Arab Spring, War on Terror

Russian Revolution, Moon Landings

Napoleonic Wars, Reopening of Japan

American Revolution, Seven Years' War

English Civil Wars, Dutch settle Manhattan

Luther nails his Theses, Circumnavigation of the Globe

Discovery of the Americas, Battle of Agincourt

Black Death, Founding of Tenochtitlan

The Magna Carta, University of Cambridge founded

Angkor Wat is built, 2nd Crusade

Norman Conquest of England, Death of Canute

Lions become extinct in Europe, Swedish influence extends to the Black Sea

Reign of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, Invention of Gunpowder

Battle of Tours, Beginning of the Viking Age

Birth of Islam, Spread of Smallpox to Europe

Peak of the Sassanid Empire, Justinian I rules the Byzantine Empire

Collapse of the Western Roman Empire, The Great Migrations

Constantine splits the Roman Empire, 1st Council of Nicaea

Battle of Red Cliffs, Goths migrate into the Ukraine

Construction of Hadrian's Wall, Invention of Paper

Beginning of the Christian Church, Great Fire of Rome

Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, Sunspots are first recorded

Rome conquers Carthage, Introduction of the Silk Road

Hannibal Crosses the Alps, The Terracotta Army

Conquests of Alexander the Great, First Aqueduct is built

Golden Age of Athens, Greco-Persian Wars

Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, Founding of Buddhism