4090024987 | 3500 BCE | Civilization arises in Mesopotamia | 0 | |
4090162204 | 3000 BCE | Hinduism being practiced in India | 1 | |
4090164083 | 0-34 CE | Life of Jesus | 2 | |
4090166190 | 476 CE | End of Roman Empire/ Start of feudal West Europe | 3 | |
4090168393 | 632 CE | Death of Muhammad | 4 | |
4090169335 | 750 | Fall of Ummayad Dynasty/ rise of Abbasid Islamic Empire | 5 | |
4090177470 | 900 | Ghana Kings convert to Islam in West Africa | 6 | |
4090179142 | 1054 | Great schism in Byzantium | 7 | |
4090181692 | 1095 | First crusade : Europeans go to West Asia to conquer Holy Lands | 8 | |
4090186429 | 250-1350 | Mongol Empire : 4 khanates: Russia, Persia, Central Asia, China | 9 | |
4090193406 | 1300-1500 | Italian Renaissance | 10 | |
4090194762 | 1324 | Mali King (Mansa Musa) makes pilgrimage to Mecca | 11 | |
4090199100 | 1405-1433 | Voyages of Admiral Zheng He on Indian Ocean | 12 | |
4090202784 | 1453 | Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks | 13 | |
4090203626 | 1492 | Spain Unifies; Colombus, Start of Colombian Exchange | 14 | |
4090205989 | 1519 | Arrival of Spanish Conquistadors in Mexico | 15 | |
4090207511 | 1600 | British East India company trading in India | 16 | |
4090209481 | 1644 | Rise of Qing dynasty in China | 17 | |
4090210790 | 1765 | James Watt perfects the steam engine | 18 | |
4090212526 | 1776 | American Revolution/ Adam Smith publishes Wealth of Nations | 19 | |
4090216857 | 1807 | Slave trade abolished in Britain | 20 | |
4090218636 | 1843 | Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars between Britain and China | 21 | |
4090223754 | 1848 | Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx | 22 | |
4090226017 | 1857 | Start of direct British rule in India, after the Sepoy Mutiny | 23 | |
4090229768 | 1868 | Meiji restoration in Japan | 24 | |
4090231369 | 1884-5 | Berlin conference to decide rules for dividing Africa | 25 | |
4090233585 | 1914-18 | WW1 | 26 | |
4090234481 | 1917 | Russian Revolution | 27 | |
4090236203 | 1939-45 | WWII | 28 | |
4090239014 | 1947 | Indian Independence | 29 | |
4090240360 | 1948 | Creation of state of Israel (Britain pulls out of Middle East)/ start of apartheid | 30 | |
4090244219 | 1949 | Communist revolution in China | 31 | |
4090245579 | 1950 | Start of Korean War | 32 | |
4090246566 | 1960 | "The year of Africa" when many African Nations gain independence | 33 | |
4090249229 | 1961 | Construction of Berlin Wall | 34 | |
4090250157 | 1979 | The Iranian Revolution | 35 | |
4090252375 | 1990 | Fall of Communism in Russia and East Europe | 36 | |
4090254910 | 1994 | End of Apartheid/ Nelson Mandela elected as president of South Africa | 37 | |
4090483681 | 1833 | Slavery abolished in Britain | 38 | |
4090485069 | 483 BCE | Siddharta Gautama dies | 39 |
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