3600946953 | 2.5 Million B.C.E. | Humanlike species introduced, initially in eastern Africa | 0 | |
3600946954 | 750,000 B.C.E. | Less ape-like, not completely human species Homo erectus develops in Africa | 1 | |
3600946955 | 600,000 B.C.E | Human species spreads across Africa, Asia, and Europe; fire developed | 2 | |
3600948660 | 25,000 B.C.E. | Humans inhabit Britain | 3 | |
3600946956 | 240,000-100,000 B.C.E | Completely human species, Homo sapiens sapiens, develops and displaces other human species; migrations from Africa begin | 4 | |
3600949796 | 58,000 B.C.E | Humans first cross to Australia, again in 38,000 B.C.E. | 5 | |
3600946957 | 25,000 B.C.E | Migration of people from Siberia to Alaska across extinct land bridge | 6 | |
3600946958 | 14,000 B.C.E | End of great ice age | 7 | |
3600946959 | 12,000 B.C.E. | End of Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age; beginning of Mesolithic (Middle Stone) Age; stone tools developed | 8 | |
3600946960 | 10,000-8,000 B.C.E. | Farming develops in the Middle East | 9 | |
3600946961 | 9,000 B.C.E. | Domestication of pigs, cattle, sheep, and goats | 10 | |
3600946962 | 8,000 B.C.E. | Beginning of Neolithic (New Stone) Age; transition of agriculture; silk weaving introduced in China | 11 | |
3601010066 | 7,000 B.C.E. | Çatal Hüyük civilization founded | 12 | |
3600946963 | 6,000 B.C.E. | First potter's wheel developed, leading to faster, higher, quality pottery production | 13 | |
3601011429 | 5,500 B.C.E. | Çatal Hüyük at its peak after important production activities develop | 14 | |
3600946965 | 5,000 B.C.E. | End of Neolithic Age; Corn domesticated in Mesoamerica, a separate agricultural revolution | 15 | |
3600987462 | 4,000 B.C.E. | The beginning of the Bronze Age; the first metal tools are developed out of copper, soon replaced by bronze; Sumerians invade Mesopotamia | 16 | |
3601019373 | 3,500 B.C.E. | Cuneiform developed in the Middle East by the Sumerians | 17 | |
3601028681 | 3,500-1,000 B.C.E. | Civilization develops initially in the Middle East, Egypt, Northwestern India, and Northern China; most densely populated | 18 | |
3601015347 | 3,000 B.C.E. | Çatal Hüyük becomes a part of civilization; first copper industry in Europe, along the Danube valley, leads to such deforestation that fuel supply is destroyed and industry collapses; Egyptian civilization develops along the Nile | 19 | |
3601050045 | 2,700 B.C.E. | The first pyramids are constructed | 20 | |
3600957342 | 2,500 B.C.E. | Chinese settlers reach Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia; Indus River Valley civilization develops in northwestern India, including Harappa and Mohenjo Daro cities | 21 | |
3601041395 | 2,100 B.C.E. | Indo-European peoples begin to invade from the north | 22 | |
3600970107 | 2,000 B.C.E. | Agriculture spreads to west Africa; Chinese develop advanced technology and elaborate intellectual life, horses, pottery; | 23 | |
3601053448 | 1,800 B.C.E. | The Babylonian empire rises | 24 | |
3601054554 | 1,792-1,750 B.C.E. | Rule of King Hammurabi of Babylon; earliest code of law introduced | 25 | |
3602049226 | 1,700 B.C.E. | Aryans take over of India; Indo-European invasions of Greek peninsula | 26 | |
3601074616 | 1,600 B.C.E. | Northern Chinese Shang conquered most of other tribes, established kingdom with capital in Ordos on the Huanghe; Babylonian empire collapses; Aryan invasions of India begin | 27 | |
