TG4 & IG4 Indexed History										1. History's Timeline, Crescent Books, New York, 1981
TG1	TG2	TG3	TG4	Begin Time	End Time	IG4	Location	Longitude	Latitude	Event	Ref	Pg
				-40,000	-40,000		Europe			Last Ice Age	1	6
				-40,000	-40,000		Western Asia			Cro-Magnon Man begins to enter Europe from the Near East	1	9
				-30,000	-30,000		Europe			Neanderthal Man dies out	1	9
				-28,000	-28,000		North America			Man crosses landbridge between Asia and North America	1	7
				-20,000	-20,000		France and Spain			Cave Painting flourishes in France and Spain	1	6
				-10,000	-10,000		South America			Man reaches the tip of South America	1	9
				-8,400	-8,400		Idaho			First domesticated dog found	1	9
				-8,000	-8,000		Western Asia			Agriculture develops in Near East, sheep and cattle domesticated	1	9
				-7,000	-7,000		Western Asia			Walled Settlement at Jerico.  Pottery develops.  Man begins to learn to use metals.	1	9
				-6,000	-6,000		Europe			Neolithic Period	1	6
				-5,000	-5,000		Europe			Rising sea levels severs last landbridge between Britain and mainland Europe.	1	9
				-5,000	-5,000		Sumer			First settlements in fertile river balleys of sumer.	1	9
				-4,236	-4,236		Egypt			First date in Egyptian Calendar	1	9
				-4,000	-4,000		China			Yang-shao rice farming culture in China.	1	9
				-3,760	-3,760		Middle East			Earliest date in Jewish calendar, traditional date of Creation	1	7
				-3,372	-3,372		Meso America			First date in Mayan calendar	1	7
				-3,100	-3,100		Egypt			Menes unites kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt, founding 1st dynasty.	1	9
				-3,000	-3,000		Egypt & Assyria			First bricks used in Egyptian and Assyrian cultures.	1	9
				-3,000	-3,000		England			Windmill Hill Culture in Britian	1	9
				-3,000	-3,000		Mediterranean Coast			Phonecians settle eastern coast of Mediterranean.	1	9
				-3,000	-3,000		Middle East			Invention of the wheel	1	9
				-3,000	-3,000		Sumer and Egypt			First Cities in Sumer and Egypt	1	9
				-2,800	-2,800		Egypt			Foundation of the 'Old Kingdom' of Egypt, covering Illrd to Vlth dynasties.	1	9
				-2,780	-2,780		Egypt			Zoser becomes ruler of Egypt; his physician Imhotep designs the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the first pyramid.	1	9
				-2,750	-2,750		Uruk, Sumeria			Gilgamesh, legendary king of Uruk, Sumeria	1	9
				-2,700	-2,700		Egypt			Khufu (Cheops) rules Egypt and builds the Great Pyramid at Giza	1	9
				-2,697	-2,697		China			Huang-ti, the 'Yellow Emperor', comes to the throne in China.	1	9
				-2,500	-2,500		Crete			Knossos founded by Minoans, early Minoan civilization in Crete	1	9
				-2,500	-2,500		India			Indus valley civilization in India founded.	1	9
				-2,350	-2,350		China			Yao Dynasty in China	1	9
				-2,350	-2,350		Sumeria			Sargon the Great of Akkad begins the conquest of Sumerian, founding the first great empire.	1	9
				-2,200	-2,200		China			Hsia Dynasty in China	1	9
				-2,200	-2,000		Japan			Jomon cultureflourishes in Japan	1	7
				-2,150	-2,150		India			Aryans invade Indus Valley	1	7
				-2,100	-2,100		Egypt			Middle Kingdom of Egypt, beginning with the Vllth Dynasty, the patriarch Abraham migrates from ur, in Mesopotamia	1	9
				-2,100	-1,950		Ur			The Empire of Ur,  ends when Sesostris I of Egypt invades Canaan.	1	9
				-2,000	-2,000		Northern Europe			Bronze Age in northern Europe	1	6
				-1,925	-1,925		Babylon			Hittites conquer Babylon	1	11
				-1860	-1860		England			Construction of Stonehenge begins in England	1	11
				-1830	-1830		Babylon			First dynasty of Babylonian kings founded	1	11
				-1760	-1760		China			Shang Dynasty founded in China	1	11
				-1730	-1730		Egypt			The Hyksos, a Semitic tribe, begin conquest of Egypt, founding of XVth Dynasty	1	11
				-1728	-1728		Babylon			Accenssion of Hammurabi the Great of Babylon, author of great Code of Laws	1	11
				-1570	-1570		Egypt			Beginning of the New Kingdom in Egypt: Hyksos driven out; Temple of Amun at Karnak begun	1	11
				-1500	-1500		Indus Valley			Mohenjo-Daro, in Indus Valey, destroyed	1	11
				-1420	-1420		Egypt			Amenhotep II begins 'golden age' in Egypt	1	11
				-1400	-1400		Crete			Knossos, capital of Minoan civilization in Crete, is destroyed by fire	1	11
				-1400	-1400		Luxor			Temples at Luxor under construction	1	11
				-1400	-1400		Western Asia			Iron Age is under way in India and western Asia	1	11
				-1379	-1379		Egypt			Accession of Amenhotep IV in Egypt; he introduces Sun worship, abolishes all old gods, and takes name Akhenaton after Aton, the Sun-god; period of bad government	1	11
				-1375	-1375		Asia Minor			Suppiluliumas becomes king of the Hittites in Asia Minor and begins to make his kingdom into a powerful empirre	1	11
				-1366	-1366		Assyria			Assuruballit I becomes ruler of Assyria and begins Assyrian rise to power	1	11
				-1361	-1361		Egypt			Boy-king Tutankhamun succeeds Akhenaton; his advisors restore the worship of the old Egyptian gods	1	7
				-1319	-1319		Egypt			Rameses I founds vigorous XIXth Dynasty in Egypt	1	11
				-1313	-1313		Egypt			Rameses' son Seti I sets out to reconquer Egyptian lands in Palestine and Syria	1	11
				-1304	-1304		Egypt			Assention of Rameses II, the Great, of Egypt	1	11
				-1300	-1300		Egypt			construction of great rock temples of Abu Simbel begins; opprssion of israelite colony in Egypt	1	11
				-1300	-1300		Sidon			Sidon flourishes as great Phoenician port	1	11
				-1298	-1298		Qadesh			Battle of Qadesh between Rameses II and the Hittites under Mutawallis; both sides claim victory	1	11
				-1283	-1283		Egypt			Rameses II makes peace with the Hittites	1	11
				-1275	-1275		Assyria			Shalmaneser I becomes ruler of Assyria, and extends its conquests	1	11
				-1250	-1250		Egypt			The Exodus: the Israelites under Moses leave Egypt	1	11
				-1232	-1232		Canaan			Israelites in Canaan; Rameses II's son Merneptah defeats them in battle	1	11
				-1200	-1200		Israel			Period of the Judges begins in Israel	1	11
				-1193	-1193		Troy			City of Troy is destroyed by Greek armies after a prolonged siege	1	11
				-1188	-1188		Egypt			Rameses III becomes ruler of Egypt;  XXth Dynasty founded with capital at Tanis	1	11
				-1175	-1175		Egypt			Invasion of Egypt by Confederation of Sea Peoples including Philistines, Greeks, Sardinians, and Sicilians; defeated by Rameses III	1	11
				-1170	-1170		Tyre			Growing power of newly independent Phoenician cities, especially Tyre.	1	13
				-1140	-1140		Utica, Tunisia			Phoenicians found their first north African colony at Utica, now in Tunisia.	1	13
				-1125	-1125		Babylon			Nebuchadrezzar I, king of Babylon; he holds off renewed attacks by the Assyrians.	1	13
				-1122	-1122		China			Emperor Wu Wang founds Chou Dynasty in China, and establishes feudal system.	1	13
				-1116	-1116		Assyria; Babylon			Tiglathpileser I becomes ruler of Assyria; he fights off invasions from the north and eventually conquers Babylon.	1	13
