Politics & power

347 historical events in politics & power.

• 1754 BCECode of Hammurabi Inscribed
• 1279 BCERamesses II Begins His Reign
• 585 BCENebuchadnezzar II Rules Babylon
• 539 BCECyrus Captures Babylon
• 508 BCEAthenian Democracy Reforms
• 490 BCEBattle of Marathon
• 480 BCEBattle of Thermopylae
• 480 BCEThemistocles Leads Athenian Navy
• 479 BCEBattle of Plataea
• 404 BCEAthens Surrenders in Peloponnesian War
• 338 BCEChaeronea: Philip II Defeats Greek League
• 331 BCEBattle of Gaugamela
• 323 BCEDeath of Alexander the Great
• 323 BCEWars of the Diadochi Begin
• 264 BCEFirst Punic War Begins
• 218 BCEHannibal Crosses the Alps
• 216 BCEBattle of Cannae
• 202 BCEBattle of Zama
• 168 BCEBattle of Pydna
• 146 BCECarthage Destroyed
• 73 BCESpartacus Revolt Escalates
• 52 BCESiege of Alesia
• 49 BCECaesar Crosses the Rubicon
• 44 BCEAssassination of Julius Caesar
• 43 CERoman Conquest of Britain Begins
• 117 CERoman Empire at Greatest Extent
• 235 CECrisis of the Third Century Deepens
• 378 CEBattle of Adrianople
• 395 CERoman Empire Permanently Divided
• 451 CEAttila Invades Gaul
• 455 CEVandals Sack Rome
• 476 CERomulus Augustulus Deposed
• 527 CEJustinian I Becomes Byzantine Emperor
• 532 CECodex Justinianus Published
• 532 CENika Riots in Constantinople
• 642 CEBattle of Nihawand
• 711 CEMuslim Conquest of Spain Begins
• 793 CEViking Raid on Lindisfarne
• 843 CETreaty of Verdun
• 871 CEAlfred Becomes King of Wessex
• 886 CEViking Siege of Paris
• 911 CETreaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte
• 1016 CECnut Rules England
• 1066 CEBattle of Fulford Gate
• 1066 CEBattle of Stamford Bridge
• 1099 CECrusaders Capture Jerusalem
• 1187 CESaladin Recaptures Jerusalem
• 1202 CEFourth Crusade Sacks Zara
• 1204 CESack of Constantinople
• 1241 CEMongols Defeat Europeans at Legnica
• 1250 CEDeath of Frederick II
• 1291 CEFall of Acre
• 1309 CEPapacy Moves to Avignon
• 1314 CEBattle of Bannockburn
• 1325 CETenochtitlan Founded
• 1340 CEBattle of Sluys
• 1356 CEBattle of Poitiers
• 1364 CECharles V Stabilizes France
• 1380 CEBattle of Kulikovo
• 1381 CEPeasants Revolt in England
• 1396 CEBattle of Nicopolis
• 1410 CEBattle of Grunwald
• 1431 CEJoan of Arc Burned at Rouen
• 1461 CEEdward IV Takes the Throne
• 1464 CESunni Ali Expands Songhai
• 1480 CEIvan III Ends Mongol Tribute
• 1485 CEBattle of Bosworth Field
• 1492 CEReconquista Completed
• 1494 CETreaty of Tordesillas
• 1618 CEDefenestration of Prague
• 1624 CERichelieu Becomes Chief Minister
• 1632 CEBattle of Lutzen
• 1649 CECharles I Executed
• 1660 CEEnglish Monarchy Restored
• 1683 CESiege of Vienna Lifted
• 1701 CEWar of Spanish Succession Begins
• 1707 CEActs of Union Create Great Britain
• 1713 CEUtrecht Peace Ends Spanish Succession War
• 1721 CERobert Walpole First PM
• 1743 CEThomas Jefferson Is Born
• 1746 CEBattle of Culloden
• 1756 CESeven Years War Begins
