Events

Browse our list of important events from the past to view some basic facts about what happened, where it happened, when it happened, and who was involved:

The Rise of The Roman Empire
The Early Christian Church
The Fall of The Roman Empire
The Birth and Spread of Islam
The Empire of Kublai Khan
The Rise of The Ottoman Empire
The Black Death of the 14th Century
The Renaissance in Europe
The Protestant Reformation
The Age of Enlightenment
The American Revolution and War of Independence
The French Revolution
The Conquests of Napoleon Bonaparte
The American Civil War
The Abolition of Slavery in the Western Hemisphere
The Industrial Revolution
The Unification of Italy
The Unification of Germany
The British Empire
The Chinese Revolutions of 1911 and 1949
The First World War
The Emancipation of Women in the West
The Russian Revolution
The Great Depression
The Second World War
Independence of Former Colonies
The Cold War
The Social Revolutions in the West during the 1960s
The Collapse of the USSR
The Information Age