				-1100	-1100		China			First Chinese dictonary produced	1	7
				-1065	-1065		Egypt			New Kingdom in Egypt ends with death of Rameses XI; Smendes, a rich merchant, becomes Pharaoh and founds the XXIst Dynasty.	1	13
				-1050	-1050		Israel			Philistines conquer Istael.	1	13
				-1050	-1050		Peloponnesus			Dorians invade Peloponnesus	1	6
				-1045	-1045		Athens			Codron, last king of Athens is killed.	1	13
				-1020	-1020		Israel			Samuel, last of the Israelite judges, anoints Saul as king of Israel; Saul leads successful rebellion against the Philistines.	1	13
				-1000	-1000		Gilboa; Jerusalem, Israel			Saul is killed at battle of Gilboa; succeeded by David, first as king of Judah, later as king of Israel; after a campaign, David captures Jerusalem and makes it his capital.	1	13
				-994	-994		Germany			Teutons move westward to Rhine	1	6
				-994	-994		Jerusalem			David captures Jerusalem	1	7
				-961	-961		Jerusalem			Death of David: succeeded by his son Solomon.	1	13
				-953	-953		Jerusalem			Dedicatio of Temple at Jerusalem, built by Solomon with help and materials from Hiram of Tyre.	1	13
				-935	-935		Assyria			Revival of Assyria begins with the accession of Assurdan II; by 860 he and his successors have re-established Assyria's ancient boundaries.	1	13
				-922	-922		Israel			Death of Solomon; succeeded by his son, Rehoboam; rebellion against Rehoboam's rule led by Jeroboam: kingdom split into Judah in the south, under Rehoboam, and Israel in the north under Jeroboam.	1	13
				-884	-884		Assyria			Centralized governmet in Assyria	1	7
				-842	-842		Israel			Jehu, an Israelite soldier, leads a rebellion against Ahab's son jehoram, founding a new dynasty in Israel.	1	13
				-814	-814		Carthage			The Phoenicians found Carthage (literally new town) near their North African colony of Utica.	1	13
				-810	-810		Assyria			Sammuramat (The Semiriamis of legend) rules Assyria as regent for her son Adad-Nirari III.	1	13
				-800	-800		Greece			Traditional date for the composition of Homer's epic poems The Illiad and The Odyssey.	1	13
				-783	-783		Israel			Jeroboam II King of Israel (to 748); period of prosperity.	1	13
				-776	-776		Greece			First definitely dated performance of the Olympic Games in Greece	1	13
				-770	-770		China			Eastern Chou Dynasty in China (to 256).	1	13
				-753	-753		Italy			Rome founded (traditional)	1	6
				-746	-746		Assyria			Tiglath-Pilesar III rules Assyria	1	7
				-732	-732		Damascus			Assyrians overthrow Damascus	1	7
				-722	-722		Israel			End of kingdom of Israel	1	7
				-710	-710		Chaldea			Assyrians destroy kingdom of Chaldea	1	7
				-689	-689		Babalyn			Assyrians destroy Babylon	1	7
				-660	-660		Turkey			Byzantium founded	1	6
				-612	-612		Nineveh			Nineveh destroyed	1	7
				-609	-609		Assyria			End of Assyrian empire	1	7
				-605	-605		Babylon			Nebuchadrezzar II rules Babylon	1	7
				-600	-600		Persia			Windmills grind corn in Persia	1	7
				-563	-563					The Buddha born	1	7
				-559	-559		Persia			Cyrus the Great founds Persian Empire	1	7
				-551	-551					Birth of Confucius	1	7
				-534	-534		Italy			Targuinius Superbas last king of Rome	1	6
				-521	-521		Persia			Darius I rules Persia	1	7
				-509	-509		Italy			Roman republic founded (traditional)	1	6
				-500	-500		East Africa			Bantu-speaking people spread in East Africa	1	7
				-480	-480					Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis	1	6
				-477	-477		Greece			Athens starts rise to power	1	6
				-470	-470		Africa			Hanno sails down African coast	1	20
				-465	-424		Persia			Artaxerxes I rules Persia	1	19
				-460	-451					First Peloponnesian War	1	19
				-460	-429		Athens			Age of Pericles	1	19
				-450	-450					Herodotus visits Egypt	1	20
				-445	-445		Jerusalem			Nehemiah rebuilds walls of Jerusalem	1	19
				-431	-421					Second Peloponnesian War	1	19
				-431	-404		Greece			Peloponnesian War won by the Peloponnesian Leage, led by Sparta,and Corinth against the Delian League, led by Athens	1	226
				-424	-404		Persia			Darius II rules Persia	1	19
				-404	-404					Government of the Thirty Tyrants	1	19
				-400	-400					Retreat of the Ten Thousand	1	19
				-400	-400					Navigation advances among Pacific Islands	1	20
				-387	-387		Greece			Artaxerxes II takes Greek cities	1	19
				-359	-336		Macedonia			Philip II, King of Macedonia	1	19
				-343	-343		Egypt			Atraxerxes III controls Egypt	1	20
				-336	-323		Macedonia			Alexander III. King of Macedonia	1	19
				-334	-334		Persia			Alexander begins Persian campaign	1	19
				-333	-333		Issus			Alexander defeats Darius at Issus	1	19
				-332	-332		Egypt			Alexander the Great conquers Egypt	1	20
				-331	-331		Arbela (or Gaugamela)			Alexander the Great's Greek arm defeated a Persian force twice the size under Darius III, conquering Persia.	1	227
				-327	-327		India			Alexander begins invasion of India	1	20
				-323	-323		Babylon			Alexander dies at Babylon	1	19
				-321	-321		India			Maurya Dynasty in Northern India	1	20
				-305	-305		Palestine			Ptolemy I rules Palestine	1	20
				-305	-305					Seleucid Dynasty founded	1	19
				-304	-304		India			Seleucus cedes his claim on India
				-301	-301		Palestine			Ptolemy I proclaimed Pharoah	1	19
				-300	-300		Central America			Maya civilizatioinin Yucatan and farther south in Central America	1	20
				-300	-300		Korea			State of Choson formed in northern Korea	1	20
				-264	-241					First Punic War	1	19
				-264	-146		Italy and Egypt			Punic Wars won by Rome against Carthage	1	226
				-247	-236					Asoka rules Maurya Empire	1	20
				-241	-241		Sicily			Sicily beomes the first Roman province	1	19
				-221	-207		China			Ch'in Dynasty in China	1	20
				-214	-214		China			Construsction of the Great Wall of China	1	20
				-206	-206					Scipio defeats the Carthagians	1	19
				-202	9		China			Han Dynasty in China	1	20
				-184	-72		India			Sunga Dynasty in India	1	20
				-167	-167		Jerusalem			Zeus worshipped in Temple at Jerusalem; start of Jewish revolt	1	19
				-141	-141		Jerusalem			Jews liberate Jerusalem	1	19
				-140	-86		China			Wu Ti rules China	1	20
				-86	-86		China			Disorder follows death of Wu Ti	1	20
				-63	-63		Jerusalem			Pompey captures Jerusalem; annexes Syria and Judaea	1	19
				-55	-55		Britain			Caesar unsuccessfully invades Britain	1	19
				-53	-53					Battle ofCarrhae	1	19
				-51	-51		Egypt			Cleopatra VII amd Ptolemy XII rule Egypt	1	20
				-51	-51					Caesar completes conquest of Gaul	1	19
				-47	-47		Alexandria			Destruction of Library at Alexandria	1	20
				-47	-47		Judaea			Antipater becomes procurator of Judaea	1	19
				-45	-45		Rome			Caesar becomes dictator of Rome	1	19
				-44	-44		Rome			Caesar assassinated	1	19
				-37	-4		Judaea			Herod the Great, King of Judaea	1	20
				-36	-36		Egypt			Antony marries Cleopatra	1	20
				-30	-30		Egypt			Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide; Egypt declared a Roman province	1	20
