General history

200 historical events in general history.

• 31 BCEBattle of Actium
• 27 BCEAugustus Becomes Rome's First Emperor
• 9 CEBattle of the Teutoburg Forest
• 79 CEMount Vesuvius Erupts
• 80 CEColosseum Completed in Rome
• 220 CEThe Han Dynasty Ends
• 313 CEEdict of Milan
• 330 CEConstantinople Dedicated
• 410 CEVisigoths Sack Rome
• 476 CEFall of the Western Roman Empire
• 534 CEJustinian's Legal Code Completed
• 537 CEHagia Sophia Dedicated
• 622 CEThe Hijra
• 636 CEBattle of Yarmouk
• 661 CEUmayyad Caliphate Established
• 691 CEDome of the Rock Completed
• 732 CEBattle of Tours
• 750 CEAbbasid Caliphate Begins
• 800 CECharlemagne Crowned Emperor
• 830 CEHouse of Wisdom Flourishes in Baghdad
• 865 CEGreat Heathen Army Invades England
• 878 CEAlfred Defeats Viking Army at Edington
• 960 CESong Dynasty Begins in China
• 962 CEOtto I Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
• 1000 CENorse Reach Vinland
• 1054 CEGreat Schism of East and West
• 1066 CEThe Battle of Hastings
• 1071 CEBattle of Manzikert
• 1088 CEUniversity of Bologna Founded
• 1096 CEFirst Crusade Begins
• 1096 CETeaching Begins at Oxford
• 1204 CEFourth Crusade Sacks Constantinople
• 1206 CEGenghis Khan Unites the Mongol Tribes
• 1215 CEMagna Carta Is Sealed
• 1225 CEMagna Carta Reissued and Confirmed
• 1238 CENasrid Emirate of Granada Founded
• 1258 CEMongols Sack Baghdad
• 1260 CEBattle of Ain Jalut
• 1271 CEMarco Polo Begins Journey East
• 1299 CEOttoman State Traditionally Founded
• 1308 CEDante Begins the Divine Comedy
• 1337 CEHundred Years' War Begins
• 1346 CEBattle of Crecy
• 1347 CEThe Black Death Reaches Europe
• 1354 CEIbn Battuta Returns to Morocco
• 1368 CEMing Consolidation of China
• 1370 CETimur Establishes Rule in Transoxiana
• 1415 CEBattle of Agincourt
• 1415 CEJan Hus Executed
• 1429 CEJoan of Arc Lifts Siege of Orleans
• 1450 CEMovable Type Printing Press in Mainz
• 1453 CEThe Fall of Constantinople
• 1455 CEThe Gutenberg Bible Is Printed
• 1455 CEWars of the Roses Begin
• 1492 CEColumbus Reaches the Caribbean
• 1492 CEFall of Granada
• 1498 CESavonarola Executed in Florence
• 1517 CEMartin Luther's Ninety-five Theses
• 1521 CETenochtitlan Falls
• 1543 CECopernicus Publishes De revolutionibus
• 1571 CEBattle of Lepanto
• 1588 CEThe Spanish Armada Is Defeated
• 1598 CEEdict of Nantes Issued
• 1603 CETokugawa Shogunate Begins
• 1607 CEJamestown Is Founded
• 1620 CEMayflower Compact Signed
• 1623 CEShakespeare's First Folio Published
• 1642 CEEnglish Civil War Begins
• 1648 CEPeace of Westphalia Signed
• 1666 CEThe Great Fire of London
• 1687 CENewton Publishes Principia
• 1688 CEThe Glorious Revolution
• 1700 CEGreat Northern War Begins
• 1769 CEWatt Patents Improved Steam Engine
• 1776 CEThe U.S. Declaration of Independence
• 1788 CEU.S. Constitution Ratified
• 1789 CEDeclaration of the Rights of Man
• 1789 CEThe Storming of the Bastille
• 1803 CELouisiana Purchase
• 1804 CEHaiti Declares Independence
• 1805 CEBattle of Trafalgar
• 1815 CEThe Battle of Waterloo
• 1821 CEMexico Wins Independence
• 1825 CEStockton and Darlington Railway Opens
• 1844 CEFirst Long-Distance Morse Telegraph Message
• 1848 CECalifornia Gold Rush Begins
• 1848 CESeneca Falls Convention
• 1853 CECrimean War Begins
• 1859 CEOn the Origin of Species Published
• 1861 CEAmerican Civil War Begins
• 1863 CEBattle of Gettysburg
• 1863 CEThe Emancipation Proclamation
• 1868 CEThe Meiji Restoration
• 1869 CEFirst U.S. Transcontinental Railroad Completed
• 1869 CESuez Canal Opens
• 1870 CEFranco-Prussian War Begins
