World History Calendar

Jun 25, 1950 - North Korea invaded South Korea, beginning the Korean War.

Jun 28,1919 - This treaty formally ended World War I and imposed penalties on Germany.

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Jun 28, 1914 - The assassination in Sarajevo triggered World War I.

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Jul 04, 1776 - The Thirteen Colonies declared independence from British rule.

Jul 14, 1789 - The storming of the Bastille marked the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.

Jul 14, 1789 - Storming of the Bastille marked the start of the French Revolution.

Jul 18, 1918 - Anti-apartheid revolutionary and South Africa's first Black president.

Jul 20, 1969 - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon.

Jul 28, 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, marking the beginning of World War I.

Aug 13, 1521 - Spanish forces captured Tenochtitlan, ending the Aztec Empire.

Aug 15, 1947 - India gained independence from British colonial rule.

Aug 18, 1920 - The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote in the U.S.

Sep 04, 0476 - Romulus Augustulus was deposed, marking the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Sep 11, 2001 - Coordinated terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda on the United States.

Sep 30, 1452 - Johannes Gutenberg completed printing the Bible, revolutionizing knowledge dissemination.

Oct 01, 1949 - Mao Zedong declared the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

Oct 01, 1347 - The black plague arrived in Europe, eventually killing millions and altering society.

Oct 04, 1957 - Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, beginning the space race.

Oct 12, 1492 - Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World, initiating European colonization.

Oct 14, 1066 - William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II, leading to Norman rule in England.

Oct 16, 1962 - U.S. discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba, sparking a Cold War standoff.

Oct 24, 1945 - The UN was founded to promote peace, security, and cooperation after WWII.

Oct 31, 1517 - Martin Luther's 95 Theses challenged Church doctrine and began religious reform.

Oct 31, 1517 - Luther's theses challenged Church practices, sparking the Protestant Reformation.

Nov 01, 1955 - Conflict began between North and South Vietnam; later involved the U.S.

Nov 09, 1989 - The Berlin Wall, a symbol of the Cold War, fell, paving the way for German reunification.

Dec 07, 1941 - Japan’s surprise attack led the U.S. to enter World War II.

Dec 17, 1903 - Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, NC.

Jan 01, 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln signed the proclamation freeing slaves in Confederate states.

Jan 30, 1899 - Hitler was appointed chancellor, beginning the Nazi regime.

Feb 11, 1990 - Mandela was freed after 27 years, catalyzing the end of apartheid.

3/15/44 BC - Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman senators on the Ides of March.

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Apr 06, 1321 - Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero’s letters marks an early beginning of the Renaissance.

Apr 19, 1775 - Battles of Lexington and Concord began the American Revolutionary War.

Apr 26, 1986 - A reactor exploded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union.

Apr 27, 1994 - South Africa held its first democratic elections with full enfranchisement.

May 08, 1945 - Victory in Europe Day marks Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender.