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Trinil Shell Engravings by Homo erectus
c. 540,000-430,000 BCE · Prehistoric
Human EvolutionTechnologyLanguage
Bilzingsleben Bone Engravings: Organized Symbolic Markings
c. 370,000 BCE · Prehistoric
Human EvolutionLanguage
Berekhat Ram Figurine: Earliest Anthropomorphic Carving
c. 280,000-250,000 BCE · Prehistoric
Human EvolutionArt
Symbolic Marking Tradition at Blombos Cave
c. 75,000 years ago · Prehistoric
Human EvolutionLanguageArt
Earliest Abstract Engravings at Blombos Cave
c. 70,000 BCE · Prehistoric
Human EvolutionArtLanguage
Neanderthal Cave Art in Spain
c. 65,000 BCE · Prehistoric
Human EvolutionArt
Neanderthal Burial at La Chapelle-aux-Saints
60,000 years ago · Prehistoric
Human EvolutionCulture
First Musical Instruments: Aurignacian Bone Flutes
c. 43,000-40,000 BCE · Prehistoric
Human EvolutionArtReligion
Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel: Earliest Figurative Sculpture
c. 40,000-35,000 BCE · Prehistoric
Human EvolutionArtReligion
Chauvet Cave Art Created
35 Thousand years ago · Prehistoric
Art
Sungir Burial Site, Russia
32,050 to 28,550 BC · Prehistoric
CultureReligion
Upper Paleolithic Proto-Writing System in European Cave Art
c. 20,000 BCE · Prehistoric
ArtCultureLanguage
First Jōmon Pottery Emerges in Japan
14500 BC · Prehistoric
TechnologyArt
Clovis Culture
11,500 BCE · Prehistoric
TechnologyCulture
Tell Abu Hureyra Neolithic Settlement
c. 11,500-7,000 BCE · Prehistoric
AgricultureCultureClimate
Early Walled Settlement at Jericho
c. 9600-8000 BCE · Prehistoric
CultureAgricultureEconomics
Göbekli Tepe Megalithic Complex
c. 9600-8200 BCE · Prehistoric
CultureReligionEngineering
Las Vegas Culture Emerges in Ecuador
8000 BC · Prehistoric
Culture
Warren Field Mesolithic Lunar Calendar
c. 8000 BCE · Prehistoric
AstronomyCultureTechnology
First Clay Token Accounting System
c. 8000-7500 BCE · Prehistoric
TechnologyLanguageMathematics
Jericho PPNB Plastered Skulls
c. 7500 BCE · Prehistoric
CultureTechnology
Jiahu Bone Flutes Excavated at Henan Site
c. 7000 BCE · Prehistoric
ArtCultureTechnology
Mehrgarh Neolithic Settlement
c. 7000-5500 BCE · Prehistoric
AgricultureTechnologyCulture
'Ain Ghazal Statues: Neolithic Plaster Figurines
c. 6750-6500 BCE · Prehistoric
ArtCultureReligion
Jiahu Symbols: Early Chinese Markings on Tortoise Shells
c. 6600 BCE · Prehistoric
LanguageCulture
Halaf Pottery Innovation
c. 6500-5500 BCE · Prehistoric
ArtTechnologyCulture
First Pottery Kilns at Tell Hassuna
c. 6300-6000 BCE · Prehistoric
TechnologyCultureEngineering
Dufuna Dugout Canoe Creation
c. 6500-6000 BCE · Prehistoric
TechnologyCultureEngineering
Dispilio Wooden Tablet: Enigmatic Neolithic Markings
c. 5260 BCE · Prehistoric
LanguagePolitics
Vinča Symbols: Proto-Writing in Neolithic Balkans
c. 5500-4500 BCE · Prehistoric
CultureLanguage
Yangshao Millet Agricultural Revolution
c. 5000-3000 BCE · Prehistoric
AgricultureClimateCulture
First Copper Smelting at Belovode
c. 5000 BCE · Prehistoric
TechnologyCultureEngineering
Egyptian Blue Pigment Synthesized in Ancient Egypt
c. 3500 BCE · Prehistoric
ChemistryArtTechnology
End of the Green Sahara: North African Desertification
c. 3500 BCE · Prehistoric
ClimateCulture
Discovery of First Clay Tablets with Proto-Writing
3500-3300 BCE · Prehistoric
TechnologyCultureLanguage
Development of Clay Bullae Envelope Accounting
c. 3500-3300 BCE · Prehistoric
MathematicsTechnologyLanguage
Development of Proto-Cuneiform Writing in Uruk
c. 3400-3200 BCE · Prehistoric
CultureLanguage
Earliest Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing
c. 3250-3200 BCE · Prehistoric
TechnologyCultureLanguage
Cuneiform Writing System Developed
3200 BC · Prehistoric
CultureLanguage
Norte Chico Civilization
3200 BC · Prehistoric
Culture
First Dynasty of Egypt
3150 BC · Prehistoric
CulturePolitics
Beginning of Kali Yuga
3102 BCE · Prehistoric
ReligionCultureAstronomy
Emergence of Susa III Proto-Elamite Civilization
