American Artifacts Timeline

  • 400


    Elazar's Artifacts
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    The angel Elazar buries a set of silver plates and a set of spectacles in a stone box

  • 1732

    22 February

    Birth of George Washington
    Life, Birth

  • 1742

    15 June

    Ben Franklin's Kite Experiment
    Discovery, Scientific

    Benjamin Franklin flies a kite in a storm

  • 1770

    5 March

    Boston Massacre
    Revolution

    Crispus Attucks is the first American killed in the American Revolution.

  • 1776

    August
    1777

    31 July

    Ben Franklin's Automaton Constructed
    Construction beginning/end

    Benjamin Franklin and Tadeusz Kosciuszko construct their automaton.

  • 1777

    7 October
    1777

    16 October

    Battle of Saratoga
    Military action

    This battle marks the first and only use of Ben Franklin's Automaton in battle.

  • 1780


    Death of Bruce Carter
    Life, Death

    British spies believed to be working with the Acolytes of Leviathan murder Lieutenant Bruce Carter and steal Poor Richard’s Grimoire.

  • 1784


    Tadeusz Kosciuszko Returns to Poland
    Life, Relocation

  • 1785


    Franklin's Automaton Deactivated
    Miscellaneous

    Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia and seals up his automaton.

  • 1792


    Scarlet Pimpernel Appears
    Life, Publicity

    Sir Percy Blakeney takes on the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel

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  • 1799

    14 December

    Death of George Washington
    Life, Death

  • 1800

    2 October

    Birth of Nat Turner
    Life, Birth

  • 1820s AD
    The Black Fox Active
    Life, Publicity

    The Black Fox battles injustice in California.

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  • 1823


    Moroni's First Appearance
    Religious event

    The angel Moroni begins appearing to Joseph Smith

  • 1825

    4 July

    Whitman Meets Lafayette
    Miscellaneous

    The Marquis de Lafayette visits Brooklyn and kisses as 6-year-old Walt Whitman on the cheek.

  • 1829

    16 June

    Birth of Geronimo
    Life, Birth

  • 1830


    San Saba Mine Discovered
    Discovery, Exploration

    Jim and Rezin Bowie find the San Saba mine.

  • 1830

    March

    Book of Mormon
    Religious event

    Joseph Smith Publishes The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.

  • 1831

    21 October

    Nat Turner's Rebellion
    Revolution

  • 1831

    11 November

    Nat Turner Hanged
    Life, Death

  • 1836

    6 March

    Death of Jim Bowie
    Life, Death

    Jim Bowie dies at the Alamo.

  • 1847

    11 February

    Birth of Thomas Edison
    Life, Birth