				-23	-23		Rome			Augustus resigns consulship; becomes, in effect, Emperor of Rome	1	19
				-5	-5		Bethlehem			Jesus born at Bethlehem	1	19
				-4	-4					Death of Herod the Great	1	19
				9	9		China			Wang Mang usurps throne of China	1	20
				9	9		Teutoberg Forest			German tribes led by the chief Arminius destroyed three Roman legions, ending Roman plans to conquer their lands	1	227
				25	220		China			Later Han Dynasty in China	1	20
				30	30					Crucifixion of Jesus	1	19
				37	41		Rome			Caligula, Emperor of Rome	1	19
				43	43					Ma Yuan conquers Tonkin and Annam	1	20
				45	45					Paul begins missionary journeys	1	19
				54	68		Rome			Nero, Emperor of Rome	1	19
				58	58		China			Ming Ti introduces Buddhism into China	1	20
				66	70					Jewish revolt	1	19
				70	70		Jerusalem			Titus destroys Jerusalem	1	19
				73	73					Fall of Masada	1	19
				77	84		Britain			Roman conquest of Britain	1	19
				78	96		India			Second Kushuana Dynasty in India	1	20
				101	107					Roman Empire increased to maximum extent	1	19
				109	132					Gotamiputa Sri Satakani rules Deccan	1	20
				115	115		Africa			Jews revolt in Egypt and North Africa; Trajan suppresses rebellion	1	20
				115	115					Jewish revolt suppressed by Trajan	1	19
				130	130		Egypt			Hadrian visits Egypt; new capital founded at Antinopolis	1	20
				132	132					Bar-Kokhba revolt	1	19
				135	135					Final Diaspora	1	19
				149	-146					Third Punic War; Carthage ruined	1	20
				164	164		Europe			Civil War in England	1	125
				180	180		Africa			First African Christians martyred	1	20
				189	220		China			Hsien Ti rules China	1	20
				212	212					Edict of Caracalla	1	19
				220	264		China			Period of Three Kingdoms in China	1	20
				230	230		Japan			Sujin, first known ruler of Japan	1	20
				250	250					Emperor-worship made compulsory	1	19
				259	259					Shapur I of Persia captures Valerian	1	19
				265	317		China			Western Chin Dynasty in China	1	20
				267	267					Queen Zenobia declares independence'	1	19
				285	285					Diocletian divides Roman Empire	1	19
				285	285					Diocletioan rules Eastern Roman Empire	1	19
				306	337					Constantine I, Emperor of the East	1	19
				313	313					Edict of Toleration	1	19
				317	589		China			China again divided	1	20
				320	535		India			Gupta Dynasty in India	1	20
				325	325					Nicaean Creed adopted	1	19
				330	330					Constantinople capital of Roman Empire	1	19
				330	375		India			Samudragupta Emperor of India	1	20
				350	350					Persians capture Armenia from Rome	1	19
				361	390		Japan			Empress Jingo of Japan invades Korea	1	20
				370	370					Huns from Asia invade Europe	1	19
				372	372		Korea			Buddhism introduced into Korea	1	20
				379	379					Theodosius I Emperor in East	1	19
				383	383		Britain			Roman legions begin to leave Britain	1	19
				396	396					St Augustine becomes Bishop of Hippo	1	20
				400	400		South America			Incas established on parts of South America Pacific coast	1	20
				407	553					First Mongol Empire	1	20
				410	410		Rome			Goths sack Rome	1	19
				429	535		Africa			Vandal kingdom in northern Africa	1	20
				439	439					Candals capture Carthage	1	20
				449	449		Britain			Jutes conquer Kent, southern Britain	1	19
				451	451		Chaons-sur-Marne			Romans and Visigoths led by Flavius Aetius and Theodoric I defeatd the h\Huns under Atilla, curbing their threat to the West.	1	227
				451	451					Attila invades Gaul	1	19
				452	452					Attila invades Italy	1	19
				465	465		India			White Huns dominate northern India	1	20
				476	476					End of Western Roman Empire	1	19
				477	484		North Africa			Huneric, Vandal King of North Africa	1	48
				484	496		North Africa			Gunthamund, King of North Africa	1	48
				493	493		Italy			Theodric, King of Ostrogoths becomes king of all Italy	1	47
				496	523		North Africa			Thrasamund, King of North Africa	1	48
				523	530		North Africa			Hilderic, King of North Africa	1	48
				527	565					Justinian, Byzantine Emperor	1	47
				530	534		North Africa			Gelimer, King of North Africa	1	48
				534	534		North Africa			Belisarius conquers North African Vandals	1	48
				552	552		Japan			Buddhism introduced into Japan	1	47
				554	554		Egypt			Justinian reforms Egypt's administration	1	48
				562	562		Korea			End of Japanese power in Korea	1	47
				570	570		Mecca			Muhammad born at Mecca	1	47
				584	584		England			Kingdom of Mercia founded in England	1	47
				589	589		China			Wen Ti reunites China	1	47
				620	620		Ireland			Vikings begin invading Ireland	1	47
				625	625					Muhammad begins dictating the Koran	1	47
				632	632					Death of Muhammad	1	47
				635	635					Muslims begin conquest of Syria and Persia	1	47
				639	642		Egypt			Muslim conquest of Egypt	1	48
				661	661					Omayyad Dynasty in Islam	1	47
				663	663		Korea			Japanese finally withdraw from Korea	1	47
				664	664					Synod of Whitby	1	47
				669	669		England			Theodore of Tarsus sent to England	1	47
				674	674					Arab conquest reaches Indus River	1	47
				697	697		Carthage			Arabs destroy Carthage	1	48
				700	700		Tunis			Arabs capture Tunis	1	48
				702	702		Egypt			Arabic made official language of Egypt	1	48
				712	712					Muslim establish state in Sind	1	47
				725	725		Egypt			Capts in Egypt rebel	1	48
				732	732		Tours			The Franks under Charles Martel defeated the Arabs, ending the Muslim advance into western Europe	1	227
				732	732					Charles Martel defeats Moors at Tours	1	47
				751	751					Arabs defeat Chinese at Samarkand	1	47
				756	756		Italy			Papal States founded in Italy	1	47
				771	814					Charlemagne, King of the Franks	1	47
				787	787		Britain			First Danish invasion of Britain	1	47
				787	809		Baghdad			Harun al-Raschid, Caliph at Baghdad	1	47
				850	850		Zimbabwe			Acropolis of Zimbabwe built	1	48
				861	861		Iceland			Vikings discover Iceland	1	47
				871	899					Alfred the Great, King of Wessex	1	47
				900	900					Mayas emigrate to Yucatan Peninsula	1	48
				907	907		China			Civil war in China	1	47
				911	911					Hrolf the Ganger granted Normandy	1	47
				920	1050					Golden Age of Ghana Empire	1	48
				922	922		Morocco			Fatimid Dynasty seizes Morocco	1	48
				936	973		Germany			Otto I, the Great, King of Germany	1	47
				939	939		Japan			Civil wars break out in Japan	1	47
				960	960		China			Sung Dynasty in China	1	47
				962	962					Revival of Holy Roman Empire in West	1	47
				980	980		Africa			Arabs settle easst coast of Africa	1	48
				981	981		Greenland			Eric the Red settles in Greenland	1	48
				995	1028		Japan			Golden age of the arts in Japan	1	47
				998	998		India			Mahmud founds empire in India	1	47
				999	999					Baguada, first King of Kano	1	48
				1002	1002		North America			Leif Ericsson explores North America	1	48
				1016	1042		England			Danes rule England	1	47
				1021	1021					Caliph al-Hakim founds Druse sect	1	47
				1054	1054					Eastern Church independent of Rome	1	47
