1694
Jonathan Lambert (Deaf) buys land in Martha's Vineyard.

1730
Etienne de Fay (Deaf, French) first Deaf teacher of Deaf students (Deaf students in classes using sign language).
Scenes From the Life of Etienne De Fay

1760
First public/signing school established in Paris, France by Abbe de l'Epee (hearing, French).

Video:Guillaume Chastel: Folktale of the Abbe de l'Epee

1789
Abbe Sicard (hearing, French) and Jean Massieu (Deaf, French) arrive at the school for the Deaf in Paris (Sicard becomes director and Massieu a teacher).

1797
Laurent Clerc (Deaf, French, later American) enrolls in the Paris school.

1806
Clerc becomes a teacher.

1813
Thomas Gallaudet meets Alice Cogswell.
Comics by Won Suk Chung
Folktale performed by Ruthie Jordan
Text Summary

1815-1816
Clerc, Massieu, Sicard meet Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (hearing, American) in London.

Thomas Gallaudet goes to Paris school. Later, Clerc and Gallaudet travel to America.

Video:Ruthie Jordan: Folktale of American Deaf Education's European Roots

1817
Clerc, T. Gallaudet and Dr. Cogswell set up American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.

1850 & 1872
Tribute to Gallaudet and Clerc.

1861-1865
Civil War.

1864
National Deaf Mute College established.

1869
First Deaf school for black students established in North Carolina.

1850 & 1872
Tribute to Gallaudet and Clerc

1880
NAD (National Association of the Deaf) established.
The Genesis of the National Associationby George Veditz

1880
Milan Conference (conference in Milan, Italy of Educators of the Deaf from Europe and US in which oralism was voted to be the superior method of instruction).

1893
Agatha Tiegel becomes the first Deaf Woman to graduate from Gallaudet with a BA
Video:Dorothy Wilkins' interpretation of Agatha Tiegel's "The Intellect of Women"
Document

1914-1918
World War I

1910-1921
NAD Motion Picture Project - NAD filmed several Deaf and Hearing leaders giving presentations, performances, and sharing historical information.

1913
Preservation of Sign Language by George W. Veditz
VIDEO
Manuscript

1939-1945
World War II

1960
Civil Rights movement.

1965
William C. Stokoe, Dorothy C. Casterline and Carl G. Croneberg (hearing American along with two Deaf Americans) publish A Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles

1988
Deaf President Now (DPN) protest.

1989
Deaf Way I

2002
Deaf Way II.

2006
Unity for Gallaudet Protest.