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Birth of Jesus Christ, founder of Christianity.
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1
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Southern Britain annexed by Rome
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48
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Christianity becomes the official religion of the Roman Empire
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380
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Fall of Rome
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476
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China is unified by the Sui Dynasty
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581
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Last Roman-Persian War begins
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602
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Islamic Conquest of modern Spain (Started)
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711
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Gunpowder is discovered
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808
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Holy Roman Empire established
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962
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William the Conqueror conquers all of England
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1066
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The Oxford University begins functioning
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1096
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Mongol Conquest of the Kievan Rus and European raids (Started)
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1237
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Siege of Bagdad
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1258
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Ottoman Empire established by Osman I
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1299
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Black Death (Started)
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1347
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Fall of Constantinople
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1453
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End of the Mongol rule. Grand Duchy of Muscow established as a sovereign state
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1480
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The Spanish Conquest of America begin
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1511
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The Gregorian Calendar (our current one) is created after adjusting the Julian Calendar
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1582
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British Glorious Revolution
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1688
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The Kingdom of Prussia is established
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1701
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Union of England and Scotland
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1707
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Russian Empire established
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1721
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Steam Power developed in Britain
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1763
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The French Revolution begins
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1789
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First vaccine tested
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1796
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Napoleonic Wars (Started)
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1803
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Invention of Photography
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1826
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British annexation of Southern Arabia. The new Era of Colonialism begins
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1872
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First incandescent light bulb
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1879
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The first modern car
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1886
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Albert Einstein creates the basis for atomic energy (E=mc²)
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1905
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FIRST WORLD WAR (Started)
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1914
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Treaty of Versailles
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1919
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The Great Depression begins
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1929
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SECOND WORLD WAR (Started)
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1939
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First Atomic bombs tested in warfare
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1945
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Cold War (Started)
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1947
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Nato created
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1949
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Space Race begins
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1955
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Landing of the Moon
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1969
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Chernobyl Disaster
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1986
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
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1989
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Birth of the Internet
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1990
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Disintegration of the Soviet Union
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1991
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European Union founded
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1993
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Euro Coin created
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1999
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September 11 attacks (9/11 Twin towers incident)
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2001
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Second Liberian Civil War
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2003
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Angela Merkel assumes office as the first female Chancellor of Germany
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2005
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The Union of South American Nations, an intergovernmental organization between states in South America, is founded.
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2008
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The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened
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2010
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Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran
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2012
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Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine
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2014
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London Bridge attack
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2017
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The ...... North Korea–United States summit is held in Singapore. It is the first summit between a sitting United States President and a North Korean leader
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2018
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COVID-19 (Started)
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2019
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Tigray War
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2021
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Russian invasion of Ukraine
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2022
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates become BRICS members
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2024
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