• 1759 CEBattle of Quebec
• 1762 CECatherine II Seizes Russian Throne
• 1765 CEStamp Act Passed
• 1770 CEBoston Massacre
• 1773 CEBoston Tea Party
• 1775 CEBattles of Lexington and Concord
• 1781 CEYorktown Siege
• 1783 CETreaty of Paris Ends US Revolution
• 1787 CEUS Constitutional Convention
• 1789 CEWashington Inaugurated
• 1791 CEBill of Rights Ratified
• 1793 CELouis XVI Executed
• 1794 CEWhiskey Rebellion
• 1797 CEJohn Adams Is Inaugurated
• 1798 CEAlien and Sedition Acts
• 1799 CEGeorge Washington Dies
• 1799 CENapoleon Coup of 18 Brumaire
• 1801 CEAct of Union with Ireland
• 1804 CENapoleon Crowns Himself
• 1806 CEContinental System Decreed
• 1807 CEAbolition of British Slave Trade
• 1809 CEAbraham Lincoln Is Born
• 1812 CEUnited States Declares War on Britain
• 1819 CEAdams-Onis Treaty
• 1821 CEGreek War of Independence
• 1822 CEBrazil Declares Independence
• 1830 CEJuly Revolution in France
• 1833 CESlavery Abolished in British Empire
• 1835 CETexas Revolution Begins
• 1836 CETexas Declares Independence
• 1837 CEQueen Victoria Ascends
• 1839 CEFirst Opium War Begins
• 1842 CETreaty of Nanjing
• 1845 CEFlorida Becomes a U.S. State
• 1846 CEMexican-American War Begins
• 1848 CERevolutions Across Europe
• 1850 CECalifornia Becomes a U.S. State
• 1853 CEPerry Opens Japan
• 1854 CECrimean War Siege of Sevastopol
• 1857 CEIndian Rebellion
• 1858 CETheodore Roosevelt Is Born
• 1859 CEJohn Brown Raids Harpers Ferry
• 1860 CEAbraham Lincoln Is Elected President
• 1860 CEGaribaldi Lands in Sicily
• 1865 CELincoln Assassinated
• 1867 CEAlaska Purchase
• 1867 CECanadian Confederation Is Founded
• 1869 CEMahatma Gandhi Is Born
• 1871 CEParis Commune
• 1874 CEWinston Churchill Is Born
• 1876 CEBattle of Little Bighorn
• 1879 CEAnglo-Zulu War
• 1881 CEJames Garfield Is Assassinated
• 1884 CEEleanor Roosevelt Is Born
• 1886 CEHaymarket Affair
• 1888 CESlavery Abolished in Brazil
• 1890 CEWounded Knee Massacre
• 1896 CEPlessy v. Ferguson
• 1898 CEUSS Maine Explosion
• 1900 CEBoxer Protocol Signed
• 1901 CEAustralia Becomes a Commonwealth
• 1901 CEQueen Victoria Dies
• 1904 CERusso-Japanese War Begins
• 1907 CETriple Entente Crystallizes
• 1910 CEJapan Annexes Korea
• 1911 CEXinhai Revolution
• 1912 CERepublic of China Founded
• 1913 CEFederal Reserve Created
• 1914 CEAssassination in Sarajevo
• 1915 CEArmenian Genocide Begins
• 1915 CEGallipoli Campaign
• 1916 CEBattle of the Somme
• 1916 CEEaster Rising
• 1916 CEJeanette Rankin Is Elected to Congress
• 1917 CEBalfour Declaration
• 1917 CEFebruary Revolution in Russia
• 1917 CEUS Enters World War I
• 1918 CENelson Mandela Is Born
• 1919 CEMay Fourth Movement
• 1919 CEWeimar Constitution
• 1920 CELeague of Nations Founded
• 1920 CEU.S. Women Gain the Right to Vote
• 1921 CEIrish Free State Treaty
• 1922 CEIrish Civil War
• 1922 CEMussolini March on Rome
