TIMELINE OF THE WORLD

EARLY 970SWork on Westminster Abbey begins

1450 Gutenberg printing press is invented in Germany

C. 1606 Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare

1666 Great Fire of London destroys much of the city

1749 Tom Jones by Henry Fielding is published

1770 Ludwig van Beethoven is born

1787 French Revolution begins

1795 Napoleon Bonaparte invades the Netherlands

1812 War of 1812 breaks out

1825 Japan closes its ports to foreign ships

1830 Poland revolts against Russian rule

1837 Victoria is crowned queen of England

1852 Devil’s Island penal colony is opened

1857 Hollywood is founded

1865 First commercially sold typewriter is invented