3600992243 | 1,500 B.C.E. | Iron-working introduced by herding peoples who invaded the Middle East; Harappa falls; beginning of Vedic Age | 28 | |
3602073385 | 1,400 B.C.E. | Rise of Mycenae kingdom | 29 | |
3601085783 | 1,300 B.C.E. | Simplified Phoenician alphabet develops | 30 | |
3601088873 | 1,200 B.C.E. | Jewish people settle near the Mediterranean | 31 | |
3601045317 | 1,200-900 B.C.E. | Large political empires decline to smaller city-states or regional kingdoms due to conflict | 32 | |
3601972199 | 1,029 B.C.E | Zhou dynasty emerges, language standardized | 33 | |
3602067889 | 1,046 B.C.E. | Shang empire collapsed | 34 | |
3601057244 | 1,000 B.C.E. | Kush empire develops, temporarily conquers Egypt; iron introduced in China; most river valley civilizations decline; Zhou dynasty takes over China; Phoenicians trade with Britain for metal; Chinese silk reaches Egypt; End of Vedic Age; Aryan invasions into India end; Epic Age begins; Mahabharata, Ramayana, and Upanishads composed; Polynesians reach Fiji, Samoa | 35 | |
3601966658 | 900s B.C.E. | Zhou dynasty's loss of control over vassals leads to long period of political conflict and social turmoil in China | 36 | |
3602074387 | 800 B.C.E. | Indo-Europeans destroy Mycenae kingdom; beginning of Roman empire; spread of Olmec civilization begins; domestication of turkeys and dogs begins; cultivation of corn and potatoes begins; rise of Greek city-states begins | 37 | |
3601092289 | 772 B.C.E. | Jewish state dominated by a series of foreign rulers | 38 | |
3667298568 | 750 B.C.E. | Armies from Kush conquer Egypt | 39 | |
3601987883 | 700 B.C.E. | Zhou dynasty begins to decline in political infrastructure due to frequent invasions by nomadic peoples; Homer writes the Iliad and the Odyssey | 40 | |
3602064888 | 630 B.C.E. | Birth of Zoroaster | 41 | |
3667149828 | 600 B.C.E. | End of Epic Age; end of rise of Greek city-states | 42 | |
3602020379 | 563 B.C.E. | Buddha is born | 43 | |
3601970896 | 551 B.C.E. | Birth of Confucius | 44 | |
3602054146 | 550 B.C.E. | Cyrus the Great forms the Persian Empire; Zoroaster dies | 45 | |
3602054551 | 509 B.C.E. | Formation of the Roman Republic after Roman aristocrats drive out the monarchy | 46 | |
3602006873 | 500 B.C.E. | Introduction of Laozi and Daoism; editing of the Five Classics | 47 | |
3602064268 | 500-449 B.C.E. | Sparta and Athens cooperate to defeat Persian invasion | 48 | |
3602088876 | 496 B.C.E. | Birth of Sophocles | 49 | |
3602075763 | 400s B.C.E. | Pericles dominates Athenian politics | 50 | |
3602021002 | 483 B.C.E. | Buddha dies | 51 | |
3602065494 | 478 B.C.E. | Death of Confucius | 52 | |
3602088056 | 469 B.C.E. | Birth of Socrates | 53 | |
3602007569 | 450 B.C.E. | Chinese calendar developed; 12 Tables of Law developed | 54 | |
3602057916 | 431 B.C.E. | Peloponnesian Wars begin | 55 | |
3602089201 | 406 B.C.E. | Death of Sophocles | 56 | |
3602089512 | 404 B.C.E. | Peloponnesian Wars end | 57 | |
3601991589 | 402-201 B.C.E. | Era of the Warring States in China | 58 | |
3602087384 | 384 B.C.E. | Birth of Aristotle | 59 | |
3602058818 | 359-336 B.C.E. | Reign of Philip II of Macedonia | 60 | |
3602060169 | 338-323 B.C.E. | Macedonian Empire, Alexander the Great | 61 | |
3602019158 | 327-325 B.C.E. | Alexander the Great invades India | 62 | |
3602024147 | 323 B.C.E. | Alexander the Great dies | 63 | |
3602016883 | 322 B.C.E. | Reign of Chandragupta Maurya begins when he seizes power along the Ganges river, beginning of Mauryan dynasty; death of Aristotle | 64 | |
3602003433 | 300 B.C.E. | Ox-drawn plows introduced; Hellenistic period begins; Axum defeats Kush Empire | 65 | |
3602037237 | 298 B.C.E. | Reign of Chandragupta Maurya ends | 66 | |
3654471911 | 273 B.C.E. | Reign of Ashoka begins | 67 | |
3602078006 | 264 B.C.E. | Punic Wars begin | 68 | |
3601986919 | 258 B.C.E. | Zhou dynasty collapses | 69 | |
3654473293 | 232 B.C.E. | End of reign of Ashoka | 70 | |
3601973412 | 221 B.C.E | Qin Dynasty takes over after Shi Huangdi vanquishes all other rivals, Great Wall constructed, First Emperor | 71 | |
3602038891 | 220 B.C.E. | Kushan reign over the Guptas collapses | 72 | |
3601975946 | 210 B.C.E. | Death of Shi Huangdi, leads to decline of Qin dynasty | 73 | |
3601977247 | 207 B.C.E. | Qin dynasty toppled by revolts led by two peasants | 74 | |
3601961361 | 202 B.C.E | Han dynasty emerges | 75 | |
3602079271 | 146 B.C.E. | Punic Wars end | 76 | |
3601996325 | 140-87 B.C.E. | Rule of Wu Ti of the Han dynasty; spread of bureaucracy, Confuciansim, and examinations | 77 | |
3602084993 | 106 B.C.E. | Birth of Cicero | 78 | |
3602061254 | 100 B.C.E. | Hellenistic period ends | 79 | |
3601092674 | 63 B.C.E. | Romans seize the Jewish state | 80 | |
3602050636 | 49 B.C.E. | Julius Caesar becomes dictator of Rome | 81 | |
3602051024 | 44 B.C.E. | Julius Caesar assassinated | 82 | |
3602085312 | 43 B.C.E. | Death of Cicero | 83 | |
3602051509 | 27 B.C.E. | Augustus Caesar seizes power over Rome | 84 | |
3602052070 | 4 B.C.E. | Birth of Jesus | 85 | |
3600981189 | 0 C.E. | Northern Europeans and southern Africans convert to sedentary agriculture | 86 | |
3602082496 | 14 C.E. | End of Augustus Caesar | 87 | |
3602052812 | 30 C.E. | Jesus crucified | 88 | |
3601080743 | 50 C.E. | Paper invented in China | 89 | |
3602061589 | 63 C.E. | Forced dissolution of independent Jewish state by Romans | 90 | |
3667175286 | 100 C.E. | Introduction of root crops to Southern Africa through trade | 91 | |
3602062092 | 180 C.E. | Death of Marcus Aurelius; Roman Empire begins to decline | 92 | |
3667179351 | 200 C.E. | Extensive agriculture practiced in Japan | 93 | |
3601981935 | 220 C.E. | Han dynasty collapses; period of chaos in China begins | 94 | |
3667183492 | 227 C.E. | Sassanid Empire begins in Persia | 95 | |
3602080292 | 284 C.E. | Reign of Diocletian begins | 96 | |
3667186430 | 300 C.E. | Ethiopia adopts Christianity | 97 | |
3667188209 | 305 C.E. | Reign of Diocletian ends | 98 | |
3602083290 | 312 C.E. | Reign of Constantine begins | 99 | |
3602062894 | 313 C.E. | Constantine adopts Christianity | 100 | |
3602022341 | 319 C.E. | Gupta empire founded in India | 101 | |
3602083591 | 337 C.E. | Reign of Constantine ends | 102 | |
3667194156 | 370 C.E. | Nomadic invasions of western Europe begin | 103 | |
3667198732 | 400 C.E. | Growth of Mayan civilization; Polynesians reach Hawaii | 104 | |
3602001542 | 444 C.E. | China develops an accurate calendar based on a 365.5 day year | 105 | |
3667201941 | 450 C.E. | Huns begin to invade India | 106 | |
3602048056 | 476 C.E. | Fall of Rome | 107 | |
3667196578 | 480 C.E. | Nomadic invasions of western Europe end | 108 | |
3602045281 | 500s C.E. | Kamasutra written by Vatsayana | 109 | |
3667205952 | 500 C.E. | Buddhism takes root in east and southeast Asia; Ghana formed | 110 | |
3602021632 | 535 C.E. | Gupta empire falls to Huns | 111 | |
3667141235 | 589 C.E. | Period of chaos in China ends | 112 | |
