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AN ILLUMINATI OUTLINE OF HISTORY
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fascinating website I have found on Creation Theories and
Legends is this one: Alpha and Omega - Immanentizing of the Eschaton. 20,000,000 BC - Recent Epoch of geeology begins; Ice Age ends; human
beings spread to all parts of the world. 450,000 - on Nibiru, a distant member of our solar system, life faces slow extinction as the planet's atmosphere erodes. Deposed by Anu, the ruler Alalu escapes in a spaceship and finds refuge on Earth. He discovers that Earth has gold that can be used to protect Nibiru's atmosphere. 445,000 - Led by Enki, a son of Anu, the Anunnaki land on Earth, establish Eridu -Earth Station I - for extracting gold from the waters of the Persian Gulf. 430,000 - Earth's climate mellows. More Anunnaki arrive on Earth, among them Enki's half-sister Ninhursag, Chief Medical Officer. 416,000 - As gold production falters, Anu arrives on Earth with Enlil, the heir apparent. It is decided to obtain the vital gold by mining it in southern Africa. Drawing lots, Enlil wins command of Earth Mission; Enki is relegated to Africa. On departing Earth, Anu is challenged by Alalu's grandson. 400,000 - Seven functional settlements in southern Mesopotamia include a Spaceport (Sippar), Mission Control Center (Nippur), a metallurgical center (Shuruppak). The ores arrive by ships from Africa; the refined metal is sent aloft to orbiters manned by Igigi, then transferred to spaceships arriving periodically from Nibiru. 380,000 - Gaining the support of the Igigi, Alalu's grandson attempts to seize mastery over Earth. The Enlilites win the War of the Olden Gods. 300,000 - The Anunnaki toiling in the gold mines mutiny. Enki and Ninhursag create Primitive Workers through genetic manipulation of Ape woman; they take over the manual chores of the Anunnaki. Enlil raids the mines, brings the Primitive Workers to the Edin in Mesopotamia. Given the ability to procreate, Homo Sapiens begins to multiply. 200,000 - Life on Earth regresses during a new glacial period. 100,000 - Climate warms again. The Anunnaki (the biblical Nefilim), to Enlil's growing annoyance marry the daughters of Man. 75,000 - The "accursation of Earth" - a new Ice Age-begins. Regressive types of Man roam the Earth . Cro-Magnon man survives. 49,000 - Enki and Ninhursag elevate humans of Anunnaki parentage to rule in Shuruppak. Enlil, enraged. plots Mankind's demise. 30,000 - First Illuminatus, Gruad, rules in Atlantis. 20,000 - Mythical Lloigor inhabit continent of Mu. 13,000 - Realizing that the passage of Nibiru in Earth's proximity will trigger an immense tidal wave, Enlil makes the Anunnaki swear to keep the impending calamity a secret from Mankind. 11,000 Enki breaks the oath, instructs Ziusudra/Noah to build a submersible ship. The Deluge sweeps over the Earth; the Anunnaki witness the total destruction from their orbiting spacecraft. Enlil agrees to grant the remnants of Mankind implements and seeds; agriculture begins in the highlands. Enki domesticates animals. 10,500 The descendants of Noah are allotted three regions. Ninurta, Enlil's foremost son, dams the mountains and drains the rivers to make Mesopotamia habitable; Enki reclaims the Nile valley. The Sinai peninsula is retained by the Anunnaki for a post-Diluvial spaceport; a control center is established on Mount Moriah (the future Jerusalem). 10,000 - Approximate beginning of agriculture. Estimated date of
inscriptions on stone disks by the Dropa tribe, a diminutive
people of the Bayan-Kara-Ula Mountains on the
border of China and Tibet; disks describe how the tribe came
to earth in flying machines; ancient Dropa graves contain
human remains with huge heads and small bodies. Earliest
estimated date of carving of the Crystal Skull found at
