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50 Important Events in World History
This page is part of a publication called Number One ESL Discussion Book & Reference Guide.
Rise of The Roman Empire began in 27 BCE Early Christian Church until about 325 Fall of the (Western) Roman Empire 455 until 476 Birth and Spread of Islam early 7th century Empire of Kublai Khan late 13th and 14th centuries Rise of The Ottoman Empire late 13th century The Black Death 1346-1353 Renaissance in Europe 14th to 17th centuries Age of Exploration late 15th to early 17th centuries Spanish Conquest of the Americas late 15th to early 16th centuries The Reformation in England 16th century Protestant Reformation 16th and 17th centuries Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan 1603-1868 Age of Enlightenment late 17th and 18th centuries Seven Years’ War 1756-1763 American Revolution and War of Independence 1775-1783 French Revolution 1789-1799 Latin American Independence Movements early 19th century Conquests of Napoleon Bonaparte 1799-1815 Congress of Vienna 1814-1815 Opium Wars 1839-1860 Crimean War 1853-1856 American Civil War 1861-1865 Meiji Restoration in Japan 1868 Abolition of Slavery in the Western Hemisphere starting early 19th century Industrial Revolution middle 18th to middle 19th centuries Unification of Italy completed in 1871 Unification of Germany 1866-1871 Scramble for Africa late 19th century British Empire started 17th century and lasted to middle 20th century The Spanish-American War 1898 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 Chinese Revolution 1911 First World War 1914-1918 Russian Revolution 1917 Chinese Civil War 1927-1949 Emancipation of Women in the West early and middle 20th century Great Depression 1929-1939 Second World War 1939-1945 Cold War 1945-1991 Independence of Former Colonies 1940s to 1970s The Partition of India 1947 The Partition of Palestine 1947 Korean War 1950-1953 The Civil Rights Movement in the United States 1950s to 1960s Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 The Vietnam War 1955-1975 Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 Collapse of the USSR process ended 1991 Information Age started middle 20th century