3100 · Prehistoric
Culture
Egyptian 365-Day Civil Calendar
c. 3100 BCE · Prehistoric
MathematicsAstronomyCulture
Longshan Black Pottery Innovation
c. 3000-2600 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyCultureArt
Early Cycladic Culture
3000 BC · Ancient World
Culture
Proto-Elamite Script: Early Iranian Writing System
c. 3100-2900 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
Sumerian Calendar and Time Division System
c. 3000 BCE · Ancient World
MathematicsAstronomyCulture
Indus Valley Civilization
2600 BC · Ancient World
CulturePoliticsEconomics
Development of Phonetic Cuneiform Writing
c. 2600 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyCultureLanguage
Sacred City of Caral: Earliest Urban Center in the Americas
c. 2600-2000 BCE · Ancient World
CultureTechnologyReligion
Construction of Khufu's Great Pyramid
c. 2580–2560 BCE · Ancient World
EngineeringTechnologyCulture
Great Pyramids of Giza Completed
c. 2510 BCE · Ancient World
EngineeringReligionCulture
Mohenjo Daro
2500 BC · Ancient World
CultureReligion
Kingdom of Kerma Established
c. 2400 BCE · Ancient World
PoliticsCultureEconomics
Indus Valley Script: Undeciphered Writing System
c. 2600-1900 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
Epic of Gilgamesh
2100 BC · Ancient World
Art
Babylonian Lunisolar Calendar
c. 2100 BCE · Ancient World
AstronomyMathematicsCulture
Code of Ur-Nammu: The Oldest Known Law Code
c. 2100-2050 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLawPhilosophy
Karnak Temple Construction Begins
2050 BC · Ancient World
ArtCultureReligion
Earliest Wrestling Depicted
2000 BC · Ancient World
Art
First Dynasty of Babylon
1894 BC · Ancient World
PoliticsCulture
Code of Lipit-Ishtar
c. 1870 BCE · Ancient World
LawPoliticsCulture
First Bronze Ritual Vessels at Erlitou
c. 1850-1750 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyCultureReligion
Construction of Western Deffufa Temple at Kerma
c. 1750 BCE · Ancient World
CultureReligionEngineering
Phaistos Disc
1700 BC · Ancient World
CultureReligion
Proto-Sinaitic Script: Early Alphabetic Writing
c. 1850-1550 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
Reconstruction of the Palace at Knossos
c. 1700 BCE · Ancient World
CulturePolitics
Linear A Script: Undeciphered Minoan Writing System
c. 1800-1450 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
Eruption of Santorini (Thera)
c. 1600 BCE · Ancient World
GeologyClimateCulture
Composition of the Rigveda
1500 BC · Ancient World
ArtCultureReligion
Origins of the Nok Culture
c. 1500-1000 BCE · Ancient World
ArtTechnologyCulture
Shang Dynasty Lunisolar Calendar
c. 1400 BCE · Ancient World
AstronomyMathematicsCulture
Linear B Script: Early Greek Writing System
c. 1450-1200 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
Oracle Bone Divination Script of Ancient China
c. 1400-1200 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyCultureLanguage
Sennedjem Tomb Paintings
1279-1213 BCE · Ancient World
Art
Phoenician Maritime Expansion
1100 BC · Ancient World
CulturePolitics
Kingdom of Judah founded
1020 BCE - 586 BCE · Ancient World
CulturePolitics
Lapita People Expand Across the Western Pacific
c. 1500–800 BCE · Ancient World
ExplorationCulture
Olmec Great Pyramid Built at La Venta
900 BCE · Ancient World
ArtReligion
Chinese Bronze and Seal Scripts: Evolution of Writing
c. 1400-221 BCE · Ancient World
EvolutionCultureLanguage
Iliad and Odyssey Composed
8th century BC · Ancient World
Art
Ancient Greek Civilization
800BC · Ancient World
CulturePoliticsEconomics
Napata Emerges as Capital of Kush
c. 800 BCE · Ancient World
PoliticsReligionCulture
Greek Adaptation of the Phoenician Alphabet
c. 800 BCE · Ancient World
LanguageCulture
Ancient Olympic Games
776 BC · Ancient World
Culture
Scythian Metallurgical and Warfare Innovations
c. 800-700 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyArtWar
The Odyssey Written
725 BC · Ancient World
