events in world history

  • 206 BCE

    206 B.C Han Dynasty begins in China

    the Han Dynasty was one of the longest of China's major Dynasties
  • 44 BCE

    44 B.C.E Julius Caesar is killed

    Julius Caesar was killed by the Roman senators led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus.
  • 476

    476 A.D Roman Empire falls

    the last of the Roman emperors was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer.
  • 500 B.C Adena mounds are built in Ohio

    some of these mounds were dug into by local settlers just to see what was inside of them.
  • 570 C.E Muhammad is born

    he is the founder of the religion Islam. he died June 8, 632
  • 221 B.C China has first Emperor

    Ying Zheng was the first emperor of a united China, he named himself Quin Shi Huang.
  • 500 C.E height of Mayan Civilization

    the designation Maya comes from ancient Yucatan city.
  • 509 B.C.E Roman Republic is established

    it was dissolved in 27 B.C.
  • 551 B.C.E Confucius is born

    Confucius was born September 28, 551 B.C
  • 566 B.C.E Buddha is born

    Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal
  • 600 C.E Islam spreads to North Africa

    Members of the powerful family Umayyid of Mecca took over in 660 and founded a dynasty that lasted 90 years
  • 750 B.C.E Greeks colonize the Mediterranean

    Nomadic Helleni migrated to the south and settled both in the present day Greece.
  • 800 C.E Arab traders brought paper from China

    the Arabs found some Chinese paper makers among their prisoners
  • 960 C.E song Dynasty began in China

    the song Dynasty was an era of Chinese history
  • 1215 C.E English Magna Carta signed

    English Magna Carta is a charter agreed to by King John of England
  • 1350 B.C Akhenaton and Nefertiti begin their rule

    during their rule Egypt had an empire that stretched from Syria
  • 1438 C.E Incan Empire founded

    Incan Empire was founded by Manco Capac
  • 1438 A.D Incan Empire founded

    it lives in the Andes mountains in South Africa
  • 1492 A.D Columbus reaches the Caribbean

    it was October 12th that he had reached the island. His historic voyage made the age of exploration across-Atlantic expansion by European settlers.
  • 1503 B.C Reign of Queen Hatshepsut begins

    she reigned for more than 20 years
  • 1776 C.E Declaration of Independence signed

    it wasn't signed on July 4th is was signed on July 1st
  • 1865 A.D President Lincoln killed

    actor John Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln on April 14th a little after 10 p.m
  • 1930 A.D WW2 begins

    they started on two dates July 7th and September 1st
  • 1989 A.D Berlin wall falls

    The Berlin wall fell on November 9th
  • 1991 A.D Soviet Union breaks apart

    The Soviet Union broke apart during the cold war
  • 1994 C.E Nelson Mandela elected President of South Africa

    they was elected on 10 May
  • 2000 B.C.E development of Chinese writing Greeks colonize the Mediterranean

    Chinese characters were standardized under the Qin Dynasty
  • 2400 B.C temple platforms are built in Peru

    the temple of the moon is an Incan ceremonial statue.
  • 3000 B.C.E Egypt Unites

    Narmer united the upper and lower Egypt
  • 100 A.D paper invented in China

    Han Dynasty invented paper in China