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These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
Famous deaths by cause; Guerrilla movements; Historians (by subfield) Historical anniversaries; Historical sites; Inventors killed by their own inventions; Missing treasure; Defunct buildings ; Roman sites. Spain; UK; World records in chess; Time periods: On this day (December 23) Months; This Year (2024) By year; By decade, century, or ...
Bomb is cited by experts as the most likely cause. [26] Islamic State: Sinai insurgency: November 12 2015 Beirut bombings: 43 200+ Beirut, Lebanon: Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh. Islamic State: Islamist extremism: November 13 November 2015 Paris attacks: 131 (+7 preparators) [27] 200+ Paris, France
It was the most widespread, largest, most costly, and deadliest war in history. Cold War ( timeline ) – period of political and military tension between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, accentuated by the rivalry between the two superpowers at that time: America (U.S.) and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.).
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
The bubonic plague, often referred to as the Black Death, is one of the most infamous pandemics in history. It ravaged Europe, Asia, and North Africa during the 14th century, peaking between 1347 ...
Less well-known trials of other Axis officials also occurred, including the Tokyo War Crime Trial. [165] The failure of the League of Nations to prevent World War II essentially discredited the organization, and it was dissolved. [166] A new attempt at world peace was begun with the founding of the United Nations on 24 October 1945, in San ...
José Gabriel Condorcanqui, known as Túpac Amaru II, raises an indigenous peasant army in revolt against Spanish control of Peru. Julián Apasa, known as Túpac Katari allied with Túpac Amaru and lead an indigenous revolt in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia) nearly destroying the city of La Paz in a siege. Spanish Empire: Túpac Amaru II: 1780 ...