Art
Wrestling Added to the Ancient Olympic Games
c. 708 BCE · Ancient World
CultureEntertainment & Media
Ancient Greek Poet Homer
700 BC · Ancient World
Art
Library of Ashurbanipal
7th century BCE · Ancient World
EngineeringCulture
Kingdom of Kush Relocates Capital to Meroe
c. 590 BCE · Ancient World
PoliticsEngineeringEconomics
Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem and the First Temple
586 BCE · Ancient World
ReligionPoliticsWar
Panathenaic Homeric Recitation Competitions Established
c. 566 BCE · Ancient World
CultureArt
Birth of Siddhartha Gautama
563 BC · Ancient World
CultureReligionPhilosophy
Pāṇini Codifies Sanskrit Grammar in Ashtadhyayi
c. 500 BCE · Classical Antiquity
ArtLanguage
Confucius Teaches Ethics, Governance, and Social Order
c. 551–479 BCE · Classical Antiquity
PhilosophyCulturePolitics
Buddha Attains Parinirvana (Death of Gautama Buddha)
c. 483 BCE · Classical Antiquity
CultureReligionPhilosophy
Parthenon Completed
432 BC · Classical Antiquity
Art
Plato's Republic Completed
375 BC · Classical Antiquity
ArtPoliticsPhilosophy
Library of Alexandria Established
285 BCE · Classical Antiquity
EngineeringCulture
First Gladiatorial Games in Rome
264 BC · Classical Antiquity
Culture
Edicts of Ashoka
250 BC · Classical Antiquity
CultureReligionLaw
Great Wall of China Started
220 BC · Classical Antiquity
Art
Qin Shi Huang Mount Tai Ceremony
219 BC · Classical Antiquity
CulturePoliticsReligion
Yarlung Dynasty - Tibetan Empire
618 CE · Classical Antiquity
CulturePolitics
Earliest Maya Long Count Inscription
36 BCE · Classical Antiquity
MathematicsCultureTechnology
Edict of Augustus on Jewish Rights
1 CE · Classical Antiquity
CultureReligionLaw
Wang Mang's Usurpation and Xin Dynasty
9 CE · Classical Antiquity
PoliticsEconomicsCulture
Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
August 70 CE · Classical Antiquity
ArtCultureReligion
Construction of the Colosseum
72-80 CE · Classical Antiquity
EngineeringCulturePolitics
Eruption of Vesuvius Buries Pompeii and Herculaneum
August 24, 79 CE · Classical Antiquity
GeologyCulture
Cai Lun's Invention of Paper
105 CE · Classical Antiquity
TechnologyCultureEconomics
Construction of the Pantheon
c. 118-126 CE · Classical Antiquity
EngineeringArtCulture
Bar Kokhba Revolt Crushed; Judaea Renamed Syria Palaestina
135 CE · Classical Antiquity
PoliticsWarReligion
Ancient Greek Wrestling Manual Written
200 · Classical Antiquity
CultureTechnology
Three Kingdoms period begins
220 · Classical Antiquity
CulturePolitics
Aksumite Kingdom Introduces Indigenous Coinage
c. 270 CE · Classical Antiquity
EconomicsPoliticsCulture
Edict of Milan
February 313 CE · Classical Antiquity
ReligionPoliticsCulture
First Council of Nicaea
325 CE · Classical Antiquity
ReligionPoliticsCulture
Founding of Constantinople
May 11, 330 CE · Classical Antiquity
PoliticsCultureReligion
Ezana's Conversion and Christianization of Aksum
c. 325-350 CE · Classical Antiquity
ReligionPoliticsCulture
Hun Invasion and Gothic Refugee Crisis
376 CE · Classical Antiquity
WarPoliticsCulture
Construction of Bamiyan Buddha Statues
c. 500-570 CE · Late Antiquity
ArtReligionCulture
Salic Law (Lex Salica)
c. 500 CE · Late Antiquity
LawPoliticsCulture
Banana Cultivation Introduced to East Africa
c. 500 CE · Late Antiquity
AgricultureTechnologyCulture
Bantu Migration Reaches Southern Africa
c. 500 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureAgricultureLanguage
Christianization of the Nubian Kingdoms
543-580 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionCulturePolitics
Fall of Funan and Rise of Chenla
c. 550-600 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCultureEconomics
Introduction of Buddhism to Japan
552 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionCulturePolitics
The Birth of Muhammad
570 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureReligion
Origin of Chess (Chaturanga)
