Important Dates in world History
B.C.
767 :
First Olympiad in Greece
221 :
Chin-Hung Ti ‘Universal Emperor’ in China: Great wall completed
55 :
Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar The Great Roman General.
44 :
Assassination of Caesar (Roman General) by Brutus.
4 :
Assumed birth of Jesus Christ.
A.D
33 :
Death of Jesus Christ.
375 :
Invasion of Europe by Huns.
569(c) :
Birth of Prophet Mohammed at Mecca.
622 :
Flight of Mohammed from Mecca
to Medina;
Mohammedan Calendar
commenced on July 15.
871 :
Accession of Alfred the Great to the throne of Britain.
901 :
Death of King Alfred the Great.
1215 :
Magana Carta or the great charter signed by king Johan ii at Runnymede in
England on June 15. It
is foundation stone of the right and liberties of the English people
1338 :
The hundred year’s war broke out; It lasted up to 1453.
1492 : Columbus sailed on his
first exepedition to the West Indies which
later led to
the discovery of America.
1498 : (20th
May) Vasco de gama, a Portuguese, discovered the sea route via the cape
of good hope; arrived at Calicut.
1564 :
birth of Shakespeare.
1616 :
Shakespeare passes away.
1649-60: The commonwealth & the protectorate in England.
1660 :
Restoration of Monarchy in England.
1668 :
The bloodless or glorious in England. Despotic rule of the Stuarts
ended & the
Parliamentary rule began
Establishment of parliamentary supremacy &
abolition of the divine
right of kings.
1763 : Treaty
of Paris. It
ended the seven years war (1756-63), weakened France,
made England a great
colonial power.
1776 :
Declaration of American Independence.
1783 :
Treaty of Versailles.
England
recognized the independence of the united state
of America.
1789 :
Gorge Washington
elected first president of America.
1821 :
Death of napoleon at st. Helena (may 5).
1837 :
Accession of Queen Victoria
to the throne of England.
1839 :
Introduction of penny postage in England by Sir Ronald hill. Aden annexed by
England .
1861 :
American civil war started. Abraham Lincoln elected 16th
president of U.S.A.
1863 :
Slavery abolished in America.
1865 :
Abraham Lincoln elected president of America for second term; Lincoln
assassinated.
1869 :
Suez Canal opened for traffic.
1885 :
Formation of the Indian national congress.
1895 :
X-Ray discovered by roentgen.
1896 :
Marconi invented wireless.
1912 :
Establishment of the Chinese
Republic.
1919 :
The league of nations founded on January 10.
1924 :
Lenin died & power passed into the hands of Stalin in Russia
1933 :
Hitler became the chancellor of Germany.
1939-45 :
World War II.
1945 : Atom bomb dropped Hiroshima (6th August) and Nagasaki (9th August)
.
1948 :
Burma
(4th January) & Ceylon
(6th February) achieved Independence.
1957 :
Artificial earth satellites (Sputnik 1&11) launched by Russia.
1963 :
Russia
launched the first women. Valentine Tereshkova into space (16th
June).
1966 :
Lunik 1X lands on moon ( 3rd February ). Treaty of India & Pakistan
1988 :
Mrs. Benazir Bhutto becomes first woman prime minister of Pakistan.
1995 :
World trade organization (W TO) comes into existence.
1996 :
Atlanta Olympic,
Kofi Annan as new General Secretary
1997 :
NASE space – craft Path – finder landed
1998 :
The Birth of Euro currencies
1999 :
NATO forces launch attack on Yugoslavia