Lubaantun in the Yucatan. Hyborian Age in Europe. 9,000 to 10,000 - Date of Plato's Atlantis. 9780 - Ra/Marduk, Enki's firstborn son, divides dominion over Egypt between Osiris and Seth. 9330 - Seth seizes and dismembers Osiris, assumes sole rule over the Nile Valley. 8970 - Horus avenges his father Osiris by launching the First Pyramid War. Seth escapes to Asia, seizes the Sinai peninsula and Canaan. 8670 - Opposed to the resulting control of all the space facilities by Enki's descendants, the Enlilites launch the Second Pyramid War. The victorious Ninurta empties the Great Pyramid of its equipment. Ninhursag, half-sister of Enki and Enlil, convenes peace conference. The division of Earth is reaffirmed. Rule over Egypt transferred from the Ra/Marduk dynasty to that of Thoth. Heliopolis built as a substitute Beacon City. 8500 The Anunnaki establish outposts at the gateway to the space facilities; Jericho is one of them. 7400 As the era of peace continues, the Anunnaki grant Mankind new advances; the Neolithic period begins. Demi-gods rule over Egypt. 6,000 - Picture writing develops. 5,000 - First alphabet begins to develop. 4,000 - Approximate date of discovery of metals, beginning of cities,
constellations of stars first recorded. Egyptians begin
placing small pieces of crystal on the forehead of deceased
prior to mummification. 3800 Urban civilization begins in Sumer as the Anunnaki reestablish there the Olden Cities, beginning with Eridu and Nippur. Anu comes to Earth for a pageantful visit. A new city, Uruk (Erech), is built in his honor; he makes its temple the abode of his beloved granddaughter Inanna/lshtar. 3760 Mankind granted kingship. Kish is first capital under the aegis of Ninurta. The calendar begun at Nippur. Civilization blossoms out in Sumer (the First Region). 3450 Primacy in Sumer transferred to Nannar/Sin. Marduk proclaims Babylon "Gateway of the Gods." The "Tower of Babel" incident. The Anunnaki confuseMankind's languages. His coup frustrated, Marduk/Ra returns to Egypt, deposes Thoth, seizes his younger brother Dumuzi who had betrothed Inanna. Dumuzi accidentally killed; Marduk imprisoned alive in the Great Pyramid. Freed through an emergency shaft, he goes into exile. 3100 350 years of chaos end with installation of first Egyptian Pharaoh in Memphis. Civilization comes to the Second Region. 3,000 - Approximate date of building of the Sphinx and Great Pyramid at
Giza and other pyramids elsewhere in Egypt. [Now said,
though, to be more than 10,000 years old.] Indus Valley
civilization develops complex government, writing and well
planned cities. Minoan civilization flourishes in Crete.
Earliest parts of the Bible written. Beginning date of Olmec
calendar from Central America: 3113 BC. Trephination
(cutting a hole in the skull) practiced by people all over
the world. 2900 Kingship in Sumer transferred to Erech. Inanna given dominion over the Third Region; the Indus Valley Civilization begins. 2650 Sumer's royal capital shifts about. Kingship deteriorates. Enlil loses patience with the unruly human multitudes. 2,500 - Sarmoung Brotherhood of Babylonia flourish according to
Gurdjieff. 2371 Inanna falls in love with Sharru-Kin (Sargon). He establishes new capital city. Agade (Akkad). Akkadian empire launched. 2316 Aiming to rule the four regions, Sargon removes sacred soil from Babylon. The Marduk-Inanna conflict flares up again. It ends when Nergal, Marduk's brother, journeys from south Africa to Babylon and persuades Marduk to leave Mesopotamia. 2291 Naram-Sin ascends the throne of Akkad. Directed by the warlike Inanna, he penetrates the Sinai peninsula, invades Egypt. 2255 Inanna usurps the power in Mesopotamia; Naram-Sin defies Nippur. The Great Anunnaki obliterate Agade. Inanna escapes. Sumer and Akkad occupied by foreign troops loyal to Enlil and Ninurta. 2220 Sumerian civilization rises to new heights under enlightened rulers of Lagash. Thoth helps its king Gudea build a ziggurat-temple for Ninurta. 2193 Terah, Abraham's father, born in Nippur into a priestly-royal family. 2180 Egypt divided; followers of Ra/Marduk retain the south; Pharaohs opposed to him gain the throne of lower Egypt. 2130 As Enlil and Ninurta are increasingly away, central authority also deteriorates in Mesopotamia. Inanna's attempts to regain the kingship for Erech does not last. 2123 Abraham born in Nippur. 2113 Enlil entrusts the Lands of Shem to Nannar; Ur declared capital of new empire. Ur- Nammmu ascends throne, is named Protector of Nippur. A Nippurian priest-Terah, Abraham's father - comes to Ur to liaison with its royal court. 2,100 - Egyptians record star configurations on which the 24 hour day
is based. 2096 Ur-Nammu dies in battle. The people consider his untimely death a betrayal by Anu and Enlil. Terah departs with his family for Harran. 2095 Shulgi ascends the throne of Ur, strengthens imperial ties. As empire thrives, Shulgi falls under charms of Inanna, becomes her lover. Grants Larsa to Elamites in exchange for serving as his Foreign Legion. 2080 Theban princes loyal to Ra/Marduk press northward under Mentuhotep I. Nabu, Marduk's son, gains adherents for his father in Western Asia. 2055 On Nannar's orders, Shulgi sends Elamite troops to suppress unrest in Canaanite cities. Elamites reach the gateway to the Sinai peninsula and its Spaceport. 2048 Shulgi dies. Marduk moves to the Land of the Hittites. Abraham ordered to southern Canaan with an elite corps of cavalrymen. 2047 Amar-Sin (the biblical Amraphel) becomes king of Ur. Abraham goes to Egypt, stays five years, then returns with more troops. 2041 Guided by Inanna, Amar-Sin forms a coalition of Kings of the East, launches military expedition to Canaan and the Sinai. Its leader is the Elamite Khedor-la'omer. Abraham blocks the advance at the gateway to the Spaceport. 2038 Shu-Sin replaces Amar-Sin on throne of Ur as the empire disintegrates. 2029 Ibbi-Sin replaces Shu-Sin. The western provinces increasingly to Marduk. 2024 Leading his followers, Marduk marches on Sumer, enthrones himself in Babylon. Fighting spreads to central Mesopotamia. Nippur's Holy of Holies is defiled. Enlil demands punishment for Marduk and Nabu; Enki opposes, but his son Nergal sides with Enlil. As Nabu marshals his Canaanite followers to capture the Spaceport, the Great Anunnaki approve of the use of nuclear weapons. Nergal and Ninurta destroy the Spaceport and the errant Canaanite cities. 2023 The winds carry the radioactive cloud to Sumer. People die a terrible death, animals perish, the water is poisoned, the soil becomes barren. Sumer and its great civilization lie prostrate. Its legacy passes to Abraham's seed as he begets -at age 100- a legitimate heir: Isaac. (All events mentioned from 450,000 BC to 2023 BC come from Zecharia Sitchen's Earth Chronicles) 2,000 - Stonehenge and other stone circles built in England. 1,800 - Huge Silbury Mound constructed near Stonehenge. 1,700 - Babylonian Enuma Anu Enlil, early roots of astrology based on
celestial phenomena. 1,500 - Approximate date of the destruction of Thera, on which Atlantis
legends are probably based. Early references to Mithraism on
cuniform astronomical tests. Quadrants of the moon recorded
in China. 1,360 - Akhenaton's monotheistic sun worship in Egypt. 1,344 - Tutankhamun, Akhenaton's successor who revived polytheism,
buried at Thebes; curse reading "Death comes on swift
wings to he who opens this tomb," written on tomb
doorway. 1,300 - Approximate date "I Ching" written in China. 1,184 - End of the Trojan War, Illium falls to the Greeks. 1,000 to 2,000 - Legendary Thule civilization in the Gobi region
destroyed by a catastrophe, "possibly of an atomic
nature," survivors migrating to Agarthi and Schamballah. 1,000 - Huge Sacrificial Table built at Mystery Hill near North Salem,
New Hampshire. 950 - Approximate date of building of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem,
traditional origin of the Masonic fraternity; alleged
assassination of Temple master-mason Hiram for refusing to
reveal masonic secrets. 900 - Approximate time settlers from Europe and the Middle East
established colonies in North America. 800 - Twenty-two "moon stations" in monthly lunar cycle
recognized in Babylonia, India and China. 753 - Legendary founding of Rome by Romulus. 700 - Jordanian city of Petra is carved out of sandstone by unknown
culture. 600 - Approximate beginning of money with first coins in Lydia. 575 - Nebuchadnezzar completes building Tower of Babel in Babylon. 500 to 600 - Time of Buddha, Lao Tse, Confucius, Zarathustra, Orpheus,
