Birth of Jesus Christ |
4 B.C. |
Death of Jesus Christ |
29 A.D. |
Birth of Prophet Mohammed |
570 |
Emigration of Mohammed to Madina, Beginning of Hijri era |
622 |
Death of Prophet Mohammed |
632 |
Magna Carta, first document limiting the powers of King of England was signed |
1215 |
Black Death, most devastating pandemic in Europe killed over 100 million people |
1348-50 |
100 years war between England and France |
1337-1453 |
Christopher Columbus discovers the New World |
1492 |
Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route from Europe to India |
1497-98 |
Defeat of Spanish Armada also known as Invincible Fleet by England |
1588 |
Great Plague of London which killed about 1 million people in the city |
1665-66 |
Great fire of London which destroyed about 70000 homes in the city |
1666 (2 – 5 Sep) |
7 years war involving the great powers of the time |
1757-1763 |
Declaration of independence of United States of America |
1776 |
Beginning of the French Revolution |
1789 |
Battle of Waterloo in which Napolean was defeated |
1815 |
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published |
1848 |
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin published |
1859 |
Slavery is abolished by the 13th Amendment in the United States of America |
1865 |
First modern Olympic Games held at Athens |
1896 |
Robert Peary reached the North Pole |
1909 |
Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole |
1911 |
Republic of China is established, Titanic sinks |
1912 |
1st World War |
1914-1918 |
Russian Revolution ending the Tsarist autocracy |
1917 |
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) came into existence |
1922 |
Beginning of the Great Depression |
1929 |
2nd World War |
1939-1945 |
Dropping of Atom Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
1945 |
Launch of Sputnik 1, marking the beginning of space age |
1957 |
Landing of Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong on the surface of moon |
1969 |
Chernobyl disaster |
1986 |
World Wide Web invented, Reunification of Germany |
1990 |
Dissolution of USSR |
1991 |
End of apartheid in South Africa |
1994 |
9/11 attack on World Trade Center |
2001 |
Tsunami in Indian Ocean |
2004 |
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster |
2011 |