1818 Amelia’s maternal great-grandparents, Maria Grace and Gebhard Harres marry. 1840 Amelia Josephine Harres, Amelia's maternal grandmother, is born. 1841 Amelia’s paternal grandparents, David Earhart and Mary Wells Patton marry. 1860 David Earhart and his family move to Sumner, Kansas, three miles south of Atchison. 1861 Kansas becomes a state, and the Civil War begins. 1862 Amelia’s maternal grandparents, Amelia Josephine Harres and Alfred Gideon Otis marry. 1864 Alfred & Amelia Otis, Amelia's maternal grandparents, move to Atchison, Kansas. 1865 Edwin Earhart, Amelia's father, is born in Atchison, Kansas. 1869 Amy Otis, Amelia's mother, is born in Atchison, Kansas. 1890 Amy Otis becomes the first woman to climb Pike’s Peak. Oct. 1895 Amy Otis and Edwin Earhart marry. 1897 Amelia Mary Earhart is born in Atchison. 1899 Grace Muriel Earhart, Amelia's sister, is born in Kansas City, Kansas. 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the first engine powered airplane. 1912 Amelia & Alfred Otis, Amelia's maternal grandparents, both pass away. 1914 World War I begins in Europe. 1917 Amelia becomes a volunteer nurse in Toronto, Canada. 1917-1918 The United States fights in WWI. 1921 Amelia begins to take flying lessons from Neta Snook and purchases her first plane, the Kinner Airster. 1924 Two U.S. Army planes make the first round-the-world flight, taking six months. Edwin & Amy Earhart divorce. 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh makes the first transatlantic solo flight. 1928 Amelia becomes the first female passenger on a transatlantic flight. June 1928 Amelia becomes the first solo female pilot to cross the Atlantic and writes the book: Our Flight In The Friendship, both with the help of George Putnam. 1929 The U.S. stock market crashes. 1930 George Putnam divorces his first wife. 1930’s The U.S. goes though the Great Depression. Feb. 1931 Amelia Mary Earhart and George Palmer Putnam marry. June 1931 Wiley Post completes his first around the world flight in under nine days. Sep. 1931 Japan invades Manchuria. May 1932 Amelia makes her solo flight across the Atlantic. July 1933 Wiley Post completes his second around the world flight in less than eight days. July 1936 Amelia purchases a Lockheed Electra. 1937 Amelia embarks on her last flight around the world and vanishes over the Pacific. 1941-1945 The U.S. is involved in WWII.