				1066	1066		Hastings			Duke William of Normandy invaded England and defeated the Saxons under Harold II, bringing England under Norman rule.	1	227
				1066	1066					Battle of Hastings	1	47
				1071	1071		Asia			Seljuks conquer most of Asia Minor	1	47
				1075	1122					Dispute over appointment of bishops	1	47
				1077	1087					Almoravid Dynasty in Ghana	1	48
				1096	1096					First Crusade	1	47
				1100	1100					Polynesian islands colonized	1	48
				1130	1169		Morocco			Almohad Dynasty in Morocco	1	48
				1151	1151		Mexico			End of Toltec Empire in Mexico	1	48
				1152	1190					Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor	1	47
				1156	1156		Japan			Civil wars ravage Japan	1	47
				1161	1161		China			Explosives used in battle in China	1	47
				1167	1167		Cairo			Amalric captures Cairo	1	48
				1168	1168		Cairo			Arabs recapture Cairo	1	48
				1170	1170					Thomas a Becket murdered	1	47
				1171	1171		Ireland			Henry II annexes Ireland	1	47
				1189	1189		North America			Last known Norse visits North America	1	48
				1189	1192					Third Crusade	1	47
				1190	1190		Eastern Asia			Mongol Empire grows in Eastern Asia	1	47
				1196	1464		Morocco			Marimid Dynasty in Morocco	1	48
				1200	1200		Morocco			Jews in Morocco given privileges	1	48
				1200	1200					Hunac Ceel revolts against Maya	1	48
				1202	1204					Fourth Crusade	1	47
				1206	1206					Temujin proclaimed Genghis Khan	1	47
				1210	1210		China			Mongols begin invasion of China	1	47
				1215	1215					Magna Carta	1	47
				1217	1222		Egypt			Fifth Crusade, against Egypt fails	1	48
				1235	1255					Sundiata Keita, King of Mali	1	48
				1240	1240					End of Empire of Ghana	1	48
				1240	1240					Battle of the Neva	1	47
				1241	1241		Europe			Mongols withdraw from Europe	1	47
				1254	1273		Germany			Great Interregnum in Germany	1	47
				1260	1260					Kublai elected Khan	1	47
				1265	1265					De Montfort's Parliament	1	47
				1271	1295					Marco Polo visits Kublai Khan	1	47
				1273	1291					Rudolf I, Holy roman Emperor	1	47
				1274	1274		Japan			First Monol invasion of Japan	1	47
				1291	1291					Saracens capture Acre from Christians	1	47
				1294	1294					Death of Kublai Khan	1	47
				1295	1295					Model Parliament of Edward I	1	47
				1301	1301					Osman defeats Byzantines	1	47
				1305	1378					Papal See removed to Avignon	1	47
				1306	1329		Scotland			Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland	1	47
				1307	1332					Kankan Mansa Musa, King of Mali	1	48
				1316	1316		Ethiopia			Search for Prester John in Ethiopia	1	48
				1325	1325					Aztecs found Tenochtitlan	1	48
				1337	1453		England and France			Hundred Years War won by France against England	1	226
				1338	1338					Hundred Years' War	1	47
				1341	1360					Sulaiman, King of Mali	1	48
				1348	1348		Europe			Black Death ravages Europe	1	47
				1363	1363					Tamerlane begins conquest of Asia	1	47
				1368	1644		China			Ming Dynasty in China	1	47
				1377	1417					The Great Schism	1	47
				1390	1390		Asia			Turks conquer all of Asia Minor	1	47
				1402	1402					Tamerlane takes most of Ottoman Empire	1	47
				1428	1429		Orleans			Seige of Orleans English troops began the siege during the Hundred Years' War; French soldiers led by Joan of Arc raised the siege, a turning point in driving the English from France.	1	227
				1431	1431					Jeanne d'Arc burned as a witch	1	47
				1438	1438		Peru			Inca Empire established in Peru	1	48
				1451	1451		Turkey			Mohammed II, Sultan of Turkey	1	47
				1453	1453		Constantinople			Siege of Constantinople an Ottoman Turkish army captured the city, bringing the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire to an end.	1	227
				1453	1453					Fall of Constantinople	1	47
				1453	1453					End of Hundred Years' War	1	47
				1455	1457		Africa			Cadamosto explores West Africa	1	99
				1455	1485		Britain			Wars of the Roses won by the House of Lancaster against the House of York	1	226
				1468	1468		Africa			Sonni Ali captures Timbuktu; Songhai Empire founded in West Africa	1	99
				1471	1471		Africa			Portuguese take Tangier from Muslims	1	99
				1472	1472		Africa			Portuguese discover Fernando Po	1	99
				1482	1482		Africa			Portuguese settle Gold Coast	1	99
				1488	1488		Africa			Bartholomew Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope	1	99
				1492	1492		Americas/Other			Christopher Columbus crosses Atlantic and discovers West Indies	1	99
				1493	1493		Americas/Other			Newly discovered lands divided between Spain and Portugal	1	99
				1494	1494		Americas/Other			Treaty of Tordesillas	1	99
				1497	1497		Americas/Other			John Cabot discovers Newfoundland	1	99
				1498	1498		Americas/Other			Columbus discovers Trinidad and South America	1	99
				1500	1500		Americas/Other			Pedro Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal	1	99
				1501	1502		Americas/Other			Amerigo Vespucci explores coast of Brazil	1	99
				1502	1502		Americas/Other			Columbus discovers Nicaragua	1	99
				1505	1505		Africa			Portuguese colonize Mozambique	1	99
				1513	1513		Americas/Other			Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers Pacific Ocean	1	99
				1517	1517		Africa			Ottoman Turks capture Cairo; end of Mameluke Empire	1	99
				1520	1526		Africa			Portuguese mission to Ethiopia	1	99
				1521	1521		Americas/Other			Hernan Cortes conquers Tenochtitlan	1	99
				1522	1522		Americas/Other			First circumnavigation of the world by Magellan's expedition	1	99
				1533	1533		Americas/Other			Francisco Pizarro conquers Peru	1	99
				1534	1534		Africa			Turks capture Tunis	1	99
				1535	1535		Africa			Charles V conquers Tunis	1	99
				1535	1536		Americas/Other			Jacques Cartier navigates St Lawrence River	1	99
				1541	1541		Americas/Other			Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River	1	99
				1554	1556		Africa			Turks conquer coast of North Africa	1	99
				1567	1567					Portuguese settle at Rio de Janeiro	1	99
				1571	1603		Africa			Bornu Empire in Sudan reaches greatest height	1	99
				1574	1574		Africa			Turkey regains Tunis from Spain	1	99
				1577	1580		Americas/Other			Francis Drake sails round world	1	99
				1578	1578		Africa			Battle of Al Kasr Al-kabil	1	99
				1586	1586		Americas/Other			Francis Drake sails to West Indies	1	99
				1588	1588		Spanish Armada			A so-called 'Invincible' Spanish fleet was defeated by English ships, foiling Philip II of Spain's attempt to invade England.	1	227
				1591	1591		Africa			Songhai Empire destroyed by Spanish and Portugues mercenaries	1	99
				1595	1595		Africa			First Dutch settlements on Guinea Coast	1	99
				1603	1603		Americas/Other			Samuel de Champlain explores St Lawrence River	1	99
				1606	1606		Americas/Other			William Jansz sights Australia	1	99
				1607	1607		Americas/Other			English found colony of Virginia, Henry Hudson explores in Canada	1	99
				1608	1608		Americas/Other			Champlain founds settlement of Quebec	1	99
