/* Events Database */



events = new Array();

events['us-easy'] = new Array();

events['us-easy']['labels'] = new Array();

events['us-easy']['event_dates'] = new Array();

events['us-hard'] = new Array();

events['us-hard']['labels'] = new Array();

events['us-hard']['event_dates'] = new Array();

events['world'] = new Array();

events['world']['labels'] = new Array();

events['world']['event_dates'] = new Array();



// US Easy Events



i=0;



events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'French and Indian War begins';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17540000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'French and Indian War ends. France is forced to give up their land in America.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17630000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Parliamnet issues Stamp Act. ';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17650000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'Parliament issues Townshend Acts';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17670000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'The Declaration of Independence is first read to the public.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17760704;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'British soldiers fire into an angry mob in what comes to be known as the Boston Massacre.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17700000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'The Sons of Liberty board an English tea vessel and dump its contents into Boston Harbor';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17730000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'The Continental Congress first meets in Philadelphia.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17740000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'First shots of American Revolution are fired at Lexington, Mass.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17750000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'George Washington and small army capture 800 Hessian soldiers at Battle of Trenton.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17761225;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'The British are defeated at Battle of Saratoga, NY. France agrees to help the Patriots fight the British.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17770000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'British general Charles Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17810000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending Revolutionary War. America is free.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17830000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'The Constitutional Convention occurs in Philadelphia.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17870000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'George Washington is inaugurated as the first president of the United States.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17890000;

i++;

events['us-easy']['labels'][i] = 'The Bill of Rights is added to the Constitution.';

events['us-easy']['event_dates'][i] = 17910000;

i++;








// US Hard Events



i=0;



events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'First shots of the Revolution are fired at Lexington, Mass';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17750419;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'George Washington is named commander-and-chief of Continental Army';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17750510;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British suffer heavy casualties at the Battle of Bunker Hill';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17750617;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'The Americans organize their first navy and seek foreign assistance in the war.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17751028;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'King George III closes all American colonies to foreign trade.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17751223;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense"';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17760109;

i++;


events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British forces evacuate Boston after the Battle of Dorchester Heights.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17760317;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'The Declaration of Independence is ratified';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17760704;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriot forces under George Washington are routed at the Battle of Long Island';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17760829;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British forces rout Patriot forces at the Battle of Ft. Washington. 2,800 Patriots are taken prisoner. ';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17761116;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'American Spy Nathan Hale is executed by the British.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17760922;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'The American Navy is crushed at the Battle of Valcour Heights by the British.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17761011;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriot forces under George Washington are routed at the Battle of White Plains.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17761028;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'George Washington and his soldiers cross the Delaware River and capture 800 Hessian soldiers.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17761226;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriot forces under George Washington defeat the British at Princeton, N.J.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 177730103;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriot forces under Nicholas Herkimer are routed at the Battle of Oriskany.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17770806;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriot forces score a victory at the Battle of Bennington.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17770816;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British forces under William Howe occupy Philadelphia. Congress escapes to Lancaster.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17770926;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriot forces score a major victory at Saratoga, N.Y. France agrees to help the Patriots.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17771007;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'George Washington sets up winter encampment at Valley Forge, PA';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17771217;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'United States and France sign formal Treaty of Alliance.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17780206;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British evacuate Philadelphia, fearing a French naval blockade';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17780618;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriots and British fight to a standstill at Monmouth, N.J.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17780628;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British forces occupy Charleston, Savannah, and all of Georgia. ';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17781229;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British forces burn Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17790510;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Spain declares war on England.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17790616;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Loyalists burn Connecticut towns of Norwalk, Fairfield, and New Haven.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17790705;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriot forces are routed at Savannah, GA';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17791029;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriot naval Captain John Paul Jones defeats a British fleet near England.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17790923;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'George Washington sets up winter encampment at Morristown, NJ.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17791017;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Patriots are routed at Charleston, S.C. 5,400 soldiers are captured.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17800512;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Benedict Arnold is revealed as a spy.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17800923;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Nathaniel Greene takes over command of the Patriot army in the south.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17801014;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'American forces under Daniel Morgan defeat the British at Cowpens, S.C. ';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17810114;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British forces suffer horrible casualties at Guilford Courthouse, N.C.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17810315;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'British forces under Charles Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown. ';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17811019;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'The British withdraw from North Carolina. ';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17820105;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'The British evacuate Savannah, GA. ';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17820611;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'The British evacuate Charleston, S.C.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17821214;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'England signs peace treaty with Spain and France. ';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17830120;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'Spain, Russia, Sweden, and Denamrk recognize American independence.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17830203;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'The Continental Army disbands.';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17830613;

i++;

events['us-hard']['labels'][i] = 'England and America sign the Treaty of Paris. America is free!';

events['us-hard']['event_dates'][i] = 17830903;







