World History Timeline: 1951 - 2000 |
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AD 1 - 1000 |
Rule of Stephen, first of Arpad dynasty of Hungary; he
accepts Christianity for his people (1000-1038) |
Roman emperor Claudius invades Britain (43)
Civil war in Roman empire after Emperor Nero dies (68-69)
Romans defeated at Adrianople by Visigoths: Emperor Valens killed (378)
Attila the Hun attacks western Europe (445) |
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Hadrian's Wall built to defend province of Britain (122)
Building of Aurelian walls around Rome (271) |
Manufacture of glass and magnetic compass in China (500)
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Death of Roman emperor Augustus (14)
Great Fire of Rome (64)
Death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius; end of Pax Romana (180) |
1001 - 1100 |
Reign of Canute, Viking king of England, Denmark, Norway
and Sweden(1016-1035) |
William Duke of Normandy, defeats Harold of England at Battle
of Hastings (1066) |
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First paper money printed in China. (1023)
Movable type printing by Bi Sheng in China (1045) |
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1101 - 1200 |
David I rules Scotland (1124)
Alphonso I becomes first king of Portugal
(1139) |
Henry II invades Ireland and is accepted as its lord (1171) |
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St Denis Abbey, the first Gothic church, built by Abbot Suger
in Paris(1132) |
Magnetic compass invented(1182)
Clothing buttons invented.(1200) |
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1201 - 1300 |
Rudolph I becomes first Habsburg ruler of
Austria (1273) |
Almohads defeated by Christians at battle of Las Navas de
Tolosa (1212)
Russian Alexander Nevsky defeats Swedes at great battle on the Neva river (1240) |
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University College, first college of Oxford University, England, founded (1249)
Gun invented in China. (1250)
Mechanical clocks invented.(1280) |
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English King John seals Magna Carta (1215)
Explorer Marco Polo born in Venice (1254) |
1301 - 1400 |
Kalmar Agreement unites three Scandinavian
kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (1397) |
Scots defeat English at Battle of Bannockburn (1314) |
The first piano called the Spinet invented.(1400) |
Geoffrey Chaucer writes first book, Book of the Duchess
(1370) |
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Scales for weighing invented.(1366)
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Floods throughout western Europe (1315)
Aztecs found Mexico City (1325)
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