William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet, is born
Timeline
- : Battle of Hastings; the Norman Conquest of Britain
- : William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet, is born
- Immigration of European Muggles/No-Maj to North America
- : Nicholas Culpeper publishes Complete Herbal
- : Salem Witch Trials
- : The American Revolutionary War results in a new country: the United States
- : French Revolution / Reign of Terror Begins
- : The stock market crashes in the U.S., beginning the Great Depression
- : Attack on Pearl Harbor
- : WWII ends