c. 550-600 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureTechnologyMathematics
Wari Empire Emerges in the Andes
c. 550-600 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCultureEngineering
Sui Dynasty Reunifies China
Spring 589 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsWarCulture
Chess Reaches Sassanid Persia as Chatrang
c. 600 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureEntertainment & Media
Harsha's Unification of Northern India
April 606 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsWarCulture
Reign of K'inich Janaab' Pakal in Palenque
615-683 CE · Late Antiquity
ArtCulturePolitics
Tang Dynasty Established
June 18, 618 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCulture
Constitution of Medina
622 AD · Late Antiquity
CultureLawPolitics
Xuanzang Departs China on Pilgrimage to India
629 CE · Late Antiquity
ExplorationCulture
Establishment of the Islamic Hijri Calendar
638-639 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureReligionMathematics
Songtsen Gampo Embraces Buddhism
641 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionPoliticsCulture
Taika Reforms
645-646 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCultureEconomics
Thonmi Sambhota Devises Tibetan Script
c. 650 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureTechnology
Wu Zetian Assumes the Imperial Throne
September 9, 690 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCulture
Austronesian Settlers Arrive in Madagascar
c. 650-800 CE · Late Antiquity
CultureAgricultureExploration
Umayyad Mosque Completed
715 · Late Antiquity
CultureReligion
Formation of the Four Schools of Islamic Law
c. 750-850 CE · Late Antiquity
LawReligionPolitics
Borobudur Temple Constructed
c. 800 CE · Late Antiquity
ReligionEngineeringArt
Jayavarman II Establishes the Khmer Empire
802 CE · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCulture
House of Wisdom Founded in Baghdad
c. 832 CE · Late Antiquity
AstronomyMathematicsCulture
First Viking Settlement in Iceland
874 AD · Late Antiquity
CulturePolitics
Maya Postclassic Period Begins
950 AD · Late Antiquity
PoliticsCulture
Leif Erikson Explores North America
c. 1000 AD · Late Antiquity
CulturePolitics
First Viking Settlement in Greenland by Erik the Red
985 AD · Late Antiquity
CulturePolitics
Norse Settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows
1000 CE · Medieval
CulturePolitics
Collapse and Abandonment of the Wari Empire
c. 1000-1100 CE · Medieval
PoliticsCulture
Death of Leif Erikson
c. 1020 CE · Medieval
Culture
Beowulf, an Old English Epic Poem, is Written
975-1025 · Medieval
Art
Invention of Movable Type Printing Press
1040 · Medieval
TechnologyLanguage
Al-Bakri Documents the Ghana Empire in the Book of Routes and Realms
1068 CE · Medieval
EconomicsCulturePolitics
Bayeux Tapestry Commissioned
c. 1070 · Medieval
ArtWar
Cahokia Reaches Peak Population
c. 1050-1100 CE · Medieval
CultureAgriculture
Polynesian Navigators Settle the Hawaiian Islands
c. 1000–1200 CE · Medieval
ExplorationCulture
Adelard of Bath Translates Euclid's Elements from Arabic
c. 1120 · Medieval
MathematicsLanguage
Polynesian Navigators Settle Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
c. 1100–1200 CE · Medieval
ExplorationCulture
Al-Idrisi Completes the Tabula Rogeriana World Map
1154 · Medieval
ExplorationLanguage
Jayavarman VII Restores and Expands the Khmer Empire
c. 1181 CE · Medieval
PoliticsCulture
Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela Completed in Ethiopia
c. 1220 CE · Medieval
EngineeringReligionArt
Sachsenspiegel (Saxon Mirror)
c. 1225 CE · Medieval
LawCultureLanguage
Sundiata Keita Defeats Sosso at Kirina, Founding the Mali Empire
c. 1235 CE · Medieval
WarPoliticsCulture
Rumi Encounters Shams of Tabriz and Begins Composing in Konya
c. 1244 CE · Medieval
CulturePhilosophyReligion
Construction of Great Zimbabwe
c. 1100-1450 CE · Medieval
EngineeringEconomicsCulture
Polynesian Ancestors of the Māori Settle Aotearoa New Zealand
