A Partial Chronology

778 AD: Roland ambushed at Roncesvalles
1905 AD: Binet-Simon test devised
1985 AD: Dian Fossey murdered
1853 AD: Matthew Perry lands in Japan
1972 AD: Jimmy Cliff rides a car through a golf course
1887 AD: Ludwik Zamerhof introduces Esperanto
73 AD: Siege of Masada
1598 AD: Spenser flees Irish rebels
1903 AD: Beatrix Potter writes The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny
1917 AD: Execution of Mata Hari
1973 AD: The Saturday Night Massacre
331 AD: Birth of Julian the Apostate