3667210785 | 600 C.E. | Beginning of Islam | 113 | |
3667212460 | 618 C.E. | Glorious cultural period under Tang dynasty in China | 114 | |
3667218313 | 700 C.E. | Shintoism unified into single national religion in Japan | 115 | |
3820514891 | 1368 C.E. | Ming dynasty comes to power in China; reign of Hongwu emperor begins | 116 | |
3603079435 | 1386 C.E. | Poland is formed | 117 | |
3820524795 | 1390 C.E. | Ming impose restrictions on overseas commerce | 118 | |
3820521197 | 1398 C.E. | Reign of Hongwu emperor ends | 119 | |
3820528156 | 1403 C.E. | Reign of Yungle emperor begins in China | 120 | |
3820535319 | 1405 C.E. | Zheng He begins expeditions from China to Southeast Asia, India, and east Africa | 121 | |
3820531680 | 1424 C.E. | Reign of the Yungle emperor ends | 122 | |
3820542307 | 1433 C.E. | End of Zheng He's expeditions | 123 | |
3602965625 | 1440 C.E. | Birth of Ivan III | 124 | |
3644962334 | 1451 C.E. | Birth of Isabella of Castile | 125 | |
3603120406 | 1462 C.E. | Ivan III frees much of Russia from the Tatars | 126 | |
3602969523 | 1480 C.E. | Moscow region free; Russian expansion presses south; Moctezuma II born | 127 | |
3654293167 | 1484 C.E. | Birth of Bartolome de Las Casas | 128 | |
3644849667 | 1492 C.E. | Fall of Granada; expulsion of the Jews from Castile; Columbus reaches the Caribbean | 129 | |
3644975791 | 1493 C.E. | Columbus's second expedition; beginnings of settlement in the Indies; exploration and settlement in the Caribbean begins | 130 | |
3645016033 | 1494 C.E. | Treaty of Tordesillas divides the Americas into east and west; Portugal gets east, Castile gets west | 131 | |
3820548500 | 1498 C.E. | Vasco de Gama opens the sea route around Africa to Asia | 132 | |
3645021251 | 1500 C.E. | Pedro Alvares Cabral lands in Brazil on his way to India | 133 | |
3829330702 | 1502 C.E. | Vasco de Gama leads a second expedition into Asian waters | 134 | |
3644965198 | 1504 C.E. | Death of Isabella of Castile | 135 | |
3602966869 | 1505 C.E. | Death of Ivan III | 136 | |
3820551555 | 1507 C.E. | Portuguese defeat combined Muslim war fleet near Diu off western India; begin to capture towns and build fortresses in Asia; capture Ormuz at southern end of Persian Gulf | 137 | |
3654239901 | 1508 C.E. | Settlement of Puerto Rico | 138 | |
3654369673 | 1510 C.E. | Francisco Vazquez de Coronado born; Portuguese capture Goa on western Indian coast | 139 | |
3654241284 | 1511 C.E. | Settlement of Cuba; Portuguese conquer Malacca on tip of Malayan peninsula | 140 | |
3644992269 | 1519 C.E. | Cortes begins conquest of Mexico | 141 | |
3644990436 | 1520 C.E. | Exploration and settlement in the Caribbean ends; death of Moctezuma II | 142 | |
3654299141 | 1521 C.E. | Tenochtitlan captured by Hernan Cortes, replaced with Mexico City | 143 | |
3645000869 | 1524 C.E. | End of Cortes' conquest of Mexico | 144 | |
3654303320 | 1532 C.E. | Francisco Pizarro leads men to the conquest of the Inca Empire | 145 | |
3602996824 | 1533 C.E. | Birth of Ivan IV; Cuzco, Peru, falls to Francisco Pizarro | 146 | |
3654309650 | 1536 C.E. | Buenos Aires founded | 147 | |
3645027905 | 1541 C.E. | Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valdivia | 148 | |
3654313824 | 1540s C.E. | Civil war breaks out in Peru; Francis Xavier makes mass converts in India | 149 | |
3645011453 | 1540 C.E. | Coronado begins exploration of southwestern United States | 150 | |
3645029519 | 1542 C.E. | Coronado ends exploration of southwestern United States | 151 | |