c. 1250–1300 CE · Medieval
ExplorationCulture
Easter Island Moai Statues Erected
c. 1250-1500 CE · Medieval
ArtCultureEngineering
The Travels of Marco Polo Published
1298-1299 · Medieval
CultureExploration
Proto-Renaissance in Florence
1300 AD · Medieval
Culture
Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage to Mecca
1324–1325 CE · Medieval
PoliticsReligionEconomics
Construction of Tenochtitlan
1325 CE · Medieval
EngineeringCulture
Ibn Battuta Departs Tangier
June 14, 1325 · Medieval
ExplorationCulture
Timbuktu Becomes a Center of Islamic Learning
c. 1327 · Medieval
ReligionLanguageCulture
Ibn Battuta Visits Kilwa and Documents the Swahili Coast
1331 CE · Medieval
ExplorationCultureEconomics
Ming Dynasty Founded
1368 · Medieval
CulturePolitics
Timur Captures Samarkand and Establishes the Timurid Empire
1370 CE · Medieval
WarPoliticsCulture
Construction of the Dome of Florence Cathedral
1420 · Medieval
ArtReligion
Founding of the Aztec Empire
1428 AD · Medieval
PoliticsCulture
Gutenberg Printing Press
1439 AD · Medieval
TechnologyArtLanguage
Kingdom of Benin: Art, Power, and the Bronzes
c. 1440–1897 · Medieval
ArtCulturePolitics
King Sejong Promulgates the Hangul Alphabet
1443 · Medieval
LanguageTechnology
The Iroquois League
1450 AD · Early Modern
PoliticsCulture
Songhai Empire: West Africa's Largest State
c. 1464–1591 · Early Modern
PoliticsCultureReligion
Kingdom of Kongo Receives Portuguese Embassy and Converts to Christianity
1491 CE · Early Modern
PoliticsReligionCulture
Alhambra Decree
March 31, 1492 · Early Modern
PoliticsReligionLaw
Leonardo da Vinci Completes The Last Supper
February 9, 1498 · Early Modern
Art
Leonardo Da Vinci Paints Mona Lisa
1503 · Early Modern
Art
Aztec Calendar Stone Carved
c. 1502-1520 · Early Modern
ArtCultureAstronomy
Sistine Chapel Ceiling Completed
1512 · Early Modern
Art
The Reformation begins
1517 AD · Early Modern
CulturePoliticsReligion
The Transatlantic Slave Trade Begins
c. 1526–1867 · Early Modern
EconomicsPoliticsCulture
William Shakespeare Born
1564 AD · Early Modern
Art
North's Translation of Plutarch's Lives Published
1579 · Early Modern
LanguageCultureArt
Richard III Performed
1593 AD · Early Modern
Art
Romeo and Juliet First Performed
1595 AD · Early Modern
Art
The Merchant of Venice Published
1596 AD · Early Modern
ArtCultureEconomics
Shah Abbas I Establishes Isfahan as the Safavid Capital
1598 CE · Early Modern
PoliticsArtEconomics
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar First Performed
1599 AD · Early Modern
Art
Hamlet First Performed
1600 AD · Early Modern
ArtPhilosophy
Tokugawa Ieyasu Establishes the Edo Shogunate; Sakoku Isolation Edicts Follow
1603 CE · Early Modern
CulturePoliticsWar
Don Quixote Published
January 1605 · Early Modern
ArtCultureLanguage
Antony and Cleopatra Published
1607 AD · Early Modern
ArtCultureLanguage
Henry VIII Performed and Globe Theatre Fire
1613 AD · Early Modern
Art
Shakespeare's First Folio Published
1623 AD · Early Modern
ArtCultureLanguage
Taj Mahal Completed
1653 AD · Early Modern
Art
Age of Enlightenment Begins
1685 AD · Early Modern
ArtReligionPhilosophy
English Bill of Rights Passed
1689 · Early Modern
CultureLawPolitics
English Bill of Rights
1689 · Early Modern
CultureLawPolitics
Osei Tutu Unifies the Akan States and Founds the Asante Empire
c. 1701 CE · Early Modern
PoliticsEconomicsCulture
Galland Publishes First European Translation of One Thousand and One Nights
1704-1717 · Early Modern
ArtCulture
Robinson Crusoe Published
April 25, 1719 · Early Modern
ArtCultureLanguage
First English Translation of One Thousand and One Nights Published
1721 · Early Modern
ArtCultureLanguage
Horace Walpole Publishes The Castle of Otranto
December 24, 1764 · Early Modern
ArtCulture
Burmese Forces Sack and Destroy Ayutthaya
April 7, 1767 · Early Modern
WarCulture
Gordon Riots in London
1780 · Early Modern
CultureReligion
Beethoven Meets Neefe
1781 · Early Modern
