Saint Peter becomes Pope
Caligula died at the age of 28
Destruction of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans under Titus
Pompeii and Herculaneum destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Sardinia, Sicily and Corsica added to Roman Italy by Emperor Diocletianus
Constantine the Great calls the First Council of Nicaea to pacify Christianity in the grip of the Arian controversy
Conquest of Kabul by Muslims
Overthrow of Empress Wu Zetian, the reign of China's first and only sole-ruling empress ends
The construction of Borobudur started
Charlemagne dies in the city of Aachen
Seljuk Turks capture Ankara from the Byzantines
The University of Bologna is established
University of Oxford in England holds its first lectures
Genghis Khan born
First case of Black Death
Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans and turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War
Nineteen-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake
Vlad III Dracula died
Bartolomeu Dias sails around the Cape of Good Hope
Pieta is made in Rome
Islam becomes Indonesia's dominant religion
First reported African slaves in The New World
Leonardo da Vinci completed the Mona Lisa painting
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony
Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan
Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason
Copernicus publishes his theory that the Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun
Portuguese found a settlement at Macau
Shaanxi earthquake in China occurred
Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England at age 25
Galileo Galilei and William Shakespeare born
René Descartes born
Salem witch trials in Massachusetts
Burmese conquer the Ayutthaya kingdom
United States Declaration of Independence signed
Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French
Peru declares its independence from Spain
Independence of Bolivia
The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris
Basketball is invented
Hawaii becomes an official U.S. territory
RMS Titanic sank
Austria-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand assasinated
World War I ended
Great Depression begin
D-Day
World War II ended
Princess Elizabeth II crowns Queen of England
Algeria gained independence to France
JFK assasinated in Dallas, Texas
Malcolm X assasinated
First heart transplant
Man set first foot on Moon
Ceylon renamed into Sri Lanka
US President Richard Nixon resigns
John Paul II becomes Pope
Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of United Kingdom
John Lennon assasinated
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster happenned
Berlin Wall collapsed
Namibia gained independence from South Africa
Nelson Mandela elected as President of South Africa
Pokemon first created
Princess Diana died on a car accident
Columbine High School Massacre happened
September 11 attacks
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne first released in USA
Barack Obama was elected as the first African-American President of the United States
Birth of Arab Spring
Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
Pope Francis becomes Pope
Russia annexed Crimea
United States legalized same-sex marriage
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