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The Plague of Athens killed approximately 300,000 habitants of Athens. Among the victims of this plagued included Pericles, an important leader of Athens history. -
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In 371 BCE, Sparta’s long war against the Thebans ended, just not the way they wanted. This tragic defeat broke their control over the Greek Peninsula, which weakened their nation. -
The First Punic War was fought between Romans and Carthaginians over the control over a city named Messana. Although The losses on both sides were tremendous, people debate that the romans won because they seized control at the cost of 700 ships. -
In the year 845, timings launched an assault on Paris, taking it for ransom that was paid in 5,200 pounds of gold and silver by King Charles II. -
The Mongolian Empire founded in 1206 was the largest empire to ever exist, led by Genghis Khan. This man went on to kill, pillage, and invaded many Asian empires. -
The Black Plague killed more than 20 million people. It was caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. This bacteria was spread through fleas, rats, and human to human contact. -
The North Atlantic slave trade began in 1526 and ended in 1867. This brought about an economic boom at the cost of an uncountable number of people who were stripped away from their homes or sold by their own friends or even family for money. -
The American Civil War is by far one of the most important events to take place on American soil. It forged a path between the confederacy and union to walk down toward a more hopeful future. This war ended up killing hundreds of thousands of people. -
The titanic was a ship that was boasted on about how unsinkable it was. Unfortunately the claims were not backed when it struck an iceberg that took thousands with it as it sank. -
O this fateful day, world war 1 began with the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. It left up to 9 million people dead and 23 million injured. -
In 1931 China saw a series of floods that killied approximately 4 million people. -
World War 2, fought between the allies and the axis was gruesome. It endsd up taking the lives of 50-80 million people. This war was put to an end in 1945 when Germany surrendered. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack orchestrated by the Japanese Navy. This was the straw that broke the camels back and intitiated the joining of America on world war 2 -
The Atomic bonbing of Hiroshima killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians. Even to this day you can see the shadows of people singed into the concrete, and the nuclear imprint in some of the blind victims eyes. -
The Chernobyl disaster began with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor which released immeasurable amounts of radioactivity into the city. The disaster costed $235 billion in damages, killed two scientists, and about 200,000 people had to be evacuated out of their homes due to the radiation.