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4512658904610Muhammad begins receiving revelations0
45126589051517Martin Luther nails the 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg1
4512658906551 BCEThe birth of Confucius2
45126589071861The emancipation of the serfs in Russia3
45126589081990Nelson Mandela is released from prison4
45126589091469The union of Aragon and Castile, which creates a united Spanish monarchy5
45126589101200 BCEJudaism, the first monotheistic religion, begins6
4512658911535Fall of Gupta Empire7
4512658912220 BCEFall of Han China8
4512658913476Fall of the Roman Empire9
45126589141613Beginning of the Romanov dynasty10
4512658915313The Roman Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity11
45126589161815The Congress of Vienna begins12
45126589171803The purchase of Louisiana from France by the United States13
45126589181776The Wealth of Nations is published14
45126589191324The pilgrimage of Mansa Musa15
451265892039The Trung Sisters revolt in Vietnam16
4512658921500 BCELao-zi and Daoism17
4512658922563 BCEBirth of Siddhartha Gautama who later becomes the Buddha18
4512658923622Muhammad leaves Mecca for Medina. The Hijra, the official beginning of Islam19
4512658924330Constantine establishes Constantinople as the capital of the eastern Roman Empire20
45126589251533Fall of the Inca to Pizarro21
45126589261929Beginning of the Great Depression22
45126589271492Fall of Granada the last Muslim kingdom in Spain23
45126589281792Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue led by Toussaint L'Overture24
45126589291258Fall of Baghdad to Mongol destruction25
4512658930794Japanese capital moves to Heian26
4512658931800Crowing of Charlemagne27
45126589321919Treaty of Versailles ends World War 128
45126589331991Fall of the Soviet Union29
45126589341869The opening of the Suez Canal30
45126589351914The opening of the Panama Canal31
45126589361776The Declaration of Independence is written in America32
45126589371789The French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille33
45126589381519Hernan Cortes invades Tenochtitlan34
45126589391997The British return Hong Kong to China35
45126589401914World War 1 begins36
45126589411979The Islamic Revolution takes place in Iran37
45126589421215The Magna Carta is signed in England38
45126589431941Japanese attack Pearl Harbor which draws the US into World War 239
45126589441054The schism between eastern and western Christianity40
45126589451604Beginning of the Time of Troubles41
451265894663Romans remove the Jews from Jerusalem. The Jewish Disapora42
45126589471603Tokugawa Shogunate founded43
45126589481949Peoples Republic of China is proclaimed44
45126589491917The Communist (Bolshevik) Revolution in Russia45
45126589501950Korean War begins46
45126589511571Spanish defeat the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto47
45126589521265The First English Parliament is covened48
45126589531481Portuguese fort of El Mina is established49
45126589541854Beginning of the Crimean War50
45126589551939World War 2 begins51
45126589561096The first Crusade begins52
45126589571368End of Mongol rule in China53
45126589581441First shipment of African slaves to Portugal54
45126589591962Cuban Missile Crisis55
45126589601954Vietnamese defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu56
45126589611492Columbus discovers the Americans57
45126589621455Gutenberg's printing press58
45126589631050China's printing press59
45126589641931Gandhi leads the Salt March60
45126589651453Fall of Constantinople61
45126589661480End of Mongol rule in Russia62
45126589671789George Washington becomes the first American president as the new Constitution goes into effect63
45126589681918Treaty of Brest-Litovsk allows Russia to withdraw from World War 164
45126589691066William of Normandy is victorious at the Battle of Hastings65
4512658970632Muhammad dies66
45126589711947India and Pakistan achieve independence67
45126589721945World War 2 ends with the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan68
45126589731588Britain defeats the Spanish Armada69
45126589741514Ottomans defeat the Safavids at Chaldiran70
45126589751904Russo-Japanese War begins71
45126589761985Mikhail Gorbachev takes power in the Soviet Union72
45126589771917Balfour Declaration is issued73
4512658978690Beginning of the reign of Empress Wu. Buddhist influence peaks in China74
45126589791607First permanent British colony in Virginia75
45126589801961Berlin Wall is constructed76
45126589811757Victory at the Battle of Plassey gives the British dominance over India77
45126589821948Israel achieves independence. The first Arab-Israeli War begins immediately78
45126589831839Beginning of the Opium War79

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