6648283145 | 3500 BCE | Civilization arises in Mesopotamia | 0 | |
6648284991 | 3000 BCE | Hinduism being practiced in India | 1 | |
6648287085 | 500 BCE | Beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism | 2 | |
6648288318 | 483 BCE | Siddhartha Guatama dies | 3 | |
6648289774 | 200 BCE | Qin unification, start of the Han Dynasty | 4 | |
6648291699 | 0-40 CE | Life of Jesus | 5 | |
6648291700 | 220 CE | Fall of the Han Dynasty | 6 | |
6648293212 | 476 CE | Fall of Rome, start of Feudal West Europe | 7 | |
6648295386 | 632 | Death of Muhammad | 8 | |
6648298039 | 750 | Fall of Umayyad Dynasty and rise of Abbasid Islamic Empire | 9 | |
6648299475 | 900 | Ghana kings convert to Islam in West Africa | 10 | |
6648301023 | 1095 | First Crusade: Europeans go to West Asia to re-conquer Holy Lands | 11 | |
6648302408 | 1250-1350 | Mongol Empire, 4 Khannates: Russia, Persia, Central Asia, China | 12 | |
6648304846 | 1300-1500 | Italian Renaissance | 13 | |
6648306171 | 1324 | Mali King Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca | 14 | |
6648307571 | 1347 | The Plague hits Europe | 15 | |
6648309135 | 1405-1433 | Voyages of Admiral Zheng He on Indian Ocean | 16 | |
6648309136 | 1453 | Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks | 17 | |
6648310965 | 1492 | Spain unifies, Columbus, start of Columbian Exchange, Moors driven out | 18 | |
6648313189 | 1506 | Kongo King converts to Christianity | 19 | |
6648314578 | 1517 | Martin Luther's 95 thesis | 20 | |
6648314579 | 1519 | Arrival of Conquistadors to Mexico | 21 | |
6648316422 | 1600 | British East India Company trading in India, Battle of Sekigahara rise of Tokugawa | 22 | |
6648318656 | 1607 | Founding of Jamestown and start of slaves being brought to North America | 23 | |
6648319920 | 1644 | Rise of Qing Dynasty in China | 24 | |
6648319934 | 1688 | Glorious Revolution in England | 25 | |
6648321904 | 1765 | James Watt perfects the steam engine | 26 | |
6648323255 | 1776 | American Revolution | 27 | |
6648323256 | 1807 | Slave trade abolished in Britain (1808: US, 1814: France) | 28 | |
6648329451 | 1833 | Slavery abolished in Britain (1848: France, 1865: US) | 29 | |
6648330757 | 1843 | Treaty of Nanjing ends Opium Wars between Britain and China | 30 | |
6648332463 | 1848 | Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx (early years of German industry) | 31 | |
6648334229 | 1857 | Start of direct British rule in India, after Sepoy mutiny | 32 | |
6648335785 | 1861 | Emancipation of serfs, Italian unification | 33 | |
6648337609 | 1868 | Meiji restoration in Japan | 34 | |
6648339395 | 1871 | German unification - Mismarck | 35 | |
6648341510 | 1884-5 | Berlin Conference to decide rules for dividing Africa | 36 | |
6648342505 | 1895 | Sino-Japanese War | 37 | |
6648342506 | 1905 | Russo-Japanese War | 38 | |
6648343785 | 1914-1918 | WWI | 39 | |
6648343796 | 1939-1945 | WWII | 40 | |
6648345082 | 1947 | Indian independence | 41 | |
6648345083 | 1948 | Creation of State of Israel, Britain pulls out of Middle East | 42 | |
6648348068 | 1949 | Communist revolution in China | 43 | |
6648349743 | 1950 | Start of Korean War | 44 | |
6648349744 | 1955 | Bandung Conference where emerging nations declare non-alignment | 45 | |
6648351823 | 1959 | Cuban Revolution | 46 | |
6648351824 | 1960 | "The Year of Africa" when many African nations gain independence | 47 | |
6648353910 | 1961 | Construction of Berlin Wall | 48 | |
6648353911 | 1990 | Fall of Communism in Russia and East Europe | 49 |
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