1140 ⟶ Ancestral Puebloan Abandonment of Chaco Canyon

1150: Collapse of the Ancestral Puebloan culture at Chaco Ca...
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🏘️ Ancestral Puebloan Abandonment of Chaco Canyon

1150: Collapse of the Ancestral Puebloan culture at Chaco Canyon (modern-day New Mexico).⟶
Ancestral Puebloan Abandonment of Chaco Canyon (1140)
Pre-Columbian AmericaArchaeologyNative American HistoryCollapseCivilization
United StatesUnited States

🏘️ Construction Begins on the Grand Village of the Natchez

Construction begins on the Grand Village of the Natchez near Natchez, Mississippi. This ceremonial center for the Natchez people is occupied and built until the early 17th century.⟶
Construction Begins on the Grand Village of the Natchez (1200)
Indigenous PeoplesPre-Columbian AmericaArchitectureArchaeologyCultural Development
United StatesUnited States

🎓 Harvard College Established

Harvard University is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts.⟶
Harvard College Established (1636)
EducationColonial AmericaUniversitiesHigher EducationMassachusettsPuritansSocietyEarly American History
United StatesUnited States

🏘️ Charleston Founded

The city of Charleston is founded in present-day South Carolina.⟶
Charleston Founded (1670)
ColonialismEarly American HistorySettlementUrban DevelopmentSouth CarolinaNew WorldSociety
United StatesUnited States

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials

Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.⟶
Salem Witch Trials (1692)
Colonial AmericaReligious ViolenceSuperstitionSocial HistoryMassachusetts
United StatesUnited States

⚾ Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball's Color Barrier

April 15: Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American baseball player to play modern Major League Baseball.⟶
Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball's Color Barrier (1947)
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansIntegrationSportsSocial ChangeDiscrimination
United StatesUnited States