Art
William Jones Proposes Indo-European Language Family
February 2, 1786 · Early Modern
LanguagePhilosophy
U.S. Constitution Ratified
June 21, 1788 · Early Modern
CultureLawPolitics
Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier Illustrates Traite Elementaire de Chimie
1789 · Early Modern
ChemistryArt
Declaration of the Rights of Man
1789 · Early Modern
CultureLawPolitics
U.S. Bill of Rights Ratified
December 15, 1791 · Early Modern
CultureLawPolitics
Rosetta Stone Discovered at Fort Julien
July 19, 1799 · Early Modern
LanguageCulture
University of Berlin Founded
1810 · 19th Century
Culture
Shaka Founds the Zulu Kingdom; The Mfecane Reshapes Southern Africa
c. 1816–1828 · 19th Century
WarPoliticsCulture
Mary Shelley Publishes Frankenstein
January 1, 1818 · 19th Century
ArtEntertainment & Media
Sequoyah Completes the Cherokee Syllabary
1821 · 19th Century
LanguageCulture
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
1824 · 19th Century
Art
The Last of the Mohicans Published
1826 · 19th Century
ArtCultureWar
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Published
1831 · 19th Century
ArtCultureReligion
Democracy in America
1835 · 19th Century
ArtCulturePolitics
Women Delegates Barred at World Anti-Slavery Convention
June 12, 1840 · 19th Century
CultureLawPolitics
Poe Publishes The Murders in the Rue Morgue
April 1841 · 19th Century
ArtCulture
"The Tell-Tale Heart" Published
1843 · 19th Century
ArtLanguage
The Three Musketeers Published
1844 · 19th Century
ArtCulturePolitics
Frederick Douglass' North Star
1847 · 19th Century
PoliticsCulture
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
1849 · 19th Century
PoliticsCulture
Moby-Dick Published
1851 · 19th Century
ArtCultureLanguage
Uncle Toms Cabin
1852 · 19th Century
Art
Henri Mouhot Brings Angkor Wat to Western Attention
January 1860 · 19th Century
CultureExploration
Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 · 19th Century
PoliticsLawCulture
War and Peace
1869 · 19th Century
Art
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Published
1870 · 19th Century
ArtEntertainment & Media
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Published
1876 · 19th Century
ArtCultureLanguage
Cyrus Cylinder Discovered at Babylon
March 1879 · 19th Century
LawCultureReligion
Treasure Island Published
November 14, 1883 · 19th Century
ArtCulture
Berlin Conference: Europe Partitions Africa
November 1884 – February 1885 · 19th Century
EconomicsPoliticsLaw
Statue of Liberty Dedicated
October 28, 1886 · 19th Century
Art
Lumiere Brothers Public Screening at Grand Cafe
December 28, 1895 · 19th Century
Entertainment & MediaTechnology
Modern Olympic Games
1896 · 19th Century
Entertainment & MediaCulture
Battle of Adwa: Ethiopia Defeats Italy
March 1, 1896 · 19th Century
WarPoliticsCulture
Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court Decision
May 18, 1896 · 19th Century
LawPoliticsCulture
First Zionist Congress Convened in Basel
August 29–31, 1897 · 19th Century
PoliticsCultureReligion
Maple Leaf Rag published
1899 · 19th Century
ArtCultureEntertainment & Media
Marconi Receives Transatlantic Radio Signal
December 12, 1901 · 20th Century
TechnologyEntertainment & Media
NAACP Founded
February 12, 1909 · 20th Century
PoliticsLawCulture
The Great Migration Begins
c. 1910–1970 · 20th Century
CulturePoliticsEconomics
Tarzan of the Apes Published
1912 · 20th Century
ArtCulture
Abdication of the Qing Dynasty
1912 · 20th Century
CulturePolitics
February Revolution
Mar 8, 1917 · 20th Century
CulturePoliticsEconomics
Balfour Declaration Pledges Jewish National Home in Palestine
November 2, 1917 · 20th Century
PoliticsCultureWar
Korean Independence Declaration Read Publicly; Mass Protests Spread Across Peninsula
1 March 1919 · 20th Century
PoliticsCulture
Nineteenth Amendment Ratified
1920 AD · 20th Century
CultureLawPolitics
British Mandate for Palestine Established
1920 · 20th Century
PoliticsCultureLaw
