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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
Its main role throughout its history was the transport of grain to the capital. 618: 18 June: Tang dynasty is founded in China. The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for almost 300 years. 622: 9 September – 23 September: Muhammad migrates from Mecca to Medina. Event will have designated first year of the Islamic calendar ...
1770: James Cook stops at Onrust Island in the Bay of Batavia for repairs to his ship Endeavour on his voyage around the world. [18] 1771: The Plague Riot in Moscow. 1771: Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford. 1772: Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
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March 9-15: Artificial intelligence program AlphaGo defeats top Go player Lee Sedol in a series of 5 games, winning 4 out of 5 games. March 20: Barack Obama becomes the first U.S. president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. April 3: Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information of 214,888 offshore companies.
An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online
History, by period (See also Timeline of world history) Prehistory – events occurring before recorded history (that is, before written records). Colorado prehistory – Prehistoric technology – technologies that emerged before recorded history (i.e., before the development of writing).
May 22: An earthquake in Valdivia, Chile of magnitude 9.4 to 9.6, the highest ever recorded, causes 1,000 to 6,000 deaths. Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes Prime Minister of Ceylon and the first female Prime Minister in the world. September 18 – 25: The first edition of the Summer Paralympic Games is hosted in Rome.