Pythagoras, Zachariah and Daniel-an Illuminated century. 500 - Sun-Tse's "Treatise on the Art of War," first
intelligence manual. 485 - Execution of Spurius Cassius in Rome. 450 - Development of the 12 constellations of the zodiac in
Mesopotamia, recognizing the importance of the plane of the
elliptic through which the sun, moon and planets move. 440 - Assassination of Spurius Maelius. 400 - Druidism in England. Astrological ideas from Enuma Anu Enlil
transmitted to India. 390 - Approximate date Plato's "The Republic" written,
featuring such Illuminoid images as the Philosopher Kings,
the Divided Line and the parable of the Cave. 355 - Plato's "Timaios" and "Kritias," earliest
accounts of Atlantis. 300 - Invention of Mayan calendar in Yucatan, based on advanced
astronomy. Fabius family of Rome reaches its greatest
heights. 275 - Approximate date Greek poet Aratus makes first systematic record
of star constellations in "Phaenomena." 273 to 232 - Rule of Asoka, king of India who allegedly founded the
Nine Unknown. 212 - Archimedes uses burning-glass to set fire to Roman fleet at
Syracuse, early use of lens as weapon. 133 - Land reformer Tiberius Gracchus murdered and hundreds of his
followers killed by followers of powerful Roman patricians;
death of Scripio Africanus a few years later. 121 - Gaius Gracchus and 3000 of his followers massacred by patricians. 100 - The Great Teacher of the Essenes. Essentials of modern astrology
worked out. 95 - Approximate date of assassination of Saturninus and Glaucia. 92 - Assassination of Rutilius Rufus. 91 - Assassination of Livius Drufus. 73 - Revolt of gladiators led by Spartacus. 44 - Assassination of Julius Caesar. 4 - Birth of Jesus of Nazareth, accompanied by various Illuminoid
trappings: three early Men-In-Black disguised as the Wise
Men; strange lights in the sky; miracles such as visits from
angels, prophecy and suspension of time are reported. 0 - Carnation-Painted Eyebrows Society, Copper Horses, Iron Shins and
other secret societies active in China. AD 30 - Assassination of the radical Jesus, allegedly on Illuminati
orders; more Illuminoid trappings; an eclipse; an
earthquake; visitors from the sky roll away the stone from
the sepulcher and liberate the crucified Jesus. 100 - Hero of Alexandria devises primitive steam-engine. 125 to 150 - Simon Magus, Menander, Valentinus and others develop
Gnostic religious doctrines of esoteric knowledge
(illumination). 135 - Approximate date Ptolemy records 1,022 stars in
"Almagest"; also recorded astrological ideas from
Enuma Anu Enlil in his "Apotelesmatika." 150 - Roman Mithraism competes with Christianity. Yellow Turban Society
subdues northern China, Triad cult formed in opposition. 200 - First book of the cabala, "Sepher Yetzirah," compiled. 216 to 276 - Life of Mani, the Illuminator, who founded Manicheism,
based on ideas from Judaism, Christianity, Zoroasterism,
Gnosticism, etc. 325 - Council of Nicaea in which Christian religion begins to rigidify. 400 - Estimated date of carving of stone statues found on Easter
Island. 500 - Chinese use of gunpowder. 570 to 632 - Life of Muhammad, founder of Islam. 670 - Callinicus invents Greek Fire, primitive incendiary bomb. 673 to 735 - Life of the Venerable Bede, the greatest scholar of Saxon
England whose "Ecclesiastical History of England"
(731) contained many occult and unexplained occurances. 700 - Sufi mysticism begins. 730 - "Al Azif" written in Damascus by Abdul Alhazred. 772 - Charlemagne allegedly established Holy Secret Tribunal which
becomes the Holy Vehm. 850 - Ismaili and Fatimid missionaries throughout Islamic Empire preach
revolution against the ruling Sunni order and Abbasid state. 900 - Beginning of the Bogomils of Bulgaria, a Manicheian sect, roots
of Cathari. 909 - First Fatimid caliph in Egypt. 920 to 1003 - Life of Pope Sylvester II who allegedly visited the Nine
Unknown in India. 950 - "Al Azif" translated into Greek as "Necronomicon." 1000 - Approximate founding of Yezidi cult by Sufi Sheikh Adi in Iraq.
Abode of Learning active in Cairo. Spread of Cathari
Manicheism throughout Europe. Leif Ericson explores North
America. 1034 to 1124 - Life of Hasan-e Sabbah, founder of the Assassins of
Persia. Member of the Ismaili sect, Hasan seized fortress of
Alamut in Daylam in 1090; split with Fatimid dynasty in
1094; Assassins flourished for next several centuries. 1050 - Approximate date of founding of the Order of Hospitallers in
Jerusalem. 1058 - Member of the Abode of Learning sect gains temporary control of
Bagdad. 1092 - Assassins murder Persian minister Nizam al-Mulk. 1095 - First Crusade. 1100 - Approximate date Sufi Gilani founds Arabic school of Illuminati,
Kadiri Order of Sebil-el-ward, in Bagdad. Assassins
infiltrate Thug cult of India. Bogomil leader Basil burned
in Constantinople. Albigensian Cathari sect flourishes near
Albi, France. Avengers and Beati Paoli active in Italy.
Joachim of Floris founds primitive Christian sect,
Illuminated Ones. Robin Hood active in England. 1119 - Knights Templar founded in Palestine. 1123 - Abode of Learning suppressed by Turkish Vizier Afdal. 1140 - Rapid growth of Cathari sect begins. 1149 - First Cathari bishop established. 1162 to 1227 - Life of Genghis Khan, conquerer of China and Russia,
invader of Europe and Islamic Empire, destroyer of Assassin
power. Approximate beginnings of the wandering of the
Gypsies of North India. 1167 - Cathari council near Toulouse. 1170 - Assassination of Thomas a Becket. 1171 - Last Fatimid caliph dies. 1176 - Peter Waldo founds the Poor Men of Lyons. Sultan Saladin invades
Assassin territory, gains truce. 1184 - Waldenses excommunicated, suppressed. 1200 to 1300 - House of Wisdom in Cairo, roots of the Afghan Roshaniya.
Origin of the Mafia in Sicily. 1208 - Albigensian Crusade begins suppression of Cathari heresy. 1212 - The Children's Crusade. Genghis Khan invades China. 1233 - Founding of the Inquisition to suppress Cathari and other
heresies. 1235 to 1315 - Life of Dr. Illuminatus, Ramon Llull (Raymond Lully) in
Spain. 1241 - Mongols invade Europe through wise use of intelligence
information and strategy, introduce gunpowder from Asia. 1244 - Massacre of Cathari at Montsegur, France. 1250s - Approximate beginning of Holy Vehm in Westphalia. Approximate
time of Hulagu Khan's defeat of the Assassins. 1254 to 1324 (?) - Life of Marco Polo, early European traveler in
China, Persia. 1258 - Hulagu Khan destroys Bagdad; Mongols destroy Mesopotamia, the
mother of civilization. 1260 - Mongol invasion of Islamic Empire turned back. 1270s - Cathari hierarchy fades. 1275 - Assembly of traveling mason guilds in Frankfort. "Zohar,"
second book of the cabala, compiled by Moses de Leon in
Spain. 1280 - Roger Bacon, deviser of early eyeglasses, independently invents
gunpowder. 1291 - Hospitallers retreat to Cyprus. 1300 - White Lotus Society founded in China. Inquisition begins
suppression of witches and other pagan groups. 1307 - Philip IV of France suppresses Knights Templar for witchcraft
and heresies; de Molay imprisoned in the Temple in Paris. 1308 - Assassination of Holy Roman Emperor Albert I. 1309 - Hospitallers acquire the isle of Rhodes. 1313 - Knights Templar dissolved by papal decree. 1314 - De Molay and others burned in Paris. 1327 - Assassination of King Edward II in England. 1329 - First appearance of the Tarot in Germany. 1360 - Approximate date of the earliest known Satanic cults; black
masses celebrated in France. 1369 - Timurlane becomes Great Khan. 1375 - Another assembly of traveling mason guilds in Frankfort. 1379 to 1482 - Alleged life of Christian Rosenkreuz, fictitious founder
of Rosicrucianism. 1390 - Gypsies begin to appear in Europe. 1400s - Cathari sect dies out. Concave lenses developed. 1404 - King Robert revises code of Holy Vehm. 1410 - Secret society formed in Italy which eventually joins with
Rosicrucianism. 1437 - Assassination of King James I of Scotland. 1456 - Gutenberg Bible begins modern printing. 1458 - Abramelin's "Book of Sacred Magic" translated from
Hebrew to french according to followers of the cult of the
Guardian Angel. 1471 - Assassination of King Henry VI of England. 1472 - University of Ingolstadt founded. Fernando Poo discovers
Fernando Poo. 1483 - Assassination of King Edward V of England. 1492 - Rodrigo Borgia, head of the powerful Borgia family, becomes Pope
Alexander VI. Columbus sails the ocean blue. 1493 to 1541 - Life of Paracelsus, possible founder of Roscrucianism;
discover of zinc around 1530; model of the Faust legend. 1500 - Approximate date of Roshaiya, Illuminated Ones, in Afganistan.