KDKA Begins Regular Radio Broadcasting
November 2, 1920 · 20th Century
Entertainment & MediaTechnology
The Great Gatsby Published
1925 · 20th Century
ArtCultureEconomics
Folsom Site Excavation Confirms Ice Age Human Presence in the Americas
1926-1927 · 20th Century
CultureHuman Evolution
Philo Farnsworth Transmits Electronic Television Image
September 7, 1927 · 20th Century
Entertainment & MediaTechnology
Gandhi Leads the Salt March to Dandi
March 12, 1930 · 20th Century
PoliticsCulture
Empire State Building Completed
1931 AD · 20th Century
TechnologyArtEngineering
Indian Reorganization Act
1934 · 20th Century
CulturePoliticsEconomics
The Long March: CCP Escapes Nationalist Encirclement
October 1934 – October 1935 · 20th Century
WarPoliticsCulture
BBC Television Service Launches from Alexandra Palace
November 2, 1936 · 20th Century
Entertainment & MediaTechnology
Second Sino-Japanese War Begins; Nanjing Massacre
July 7 – December 13, 1937 · 20th Century
WarPoliticsCulture
Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony Premiered in Besieged City
August 9, 1942 · 20th Century
ArtEntertainment & MediaWar
Dead Sea Scrolls Found in Qumran Caves
Early 1947 · 20th Century
ReligionLanguageCulture
Kon-Tiki Raft Crosses the Pacific Ocean
April 28 - August 7, 1947 · 20th Century
ExplorationCulture
UN General Assembly Votes to Partition Palestine
November 29, 1947 · 20th Century
PoliticsLawCulture
Israeli Independence Declared; Arab-Israeli War and Palestinian Nakba
May 14, 1948 · 20th Century
PoliticsWarCulture
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
December 10, 1948 · 20th Century
CultureLawPolitics
Joseph Campbell Publishes The Hero with a Thousand Faces
1949 · 20th Century
PhilosophyCultureArt
Mickey Mantle MLB Debut with Yankees
April 17, 1951 · 20th Century
Entertainment & MediaCulture
I Love Lucy Premieres
October 15, 1951 · 20th Century
Entertainment & MediaArt
Michael Ventris Deciphers Linear B
1952 · 20th Century
CultureLanguage
Brown v Board of Education
May 17, 1954 · 20th Century
CultureLaw
Murder of Emmett Till
August 28, 1955 · 20th Century
PoliticsCulture
Year of Africa: 17 Nations Gain Independence in 1960
1957–1960 · 20th Century
PoliticsCultureLaw
Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress Released in Japan
December 28, 1958 · 20th Century
ArtCultureEntertainment & Media
Greensboro Sit-Ins Begin
February 1, 1960 · 20th Century
PoliticsCulture
Freedom Riders Challenge Interstate Segregation
May 4 – November 1, 1961 · 20th Century
PoliticsLawCulture
Princess Diana Born
July 1, 1961 · 20th Century
CulturePolitics
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
August 28, 1963 · 20th Century
CulturePoliticsLaw
Civil Rights Act of 1964
July 2, 1964 · 20th Century
PoliticsLawCulture
Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights Marches
March 7–25, 1965 · 20th Century
PoliticsLawCulture
Star Trek Premiered on NBC
1966 AD · 20th Century
Entertainment & MediaArtCulture
Intl. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is Adopted
December 16, 1966 · 20th Century
CultureLawReligion
1967 Detroit Uprising
July 23–28, 1967 · 20th Century
PoliticsCulture
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4, 1968 · 20th Century
PoliticsCulture
M*A*S*H TV Series Premiere
1972 AD · 20th Century
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Pong (Video Game)
1972 AD · 20th Century
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March 29, 1974 · 20th Century
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Industrial Light and Magic Founded
1975 · 20th Century
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Shogun Novel Published
June 1975 · 20th Century
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Saturday Night Live Premieres
October 11, 1975 · 20th Century
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Star Wars: A New Hope Released
1977 · 20th Century
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Voyager Golden Record Assembled
1977 · 20th Century
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Monte Verde Excavation Documents Pre-Clovis Habitation in Chile
1977-1985 · 20th Century
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Deng Xiaoping Launches Reform and Opening Up
December 18, 1978 · 20th Century
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Released
1980 · 20th Century
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Pac-Man Released
May 22, 1980 · 20th Century
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Mario Bros. (Video Game) Published
1983 AD · 20th Century
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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Released
May 25, 1983 · 20th Century
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Tetris (Video Game)
1984 AD · 20th Century
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Super Mario Bros. Released
1985 AD · 20th Century
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The Birth of the World Wide Web
March 12, 1989 · 20th Century
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Schabowski's Mistaken Press Conference Announcement
November 9, 1989 · 20th Century
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July 5, 1989 AD · 20th Century
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Convention on the Rights of the Child is Adopted
November 20, 1989 · 20th Century
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The Simpsons TV Series Premiered
December 17, 1989 AD · 20th Century
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1992 Los Angeles Riots and Uprising
April 29 – May 4, 1992 · 20th Century
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Wolfenstein 3D Released
May 5, 1992 · 20th Century
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Doom (Video Game)
1993 AD · 20th Century
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Oslo Accords: Israel and PLO Sign Peace Framework
September 13, 1993 · 20th Century
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Rwandan Genocide: 800,000 Killed in 100 Days
April 7 – July 4, 1994 · 20th Century
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Nelson Mandela Elected President; End of Apartheid
April 27, 1994 · 20th Century
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Published
June 26, 1997 · 20th Century
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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Released
1999 · 20th Century
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January 10, 1999 · 20th Century
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November 9, 2000 · 21st Century
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September 11, 2001 · 21st Century
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Released
May 16, 2002 · 21st Century
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World of Warcraft (Video Game)
November 23, 2004 · 21st Century
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The Office (TV Series Premiered)
2005 AD · 21st Century
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Published
2005 · 21st Century
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2005 · 21st Century
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Netflix Launches Watch Now Streaming Service
January 16, 2007 · 21st Century
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2008 AD · 21st Century
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October 7, 2008 · 21st Century
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2011 AD · 21st Century
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Black Lives Matter Founded
July 13, 2013 · 21st Century
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Modern Uyghur Genocide
2014 · 21st Century
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The Present · 21st Century
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