				1611	1611		Europe			Authorized Version of Bible completed, Plantation of Ulster	1	125
				1614	1614		Europe			Estates-general summoned in France	1	125
				1615	1620		Asia			Tribes in Northern China form military organizations	1	125
				1616	1616		Elsewhere			Dutch navigator Willem Schouten rounds Cape Horn	1	127
				1618	1618		Africa			French explorer Paul Imbert reaches Timbuktu	1	126
				1618	1648		Europe			Thirty Years' War	1	125
				1618	1648		Europe			Thirty Years War won by France, Sweden, the German Protestant states against The Holy Roman Empire and Spain	1	226
				1619	1619		Americas			First American parliament meets at Jamestown, Virginia	1	127
				1619	1619		Americas			First Negro slaves arrive in Virginia	1	127
				1620	1620		Americas			Pilgrim Fathers reach Cape Cod and found New Plymouth	1	127
				1621	1621		Asia			Nurhachi expels Ming	1	125
				1623	1623		Asia			Dutch massacre English at Amboina	1	125
				1624	1624		Europe			Richelieu chief minister in France	1	125
				1626	1626		Africa			First French settlements on Madagascar	1	126
				1626	1626		Americas			Dutch found New Amsterdam	1	127
				1630	1630		Asia			Turks take Hamadan, in Persia	1	125
				1630	1642		Americas			Period of English settlement in Massachusetts	1	127
				1633	1633		Americas			Colony of Connecticut founded	1	127
				1637	1637		Asia			Russian explorers cross Siberia and reach Pacific Ocean	1	125
				1638	1638		Asia			Turks conquer Baghdad	1	125
				1640	1640		Europe			Portuguese revolt against Spain	1	125
				1641	1641		Europe			Irish Catholic revolt	1	125
				1642	1642		Americas			Montreal founded by the French	1	127
				1642	1642		Elsewhere			Abel Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)	1	127
				1642	1646		England			English Civil War won by Parliament against Charles I	1	226
				1644	1912		Asia			Manchu dynasty in China	1	125
				1645	1645		Africa			Capuchin monks ascend Congo River	1	126
				1645	1645		Asia			Turkey and Venice at war over Crete	1	125
				1645	1645		Naseb			In England a Parliamentary army under Sir Thomas Fairfax defeated a Royalist arm under Prince Rupert, ending Charles I's chance of victory and leading to a curb on the monarchy's power.	1	227
				1648	1648		Europe			Treaty of Westphalia, Revolt of Fronde in Paris (to 1649)	1	125
				1649	1649		Europe			Charles I of England exectued, Commonwealth in England (to 1660), Serfdom established in Russia	1	125
				1651	1651		Europe			Battle of Worcester	1	125
				1652	1652		Africa			Capetown founded by the Dutch	1	126
				1652	1654		Europe			Anglo-Dutch war	1	125
				1654	1654		Americas			Portuguese take Brazil from Dutch	1	127
				1655	1655		Americas			England seizes Jamaica from Spain	1	127
				1656	1656		Asia			Venetians rout Turks off Dardanelles	1	125
				1660	1660		Africa			Rise of Bambara Kingdoms on upper Niger	1	126
				1660	1660		Europe			Charles II regains English throne	1	125
				1661	1661		Asia			English acquire Bombay	1	125
				1661	1661		Asia			Koxinga takes Formosa	1	125
				1661	1661		Europe			Louis XIV absolute monarch in France	1	125
				1662	1662		Africa			Portuguese cede Tangier to England	1	126
				1664	1664		Americas			England seizes New Amsterdam from Dutch, changing name to New York	1	127
				1665	1665		Europe			Great Plague in London, Second Anglo-Dutch war (to 1667)	1	125
				1666	1666		Europe			Great Fire of London	1	125
				1669	1669		Asia			Venice surrenders Crete to Turkey	1	125
				1669	1669		Asia			Hindu religion prohibited by Aurangzeb, Emperor of India	1	125
				1672	1672		Europe			William III rules Netherlands	1	125
				1675	1676		Americas			King Philip's War in New England	1	127
				1676	1676		Asia			Treaty of Zuravno; Polish gains Ukraine	1	125
				1676	1678		Asia			Sikh uprising in India	1	125
				1681	1682		Americas			Sieur de La Salle explores Mississippi River	1	127
				1683	1683		Asia			Cheng Chin surrenders Formosa	1	125
				1683	1683		Europe			Siege of Vienna by Turkish forces	1	125
				1686	1686		Africa			Louis XIV of France announces annexation of Madagascar	1	126
				1686	1686		Americas			Dominion of New Englad formed	1	127
				1686	1686		Europe			League of Augsburg formed	1	125
				1688	1688		Europe			England's 'Glorious Rebolution'	1	125
				1689	1689		Asia			Treaty of Nerchinsk between Russia and China	1	125
				1689	1725		Europe			Peter I, Tsar of Russia	1	125
				1692	1692		Americas			Salem witch trials in New England	1	127
				1699	1699		Elsewhere			William Dampier sails along north-west coast of Australia	1	127
				1700	1721		Europe			Great Northern War	1	125
				1701	1701		Europe			Act of Settlement in Britain, War of Spanish Succession (to 1713)	1	125
				1701	1713		Europe			War of the Spanish Succession won by England, Austria, Prussia, the Netherlands against France, Bavaria, Cologne, Mantua, and Savoy	1	226
				1704	1704		Europe			Battle of Blenheim	1	125
				1705	1705		Africa			Turkish authorities overthrown in Tunis	1	126
				1707	1707		Asia			Death of Aurangzeb leads to disintegration of Mughal Empire	1	125
				1707	1707		Europe			Act of Union	1	125
				1709	1709		Poltava			The Russians under Peter the Great routed an invading army led by Charles XII of Sweden, overturning Swedish power in the Baltic.	1	227
				1713	1713		Africa			Asiento Treaty starts most active period of British slave trade	1	126
				1715	1715		Africa			French take Mauritius	1	126
				1715	1715		Europe			First Jacobite uprising	1	125
				1722	1722		Elsewhere			Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen discovers Samoa and Easter Island	1	127
				1724	1724		Asia			State of Hyderabad acheives independence from Mughals	1	125
				1728	1728		Elsewhere			Danish navigator Vitus Bering explores Bering Strait	1	127
				1730	1735		Asia			Maratha government in India	1	125
				1733	1735		Europe			War of Polish Succession	1	125
				1736	1739		Asia			Russia, Austria fight Turkey	1	125
				1736	1795		Asia			Chi'en Lung Emperor of China	1	125
				1737	1737		Asia			Nadir Shah takes Afghanistan	1	125
				1739	1739		Americas			Britain captures Porto Bello	1	127
				1739	1739		Asia			Nadir Shah sacks Delhi	1	125
				1739	1739		Europe			John Wesley founds Methodists	1	125
				1740	1748		Austria			War of the Austrian Succession won by Austria, Hungary, Britain, Holland against Bavaria, France, Poland, Prussia, Sardinia, Saxony, and Spain	1	226
				1740	1748		Europe			War of Austrian Succession	1	125
				1744	1748		Americas			King George's War	1	127
				1745	1745		Americas			British capture Louisburg in Canada	1	127
				1745	1745		Europe			Jacobite rebellion	1	125
				1747	1747		Asia			Nadir Shah assassinated	1	125
				1751	1751		Asia			Robert Clive takes Arcot in India	1	125
				1751	1751		Asia			Chinese conquer Tibet	1	125
				1755	1755		Europe			Libson earthquake kills 30,000	1	125
				1755	1763		Americas			French and Indian War	1	127
				1756	1756		Asia			"Black Hole of Calcutta"	1	125