• 1923 CEBeer Hall Putsch
• 1923 CEThe Republic of Turkey Is Proclaimed
• 1924 CELenin Dies
• 1929 CELateran Treaty
• 1931 CEJapanese Invasion of Manchuria
• 1932 CEBonus Army Eviction
• 1932 CEFranklin D. Roosevelt Is Elected President
• 1933 CEFDR First Inauguration
• 1934 CELong March Begins
• 1934 CENight of the Long Knives
• 1935 CENuremberg Race Laws
• 1937 CERape of Nanjing
• 1938 CEAnschluss
• 1938 CEKristallnacht
• 1938 CEMunich Agreement
• 1939 CESoviet-Finnish Winter War
• 1940 CEFall of France
• 1940 CETripartite Pact
• 1941 CEAtlantic Charter
• 1941 CELend-Lease Act
• 1941 CEOperation Barbarossa
• 1942 CEBattle of Midway
• 1942 CEBattle of Stalingrad Begins
• 1942 CEExecutive Order 9066
• 1943 CECairo Declaration
• 1943 CETehran Conference
• 1943 CEWarsaw Ghetto Uprising
• 1944 CEOperation Market Garden
• 1944 CEWarsaw Uprising Crushed
• 1945 CEFDR Dies
• 1945 CEGermany Surrenders
• 1945 CEPotsdam Conference
• 1945 CEUnited Nations Charter
• 1945 CEYalta Conference
• 1946 CEChurchill Iron Curtain Speech
• 1947 CEIndia and Pakistan Gain Independence
• 1947 CEPakistan Gains Independence
• 1947 CETruman Doctrine
• 1948 CEApartheid Enshrined in South Africa
• 1948 CEBerlin Airlift
• 1948 CEIsrael Declares Independence
• 1949 CECommunist Forces Capture Nanjing
• 1949 CEThe People's Republic of China Is Proclaimed
• 1950 CEMcCarthyism Surges
• 1952 CEDwight D. Eisenhower Is Elected President
• 1952 CEElizabeth II Becomes Queen
• 1953 CEKorean Armistice
• 1953 CEStalin Dies
• 1954 CEDien Bien Phu Falls
• 1955 CEBandung Conference Convenes
• 1955 CEMontgomery Bus Boycott
• 1955 CERosa Parks Refuses to Yield Her Seat
• 1956 CEHungarian Uprising
• 1957 CETreaty of Rome
• 1958 CENASA Created
• 1959 CEAlaska Becomes a U.S. State
• 1959 CECastro Takes Havana
• 1959 CEDalai Lama Flees Tibet
• 1959 CEHawaii Becomes a U.S. State
• 1960 CEJFK Elected President
• 1960 CEJohn F. Kennedy Is Elected President
• 1960 CESharpeville Massacre
• 1961 CEBay of Pigs Invasion
• 1962 CEAlgerian Independence
• 1963 CEJFK Assassinated
• 1963 CEMarch on Washington
• 1963 CEPartial Test Ban Treaty
• 1964 CECivil Rights Act
• 1964 CEFreedom Summer
• 1965 CESelma March
• 1965 CESingapore Becomes Independent
• 1965 CEThe Voting Rights Act Is Signed
• 1965 CEUS Ground Combat in Vietnam
• 1965 CEWatts Riots
• 1965 CEWinston Churchill Dies
• 1966 CECultural Revolution Begins
• 1968 CEMLK Assassinated
• 1968 CEPrague Spring Crushed
• 1968 CERFK Assassinated
• 1968 CEShirley Chisholm Is Elected to Congress
• 1968 CETet Offensive
• 1970 CEKent State Shootings
• 1971 CEBangladesh Declares Independence
• 1971 CEBangladesh Liberation War
• 1972 CENixon Visits China
• 1972 CEThe Watergate Break-In Occurs
• 1973 CEChile Coup
• 1973 CEOPEC Oil Embargo Begins
• 1973 CEParis Peace Accords
• 1974 CENixon Resigns
• 1974 CETurkish Invasion of Cyprus
• 1975 CEHelms-Baker Act on CIA
