Historical Events & Places
20 entries in the Historical Events & Places compendium.
Historical Events & Places — Era Chart
Monroe DoctrineU.S. policy opposing foreign intervention in the Western Hemisphere.Moon landingArrival of a spacecraft on the lunar surface.Nanjing MassacreMass rape and murder by Japanese forces in Nanjing.Norman Conquest11th-century invasion that made William the Conqueror king of England.Peace of WestphaliaThe Peace of Westphalia, known in German as the Westfälischer Friede, refers to two separaPeopling of the AmericasFirst human settlement of the Americas from Asia via Beringia.PersepolisPersepolis served as the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, which lasted from arPopulation transfer in the Soviet UnionForced relocations of millions under Stalin and Beria.Prague SpringA period of liberalization crushed by Warsaw Pact invasion.ReconquistaSeries of Christian campaigns ending Muslim rule in Iberia.Scramble for AfricaEuropean powers partitioned and colonised most of Africa.September 11 attacksCoordinated al-Qaeda suicide hijackings killed nearly 3,000 people.Sinking of the TitanicMinimalist composition imagining the Titanic band's music reverberating underwater.Space RaceCold War competition for spaceflight supremacy between the US and USSR.Spanish fluA deadly global pandemic misnamed after Spain due to wartime censorship.The HolocaustThe Holocaust, called the Shoah in Hebrew, refers to the systematic murder of European JewSilk RoadAncient network of trade routes linking East and West Asia.Partition of IndiaThe partition of India in 1947 divided British India into two independent dominions: the UPartitions of PolandThree partitions ended the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's existence.Muslim conquest of PersiaThe Muslim conquest of Persia, occurring between 633 and 651 CE, saw the Rashidun Caliphat
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