1. Wealth of Nations published
1. Wealth of Nations published
2. USA lands on moon 1969
3. Stock Market crashes in 1929 3. Stock Market crashes in 1929
4. Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor
5. Germany invades Poland 1939
6. 9/11/2001
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5. Germany invades Poland 1939
7. Pax Romana
3. The Reign of Alexander the Great
3. The Reign of Alexander the Great
4. The Storming of the Bastille starts French Rev
5. Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses
5. Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses
6. Haiti wins independence from France
7. Berlin Conference divides Africa
7. Berlin Conference divides Africa
7. Pax Romana
8. Matt Perry “opens” Japan to trade
2. The Neolithic Revolution 10,000 1. The wheel is created
BCE
2. The Neolithic Revolution 10,000 BCE
8. Ottomans take Constantinople in 1453
9. Athenian Golden Age
9. Creation of Printing Press by Gutenberg
9. Creation of Printing Press by Gutenberg
9. Athenian Golden Age
10. Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand
11. Battle of Tours 732
12. Marco Polo visits China
10. John Locke publishes Two Treatises
12. Israel and Palestine are partitioned by11.
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UN Musa’s Hajj to Mecca
1948
12. Israel and Palestine are partitioned by the UN 1948
11. Battle of Tours 732
13.S.Mandela elected President in S.
13. Mandela elected President in
Africa; Apartheid over
Africa; Apartheid over
13. Six Day war begins 1967
13. Six Day war begins 1967
14. Mongols captured China
14. Tiananmen Square Massacre 1989
15. Marx writes Communist Manifesto 1848
16. Treaty of Versailles is signed 1919
15. Cuban Missile16.
Crisis
Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
16. Treaty of Versailles is signed 1919
16. Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1. India and Pakistan are partitioned 1947
1. Black Plague hits Europe 1348-1350
1. Black Plague hits Europe 1348-1350
2. Henry Ford begins using the Assembly Line
2. Henry Ford begins using the Assembly Line
2. Darwin develops theory of Evolution
3. Magna Carta is signed 1215
4. Americans sign Declaration of Independence
4. Americans sign Declaration of1776
Independence 1776
4. Development of the United Nations
5. USSR launches Sputnik 1959
5. USSR launches Sputnik 1959
5. Iranian Revolution of 1979
7. Hammurabi’s code is collected
7. Wright Brothers first flight
8. Columbus arrives in the Americas
9. November Revolution turns Russia into USSR
9. November Revolution turns Russia into USSR
9. Union wins the American Civil War
9. Union wins the American Civil War
10. Chinese Revolution turns China communist in 1949
10. Constantine issues Edict of Milan
312
11. Von Bismarck unifies Germany
12. Muhammad’s Hijra to Medina
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12. Muhammad’s Hijra to Medina
11. 38th parallel is created dividing Korea
11. 38th parallel is created dividing Korea
12. Thirty Years War ends with Peace of Westphalia
1648
13. Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo
13. Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo
15. Crusades begin in 1096
16. The Berlin Wall falls in 1989
7. Wright Brothers first flight
8. Glorious Revolution in England 1689
8. Columbus arrives in the Americas
15. Crusades begin in 1096
5. Iranian Revolution of 1979
6. Buddhism spreads to China
6. Gandhi leads the Salt March in 1930
14. The Norman invasion of England in 1066
3. Creation of the Internet
3. Creation of the Internet
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14. Death of Jesus
13. Rome falls in 476 CE
14. Death of Jesus
15. Renaissance begins in Italy
16. Industrial Revolution begins in England
16. Industrial Revolution begins in England