Beginning of Alumbrados in Spain and Charcoal-Burners in
Scotland. Cesare Borgia has his brother-in-law assassinated. 1502 - Cesare Borgia arrests and executes enemies who have conspired
against him. 1503 to 1566 - Life of Nostradamus, visionary prophet. 1507 - Fra Dolcino's version of Joachim's Illuminism suppressed by the
Bishop of Vercueil. 1510 - Beginning of systematic importation of African slaves into the
West Indies. 1513 - Machiavelli's "The Prince" published. 1519 - Spanish conquest of Mexico, enslavement of Amerindians. 1522 - Hospitallers lose Rhodes to the Turks. 1530 - Hospitallers given Isle of Malta by Charles V, become Knights of
Malta. 1537 - Assassination of Alessandro de Medici, Duke of Florence. 1568 - First Inquisition edict against the Alumbrados. 1574 - Second edict against Alumbrados. 1575 - Approximate date of founding of British Intelligence services. 1575 to 1624 - Life of Jakob Bohme, visionary mystic, illuminated one. 1584 - Assassination of William I of Orange in England. 1587 - English colony established at Roanoke Island, Virginia; no trace
of the "lost colony" was found when supply ships
returned three years later. 1589 - Assassination of King Henry III of France. 1590 - Janssen makes first compound microscope in Europe. 1597 - Anonymous alchemist seeks to start Rosicrucian-like society in
Europe. 1605 - Rosicrucian constitution published. 1607 - Italian secrect society headed by Count Bernard of Germany
merges with Rosicrucianism. First permanent English
settlement in America, Jamestown, Virgina. 1608 - Apprentice to Dutch spectacle-maker Lippershey discovers
principle of focusing lenses; Lippershey builds first
telescope. 1609 - Galileo independently builds telescope, begins study of astonomy.
