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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
Columbus arrives in the 'New World', 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
The end of the reign of Charlemagne as emperor of the Western Roman Empire, 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
Reign of Constantine, 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