• 1975 CEPortuguese Colonial Wars End
• 1975 CESaigon Falls
• 1976 CEJimmy Carter Is Elected President
• 1976 CEMao Zedong Dies
• 1978 CECamp David Accords
• 1979 CEMargaret Thatcher Becomes Prime Minister
• 1979 CESoviet Invasion of Afghanistan
• 1980 CEIran-Iraq War Begins
• 1980 CERonald Reagan Is Elected President
• 1980 CESolidarity Founded
• 1980 CEUS Hostages Freed from Iran
• 1981 CEReagan Shot
• 1981 CESandra Day O'Connor Joins the Supreme Court
• 1982 CEFalklands War
• 1983 CEKAL 007 Shot Down
• 1983 CEUS Invades Grenada
• 1984 CEIndira Gandhi Assassinated
• 1985 CEGorbachev Becomes Soviet Leader
• 1986 CEPeople Power Revolution
• 1986 CEVietnam Launches Doi Moi Reforms
• 1987 CEBlack Monday Crash
• 1987 CEINF Treaty Signed
• 1988 CEPan Am 103 Bombed
• 1989 CERomanian Revolution
• 1989 CEVelvet Revolution Begins in Czechoslovakia
• 1990 CEGerman Reunification
• 1990 CEGulf Crisis
• 1991 CEGulf War Ground Offensive
• 1992 CELos Angeles Riots
• 1992 CESouth Africa Votes to End Apartheid Rule
• 1993 CEEritrea Gains Independence
• 1993 CEEU Single Market
• 1993 CEOslo Accords Signed
• 1993 CEThe Czech Republic Is Founded
• 1994 CEApartheid Laws Are Dismantled in South Africa
• 1994 CEFirst Chechen War Begins
• 1994 CENAFTA Takes Effect
• 1995 CEDayton Accords
• 1995 CEOklahoma City Bombing
• 1997 CEHandover of Hong Kong
• 1997 CEKyoto Protocol Adopted
• 1998 CEGood Friday Agreement
• 1998 CEUS Embassy Bombings
• 1999 CEEuro Launches
• 1999 CENATO Bombs Yugoslavia
• 2000 CEBush v. Gore Decided
• 2001 CEChina Joins WTO
• 2002 CEBeltway Snipers
• 2002 CENorthern Ireland Peace Milestone
• 2003 CEDarfur Crisis Surges
• 2003 CEUS Invades Iraq
• 2004 CEOrange Revolution
• 2005 CELondon 7/7 Bombings
• 2007 CEBear Stearns Hedge Fund Collapse
• 2007 CEGreat Recession Begins
• 2007 CEVirginia Tech Shooting
• 2008 CEBarack Obama Elected
• 2008 CEObama Iowa Caucus Win
• 2009 CEARRA Stimulus Signed
• 2010 CEAffordable Care Act
• 2010 CEWikiLeaks Cable Release
• 2011 CEArab Spring Egypt Uprising
• 2011 CEOsama bin Laden Killed
• 2011 CESouth Sudan Independence
• 2012 CESandy Hook Shooting
• 2013 CEEdward Snowden Leaks
• 2014 CECrimea Annexed
• 2014 CEISIS Declares Caliphate
• 2014 CEMalaysia Airlines MH370 Lost
• 2015 CECharlie Hebdo Attack
• 2015 CEIran Nuclear Deal
• 2015 CESame-Sex Marriage in US
• 2016 CEPanama Papers Published
• 2016 CETrump Elected President
• 2017 CELas Vegas Shooting
• 2018 CEKavanaugh Confirmation Fight
• 2018 CEParkland Shooting
• 2019 CEHong Kong Protests
• 2020 CEGeorge Floyd Protests
• 2020 CEJoe Biden Elected
• 2021 CEUS Capitol Riot
• 2021 CEUS Withdrawal from Afghanistan
• 2022 CEChile Rejects a New Constitution
• 2022 CEQueen Elizabeth II Dies
• 2022 CERoe v. Wade Overturned
• 2023 CEHamas Attack on Israel
• 2023 CESilicon Valley Bank Fails
• 2024 CETrump Wins a Second Presidential Election