 New York 3
1885 New York 2
1888 New York 1
1891 New York 2
1894 New York 2
1896 New York 2
1898 New York 4
1900 New York 2
1902 New York 2
1904 New York 2
1906 New York 4
1908 New York 3
1910 New York 2
1912 New York 2
1914 New York 0
1914 New York 2
1916 New York 1
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1920 New York 2
1922 New York 2
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1926 New York 3
1930 New York 1
1938 New York 1
1946 New York 2
1954 New York 2
1954 New York 0
1958 New York 2
1966 New York 2
1974 New York 1
1978 New York 1
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2002 New York 1
1832 North Carolina 3
1836 North Carolina 2
1850 North Carolina 2
1844 Ohio 1
1846 Ohio 1
1857 Ohio 2
1861 Ohio 1
1952 Ohio 1
1904 Utah 1
1952 Utah 2
1964 Utah 1
1976 Utah 0
1976 Utah 2
1980 Utah 1
1988 Utah 1
1992 Utah 2
1996 Utah 1
2004 Utah 2
2008 Utah 1
2020 Utah 3
1928 Washington 1
1868 West Virginia 1
1872 West Virginia 1
1952 Wisconsin 1
1954 Wisconsin 1
1956 Wisconsin 1
US Senate5388
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1934 Connecticut 1
1950 Connecticut 1
1956 Connecticut 2
1964 Connecticut 2
1970 Connecticut 2
1988 Connecticut 1
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1948 Delaware 2
1910 Florida 2
1914 Kentucky 2
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1972 Maine 2
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1916 Massachusetts 2
1940 Massachusetts 2
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1962 Massachusetts 2
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1970 Massachusetts 2
1994 Massachusetts 2
2020 Massachusetts 1
1988 Minnesota 1
1926 Nevada 1
1982 New Jersey 2
1800 New York 2
1833 New York 3
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1849 New York 4
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1905 New York 2
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1914 New York 4
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1920 New York 1
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1964 New York 2
1822 North Carolina 2
1846 North Carolina 3
1932 Utah 2
1944 Utah 2
1950 Utah 2
1992 Utah 2
2010 Utah 3
2018 Utah 1
1926 Washington 1