3645033887 | 1549 C.E. | Royal government established in Salvador and Brazil by Portuguese king; first Jesuit missionaries arrive in Spanish America | 152 | |
3654315905 | 1550 C.E. | Spanish king suspends all further conquests and holds debate on whether to resume them | 153 | |
3646879888 | Mid-1500s | The enslavement of Native Americans, except those taken in war, is prohibited in most of Spanish America | 154 | |
3602999729 | 1552 C.E. | Russian expansion in Central Asia and western Siberia begins | 155 | |
3654379731 | 1554 C.E. | Death of Francisco Vazquez de Coronado | 156 | |
3654378524 | 1556 C.E. | Russian expansion in Central Asia and western Siberia ends | 157 | |
3645037805 | 1580 C.E. | Spain and Portugal become united under same rulers, Habsburg kings; Buenos Aires refounded | 158 | |
3603168549 | 1571 C.E. | Mongols raid Moscow | 159 | |
3820565976 | 1573 C.E. | End of Ashikaga shogunate; Reign of Wanli emperor begins | 160 | |
3820581205 | 1580s C.E. | Jesuits arrive in China | 161 | |
3603003383 | 1584 C.E. | Death of Ivan IV | 162 | |
3820585840 | 1590 C.E. | Hideyoshi unifies Japan | 163 | |
3820587937 | 1592 C.E. | First Japanese invasion of Korea | 164 | |
3820592129 | 1597 C.E. | Second Japanese invasion of Korea | 165 | |
3820595464 | 1600s C.E. | Dutch and British assault on Portuguese Empire in Asia; decline of Portuguese power | 166 | |
3820601182 | 1603 C.E. | Tokugawa shogunate established | 167 | |
3603006818 | 1604-1613 C.E. | Time of Troubles in Russia | 168 | |
3603010909 | 1613 C.E. | Romanov dynasty begins | 169 | |
3820604288 | 1614 C.E. | Christianity banned in Japan | 170 | |
3820607199 | 1619 C.E. | Dutch East India Company established at Batavia on Java | 171 | |
3820573498 | 1620 C.E. | Reign of Wanli emperor ends | 172 | |
3645050452 | 1630 C.E. | Dutch capture northeastern Brazil and control its sugarcane production | 173 | |
3603085571 | 1637 C.E. | Russian pioneers to Pacific | 174 | |
3820612433 | 1640s C.E. | Japan moves into self-imposed isolation | 175 | |
3645044496 | 1640 C.E. | Spain and Portugal no longer under same ruler, Habsburg king | 176 | |
3820616627 | 1641 C.E. | Dutch capture Malacca from Portuguese; Dutch confined to Deshima island off Nagasaki | 177 | |
3820623416 | 1644 C.E. | Nomadic Manchus put an end to Ming dynasty; Manchu Qing dynasty begins in China | 178 | |
3603086826 | 1649 C.E. | Law enacted making serfdom hereditary | 179 | |
3652803197 | 1651 C.E. | Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is born | 180 | |
3645053705 | 1654 C.E. | British take Jamaica; Dutch expelled from Brazil | 181 | |
3820637142 | 1662 C.E. | Reign of Kangxi emperor begins in China | 182 | |
3654294736 | 1566 C.E. | Death of Bartolome de Las Casas | 183 | |
3652785896 | 1681 C.E. | Recopilación formed for Spanish possessions in New World | 184 | |
3603091445 | 1689 C.E. | Peter the Great takes over Russia | 185 | |
3645058300 | 1695 C.E. | Gold discovered in Minas Gerais of Brazil; death of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | 186 | |
3653711282 | 1697 C.E. | French take Haiti | 187 | |
3603095006 | 1700 C.E. | War between Russia and Sweden breaks out | 188 | |
3653747052 | 1701 C.E. | King Charles I dies without an heir | 189 | |
3645061630 | 1702 C.E. | War of the Spanish succession begins; Bourbon dynasty begins rule over Spain | 190 | |
3603096212 | 1703 C.E. | Founding of St. Petersburg | 191 | |
