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Nov 27, 1095
The First Crusade
The First Crusade was an expedition to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquests. The First Crusade was launched on 27 November 1095 by Pope Urban II. -
Jan 1, 1337
Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years' War was a series of fights that went on from 1337 to 1453. The term "Hundred Years' War" was a later term invented by historians. -
Jan 1, 1348
The Black Death
The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60 percent of Europe's population. Thought to have started in China, it travelled along the Silk Road and reached the Crimea by 1346. -
World War I
World War I was predominantly called the World War or the Great War. Ultimately more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. -
Hitler as Chancellor of Germany
Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. -
WWII begins
Although Japan was already at war with China in 1937, the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939. Most suggest that some 60 million people died in the war. -
The US joins WW II
japan bombed pearl harbor and caused the us to join wwii. -
The Pantheon
The Pantheon is a building in Rome, Italy. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.
