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May 17, 1347
The Black Death Devastates Europe
The Black Death hit Europe and killed 20 million people. It was caused by Yersinia pestis which was spread in populations of fleas carried by ground rodents. The plague reached Sicily in October 1347. http://www.history.com/topics/black-death -
Jan 1, 1420
Brunellesci creates linear perspective
Brunelleschi is well known for developing a technique for linear perspective in art and for building the dome of the Florence Cathedral. Heavily depending on mirrors and geometry, to "reinforce Christian spiritual reality", his formulation of linear perspective governed pictorial depiction of space until the late 19th century.
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Jun 8, 1517
95 Theses
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, in protest at the Catholic doctrine of indulgences and formally begins the Protestant Reformation
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Sep 19, 1533
English Reformation
The marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon is proclaimed invalid and void by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury in resistance of the Catholic church. Henry later weds Anne Boleyn.
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The Thirty Years' War
In 1618, a series pf wars in Central Europe called the Thirty Years' War began. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, as well as the deadliest European religious war, resulting in 8 million casualties.
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War of the Spanish Succession
In the early 18th century, a major European conflict arose called the War of the Spanish Succession. It was sparked by the death of the last Hapsburg King of Spain, the infirm and childless Charles II.
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The Boston Massacre
A squad of British fighters, come to bolster a sentry who was being squeezed by a pestering, snowballing crowd, let free a volley of shots. Three people were executed quickly and two passed on later of their injuries.
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The Boston Tea Party
This event was a protest against taxation. Consignees in Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia rejected tea shipments, but merchants in Boston refused to concede to Patriot pressure.On December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty got aboard three ships in the Boston Harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.
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Storming the Bastille
The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris that represented authority was stormed in July of 1789. Its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
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King Louis XVI is Executed
Subsequent to being put on trial in August of 1792, on January 17 King Louis XVI is sentenced to death on charges of "conspiracy against liberty." He is executed by guillotine on January 21.
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Samuel Morse Invents the Telegraph
Samuel Morse creates the telegraph, which permits messages to be sent rapidly over a wire. By 1860, telegraph wires extend from the east shore of the United States west of the Mississippi River.
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Third Pandemic of Bubonic Plague
When the Third Pandemic of the Bubonic Plague struck India and China, it killed more than 12 million people. The initial outbreak occurred in Yunnan Province in south-western China in the 1850's. Bubonic plague is one of three types of bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis. -
Alfred Nobel Creates Dynamite
Alfred Nobel concocts dynamite, which is a more secure approach to impact openings in mountains or the ground than basically lighting black powder. Dynamite is essential in clearing ways to assemble things, for example, streets and railroad tracks.
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Chi-Hsin and Hsu-Cheng-Yu, were publicly executed
On February 26, 1901, in Peking, China, the Boxer Rebellion leaders were executed publicly. It was done using a method called beheading. -
Provisional Government Established
After the czar quit, Russia was left in the Power of the Provisional Government.
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Russian Civil War
For three years, The Whites and The Reds fought a violent and gory civil war.
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First Indochina War Begins
The initial couple of years of the war included a low-level provincial revolt against the French. Notwithstanding, after the Chinese communists reached the northern outskirt of Vietnam in 1949, the contention transformed into an ordinary war between two armed forces outfitted with current weapons provided by the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Republic of Korea Proclaimed
In the fallout of the Japanese control of Korea which finished with Japan's annihilation in World War II in 1945, Korea was separated by the 38th parallel north as per a United Nations arrangement, to be controlled by the Soviet Union in the north and the United States in the south. -
Mao Zedong Establishes the Communist People's Republic of China.
When Mao Zedong established the CPRC, it was a huge blow to the United States. Losing the biggest nation in Asia to communism was detrimental. This was because the U.S. was still recovering from the detonation of a Nuclear device by the Soviet Union one month earlier. -
Democratic Republic of Vietnam is Recognised by China and USSR
People’s Republic of China formally recognizes the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam and agrees to furnish it military assistance. China and the Soviet Union provided financial and military aid which enabled North Vietnam to fight the French and the Americans.Chinese aid to North Vietnam between 1950 and 1970 is estimated at $20 billion. -
During the Korean War, China Helped North Korea
When the Korean War broke out in 1950, both China and the Soviet Union aided North Korea. During this time, China also fought the U.S. -
Vietnam War
This war was a conflict between the United States and the USSR over world resources. North Vietnam was allied with the USSR, and South Vietnam was allied with the US. The United States feared that the other countries in South Asia would also fall to communism if North Vietnam won the war.
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Dalai Lama Exile
In March, 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama began his exile to India. He set up base at Dharamsala in Punjab, where he created a democratically based shadow of the Tibetan government. -
1959 Uprising
A revolt erupted in Lhasa, which was under the control of the Communist Party of Russia since the Seventeen point agreement in 1951. The combat only lasted 2 days because the rebels were severely outnumbered. -
Cambodian Coup of 1970
Seen as the turning point in the Cambodian Civil War. Refers to the removal of the Cambodian Head of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, after a vote in the National Assembly. It also marked the point where Cambodia became very involved in the Vietnam War. -
The Country is re-named Democratic Kampuchea
This was the name of the KR controlled state that, between 1975 and 1979, existed in present-day Cambodia. During its rule, Khmer Rouge regime was responsible for the deaths of millions of Cambodians through forced labor and genocide. -
North and South Korea join United Nations
Both countries were admitted into the UN under resolution 46/1. North Korea has never held a seat on the UNSC. South Korea has held a non-permanent seat twice. -
Dissolution of the USSR
This declaration acknowledged the independence of all 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the creation of Commonwealth of Independent states.The day before, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, He handed over the Soviet Union missile launch.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
