Too much power drain?

Okay so I finally got all my lights rigged up, and when i went to plug them in, I heard a click and all of the lights and electronic devices in the room went out. Out of four originally working outlets, only one still works (it seems random which ones died), and all it has is a crappy tv plugged into it. Out of the other three outlets, two were pretty heavily loaded (together two computers, a fridge, microwave, assorted clocks and phone chargers) and one had only my grow lights plugged in.

As for the lights themselves, I had two hulking 85 watt CFLs (http://alzodigital.com/online_store/full_spectrum_bulbs_85w_cfl.htm)

and a 120 watt "grow light"
(SYLVANIA LIGHTING 120WBR40SPOTGRO "SPOT-GRO" INCANDESCENT REFLECTOR BULB 120W FROSTED FINISH).

They were all plugged into a 3-way splitter and then into a cheap timer. When I plugged the timer into the extension cord, the electricity clicked and then nothing happened (the lights didnt even flicker).

In case it matters, I'm in a college dorm room (I don't know if their electricity wirings are different or anything). Just comparing wattages, an 800 watt computer power supply isnt that unusual and that doesnt fry outlets; my lights combined are about 300 watts. Any idea what my problem is?

sounds like a bad breaker. be careful u might need to switch out the breaker and those rooms are usually locked the one in my dorm was and we tried to get in so the put a pad lock on it

Yeah dorms suck, you have no control...Is there anyone in the next room? You could always run an extension cord through the wall! J/K.

alright well while they were resetting my breaker, I went to one of the hall outlets with my lights (talk about sketchy). I plugged in one of the 85 watt CFLs and it came on fine. When I plugged the second one in, the breaker was tripped. Do CFLs use a different kind of power or something? The specs on the lights are 85 watts and 120 volts, so by my calculations, 1.41 amps. The lowest circuit breakers have a 15 amp rating, so I don't see how I'm overloading the circuit here...

Are both lights 120v? Sounds a bit weird like you said most breakers have a 15 amp rating. Also it might be possible the second light you plugged in shorted.

yup they're both 120. the other grow lite is 120 watts, 120 volts