world history events

  • 3500 BCE

    The River Valley Civilizations

    The River Valley Civilizations
    The civilization was created after regular trading started relationships between multiple cities and states around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
  • 1588 BCE

    English defeat the Spanish Armada

    English defeat the Spanish Armada
    one of England's greatest military achievements, and a sign of the strength and spirit imparted to the country by the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
  • Period: 1096 BCE to 1099 BCE

    1st Crusade

    The First Crusade was the first of a number of religious wars initiated, supported and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period.
  • 753 BCE

    Roman Empire

    Roman Empire
    one of the greatest and most influential civilizations in world history. lasted for well over 1000 years. During that time Rome grew to rule much of Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa.
  • 571 BCE

    Birth of Muhammad

    Birth of Muhammad
    Founder of Islam and is Arab religious, socialist, and political leader.
  • 510 BCE

    The Roman Republic

    The Roman Republic
    Era of classical roman civilization
  • 323 BCE

    Greece - From 1st Persian War to the death of Alexander the Great

    Greece - From 1st Persian War to the death of Alexander the Great
    Alexander the Great became Persia, Babylon and Asia and made colonies called Macedonian in the region.
  • 4 BCE

    Birth of Jesus

    Birth of Jesus
    Using these methods, most scholars assume a date of birth between 6 and 4 BC, and that Jesus' preaching began around AD 27–29 and lasted one to three years. They calculate the death of Jesus as having taken place between AD 30 and 36.
  • Period: Apr 6, 1453 to May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople to Muslims

    The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the Byzantine Empire's capital by the Ottoman Empire. The fall of the city.
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus lands in the Western Hemisphere

    Columbus lands in the Western Hemisphere
    Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina.
  • May 20, 1498

    Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama sails around Africa to India

    Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama sails around Africa to India
    Vasco da Gama was best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope.
  • Aug 13, 1521

    Cortez defeats the Aztecs

    Cortez defeats the Aztecs
    when a coalition army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcalan warriors led by Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured the emperor Cuauhtemoc and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.
  • Jamestown established

    Jamestown established
    The Virginia Company of England sailed to a new land they called it Virginia for Elizabeth I, who was the virgin queen and began a settlement.
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    The Great War for Empire/Seven Years War

    Global war involved all five European great powers of the time plus many of the middle powers and spanned five continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines.
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    American Revolution

    The American Revolution was a colonial revolt. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America.
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    French Revolution

    The french revolution was a time of social and political arising in France and colonies were starting to form.
  • Napolean

    Napolean
    Military leader during the french revolution.
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    World War 1

    the first world war or the Great War was a global war originating in Europe
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    World War II

    War including the vast majority of the countries
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    Cold War

    More than 36,000 Americans died in that war, not to mention hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Koreans. But there were also smaller numbers of people killed in lesser encounters during the Cold War.
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    Korean War

    war between North and South Korea, At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States liberated Korea from imperial Japanese colonial control
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    Gulf War

    international conflict that was triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
  • 9/11

    9/11
    Terrorist attack by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. Crashed a plane into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center.
  • U.S. War on Terror

    U.S. War on Terror
    Started after the twin towers got crashed into
  • My Birthday

    My Birthday
    A day in history that will forever be remembered because a goddess of being amazing was born her name is Madisen Olivia Bishop.