Milestones

Black Death

1346 ~ 1353

1346–1353 pandemic in Eurasia and North Africa

French Revolution

1789.05.05 ~ 1799.11.09

revolution in France from 1789 to 1799

Olympic Games

1896

major international multi-sport event organised by International Olympic Committee

Renaissance

≈1400 ~ ≈1650

cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century

United States Declaration of Independence

1776.07.04 ~ 1776

1776 assertion of colonial America's independence from Great Britain

Nobel Prize

1901

set of annual international awards, primarily 5 established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

American Revolution

1765.03.22 ~ 1791.12.15

revolution establishing the United States of America

Treaty of Versailles

1919.06.28 ~ 1919

most important of the peace treaties of the First World War which ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers

Silk Road

126 BC

trade routes through Asia connecting China to the Mediterranean Sea

United States Bill of Rights

1789.09 ~ 1789

first ten amendments to the United States Constitution

Jallianwala Bagh massacre

1919.04.13 ~ 1919

British Indian Army troops fire their rifles into crowd of unarmed Indian civilians (1919)

Atlantic slave trade

≈1500 ~ ≈1800

slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and 19th centuries

Geneva Conventions

1864.08.22 ~ 1949.08.12

the standards of international law for humanitarian treatment in war

Louisiana Purchase

1803.04.30 ~ 1803

1803 acquisition by the U.S. of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana

Gettysburg Address

1863.11.19 ~ 1863

speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln

Indian independence movement

1757 ~ 1947.08.15

Indian national movement seeking to end British rule (1857–1947)

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

1865.04.15 ~ 1865

1865 murder of the 16th President of the United States

Constitution of the United States

1788.06.21 ~ 1788

supreme law of the United States of America since March 4th, 1789

Sinking of the Titanic

1912.04.14 ~ 1912

maritime disaster in the North Atlantic Ocean on the night of 14–15 April 1912

Nobel Peace Prize

1901.12.10 ~ 1901

one of five Nobel Prizes

Emancipation Proclamation

1863.01.01 ~ 1863

Executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed Southern slaves

Tunguska event

1908.06.30 ~ 1908

powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River

First Council of Nicaea

325.05 ~ 325.07

council of Christian bishops in Nicaea, 325

Glorious Revolution

1688 ~ 1689

British revolution of 1688

Gunpowder Plot

1605.11.05 ~ 1605

failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland

Assassination of Julius Caesar

44.03.15 BC ~ 44 BC

stabbing attack that caused the death of Julius Caesar

October Revolution

1917.11.07 ~ 1917

second of two 1917 revolutions in Russia

Great Fire of London

1666.09.02 ~ 1666.09.06

disaster in 17th century England

Reformation

1517.10.31 ~ 1648

16th-century movement in Western Christianity

Pulitzer Prize

1917

award for achievements in journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States

1883 eruption of Krakatoa

1883.05.20 ~ 1883.10.21

catastrophic volcanic eruption

Scramble for Africa

1881 ~ 1914

1880s–1900s Western European colonisation of Africa

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

1914.06.28 ~ 1914

1914 murder of the Archduke of Austria-Este

Meiji Restoration

1868 ~ 1889.02.11

reform restoring the imperial rule in Japan in the last third of the 19th century

Beer Hall Putsch

1923.11.08 ~ 1923.11.09

attempted coup d'état in Weimar Republic

World's fair

1851

exhibition

Tulip mania

1634 ~ 1637.02.05

17th-century economic bubble in the Netherlands

Resurrection of Jesus

33

event in the Christian faith, Gospel episode represented in the cycle of the Passion of Christ Central teaching of Christianity; Luke 24:1-11

Nobel Prize in Literature

1901

one of five prizes established by Alfred Nobel

Unification of Germany

1871.01.18 ~ 1871

creation of a politically and administratively integrated nation state of German-speaking populations on 18 January 1871, in the form of the German Empire

Peace of Westphalia

1648.10.24 ~ 1648

peace treaty ending the Thirty and Eighty Years' Wars

Alaska Purchase

1867.03.30 ~ 1867

1867 sale of Alaska to the USA by Russia

Revolutions of 1848

1848.02.23 ~ 1848

series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848–49

Congress of Vienna

1814.09.18 ~ 1815.06.09

conference of ambassadors of European states (September/November 1814 to June 1815)

Nativity of Jesus

≈5.12.25 BC ~ 5 BC

birth of Jesus

Treaty of Paris

1783.09.03 ~ 1783

agreement ending the American Revolutionary War

Burning of Washington

1814.08.24 ~ 1814

British naval attack on the United States during the War of 1812

Ninety-five Theses

1517.10.31 ~ 1517

disputation by Martin Luther on indulgences

Sykes–Picot Agreement

1916.05.16 ~ 1916

secret agreement signed in 1916 between France and the United Kingdom providing for the division of the Middle East at the end of the First World War

Nobel Prize in Physics

1901

yearly physics award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

1863.02.17 ~ 1863

international humanitarian movement

February Revolution

1917.03.08 ~ 1917.03.16

first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917

English Reformation

1534

16th-century separation of the Church of England from the Pope of Rome

Triple Entente

1907

early 20th century alliance between France, Russia and the United Kingdom

Fourteen Points

1918.01.08 ~ 1918

peace treaty

Forty-seven rōnin

1703.01.30 ~ 1703

18th century samurai battle

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

1918.03.03 ~ 1918

peace treaty between the Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (3 March 1918)

Bill of Rights 1689

1689.01.01 ~ 1689

act of the English Parliament guaranteeing certain rights

French Revolution of 1848

1848.02.22 ~ 1848.12.02

one of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe

Great Plague of London

1665 ~ 1666

pandemic lasting from 1665 to 1666, last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England