3645069311 | 1713 C.E. | War of the Spanish succession ends with the Treaty of Utrecht; fall of Bourbon dynasty | 192 | |
3653924490 | 1720 C.E. | Jose de Galvez is born | 193 | |
3603099782 | 1721 C.E. | War between Russia and Sweden ends | 194 | |
3820639737 | 1722 C.E. | Reign of Kangxi emperor ends | 195 | |
3603034091 | 1724 C.E. | Death of Peter the Great | 196 | |
3603039041 | 1729 C.E. | Birth of Catherine II | 197 | |
3853639320 | 1730 C.E. | Population Revolution | 198 | |
3653869535 | 1739 C.E. | New Spanish viceroyalty established in New Granada | 199 | |
3645090697 | 1755 C.E. | Marquis of Pombal becomes prime minister of Portugal; Dutch become paramount power on Java; Qing conquest of Mongolia | 200 | |
3645113593 | 1756 C.E. | Seven Years War begins | 201 | |
3645109891 | 1759 C.E. | Jesuits expelled from Brazil by Marquis of Pombal; Carlos III begins rule over Spain; Bourbon dynasty begins to reform | 202 | |
3603043360 | 1762 C.E. | Catherine II becomes empress; England seizes Havana from Spain | 203 | |
3645116978 | 1763 C.E. | End of Seven Years War; Brazilian capital moved to Rio de Janeiro | 204 | |
3645130641 | 1767 C.E. | Jesuits expelled from Spanish America | 205 | |
3853647741 | 1770 C.E. | Beginning of Industrial Revolution; James Watt invents steam engine | 206 | |
3603049197 | 1772 C.E. | First partition of Poland | 207 | |
3603071262 | 1773-1774 C.E. | Russian rebellions led by Cossack leader Emelian Pugachev | 208 | |
3645104192 | 1776 C.E. | Marquis of Pombal no longer prime minister of Portugal | 209 | |
3653858322 | 1778 C.E. | Ports opened in Spain and America for the West Indies trade; new Spanish viceroyalty established in Rio de la Plata | 210 | |
3645138837 | 1781 C.E. | Comunero revolt in New Granada; Tupac Amaru rebellion in Peru | 211 | |
3603127174 | 1785 C.E. | Law enacted by Catherine II allowing Russian landlords to punish harshly any serfs convicted of major crimes or rebellion | 212 | |
3653926304 | 1787 C.E. | Death of Jose de Galdez | 213 | |
3645125363 | 1788 C.E. | End of Spanish reign of Carlos III; Conspiracy for independence in Minas Gerais, Brazil; first convict settlement in Australia | 214 | |
3603046333 | 1789 C.E. | The French Revolution begins; George Washington becomes president | 215 | |
3853663431 | 1790 C.E. | Beginning of U.S. population decline | 216 | |
3603052154 | 1793 C.E. | Second partition of Poland; first free European settlers in Australia; radical phase of French Revolution begins | 217 | |
3853660579 | 1794 C.E. | Radical phase of French Revolution ends | 218 | |
3603062003 | 1795 C.E. | Third partition of Poland | 219 | |
3603040751 | 1796 C.E. | Death of Catherine II | 220 | |
3853654456 | 1799 C.E. | End of French Revolution; reign of Napoleon begins | 221 | |
3853669820 | 1800 C.E. | Romanticism in art and literature begins | 222 | |
3853676065 | 1803 C.E. | Louisiana Purchase | 223 | |
3853676894 | 1810 C.E. | Rise of democratic suffrage in U.S. begins | 224 | |
3613179910 | 1812 C.E. | Russia puts down the French armies of Napoleon | 225 | |
3853668190 | 1815 C.E. | End of the reign of Napoleon; Congress of Vienna ushers in a more conservative period in Europe | 226 | |
3853684577 | 1820 C.E. | 227 | ||
3853680556 | 1826 C.E. | Rise of democratic suffrage in U.S. ends | 228 | |
3853672090 | 1850 C.E. | End of Romanticism in art and literature | 229 | |
3603013051 | 1917 C.E. | End of Romanov dynasty | 230 |
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