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39662786678000 B.C.EBeginnings of agriculture0
39662826323000 B.C.EBeginnings of Bronze Age-early civilizations1
39662917391300 B.C.E.Iron Age2
3966295692500 B.C.E.Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi (beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism)3
3966304824400 B.C.E.Greek Golden Age- philosophers4
3966309640403-221 B.C.E.Era of Warring States5
3966319143323 B.C.E.Alexander the great dies6
3966322607221 B.C.E.Qin Dynasty unified China7
3966328254184 B.C.E.Fall of Mauryan Dynasty8
396633368232 C.E.Beginnings of Christianity9
3966335623180end of Pax Romana10
3966339470220end of Han Dynasty11
3966342719312Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity12
3966345000333Roman capital moved to Constantine13
3966351139400Beginnings of Trans-Saharan Trade14
3966353154476"Fall" of Rome15
3966356976527Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire16
3966360117550Fall of Gupta Dynasty/Empire17
3966373889622Founding of Islam18
3966378220c. 730Printing invented in China19
3966380866732Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France)20
3966385925c. 900Decline of classical Maya21
39663877311054Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)22
39663937101066Norman conquest of England23
39664053611071Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantine army)24
396641077310951st Crusade25
39664122961206Genghis Khan begins Mongol conquests26
39664240031258Mongols sack Baghdad (end of Abbasid Caliphate)27
39664322831271-1295Marco Polo's travels28
39664358461279-1368Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China29
39664376811324Mansa Musa's pilgrimage30
39664446071325-1349travels of Ibn Battuta31
39664484851347-1348Bubonic plague in Europe32
39664534981368-1644Ming Dynasty33
39664630921405-1433Zheng He's voyages34
39664649991438Rise of Inca Empire35
39664728071453Ottomans capture Consantinople36
39664776471450sPrinting Press in Europe37
3966486294ca. 1480sHeight of Aztec Empire38
39664934871488Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope39
39664956421492Columbus/Reconquista of Spain40
396649853615021st African Slaves to Americas41
39665018541517Martin Luther/ Protestant Reformation42
39665069401521Cortez conquered the Aztecs43
396651335415291st succesful Ottoman siege of Vienna (under Suleiman)44
39665200631533Pizarro toppled the Inca45
39665266051545Discovery of silver at Potosi46
39665237941571Battle of Lepanto (Ottoman naval defeat)47
396653368915711st Manila Galleon (global trade)48
39665365871588Spanish Armada49
39665411271600Battle of Sekigahara (beg of Tokugawa Shogunate)50
39665455511607foundation of Jamestown51
39665514831618-164830 years war52
39665514981644end of Ming/ beg of Qing dynasty53
39665576821653Cape Town colony founded (Dutch)54
396656036316832nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (Mehmet IV)55
39665683141689Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights56
39665825971750-1900Industrial Revolution57
39665841941756-17637 Years War (French and Indian War)58
39665902341767Invention of Spinning Jenny (using machines to manufacture)59
39665959891776Declaration of Independence (American Revolution)60
39666015531776Smith writes "Wealth of Nations"61
39666221811789French Revolution begins62
39666247951796Jenner's smallpox vaccine63
39666290431804Haitian independence64
39666325131807British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade65
39666464821807-1808Janissary Revolt66
39666489081815Congress of Viena67
39666503611820sIndependence in Latin America68
396665394618391st Opium War in China69
39666591301839-1878Tanzimat Reforms70
39666687651848Marx & Engels' "The Communist Manifesto"71
39666750051848-1849European revolutions72
39666776101853Commodore Perry opens Japan73
39666808281857Sepoy Mutiny74
39666906391861end of Russian serfdom75
39666984761861-1865U.S. Civil War76
39667003871861-1870Italian unification77
39667027541863U.S. Emancipation Proclamation78
39667140601871German unification79
39667170241885Berlin Conference division of Africa (begins "Scramble for Africa"80
39667206691893New Zealand grants women suffrage81
39667249651896Battle of Adowa (Ethiopians defeat Italians)82
39667275401898Spanish-American War (US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico)83
39667369821899-1902Boer War (British in control of South Africa)84
39667434431905Russo-Japanese War85
39667457131910-1920Mexican Revolution (Diaz overthrown)86
39667480871911Chinese Revolution87
39667533511914-1918World War 188
39667564341917 (March)Russian Revolution (Czar abdicates)89
39667613591917 (Oct/Nov)Russian Revolution (Communist/Bolshevik)90
39667671781918 (Nov)Armistice (end of WW1 fighting)91
39667708261919Treaty of Versailles92
39667722351928Kellogg-Briand Pact (outlawing war)93
39667807941929stock market crash94
39667865361931Japanese invasion of Manchuria95
39667925261935Italian invasion of Ethiopia96
39667937171937Japanese invasion of (rest of) China (rape of Nanking)97
39667990661939German blitzkrieg in Poland98
39668023441941Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WW1199
39668066211945 (Feb)Yalta Conference (beginning of Cold War?)100
39668121551945 (Aug)Hiroshima/Nagasaki101
39668176871945 (Sept)end of WW11 (Japan surrenders)102
39668221471947 (June)Truman Doctrine ("official" declaration of Cold War)103
39668244741947 (Aug)independence & partition of India104
39668244751948birth of Israel105
39668394671948-1949Berlin Blockade/Airlift106
39668433691949 (Apr)NATO founded107
39668468951949 (Oct)Chinese Communist Revolution108
39668515501950-1953Korean War109
39668515511954Vietnam expels France (Dien Bien Phu)110
39668572751955Bandung Conf (Non-Aligned Nations)111
39668631551956 (Feb)Khrushchev begins de-Stalinization112
39668666321956 (Fall)Nationalization of Suez Canal113
39668748341957Sputnik114
39668762341959Cuban Revolution (Fidel Castro)115
39668791261962Cuban Missile Crisis116
39668813941966-1976Chinese Cultural Revolution117
396688821619676-Day War118
39668900531973Yom Kippur War (OPEC Oil Embargo)119
39668941421979Iranian Revolution120
39668963561979China begins "Socialist Market Economy" reforms (Deng Xiaoping)121
396690467819871st Palestinian Intifada122
39669091241989 (June)Tiananmen Square123
39669133941989 (Nov)fall of Berlin Wall124
39669164551990Namibia gains independence (last African colony)125
39669236211991 (Jan)1st Persian Gulf war126
39669283141991 (Dec)USSR disbands127
39669332991994 (Apr-July)genocide in Rwanda128
39669369431994 (Apr)1st all race elections in South Africa129
396693889820019/11 attacks130
39669414182003US invades Iran131
39669431362004Facebook founded132
39669452952007Global "Great Recession" begins133
39669480162011Wikileaks, "Arab Spring" democracy134
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