				1756	1763		Europe			Seven Years' War	1	125
				1756	1763		Europe			Seven Years War won by Britain and Prussia against Austria, France, Russia, and Sweden	1	226
				1757	1757		Asia			British rule established in India	1	125
				1759	1759		Americas			Britain captures Quebec	1	127
				1761	1761		Asia			Afghans defeat Marathas at Panipat	1	125
				1762	1762		Europe			Catherine II, Tsarina of Russia	1	125
				1763	1763		Americas			Chief Pontiac leads Indian uprising	1	127
				1765	1765		Americas			Stamp Act in American colonies	1	127
				1767	1767		Americas			Townshend Acts impose tax on imports	1	127
				1767	1767		Americas			Mason-Dixon line established	1	127
				1768	1769		Elsewhere			English navigator discovers and explores east coast of Australia; lands in New Zealand	1	127
				1770	1770		Americas			Boston Massacre	1	127
				1770	1770		Elsewhere			James Cook discovers Botany Bay	1	127
				1772	1772		Europe			First partition of Poland	1	125
				1772	1775		Elsewhere			James Cook on second voyage crpsses Antarctic Circle and circumnavigates Antarctica	1	127
				1773	1773		Americas			Boston Tea Party	1	127
				1773	1773		Europe			Pope Clement XIV suppresses Jesuits, Peasant uprising in Russia (to 1775)	1	125
				1775	1783		13 Colonies			American War of Independence between Thirteen Colonies and Britain	1	226
				1781	1781		Yorktown			A British army under Charles Cornwallis was forced to surrender to a French and American force, virtually ending the Americcan War of Independence.	1	227
				1792	1815		Europe			Napoleonic Wars won by Austria, Britain, Prussia, Russia, Spain, and Sweden against France	1	226
				1805	1805		Trafalgar			A British fleet under Horatio Nelson defeated a larger Franco-Spanish fleet, ending Napoleon I's hopes of invading England.	1	227
				1812	1814		United States			War of 1812 won by the United States against Britain	1	226
				1813	1813		Leipzig			In the 'Battle of the Nations' the combined armies of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden defeate the French under Napoleon I, ending Napoleon's domination of Europe.	1	227
				1815	1815		Waterloo			Napoleon I's final bid for power was ended when a British, Dutch, and Belgium force under the Duke of Wellington held off Napoleon's larger army until Prussina reinforcements arrived.	1	227
				1846	1848		Mexico and United States			Mexican-American War won by United States against Mexico	1	226
				1850	1864		Asia			Revolt in China	1	175
				1851	1851		Australia			Gold rush in Australia	1	177
				1852	1852		Africa			Sand River Convention: Britain recognizes independence of Transvaal	1	176
				1852	1853		Asia			Second Burmese War	1	175
				1853	1856		Africa			David Livingstone crosses Africa	1	176
				1853	1856		Crimea			Crimean War won by Britian, France, Sardinia, and Turkey against Russia	1	226
				1854	1854		Asia			Commercial treaty between Japan and United States	1	175
				1854	1856		Europe			Crimean War	1	175
				1856	1856		Europe			Treaty of Paris	1	175
				1856	1860		Asia			Anglo-Chinese War	1	175
				1857	1857		Asia			Treaty of Paris	1	175
				1857	1858		Asia			Indian Mutiny	1	175
				1858	1858		Asia			India Bill: transfers government of India to British Crown	1	175
				1859	1859		Africa			Lake Tanganyika discovered	1	176
				1859	1859		Europe			France at war with Austria	1	175
				1860	1860		Americas			South Carolina secedes from the United States	1	177
				1861	1861		Australia			Gold rush in New Zealand	1	177
				1861	1861		Europe			Unification of Italy	1	175
				1861	1865		Americas			Abraham Lincoln becomes President of United States	1	177
				1861	1865		Americas			American Civil War	1	177
				1861	1865		Eastern and Central United States			American Civil War won by 23 Northern States (The Union) against 11 Southern States (the Confederacy)	1	226
				1862	1862		Asia			Cambodia becomes French protectorate	1	175
				1862	1862		Europe			Bismarck becomes Prussian prime minister	1	175
				1863	1863		Americas			Battle of Gettysburg	1	177
				1863	1863		Asia			Shimonoseki in china bombarded by French and American warships	1	175
				1863	1863		Gettysburg			A Union army under George Meade defeated a Confederate army under Robert E. Lee, a turning point in the American Civil War.	1	227
				1864	1864		Americas			Union Army occupies Georgia	1	177
				1865	1865		Americas			President Lincoln assassinated	1	177
				1866	1866		Europe			Austro-Prussian War	1	175
				1867	1867		Americas			United States purchases Alsake from Russia	1	177
				1867	1867		Americas			Dominion of Canada formed	1	177
				1867	1867		Europe			North German Confederation formed by treaties with Prussia and other states north of river Main	1	175
				1868	1868		Africa			British expedition sent to Ethiopia	1	176
				1868	1868		Americas			Ten year war between Cuba and Spain	1	177
				1868	1912		Asia			Meiji Period in Japan	1	175
				1869	1869		Africa			Suez Canal opened	1	176
				1870	1871		Europe			Franco-Prussian War	1	175
				1870	1871		Prussia			Franco-Prussian War won by Prussia and other German states against France	1	226
				1871	1871		Europe			German Empire formed: William I proclaimed emperor	1	175
				1872	1872		Europe			League of the Three Emperors	1	175
				1873	1874		Africa			Second Ashanti War	1	176
				1875	1875		Africa			Suez Canal shares bought by Britain from Egypt	1	176
				1875	1875		Asia			Third Anglo-Burmese War	1	175
				1876	1876		Americas			Battle of Little Big Horn	1	177
				1876	1876		Americas			Porfirio Diaz becomes dictator of Mexico	1	177
				1876	1876		Asia			Korea starts trading with Japan	1	175
				1877	1877		Africa			Transvaal annexed by Britain	1	176
				1877	1877		Asia			Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India	1	175
				1877	1877		Europe			Russia at War with Turkey	1	175
				1878	1878		Africa			Second Anglo-Afghan War	1	176
				1878	1878		Europe			Traty of San Stefano signed by Russia and Turkey	1	175
				1879	1879		Africa			Zulu War	1	176
				1880	1881		Africa			Boer uprising	1	176
				1881	1881		Americas			President James Garfield assassinated	1	177
				1881	1881		Australia			Peace declared between New Zealand settlers and Maoris	1	177
				1882	1882		Africa			Cairo occupied by British troops	1	176
				1882	1882		Europe			Phoenix Park Murders	1	175
				1882	1885		Africa			Anti-Egyption revolution in Sudan	1	176
				1882	1914		Europe			Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy	1	175
				1884	1884		Africa			General Gordon sent by Britain to Khartoum in the Sudan	1	176
				1885	1885		Africa			German East Africa established	1	176
				1887	1889		Europe			Italy and Ethiopia at war	1	175
				1888	1918		Europe			William II becomes Emperor of Germany	1	175
				1890	1890		Africa			Zanzibar becomes a British protectorate	1	176
				1890	1890		Europe			Bismarck dismissed from office	1	175
				1893	1893		Africa			Ivory Coast becomes a French protectorate	1	176