// World Events



i=0;



events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Minoan Civilization emerged on Crete.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -25000000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Olmecs settled on Gulf Coast and formed first known civilization in western hemisphere.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -15000000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'God reveals himself to Moses at Mt. Sinai. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -12500000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Approximate date of Trojan War.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -12450000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Romulus founds Rome.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -7530000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Siddarta Guatama, founder of Buddhism dies.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -4830000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Chinese philosopher Confucius dies.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -4790000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Peloponnesian War ended with Sparta\'s victory over Athens.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -4040000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Greek Philosopher Plato dies.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -3470000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Alexander inherits the kingdom of Macedon.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -3360000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Alexander the Great, conqueror of Persia, dies. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -3230000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The first sections of The Great Wall of China are built.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -2210000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Hannibal invades Italy.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -2180000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The Punic Wars end, as Rome defeats Carthage.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -1460000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Julius Caesar conquers Gaul.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -510000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Mark Antony and Cleopatra are defeated by Romans. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -300000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'After many Civil Wars, Roman Empire comes under the rule of Augustus.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -270000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Mary gives birth to Jesus.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = -40000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The execution of Jesus Christ leads to Christianity.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 330000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Mount Vesuvius erupts and buries Pompeii, Italy in a world of volcanic ashes. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 790000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Constantine founds Constantinople as a fully Christian city. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 3300000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Huns invade Europe.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 3720000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Atilla the Hun raids Gaul, Italy and the Balkans.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 4530000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'St. Patrick, leader of the conversion of Ireland, dies. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 4920000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Muhammad emerges as a prophet.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 6100000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Age of China\'s Tang Dynasty begins.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 6180000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Muhammad conquers Mecca';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 6290000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Charlemagne is crowned emperor in Italy by Pope Leo III';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 8000000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Viking explorers reach North America. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 10000000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'William of Normandy conquers England.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 10660000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Pope Urban II called for a crusade to restore Asia Minor to Byzantium and to regain holy lands from Turks.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 10950000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12040000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The Magna Carta is created. King John guaranteed privileges of nobles and church against monarchy and assured jury trials.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12150000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Kublai Khan rules China.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12640000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Marco Polo explores China and sets the stage for the Age of Exploration.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12710000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Genghis Khan unites Mongol tribes and creates the largest land empire in history.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12790000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Crusades end.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 12910000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Bubonic Plague reaches Europe, killing half the population within two years.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 13480000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'China\'s Ming Dynasty begins 276 year reign.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 13680000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'English translation of The Bible begins.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 13800000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The Hundred Years War between England and France ends as England gives up dynastic claims in France.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 14530000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The Sistine Chapel is completed.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 14830000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Wars of the Roses end.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 14850000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Christopher Columbus reaches the island of Hispaniola in the New World.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 14920000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Leonardo Da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15060000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Ponce de Leon explores the coast of Florida.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15130000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Martin Luther is excommunicated from Catholic church for his 95 Theses which condemn several Catholic traditions.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15210000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = ' 18 of Ferdinand Magellan\'s original crew returns to Spain from first ever circumnavigation.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15220000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Henry VIII breaks away from English Catholic church. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15340000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Pizarro conquers the Incas and claims most of South America for Spain.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15350000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Hernando de Soto crosses Mississippi River.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15410000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer and heliocentric theorist, dies. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 15430000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'John Smith and 105 cavaliers establish first English settlement in New World at Jamestown.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 16070000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'English playwright William Shakespeare dies.  ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 16160000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = '25 women are executed for withcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in what came to be known as the Salem Witch Trials.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 16920000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Isaac Newton - the man credited with discovering gravity dies.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17270000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'James Watt patents the steam engine.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17690000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'America claims independence from England.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17760000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'British surrender at Yorktown and recognize American independence.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17830000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator of France. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 17990000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Napoleon\'s armies are defeated at Waterloo by British and Prussian troops.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18150000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Spanish colonies of South America win independence from Spain under leaders such as Simon Bolivar.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18240000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Ludwig Van Beethoven dies.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18270000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Opium War ends as Britain forces China to expand trade opportunities and relinquish Hong Kong. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18420000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Charles Darwin publishes Origin of Species.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18590000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. Civil War ends and slavery is abolished. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18650000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'The first commercial telephone goes into use.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 18780000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'First airplane flights begin.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19030000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Construction of the Panama Canal begins.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19040000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Albert Einstein posits Theory of Relativity.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19150000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'World War I ends in Paris with Treaty of Versailles';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19190000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'China\'s Huang He River floods, leading to the worst natural disaster in recorded world history. 3,700,000 people died.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19310000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'U.S. uses atom bombs to destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in World War II';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19440000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'World War II ends as Germany surrenders.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19450000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'UNIVAC I, the first commerically viable computer is built and sold.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19510000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Jonas Salk produces Polio vaccine.';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19520000;

i++;

events['world']['labels'][i] = 'Neil Armstrong becomes first person to walk on the moon. ';

events['world']['event_dates'][i] = 19690000;

i++;