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Important Dates in World History

Here are some dates that occurred in the past that were of importance, so it's probably good to know them.
For dates occuring before Christ, simply type the year without the bc or bce (eg. 44 bce -> 44)
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Julius Caeser is assassinated
44
Augustus begins his reign and the Pax Romana begins
27
Jesus Christ is crucified
33
Mt. Vesuvius erupts and destroys Pompeii
79
Diocletian splits the Roman Empire (Tetrarchy)
286
Constantine converts to the Christian faith
312
First Council of Nicaea is convened
325
Visigoths sack Rome
410
Muhammad receives the revelation
610
Arabs conquer Iberia, establishing Al-Andalus
711
Battle of Tours halts muslim advance into France
732
Baghdad is founded and becomes the 'center of learning'
762
Charlemagne is crowned on Christmas Day
800
Otto I establishes the Holy Roman Empire
962
The Great Schism officially divides the Church
1054
William the Conqueror invades England
1066
Pope Urban calls the First Crusade
1095
Saladin recaptures Jerusalem
1187
Genghis Khan becomes appointed ruler of the Mongols
1206
The Mongols put Baghdad under siege
1258
Marco Polo leaves Venice to travel Asia
1271
Tenochtitlan is founded by the Mexica
1325
The Hundred Year's War begins
1337
The Ming Dynasty is founded
1368
The Black Death spreads into Europe
1347
Peasant's Revolt in England
1381
Zheng He embarks on his first voyage, confirming Chinese supremacy
1405
Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks
1453
Gutenberg prints the Bible with his new Printing Press
1455
The Moors are expelled from Spain
1492
The New World is discovered
1492
The Wars of the Roses begins
1455
Martin Luther publishes his 'Ninety-Five Theses' beginning the Protestant Reformation
1517
Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztecs
1521
Babur establishes the Mughal Empire
1526
The English settle Jamestown
1607
The Pilgrims settle Plymouth
1620
Louis XIV ascends the throne of France
1643
The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War
1648
Newton outlines fundamental physics in his Principia
1687
The English Bill of Rights establishes a constitutional monarchy
1689
The Salem Witch Trials
1692
Thomas Newcomen invents the Steam Engine
1712
The Seven Year's War begins
1756
Captain Cook sights land and explores Australia
1770
The American colonies win their independence and establish a democracy
1776
The storming of the Bastille
1789
Slaves revolt in Haiti
1791
Louisiana Purchase doubles the size of the US
1803
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Napoleon is defeated at Trafalgar
1815
Congress of Vienna restructures European powers
1815
Simon Bolivar liberates Colombia (establish date of Gran Colombia)
1819
Mexico declares independence from Spain
1821
First public railway opens between Stockton and Darlington
1825
The First Opium War breaks out
1839
the 'Communist Manifesto' is published by Marx and Engels
1848
The Seneca Falls convention of women's rights
1848
Seopys mutiny in India
1857
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
1863
The Suez Canal is completed
1869
Italy and Germany are unified by political nationalism
1871
Claude Monet launches the Impressionist movement (painting Sunrise)
1872
The Berlin Conference divides Africa among European powers
1884
Statue of Liberty is completed, dedicated to the American dream
1886
The Eiffel Tower is completed in Paris
1889
Eight foreign nations besiege the Forbidden City during the Boxer Rebellion
1900
Einstein publishes his 'Theory of Relativity'
1905
Henry Ford releases the Model T
1908
The Qing Dynasty is overthrown to the Republic of China
1911
The Titanic sinks in the mid-Atlantic
1912
The First World War engulfs Europe
1914
The Bolshevik Revolution overthrows the Russian government
1917
The League of Nations is founded
1920
The Stock market crashes in New York, beginning the Depression
1929
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Regime sieze power in Germany
1933
The Second World War begins
1939
D-Day commences on Normandy, turning the tide of the war
1944
The Second World War ends
1945
India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain through non-violence
1947
Korean war divides North and South Korea
1950
Stalin dies, and Khrushchev begins de-Stalinization
1953
Brown v. Board of Education makes segregation unconsitutional
1954
USSR launches Sputnik
1957
Mao Zedong launches his devestating Great Leap Forward
1958
The Tet Offensive intensifies the Vietnam War
1968
Man makes his first steps on the moon
1969
Saigon falls; the Vietnam War ends
1975
The Conservative Islamic Revolution overthrows the Shah of Iran
1979
The TCP/IP allows computers to communicate with eachother; the Internet is launched
1983
Chernoybl disaster in Ukraine
1986
The Berlin Wall falls down, dismantling the Iron Curtain
1989
The Soviet Union falls
1991
Nelson Mandela is elected, Apartheid is over
1994
Terrorists attack American soil on 9/11
2001
The first iphone is released
2007
The world went under lockdown due to COVID pandemic
2020
Russian troops move into Ukraine
2022
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