				1894	1894		Asia			China and Japan at War	1	175
				1894	1895		China			Chinese-Japanese Wars won by Japan	1	226
				1895	1895		Africa			Rhodesia founded by Cecil Rhodes	1	176
				1895	1895		Asia			Treaty of Shimonoseki signed between China and Japan	1	175
				1895	1896		Europe			Italy and Ethiopia at war	1	175
				1895	1898		Americas			Revolution in Cuba	1	177
				1896	1896		Africa			Jameson Raid	1	176
				1896	1896		Asia			Anglo-French agreements in Siam (now Thailand)	1	175
				1897	1897		Asia			Occupation of Kiachow	1	175
				1897	1897		Europe			Greece and Turkey at war	1	175
				1898	1898		Africa			Fashoda incident	1	176
				1898	1898		Americas			Spain and United States at War	1	177
				1898	1898		Asia			Port Arthur ceded to Russia	1	175
				1898	1898		California			Spanish-American War won by the United States against Spain	1	226
				1898	1898		Europe			Social Democratic Party founded in Russia	1	175
				1899	1902		Africa			Second Boer War	1	176
				1899	1902		South Africa			Boer (South African War won by Britian against Boer Republics	1	226
				1900	1900		Africa			Orange Free State annexed by Britain	1	176
				1900	1900		Africa			Northern Nigeria invaded and conquered by Britain	1	176
				1900	1900		Asia			Boxer Rebellion in China	1	175
				1901	1901		Asia			Manchuria occupied	1	175
				1901	1901		Australia			Commonwealth of Australia extablished	1	177
				1902	1902		Africa			Treaty of Vereeniging	1	176
				1902	1902		Europe			Anglo-Japanese alliance formed ending Britain's isolation policy	1	175
				1903	1903		Americas			Alaska's boundary determined	1	177
				1904	1904		Asia			Russia and Japan at war	1	175
				1904	1904		Europe			Outbreak of Russo-Japanese war	1	175
				1904	1905		Asia			Tibet opened for trade	1	175
				1904	1905		Russia and Japan			Russo-Japanese War won by Japan against Russia	1	226
				1905	1905		Asia			Battle of Tsushima	1	175
				1905	1905		Europe			General strike and revolution in Russia	1	175
				1906	1906		Africa			Algeciras Conference reaffirms independence of Morocco	1	176
				1906	1906		Asia			Liberal revolution in Persia	1	175
				1907	1907		Australia			Dominion of New Zealand established	1	177
				1907	1907		Europe			Triple Entente	1	175
				1908	1908		Africa			Belgian Congo founded	1	176
				1909	1909		Africa			Union of South Africa formed	1	176
				1909	1909		Antartica			American Robert Peary reaches North Pole	1	177
				1910	1910		Asia			Japan annexes Korea	1	175
				1911	1911		Americas			Revolution in Mexico	1	177
				1911	1911		Antartica			Norwegian Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole	1	177
				1911	1911		Mexico			Revolution in Mexico	1	177
				1912	1913		Europe			Balkan Wars	1	175
				1914	1914		Marne			French and British armies halted the German invasion of France, ending German hopes of a speedy victory in World War I.	1	227
				1914	1918		Europe			World War I	1	195
				1914	1918		Europe			World War I won by Belgium, Britain and Empire, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Serbia, and United States against Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and Ottoman Empire	1	227
				1916	1916		Ireland			Easter Rising in Ireland	1	195
				1916	1916		Jutland			The British Grand Fleet fought the German High Seas Fleet; both sides claimed victory - but the German fleet never put to sea again.	1	227
				1917	1917		Europe			United States enters World War I	1	197
				1917	1917		Russia			Russian Revolution	1	195
				1918	1918		Germany			Revolution in Germany	1	195
				1919	1919		India			Nationalist movement formed in India	1	195
				1919	1919		Paris			League of Nations formed	1	195
				1920	1920		Israel			Jewish state of Palestine established	1	195
				1922	1922		Egypt			Egypt becomes independent	1	196
				1923	1923		Italy			Italy becomes a fascist state	1	195
				1924	1924		Beijing, China			New government in China under Sun Yat-sen	1	195
				1925	1925		Locarno			Locarno Pact	1	195
				1925	1926		Morocco			Uprising in Morocco	1	196
				1926	1926		Canberra, Australia			Canberra becomes capital of Australia	1	197
				1926	1926		England			General Strike in Britain	1	195
				1927	1927		China			Civil War in China	1	195
				1927	1927		North Atlantic			Charles Linbergh makes first solo transatlantic flight	1	197
				1929	1929		New York			Wall Street Crash	1	197
				1929	1929		South Pole			Richard Byrd flies over South Pole	1	197
				1931	1931		Manchuria, China			Japanese occupy Manchuria	1	195
				1931	1933		China			Chinese-Japanese Wars won by Japan	1	226
				1932	1932		Ottawa, Canada			Imperial conference held in Ottawa	1	197
				1932	1935		Paraguay and Bolivia			Paraguay an dBolivia at war	1	197
				1933	1933		USSR			Soviet Communist Party purged	1	195
				1934	1936		China			Mao Tse-tung's Long March	1	195
				1934	1945		Germany			Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany	1	195
				1935	1935		London, England			India Act	1	195
				1935	1936		Abyssinia (Ethiopia)			Abyssinian War between Italy and Abyssinia (Ethopia)	1	226
				1936	1936		England			Abdication of Edward VIII	1	195
				1936	1936		Italy			Italy annexes Ethioia	1	196
				1936	1939		Spain			Spanish Civil War	1	195
				1936	1939		Spain			Spanish Civil War won by Junta de Defensa Nacional (Fascists) against Republican government	1	226
				1937	1937		China			Japanese capture Shanghai and Peking	1	195
				1937	1945		China			Chinese-Japanese Wars won by China	1	226
				1938	1938		Austria			Germany invades Russia	1	195
				1938	1938		Munich Germany			Munich Pact	1	195
				1939	1939		Germany, USSR			Nazi-Soviet Pact	1	195
				1939	1945		Europe, Middle East, Far East			World War II	1	195
				1939	1945		Europe, North Africa, Middle East, and Far East			World War II won by Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Africa, United States, and Yugoslavia against Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, and Romania	1	227
				1940	1940		Britain			In World War II the German Luftwaffe of 2,500 planes launced an attack lasting 114 days to try to win air supremacy over Britain; the smaller Royal Air Force fought off the attack, ending Adolf Hitler's hopes of invading Britain.	1	227
				1940	1940		London			The Battle of Britain	1	195
				1940	1940		Tokyo, Japan			Japan joins Axis	1	195
				1941	1941		Far East and Europe			United States Enters Word War II	1	197
				1941	1941		Germany, USSR			German invades Russia	1	195
				1941	1941		Pearl Harbon, Hawaii			Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, attacked by Japanese Air Force	1	197
				1942	1942		Egypt			Decisive battle of El Alamein in Egypt	1	196
				1942	1942		El Alamein			The British Eighth Army under Bernard Montgomery drove the Germans under Rommel out of Egypt, a turning point in World War II.	1	227
				1942	1942		Pacific Islands			Jaan captures islands in the Pacific	1	197