Spanish settlement at Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded. 1610 - Assassination of King Henty IV of France. 1614 - "Fama Fraternitatis" published, fictional story of
Rosenkreuz by Johann Valentin Andrea. 1619 - First slave ship in America, Jamestown, Virginia. 1620 - Plymouth Colony, second English settlement, arrives on
Mayflower. 1622 - Posters appear in Paris warning that the Rosicrucians are
"amongst you...visibly and invisibly." 1623 - Final papal edict against Alumbrados; Guerinets appear in
France. First submarine built by Cornelius van Drebbel in
England. 1638 - Milton meets Galileo. 1640 - Beginning of subliminal persuasion when Rembrandt imbeds the
word "sex" in a painting. 1642 - Civil War in England between King Charles and Parliament. 1646 - Earliest known Masonic Lodge to allow non-professional or
"free" masons, in Warrington, England. 1647 - Alleged correspondence between Cromwell and Ebeneezer Pratt
plotting the overthrow of King Charles. 1649 - King Charles convicted and beheaded by Parliament. 1654 - Illuminated Guerinets come to public notice in France. 1667 - Milton's "Paradise Lost" published. 1675 - Leeuwenhoek discovers "animalcules" through the
microscope. 1676 - Sperm discovered by Leeuwenhoek's student Ham. 1680 - Madame Le Voisin, innovator of modern Satanism, executed in
Paris. 1682 - Tamanend, sachem and chief of the Lenni-Lenape tribe, welcomes
William Penn to America, traditionally considered the
beginning of the Tammany Society. 1689 - William III of Orange becomes king of England, allegedly through
the plotting of the Illuminati. 1694 - Bank of England founded. 1700 - Quietism of Fenelon and others. 1701 - Earliest record of "operative" or professional Masonic
Lodge in Alnwick, England. 1702 - First daily newspaper in England. 1717 - Founding of modern Freemasonry with the Grand Lodge of London by
Desaguliers. Voltaire imprisoned in the Bastille. 1721 - British King George I cracks down on the flourishing Hell Fire
Clubs, popular Satanistic cults. 1723 - Anderson's "Constitutions of the Freemasons"
published. "Ebrietatis Enconium" and other early
anti-Masonic works published. 1724 - Publication of the anti-Masonic "Grand Mysteries of the
Freemasons Discovered." 1731 - Benjamin Franklin initiated into Freemasonry. 1734 - Franklin elected Grand Master of Pennsylvania. 1736 - Death of the last leader of the Afghan Illuminated Ones. 1749 - Rousseau's spontaneous "enlightenment" launches the
Romantic Movement. 1750 - Hell Fire Clubs continue to flourish in Dublin and London.
Fictional alchemist Joseph Curwen writes letter stating
"I laste Nighte strucke on ye Wordes that bringe up
Yooge-Sothothe," perhaps the real power behind the
Illuminati. 1754 - Six year old Adam Weishaupt is orphaned and goes to live with
the Jesuits. 1757 - First year of Swedenborg's "New Era." 1759 - Voltaire's "Candide" published. 1760 - St. Germain founds chemical dye factory in Holland, fore-runner
of I.G. Farben; disappears with 100,000 guilders. Franklin
invents bifocals. 1761 - St. Germain discovered living in Russia. Chinese Emporer issues
edict against secret societies. 1762 - Illumines of France founded. Sandwich invented. 1763 - Swedenborg's "Doctrine of Life for the New Jerusalem"
published. 1764 - Voltaire's "Philosophical Dictionary" published; he
begins a prodigious attack on dogmas of church and state. 1765 - British Stamp Act imposed to help pay for the French and Indian
War debt. Sons of Liberty clubs formed to resist the tax. 1767 - Townshend Revenue Act, another British tax on the colonies.
Kunta Kinte kidnapped into American slavery. 1768 - Virginia's legislature dissolved for its opposition to the
Townshend Act. Weishaupt graduates from the University of
Ingolstadt, becomes tutor and catechist. Macfarguhar, Ball
and Smelie begin compiling the "Encyclopaedia
Britannica." Mesmer commissions 12 year old Mozart's
first opera, "Bastien and Bastienne." 1770 - Boston Massacre: British troops fire into a crowd. Townshend Act
repealed. 1771 - "Encyclopaedia Britannica" published. 1772 - Weishaupt becomes professor at University of Ingolstadt. 1773 - British Tea Tax on colonies. Boston Tea Party in protest.
Weishaupt marries. Alleged meeting of Meyer Rothschild and
others to plan a world revolution. Suppression of the
Jesuits. Franklin's "Rule by Which a Great Empire May
Be Reduced to a Small One" published. 1774 - Britain's "Intolerable Acts" designed to punish
rebellious colonies. First Continental Congress. Washington
begins training troops. Louis XVI becomes king of France.
Casanova becomes secret agent for the Inquisitors of Venice.
Catherine II shuts down satiric journals in Russia.
Jefferson's "Summary View of the Rights of British
Americans" published. 1775 - Second Continental Congress authorizes naval warships, sets up
secret committee to procure weapons, names Washington
commander-in-chief of the new American Army. George III
proclaims America in open rebellion. Initial battles of the
Revolutionary War: Lexington, Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga.
Bushnell's first experimental submarine and torpedo tested.
Prince Hall lodges (for blacks) chartered by Grand Lodge of
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