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1950 BCE
Abraham
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1750 BCE
Hammurabi
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1450 BCE
Moses
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1184 BCE
Trojan War
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1005 BCE
King David
2nd King of Israel -
753 BCE
Beginning of the Roman Monarchy
Kingdom Founded by Twin Brothers -
750 BCE
Homer Writes
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551 BCE
Confucius Born
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521 BCE
Siddhartha Born
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509 BCE
Beginning of the Roman Republic
Tarquin the Proud is Deposed -
490 BCE
Battle of Marathon
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479 BCE
Confucius Dies
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440 BCE
Siddhartha Dies
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431 BCE
Peloponnesian War begins
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404 BCE
Peloponnesian War ends
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323 BCE
Death of Alexander the Great
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71 BCE
Death of Spartacus
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44 BCE
Death of Julius Caesar
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31 BCE
Death of Cleopatra
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31 BCE
Death of Marc Antony
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32
Crucifixion of Jesus
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70
Jerusalem Destroyed
by the Roman Army -
79
Pompeii Destroyed
by an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius -
220
End of the Han Dynasty
China -
284
Diocletian becomes Roman Emperor
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311
Ulfilas is Born
"Wulfila" invented the Gothic alphabet -
313
Edict of Milan
Made Christianity legal -
354
Augustine is Born
in Hippo, a city in Africa -
382
Ulfilas Dies
Bishop Wulfila was also a theologian -
430
Augustine Dies
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451
Merovingian Dynasty Ascends
The dynasty is founded and begins to unify the Franks -
476
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Romulus Augustulus Abdicates; Odoacer, Germanic Chieftan, rules -
511
Clovis Dies
He'd united the Franks, left paganism, and joined the followers of Jesus -
565
Justinian Dies
Byzantine Emperor -
570
Muhammad Born
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590
Gregory I becomes Pope
Gregory the Great -
632
Muhammad Dies
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634
The Jesus Movement in China
By 635 A.D., at the latest, Christianity (The Jesus Movement) was established in China -
Apr 13, 638
Islam conquers Jerusalem
Muslim armies attack the Jews and Christians in the city -
641
Islamic Armies Invade and Occupy Egypt and Persia
Egyptians and Persians forced to abandon their own religions -
673
Venerable Bede is Born
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Jan 4, 711
Islam invades Spain
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731
Venerable Bede
writes his famous history book -
Oct 10, 732
The Battle of Tours
French Successfully Defend Against Islamic Armies; Charles Martel stops Islamic invasion of France -
734
Venerable Bede
dies -
751
Carolingian Dynasty Ascends
Takes over from Merovingian Dynasty -
794
Heian Period Begins
Japanese Imperial Era -
Dec 25, 800
Charlemagne Become Emperor of Europe
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Jan 28, 814
Charlemagne Dies
a/k/a Karl the Great -
Jun 4, 827
Islam invades Sicily
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Jan 1, 846
Islam attacks Rome
Muslim armies plunder the city of Rome -
862
Novgorod is founded
oldest major city in Russia -
Nov 23, 912
Otto the Great is Born
a/k/a Otto I -
Jul 2, 936
Otto I becomes King of Germany
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Feb 2, 962
Otto the Great becomes Holy Roman Emperor
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May 7, 973
Otto the Great Dies
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Mar 8, 1001
Leif Ericsson
Discovers North America -
Oct 14, 1066
The Battle of Hastings
French Invaders Spoil England; Williams the Conqueror Leads the Norman Invasion -
Jan 1, 1098
Hildegard of Bingen is Born
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Jan 1, 1122
Eleanor of Aquitaine is Born
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Sep 17, 1179
Hildegard of Bingen Dies
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Apr 1, 1204
Eleanor of Aquitaine Dies
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
King John Signs it -
1227
Genghis Khan
dies -
Jan 1, 1290
Thomas Bradwardine is Born
Medieval Physicist; exponential acceleration -
Apr 30, 1337
The Hundred Years War Begins
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Mar 8, 1346
Black Death Plague
Started Spreading Through Europe in 1346 -
Aug 26, 1349
Thomas Bradwardine Dies
Medieval Physicist: exponential acceleration -
1453
Constantinople Captured and Occupied by Islamic Troops
Renamed "Istanbul" - end of Byzantine Empire -
Feb 3, 1468
Johannes Gutenberg Dies
He invented the printing press -
May 21, 1471
Albrecht Dürer is Born
Renaissance Artist -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther is Born
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Oct 21, 1492
Christopher Columbus Discovers America
His crew first sighted land on this date. But Leif Eriksson did it 500 years earlier! -
Oct 31, 1517
Luther's Reformation Begins
The Posting of the 95 Theses -
Apr 6, 1528
Albrecht Dürer Dies
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1543
First Portuguese Sailor Arrives in Japan
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Feb 18, 1546
Martin Luther Dies
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Dec 26, 1564
William Shakespeare is Born
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William Shakespeare Dies
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Thirty Years War Begins
The Defenestration of Prague -
John Locke is Born
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Thirty Years War Ends
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King Charles I is executed
Part of Cromwell's Revolution and the English Civil War -
Charles II Coronated
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Thomas Hobbes Dies
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J.S. Bach is Born
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English Bill of Rights
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The Declaration of Independence
The United States Rebels Against Imperialism -
Immanuel Kant Dies
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Lincoln Born
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Beethoven Dies
-
Brahms is Born
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U.S. Civil War Begins
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U.S. Civil War Ends
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Lincoln Dies
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Unification of Germany
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Schliemann Discovers Troy
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Brahms Dies
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Coolidge Becomes President
Warren Harding Dies - Coolidge Becomes President of the United States -
Alan Shepard Becomes The First American in Space
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Neil Armstrong: First Human on the Moon
United States Navy Officer Neil Armstrong