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4509711665610Muhammad begins receiving revelations0
45097116661517Martin Luther nails the 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenburg1
45097116671861Emancipation of the serfs in Russia2
4509711668551 BCEThe birth of Confucius3
45097116691990Nelson Mandela is released from prison4
45097116701469The union of Aragon & Castile, which creates a united Spanish monarchy5
45097116711200 BCEJudaism, the first monotheistic religion, begins6
4509711672535Fall of the Gupta Empire7
4509711673220Fall of Han China8
4509711674476Fall of the Roman Empire9
45097116751613Begining of the Romanov dynasty10
4509711676313The Roman Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity11
45097116771815The Congress of Vienna begins12
45097116781803The purchase of Louisiana from France by the US13
45097116791776The Wealth of Nations is published14
45097116801324The pilgrimage of Mansa Musa15
450971168139The Trung Sisters revolt in Vietnam16
4509711682500 BCELao-zi and Daoism17
4509711683563 BCEBirth of Siddhartha Gutama who later becomes the Buddha18
4509711684622Muhammad leaves Mecca for Medina. The Hijra, the official beginning of Islam19
4509711685330Constantine establishes Constantinople as the capital of the eastern Roman Empire20
45097116861533Fall of the Inca to Pizzaro21
45097116871929Beginning of the Great Depression22
45097116881492Fall of Granada the last Muslim kingdom in Spain23
45097116891792Slave rebellion in St. Domingue led by Toussaint L' Overture24
45097116901258Fall of Baghdad to Mongol destruction25
4509711691794Japanese capital moves to Heian26
4509711692800Crowning of Charlemagne27
45097116931919Treaty of Versailles ends WWI28
45097116941991Fall of the Soviet Union29
45097116951869The opening of the Suez Canal30
45097116961914The opening of the Panama Canal31
45097116971776The Declaration of Independence is written in America32
45097116981789The French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille33
45097116991519Hernan Cortes invades Tenochtitlan34
45097117001997The British return Hong Kong to China35
45097117011914WWI begins36
45097117021979The Islamic Revolution takes place in Iran37
45097117031215The Magna Carta is signed in England38
45097117041941Japanese attack Pearl Harbor which draws the US into WWII39
45097117051054The schism between eastern and western Christianity40
45097117061604Beginning of the Time of Troubles41
450971170763Romans remove the Jews from Jerusalem. The second Jewish Diaspora42
45097117081600Tokugawa Shogunate founded43
45097117091949Peoples Republic of China is proclaimed44
45097117101917The Communist (Bolshevik) Revolution in Russia45
45097117111950Korean War begins46
45097117121571Spanish defeat the the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto47
45097117131265The First English Parliament is convened48
45097117141481Portuguese fort El Mina is established49
45097117151854Beginning of the Crimean War50
45097117161939WWII begins51
45097117171096The 1st Crusade begins52
45097117181368End of Mongol rule in China53
45097117191441First shipment of African slaves to Portugal54
45097117201962Cuban Missile Crisis55
45097117211954The Vietnamese defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu56
45097117221492Columbus discovers the Americas57
45097117231455Gutenburg's printing press58
45097117241050China's printing press59
45097117251931Gandhi leads the Salt March60
45097117261453Fall of Constantinople61
45097117271480End of the Mongol rule in Russia62
45097117281789George Washington becomes the first American president as the new Constitution goes into effect63
45097117291918Treaty of Brest-Litovsk allows Russia to withdraw from WWI64
45097117301066William Normandy is Victorious at the Battle of Hastings65
4509711731632Muhammad dies66
45097117321947India & Pakistan achieve independence67
45097117331945WWII ends with the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan68
45097117341588Britain defeats the Spanish Armada69
45097117351514Ottomans defeats the Safavids at Chaldiran70
45097117361904Russo-Japanese war begins71
45097117371985Mihail Gorbachev takes power in the Soviet Union72
45097117381917Balfour Declaration is issued73
4509711739690Beginning of the reign of Empress Wu74
45097117401607First permanent British colony in Virginia75
45097117411961Berlin Wall is constructed76
45097117421757Victory at the Battle of Plassey gives the British dominance over India77
45097117431948Israel achieves independence. The first Arab-Israeli War begins immediately78
45097117441839Beginning of the Opium War79

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