History, important dates
The most important historical dates.
The most important historical dates.
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genesis of planet earth
about 3.3 billion years ago
first human beings
about 3 million years ago
Beginning of Stone Age
600'000 BC
Neolithic Revolution (nomads/huntsmen begin to settle/become farmers)
about 8'000 BC
Early Advanced Civilization
Egyptians( pyramids, calendar, organization of state, writing) others: Israel, Sumerians, China
about 2500 BC
Greek Heyday: (philosophy, democracy, culture)
about 1'000-300 BC
Roman Time: (Roman Republic, Empire, culture, slaves)
1'000 BC-500 AD
life time of cesar
100-44 BC
emperor August
in the year 0
migration of Germanic people to Italy-> Fall of Roman Empire
about 400 AD
end of Western Roman Empire
476 AD
end of Eastern Roman Empire = Byzantine Empire (capital of Constantinople=Instabul)
1453 AD
The Middle Ages
about 500-1500 AD
Dark Age
about 500-900
High Middle Ages
about 900-1350¨
Late Middle Ages
1350-1500
the medivial world
religion, emperor, knight, monasteries, feudalism (rich landowning noblemen <-> poor farmers without rights)
Columbus dicovers America
1492 (the Modern Age)
Invetion of the Printing Press by Gutenberg
1450 (The Modern Age)
Renaissance; Rebirth of Greek/Roman culture; beginning of the modern world, modern thinking, modern sience
1500 (the Modern Age)
Reformation schism within the Christian faith: Catholics and Protestants
1500 (the Modern Age)
Signing of the American Declaration of independence
(13 British colonies become indepedent from Great Britain)
4. July 1776
American Revolution
1776
A new state comes into being: the USA
1787
the Enlightenment (Aufklärung)
18th century
French Revolution; Storming of the Bastilles
14 July 1789
Congress of Vienna (neutrality of Switzerland guaranteed, new order in Europe)
1815
Napoleon
1799-1815
Industrial Revolution
1770
Socialism/Marxism
1770
Karl Marx
1818-1883
Imperialism (colomialism)
1870-1914
World War 1
1914-1918
The Russian Revolution
1917
The USA enter World War I
1917
Peace Treaty of Versailles
1919
The Weimar Republic in Germany
1919-1933
Hitler comes to power, facist regime in Germany
30th Jan. 1933
World War II; Holocaust
1939-1945
Two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
6th and 9th Aug. 1945