				1942	1943		Stalingrad			Siege where German Divisions tried to capture Stalingrad (now Volgograd) but they faild and Friedrich von Paulus had to surrender with over 100,000 men.	1	227
				1943	1943		Argentina			Revolution in Argentina led by Juan Peron	1	197
				1944	1944		France			Normandy Landings (D-Day)	1	195
				1944	1944		Leyte Gulf			Battle of Leyte Gulf, Japanese defeated	1	195
				1944	1944		Leyte Gulf			The US 3rd and 7th fleets defeated a Japanese fleet, ending Japanese navel power in World War II.	1	227
				1944	1944		Normandy			Invasion by American, British, and Canadian armies under Dwight D. Eisenhower landed in German-held northern France, and cleared Normandy in a month of heavy fighting.	1	227
				1945	1945		Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan			Atomic bombs droppeed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan	1	195
				1945	1945		New York			United Nations formed	1	195
				1946	1946		Indochina			Civil war in Indochina between nationalists and French	1	195
				1946	1946		Nuremberg, Germany			Nuremberg Trials	1	195
				1947	1947		Israel			Partition of Palestine	1	195
				1947	1947		Washington, D.C.			Marshall Plan for economic recovery in Europe	1	197
				1948	1948		Brussels, Belgium			North Atlantic Treaty Organization Formed	1	195
				1948	1948		India			Mahatma Gandhi assissinated	1	195
				1948	1948		Israel			War between Arab League and Israel	1	195
				1949	1949		Berlin, Germany			Soviet Blockage of West Berlin	1	195
				1949	1949		China			Communist regime in China	1	195
				1949	1949		South Africa			Apartheid policy in South Africa	1	196
				1950	1950		United States			Joseph McCarthy's enquiries into unAmerican activities	1	197
				1950	1953		Korea			Korean War	1	195
				1950	1953		Korea			Korean War won by South Korea and United Nations forces against North Korea and Chinese forces	1	226
				1951	1951		San Francisco, California			Pacific Security Treaty signed	1	197
				1952	1952		India			First national election in India	1	195
				1952	1952		Kenya			Mau Mau rebellion in Kanya	1	196
				1953	1953		Egypt			Coup in Egypt	1	196
				1954	1954		North Vietnam			French lose battle of Dien Bien Phu; Vietnam partitioned	1	195
				1954	1954		Southeast Asia			South East Asia Treaty Organization formed	1	195
				1955	1955		Argentina			Rebellion in Argentina	1	197
				1955	1955		Israel			Fighting in Israel	1	195
				1955	1955		Moscow, USSR			Warsaw Pact formed in opposition to NATO	1	195
				1956	1956		Budapest, Hungary			Soviet troops crush Hungarian uprising	1	195
				1956	1956		Egypt			Dispute over Suez Canal; Israeli troops invade Egypt; Anglo-French force occupies Suez	1	196
				1957	1957		Rome, Italy			Treaty of Rome	1	195
				1957	1957		Southern United States			Race Riots in Southern United States	1	197
				1957	1957		Space			First Soviet and United States artificial satellites	1	197
				1957	1975		Vietnam			Vietnam War won by North Vietnam against South Vietnam and the United States	1	226
				1959	1959		Cuba			Communist revolution in Cuba	1	197
				1959	1959		Tibet			Uprising in Tibet	1	195
				1960	1960		Africa			Seventeen states become independent	1	196
				1960	1960		Antarctica			International agreement on status of Antarctica	1	197
				1960	1960		Congo			Civil waar in Congo	1	196
				1961	1961		Berlin, Germany			Berlin Wall built	1	195
				1961	1961		South Africa			South Africa becomes a republic	1	196
				1961	1961		Space			Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in space	1	197
				1962	1962		Cuba			Cuban missles crisis	1	197
				1963	1963		Africa			Organization of African Unity formed	1	196
				1963	1963		Dallas, Texas			United States President John F. Kennedy assassinated	1	197
				1963	1963		Washington, D.C. and Moscow, USSR			Nuclear Test Ban Treaty	1	195
				1964	1964		Washington D.C.			Civil Rights Bill in United States	1	197
				1965	1965		Australia & New Zealand			Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement	1	197
				1965	1965		Cook Islands			Cook Islands self-governing	1	197
				1965	1965		Cyprus			Fighting breaks out in Cyprus	1	195
				1965	1965		India and Pakistan			India and Pakistan at war	1	195
				1965	1965		Rhodesia			Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence	1	196
				1965	1965		Vietnam			United States sends troops to Vietnam	1	195
				1966	1968		China			China's Cultural Revolution	1	195
				1967	1967		Greece			Military coup in Greede	1	195
				1967	1967		Israel			Six Day War between Arabs and Israel	1	196
				1967	1967		Middle East			Six-Day War won by Israel against Egypt Syria, Jordan, and Iraq	1	226
				1967	1970		Nigeria			Civil war in Nigeria	1	196
				1967	1970		Nigeria			Nigerian Civil War won by the Federal government against Biafra	1	226
				1968	1968		Czechoslovakia			Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia	1	195
				1968	1968		Los Angeles, California			Robert Kennedy assassinated	1	197
				1968	1968		Memphas, Tennessee			Martin Luther King assassinated	1	197
				1968	1968		Northern Ireland			Chrisis in Northern Ireland	1	195
				1969	1969		Tranquility Bay, Moon			Neil Armstrong and 'Buzz' Aldrin land on Moon	1	197
				1970	1970		Cambodia			United States invades Cambodia	1	195
				1970	1970		Fiji			Fiji becomes Dominion within British Commonwealth	1	197
				1971	1971		Bangladesh			East Pakistan becomes independent as Bangladesh after Civil War	1	195
				1971	1971		Pakistan			Pakistain Civil War won by East Pakistan (Bangladesh) and India against West Pakistan	1	226
				1973	1973		Chile			Military coup in Chine	1	197
				1973	1973		Israel			October War between Arab states and Israel	1	196
				1973	1973		Middle East			October War ceasefire aranged by UN: fought by Israel against Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon	1	226
				1973	1973		United States			Oil crisis follows October War	1	195
				1973	1973		Vietnam			United States withdraws from Vietnam	1	195
				1974	1974		Angola			Angola and Mozambique gain independence	1	196
				1974	1974		Mozanbique			Angola and Mozambique gain independence	1	196
				1974	1974		Portugal			Military coup in Portugal	1	195
				1974	1974		Washington D.C.			United States President Richard Nixon resigns after Watergate scandal	1	197
				1975	1975		Spain			Franco dies, Juan Carlos King of Spain	1	195
				1975	1975		Vietnam			South Vietnam surrenders to North Vietnam; end of war	1	195
				1976	1976		Papua-New Guinea			Papua-New Guinea gains independence from Australia	1	197
				1976	1976		Rhodesia			Rhodesian whites accept black majority rule in principle	1	196
				1976	1976		South Africa			Race Riots in South Africa	1	196
				1979	1979		Afghanistan			Russian forces move into Afghanistan	1	195
				1979	1979		Iran			Shaw is expelled from Iran	1	195
				1979	1979		Uganda			General Amin flees from Uganda	1	196
				1980	1980		Yugoslavia			President Tito of Yugoslavia dies	1	195
				1980	1980		Zimbabwe			Rhodesia gains black majority rule and independence as Zimbabwe	1	196