World history

38 historical events in world history.

• 3100 BCEEarly Dynastic Egypt Consolidates
• 2500 BCEGreat Pyramid of Giza Built
• 438 BCEThe Parthenon Is Completed
• 632 CEDeath of Muhammad
• 1000 CEViking Leif Reaches Vinland
• 1095 CEPope Urban II Preaches First Crusade
• 1096 CEPeople's Crusade Massacres
• 1147 CESecond Crusade Launched
• 1189 CEThird Crusade Begins
• 1215 CEFourth Lateran Council
• 1300 CEGreat Zimbabwe Thrives
• 1302 CEUnam Sanctam
• 1345 CENotre-Dame de Paris Is Completed
• 1452 CELeonardo da Vinci Is Born
• 1475 CEMichelangelo Is Born
• 1478 CESpanish Inquisition Authorized
• 1497 CEVasco da Gama Reaches India
• 1619 CEFirst Africans in English Virginia
• 1620 CEMayflower Lands at Plymouth
• 1692 CESalem Witch Trials
• 1792 CEThe New York Stock Exchange Begins
• 1804 CELewis and Clark Depart
• 1845 CEIrish Potato Famine Deepens
• 1851 CEThe Crystal Palace Opens for the Great Exhibition
• 1978 CEJonestown Massacre
• 1996 CEOsama bin Laden Declares War on US
• 2004 CEIndian Ocean Tsunami
• 2004 CEWangari Maathai Wins Nobel Peace Prize
• 2005 CEHurricane Katrina
• 2010 CEChilean Miners Rescued
• 2012 CECosta Concordia Grounding
• 2013 CEPope Francis Elected
• 2013 CERana Plaza Collapse
• 2018 CEThai Cave Rescue
• 2020 CEAustralian Bushfire Season
• 2021 CEEver Given Blocks Suez Canal
• 2023 CETurkey-Syria Earthquake
• 2024 CENobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo