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- Thera, Eruption, ca. 1650 BCE (1)
- Trojan War (12th or 11th century BCE) (4)
- Greco-Persian Wars, 499 BCE-449 BCE (2)
- Wars of Alexander the Great, 335 BCE-323 BCE (1)
- Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, ca. 30 C.E. (1)
- Great Fire of Rome, July 19, 64 (1)
- Great Jewish Revolt, 66-73 (1)
- Mt. Vesuvius Eruption (3)
- Norman Conquest, 1066 (1)
- First Crusade, 1095-1099 (2)
- Second Crusade 1147-1149 (1)
- Third Crusade 1187-1192 (1)
- Fourth Crusade, 1202-1204 (1)
- Hundred Years' War, 1337-1453 (2)
- Black Death in Europe, 1348-1350 (7)
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- Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire, 1519-1521 (4)
- Landing at Jamestown, VA, May 13, 1607 (3)
- Pilgrims Landing at Plymouth Rock, November 1620 (2)
- Signing of the Mayflower Compact, U.S., November 11, 1620 (1)
- Voyage of the Mayflower, 1620 (2)
- Puritans Establish Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1625 (1)
- Great Plague of London, 1665-1666 (1)
- Salem Witch Trials, 1692 (2)
- War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714 (1)
- Great Awakening, New England, 1740-1742 (1)
- Seven Years War, 1756-1763 (2)
- Stamp Act, 1765-1766 (3)
- Townshend Acts, 1767-1770 (1)
- Boston Massacre, MA, March 5, 1770 (2)
- Boston Tea Party, MA, December 16, 1773 (4)
- American Revolution, 1775-1783 (33)
- Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865 (3)
- Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, PA, 1787 (4)
- Shays's Rebellion, 1787 (1)
- French Revolution, 1789-1799 (4)
- Bill of Rights Ratified, U.S., December 15, 1791 (1)
- War of the Third Coalition, 1803-1806 (1)
- Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803-1806 (2)
- Burr-Hamilton Duel, Weehawken, NJ, July 11, 1804 (1)
- Embargo Act, U.S., December 22, 1807 (1)
- Mexican Revolution, 1810-1821 (1)
- War of 1812 (4)
- Napoleon's Invasion of Russia, June 24-November 18, 1812 (2)
- Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815 (1)
- Monroe Doctrine, 1823 (1)
- Underground Railroad, 1830s-1860s (2)
- Nat Turner's Insurrection, 1831 (1)
- Black Hawk War, 1832 (1)
- Texas War for Independence, 1835-1836 (7)
- Panic of 1837 (1)
- Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 (2)
- Opium Wars, China, 1839-1860 (1)
- Council House Fight, San Antonio, TX, March 19, 1840 (1)
- U.S. Annexation of Texas, 1845 (1)
- Mormon Pioneer Trail, 1846 (1)
- Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 (6)
- Irish Potato Famine, 1846-1850 (3)
- Donner Party, 1846-1847 (1)
- Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1920 (1)
- California Gold Rush, 1849 (4)
- Taiping Rebellion, China, 1850-1864 (1)
- Fugitive Slave Act, U.S., September 18, 1850 (2)
- Crimean War, 1853-1856 (1)
- Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1859 (7)
- Kansas-Nebraska Act Enacted, U.S., May 30, 1854 (2)
- Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858 (1)
- Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, September 7 - 11, 1857 (1)
- Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 (1)
- Harpers Ferry Raid, VA, October 16, 1859 (1)
- John Brown, Execution, Charles Town, WV, December 2, 1859 (2)
- French Intervention in Mexico, 1861-1867 (1)
- Navajo Wars, 1861-1864 (1)
- U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865 (122)
- Homestead Act, 1862 (1)
- Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877 (10)
- Red Cloud's War, 1866-1868 (3)
- Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, 1866-1869 (6)
- Comanche Campaign, 1867-1875 (1)
- Fort Laramie Treaty between the U.S. and Sioux, November 6, 1868 (1)
- Camp Grant Massacre, Fort Grant, AZ, April 30, 1871 (1)
- Chicago Fire, October 8-10, 1871 (1)
- Panic of 1873 (1)
- Red River War, TX, 1874-1875 (1)
- Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, 1876 (1)
- Great Sioux War, 1876-1877 (6)
- Great Railroad Strike, United States, July 14-September 4, 1877 (1)
- Hatfield-McCoy Feud, U.S., 1878-1891 (1)
- Lincoln County War, New Mexico, 1878 (1)
- American Industrial Era, 1880s-1930 (1)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, AZ, 1881 (2)
- James Garfield Shot, July 2, 1881 (1)
- Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890 (1)
- Pine Ridge Campaign, U.S., 1890-1891 (1)
- Homestead Strike, Homestead, PA, June 30th-November 20th, 1892 (1)
- Panic of 1893-1896 (1)
- U.S. Annexation of Hawai'i, 1898 (1)
- Spanish-American War, 1898 (4)
- Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900 (1)
- Galveston Hurricane, September 8, 1900 (2)
- Wright Brothers' First Flight, Kitty Hawk, NC, 1903 (2)
- Russian Revolution, 1905 (1)
- Dreyfus Affair, 1894-1906 (1)
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 18-21, 1906 (2)
- Panic of 1907 (1)
- Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 (6)
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire, New York, NY, March 25, 1911 (1)
- Titanic Sinks, April 15, 1912 (1)
- World War I, 1914-1918 (26)
- Russian Revolution, 1917-1921 (3)
- Prohibition, U.S., 1919-1933 (8)
- Chicago Race Riot of 1919 (1)
- Arrest and Trial of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, 1920 (1)
- Tulsa race massacre, May 31 - June 1, 1921 (1)
- Beer Hall Putsch, Munich, Germany, November 8-9, 1923 (1)
- Scopes Monkey Trial, Dayton, TN, 1925 (1)
- Sacco and Vanzetti, Execution, Boston, MA, August 23, 1927 (1)
- Mississippi River Flood 1927 (2)
- Dust Bowl, 1928-1935 (2)
- Great Depression, 1929-1941 (17)
- Salt Satyagraha, India, May 1930 (1)
- Adolf Hitler, Assumes Dictatorship of Germany, March 23, 1933 (1)
- Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (2)
- Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 (2)
- Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 (3)
- Amelia Earhart, Disappearance, July 2, 1937 (1)
- Holocaust, 1939-1945 (3)
- World War II, 1939-1945 (128)
- Cold War, 1945-1989 (21)
- First Indochina War, 1946-1954 (2)
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts, 1948- (1)
- Israeli Independence Declared, May 14, 1948 (1)
- Korean Conflict, 1950-1953 (9)
- Iran, Coup d'Etat, August 19, 1953 (1)
- U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954- (14)
- Suez Crisis, 1956 (1)
- Cuban Revolution, 1956-1959 (3)
- Vietnam War, 1956-1975 (17)
- Space Race, 1957-1975 (7)
- Great Leap Forward, China, 1958 (1)
- Second Wave Feminism, 1960-1990 (1)
- John F. Kennedy, Assassination, Dallas, TX, November 22, 1963 (8)
- Cultural Revolution, China, 1966-1972 (1)
- Apollo 13 Moon Mission, April 11-17, 1970 (1)
- Watergate Scandal, 1972-1975 (6)
- United States Bicentennial, 1976 (1)
- First Transatlantic Flight of the Concorde Jet Completed, 1977 (1)
- Iranian Revolution, 1978-1979 (4)
- Iranian Embassy Siege, 1980 (1)
- Ronald Reagan, Assassination Attempt by John Hinckley, March 30, 1981 (1)
- Falkland Islands War, 1982 (1)
- Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1987 (3)
- Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion, 1986 (2)
- Revolutions of Eastern Europe, 1989 (1)
- Tiananmen Square Massacre, Beijing, China, April-June 1989 (1)
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 (1)
- FBI Siege of Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, ID, 1992 (1)
- FBI Siege of Branch Davidian Compound at Waco, TX, 1993 (1)
- Oklahoma City Bombing, Oklahoma City, OK, April 19, 1995 (1)
- Global Counter Terrorism, 2001- (1)
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 (6)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 (3)
- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, March 11, 2011 (1)
- Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, March 8, 2014 (1)