- Hawaiiloa discovered and settled Hawaii around this time.
- St. Patrick completed the conversion to Christianity in Ireland around this time.
- 537CE - the final battle of King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann.
- 570CE - Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, was born.
- The direct ancestor of modern backgammon, Tabula is from around this time.
- The Byzantine Empire acquired silk technology from the Chinese around this time.
- 589CE - the first reference to the use of toilet paper.
- 622CE - Year One of the Islamic calendar.
- 642CE - The Library of Alexandria was destroyed, again.
- ... and more recently [src]
- 1991 - The city of Charleston buys what is now Angel Oak Park, roughly 2 acres on a dirt road surrounding what's billed as the oldest living tree east of the Mississippi River.
- 2000 - Sea Island Comprehensive Health Care, a nonprofit provider of services to low-income Sea Islands residents, proposes selling 42 undeveloped acres around Angel Oak Park because of financial problems.
- 2001 - The state names Angel Oak South Carolina's Millennium Tree. Charleston's Planning Commission approves rezoning the Sea Island property to allow a grocery story, office buildings and apartments.
- 2004 - Sea Island seeks bankruptcy protection. In September, the city announces a plan to acquire 16 acres around Angel Oak Park for $1 million as part of a $3.5 million purchase of the entire property by Greenville developer Robert S. Small Jr. That deal falls through, and the land is bought by a different developer.
- 2005 - With the sale of the land pending and Sea Island's bankruptcy reorganization hanging in the balance, Charleston insists on greater protection for Angel Oak than proposed by the buyers. The city threatens to buy all the land if the potential developers don't agree to concessions. After days of contentious public hearings, a deal is reached calling for a 150-foot buffer around Angel Oak Park, a 75-foot natural buffer along unpaved Angel Oak Road, an extra level of city review as the development proceeds, a 7-acre conservation zone around the park, and the hiring of a hydrologist and a tree expert. The development would include a large grocery store, shops and 285 housing units.
- 2008 - Developers of what's become known as Angel Oak Village return to the city with revised plans that eliminate the big-box grocery store and increase the number of housing units to 600. The Planning Commission endorses the new plan and City Council approves it, over the course of three public meetings in May and July. In late July, Samantha Siegel launches an online petition drive opposing the development.