• 1876 CEBell Patents the Telephone
• 1879 CEEdison Demonstrates Practical Incandescent Lamp
• 1884 CEBerlin Conference Opens
• 1885 CEHome Insurance Building Completed
• 1886 CEThe Statue of Liberty Is Dedicated
• 1889 CEEiffel Tower Opens
• 1891 CEBasketball Is Invented
• 1895 CEX-Rays Discovered
• 1896 CEThe First Modern Olympics
• 1898 CESpanish-American War
• 1899 CEBoxer Rebellion Begins
• 1901 CEFirst Nobel Prizes Awarded
• 1903 CEThe Wright Brothers' First Powered Flight
• 1906 CESan Francisco Earthquake and Fire
• 1908 CEFord Model T Introduced
• 1912 CEThe Titanic Sinks
• 1914 CEPanama Canal Opens
• 1914 CEWorld War I Begins
• 1915 CELusitania Sinks
• 1917 CEThe Russian Revolution
• 1918 CEWorld War I Armistice
• 1919 CETreaty of Versailles Signed
• 1920 CEWomen Gain U.S. Nationwide Voting Rights
• 1922 CETutankhamun's Tomb Discovered
• 1928 CEPenicillin Discovered
• 1929 CEThe Wall Street Crash
• 1930 CEGandhi's Salt March
• 1931 CEEmpire State Building Opens
• 1933 CEHitler Appointed Chancellor
• 1936 CESpanish Civil War Begins
• 1937 CEHindenburg Disaster
• 1937 CESnow White and the Seven Dwarfs Premieres
• 1939 CEThe Wizard of Oz Is Released
• 1939 CEWorld War II Begins in Europe
• 1940 CEBattle of Britain
• 1941 CEAttack on Pearl Harbor
• 1944 CED-Day Landings
• 1945 CENuremberg Trials Begin
• 1947 CEIndia Becomes Independent
• 1948 CEMarshall Plan Announced
• 1949 CENATO Founded
• 1950 CEKorean War Begins
• 1953 CEDNA Double Helix Structure Announced
• 1954 CEBrown v. Board of Education
• 1954 CECERN Founded
• 1955 CEWarsaw Pact Signed
• 1956 CESuez Crisis
• 1957 CESputnik 1 Launch
• 1959 CECuban Revolution Triumphs
• 1960 CEOPEC Founded
• 1961 CEBerlin Wall Built
• 1962 CECuban Missile Crisis
• 1963 CEI Have a Dream Speech
• 1964 CEGulf of Tonkin Resolution
• 1967 CESix-Day War
• 1969 CEApollo 11 Moon Landing
• 1969 CEARPANET Sends First Message
• 1969 CEWoodstock Music Festival
• 1971 CEPentagon Papers Published
• 1973 CEYom Kippur War
• 1975 CEMicrosoft Founded
• 1975 CEVietnam War Ends
• 1976 CEApple Founded
• 1977 CEStar Wars Opens in Theaters
• 1979 CEESPN Launches
• 1979 CEIranian Revolution
• 1984 CEMichael Jordan Is Drafted
• 1986 CEChernobyl Disaster
• 1986 CESpace Shuttle Challenger Disaster
• 1989 CEThe Berlin Wall Falls
• 1989 CEThe Simpsons Premieres as a Series
• 1989 CETiananmen Square Protests
• 1989 CEWorld Wide Web Proposed
• 1990 CEHubble Space Telescope Launch
• 1990 CENelson Mandela Released from Prison
• 1991 CEThe Soviet Union Dissolves
• 1992 CEDerek Jeter Is Drafted by the Yankees
• 1992 CEMaastricht Treaty Signed
• 1993 CEJurassic Park Hits Theaters
• 1994 CEFriends Premieres
• 1994 CENelson Mandela Becomes President
• 1994 CERwandan Genocide
• 1996 CEPokemon Red and Green Release in Japan
• 2000 CEDot-Com Bubble Bursts
• 2000 CEHuman Genome Working Draft Announced
• 2001 CEThe September 11 Attacks
• 2002 CEEuro Banknotes Enter Circulation
• 2004 CEFacebook Launches
• 2005 CEYouTube Launches
• 2006 CETwitter Launches
• 2007 CEThe First iPhone Is Released
• 2008 CEBitcoin Whitepaper Published
• 2008 CEGlobal Financial Crisis Peaks
• 2008 CEThe Hunger Games Is Published
• 2010 CEThe Arab Spring Begins
• 2011 CEAmerican Horror Story Premieres
• 2011 CEFukushima Nuclear Disaster
• 2011 CEMinecraft's Full Release
• 2015 CEParis Climate Agreement Adopted
• 2016 CEThe Brexit Referendum
• 2020 CECOVID-19 Declared a Pandemic
• 2022 CEChatGPT Public Launch
• 2022 CEFirst James Webb Space Telescope Images Released
• 2022 CERussia's Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine