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x 228 Incident The 228 Monument located near the Presidential Office in Taipei Feb 28, 1947    
The 228 Incident, also known as the 228 Massacre, was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that began on February 27, 1947 and was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang (KMT) government. Estimates of the number of deaths vary from ten thousand to...
x Apollo 12 AP12goodship Nov 14, 1969 Nov 24, 1969  
Apollo 12 was the sixth manned mission in the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. The mission was commanded by Charles "Pete" Conrad, and launched in November 1969, four months after Apollo 11. The landing site for the mission was the...
x Apollo 1 Apollo 1 patch Jan 27, 1967    
Apollo 1 is the official name that was later given to the never-flown Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) mission. Its command module (CM-012) was destroyed by fire during a test and training exercise on January 27, 1967 at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34, Cape...
x Defenestrations of Prague Defenestration-prague-1618 1618    
The Defenestrations of Prague were two incidents in the history of Bohemia. The first occurred in 1419 and the second in 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly used to refer to the second incident. Both helped to trigger...
x Battle of Naseby The Battle Field at Naseby 20,04,2007 Jun 14, 1645   Naseby
The Battle of Naseby was the key battle of the first English Civil War. On 14 June 1645, the main army of King Charles I was destroyed by the Parliamentarian New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. At the beginning of 1645, King...
x Trafalgar 200 The re-enactment of the announcement of the death of Nelson from the Union Hotel, Penzance. 2005    
Trafalgar 200 was a series of events in 2005 held mostly in the United Kingdom to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, where a British fleet led by Admiral Nelson (who died in the battle) defeated a joint Franco-Spanish fleet...
x Battle of Trafalgar Oct 21, 1805   Cape Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition (August-December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803...
x Great Fire of London Great Fire London Sep 2, 1666 Sep 5, 1666 London
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman City...
x Great Plague of London Bill of Mortality 1665 1666 London
The Great Plague (1665-1666) was a massive outbreak of disease in England that killed an estimated 100,000 people, 20% of London's population. The disease was historically identified as bubonic plague, an infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis,...
x Gunpowder Plot Nov 5, 1605    
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, or the Powder Treason, as it was known at the time, was a failed attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to kill King James I of England and VI of Scotland, his family, and most of the Protestant aristocracy in...
x First English Civil War English civil war map 1642 to 1645 1642 1646 England
The First English Civil War (1642–1646) commenced the series of three wars known as the English Civil War (or "Wars"). "The English Civil War" was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and...
British Isles
x Second English Civil War Pontefract Castle 1648 1648 1649 England
The Second English Civil War (1648–1649) was the second of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars) which refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642...
x Third English Civil War Cromwell at Dunbar Andrew Carrick Gow 1649 1651 British Isles
The Third English Civil War (1649–1651) was the last of the English Civil Wars (1642–1652), a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The Preston campaign of the Second Civil War was undertaken...
x Scottish Civil War Riot against Anglican prayer book 1637 1644 1645 Scotland
Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms covers Scotland's involvement in the wider conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms between 1644 and 1650. The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were a series of civil wars that were fought in Scotland,...
x Greek Civil War Gr-map 1946 1949 Greece
The Greek Civil War (Greek: ο Eμφύλιος [Πόλεμος], "the Civil War") was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by Britain and the USA, and the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE), the military branch of the Greek Communist...
x Wars of the Three Kingdoms Riot against Anglican prayer book 1637 1939 1951  
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (sometimes known as the Wars of the Three Nations) formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in England, Ireland, and Scotland between 1639 and 1651 after these three countries had come under the ...
x English Civil War Lastseefather 1642 1651 England
The English Civil War (1641–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) civil wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters...
x Seminole Wars Osceola 1817 1858 Florida
The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, were three conflicts in Florida between various groups of Native Americans collectively known as Seminoles and the United States. The First Seminole War was from 1817 to 1818; the Second Seminole...
x First Carlist War Stephens iii 1833 1839 Spain
The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1839. At the beginning of the 18th century, Philip V, the first Bourbon king of Spain, promulgated the Salic Law, which declared illegal the inheritance of the Spanish crown by women. His...
x Irish Confederate Wars Kilkenny castle 1641 1653 Ireland
This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641-53. For the political context of this conflict, see Confederate Ireland. The Irish Confederate Wars, also sometimes called the Eleven Years War (derived from the Irish language...
x The Great Exhibition Crystal Palace from the northeast from Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851 May 1, 1851 Oct 15, 1851  
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations or Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in...
x Haymarket Riot Exaggerated 19th century engraving showing flames and smoke following the Haymarket riot. 1886    
The Haymarket Riot on May 4, 1886 in Chicago is generally considered to have been an important influence on the origin of international May Day observances for workers. In popular literature this event inspired the caricature of "a bomb-throwing...
x Newark riots   Jul 12, 1967 Jul 17, 1967 Newark
The 1967 Newark riots were a major civil disturbance that occurred in the city of Newark, New Jersey between July 12 and July 17, 1967. The six days of rioting, looting, and destruction left 26 dead and hundreds injured. In the period leading up to...
x Battle of Hjörungavágr Olav Tryggvasons saga - Uvaeret Hjoerungavaag - H 986 C.E. 986 C.E.  
The Battle of Hjörungavágr (Modern Norwegian Hjørungavåg) is a semi-legendary naval battle that took place in the late 10th century between the Jarls of Lade and a Danish invasion fleet led by the fabled Jomsvikings. The battle is described in the...
x Crusades SiegeofAntioch 1095 1291  
The Crusades were a series of religiously-sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Latin Christian Europe. The specific crusades to regain control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years, between 1095 and 1291. Other...
x Black Death Black Death 1340    
The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. It is widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis (Plague). The Black Death was, according to chronicles,...
x Sieges of Constantinople Siege of Constantinople 626 C.E. 1453  
There were several sieges of Constantinople during the history of the Byzantine Empire. Two of them resulted in the capture of Constantinople from Byzantine rule: in 1204 by Crusaders, and in 1453 by the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II. In 1261, a...
x Fall of Constantinople Siege of Constantinople May 29, 1453    
The Fall of Constantinople occurred after a siege during which the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Mehmed II attempted to capture the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople which was defended by the army of Emperor Constantine XI...
x Washington's crossing of the Delaware Jehu Eyre advised and fought alongside George Washington, with whom he crossed the Delaware in 1776. Dec 25, 1776 Dec 25, 1776 Trenton
Washington's crossing of the Delaware, occurring on December 25, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey at the Battle of Trenton. After securing the army...
x American Revolutionary War Rev collage Apr 19, 1775   Lexington
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen united former British colonies on the North American continent, and ended in a global war...
North America
Atlantic Ocean
East Coast of the United States
x Battle of Trenton Jehu Eyre advised and fought alongside George Washington, with whom he crossed the Delaware in 1776. Dec 26, 1776   Trenton
The Battle of Trenton took place on December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. The hazardous crossing in adverse weather allowed Washington...
x The Volpini Exhibition, 1889 Paul Gauguin 087 1889    
The Exhibition at the Café Volpini in summer 1889 was arranged by Paul Gauguin and his circle, on the walls of a café just outside the gates of the Exposition universelle, and run by a certain Monsieur Volpini. Though Gauguin and his companions had...
x First Crusade The siege of Jerusalem in 1099. 1095   Near East
The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to the appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. The Emperor requested that western volunteers come to their aid and repel the Seljuk Turks from Anatolia,...
x Crimean War Malakhov1 Mar 1854 Feb 1856 Crimea
The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Oriental War (Russian: Восточная война, Vostochnaya Voina) (October 1853–February 1856) was fought between the Russian Empire on one side and an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of...
x Protestant Reformation 95Thesen 1517 1648  
The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe which is generally deemed to have begun with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses although a number of precursors such as Johannes Hus predate that event. As a historical period, the...
x Thirty Years' War Location of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1618 1648 Europe
The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily (though not exclusively) in Germany and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe. Naval warfare also...
x Battle of Adrianople Aug 9, 378 C.E.   Edirne
The Battle of Adrianople (August 9, 378), sometimes known as the Battle of Hadrianopolis, was fought between a Roman army led by the Roman Emperor Valens and Gothic rebels (largely Thervings as well as Greutungs, non-Gothic Alans, and various local...
x Pacers-Pistons brawl Artestpunchoffaninbrawl Nov 19, 2004    
The Pacers–Pistons brawl (colloquially known as The Malice at the Palace) was an altercation that occurred in a National Basketball Association game between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers on November 19, 2004 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in...
x Battle of Hastings Hastings battleplan Oct 14, 1066 Oct 14, 1066 Battle
The Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066) was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England. It was fought between the Norman army of William the Conqueror, and the English army led by Harold Godwinson. The battle took place at Senlac...
x American Revolution Declaration independence 1775 1783  
The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the Parliament of Great Britain, and then rejected the British monarchy...
x Rum Rebellion A contemporary propaganda cartoon of Bligh's arrest produced to show Bligh as being a coward Jan 26, 1808    
The Rum Rebellion, also known as the Rum Puncheon Rebellion, of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's recorded history. The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under...
x Eureka Stockade Charles Hotham 1854   Ballarat
The Eureka Stockade was the setting of a gold miners' revolt in 1854 near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region. The revolt was prompted by grievances over heavily priced mining items, the...
x Victorian gold rush Nerrena Fossickers in the Creek Nerrena 1851   Victoria
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. In 10 years the Australian population nearly tripled. During this era Victoria dominated the world's gold output. Ballarat for...
x Federation of Australia Andrew Inglis Clark   Jan 1, 1901 Australia
The federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed a federation. When the Constitution of Australia...
x Battle of Gallipoli The Battle of Gallipoli, February–April 1915 Apr 25, 1915 Jan 9, 1916 Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign took place at Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey from 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916, during the First World War. A joint British Empire and French operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Istanbul, and secure a sea...
x First Battle of Ypres First Battle of Ypres - Map Oct 19, 1914 Nov 30, 1914 Ypres
The First Battle of Ypres, also called the Battle of Flanders, was the last major battle of the first year of World War I (1914); actually a series of battles, starting on 19 October and ending, according to the various histories, on 13 November ...
x War of 1812 Jun 18, 1812 Mar 23, 1815 Pacific Ocean
The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire (particularly Great Britain and British North America), was fought from 1812 to 1815. There were several immediate stated causes for the U.S. declaration of war: first, a...
Atlantic Ocean
North America
Gulf Coast of the United States
x Battle of Waterloo Sadler, Battle of Waterloo Jun 18, 1815 Jun 18, 1815 Waterloo
In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo, Belgium) forces of the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von...
x Storming of the Bastille Necker, Jacques - Duplessis Jul 14, 1789 Jul 14, 1789 Paris
The Storming of the Bastille in Paris occurred on 14 July, 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. While the prison contained only seven prisoners, its fall was the...
x The March on Versailles An engraving of the Women's March on Versailles, October 5, 1789 Oct 5, 1789   Palace of Versailles
The March on Versailles, also known as The Bread March of Women, and The Women's March on Versailles, was an event in the French Revolution. Although the National Assembly had taken the Tennis Court Oath and the Bastille had fallen at the hands of...
x Treaty of Trianon Treaty of trianon negotiations Jun 4, 1920 Jun 4, 1920 Grand Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon was the peace treaty concluded in 1920 at the end of World War I by the Allies of World War I, on one side, and Hungary, seen as a successor of Austria-Hungary, on the other. The treaty established the borders of Hungary and...
x Battle of Ningyuan   1626 1626 Xingcheng
The Battle of Ningyuan (寧遠之戰) was a battle between the Han Chinese Ming Dynasty and the Manchurian Later Jin in 1626. The Ming won this battle. This battle marked the temporary resurgence of the Imperial Ming army after a long series of defeats....
x Revolt of the Three Feudatories   1673 1681 China
The Three Feudatories (Chinese: 三藩; pinyin: sān fán) were territories in southern China bestowed by the early Manchu rulers on three Chinese generals (Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Kexi). In the second half of the 17th century (from around...
x White Lotus Rebellion   1796 1804  
The White Lotus Rebellion (Chinese: 川楚白莲教起义; pinyin: Chuān chŭ bái lián jiào qǐ yì, 1796-1804) was a Chinese anti-Manchu uprising that occurred during the Qing Dynasty. It broke out in 1796 among impoverished settlers in the mountainous region that...
x Second Opium War Interior of Angle of North Fort Immediately after Its Capture, 21st August, 1860 Oct 8, 1856 Oct 18, 1860 China
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war of the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China from 1856-1860. "Second Opium War" and "Arrow...
x Wuchang Uprising WuchangUprising Oct 10, 1911   Wuchang
The Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911 started the Xinhai Revolution, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC). In 1900, the ruling Qing Dynasty created a modernized army called the "New...
x Battle of Lake Poyang   Aug 30, 1363 Oct 4, 1363 Lake Poyang
The naval battle of Lake Poyang (鄱陽湖之戰) took place 30 August – 4 October 1363 and was one of the final battles fought in the fall of China's Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. There were at this time a number of rebel groups who sought to topple the reigning...
x Tumu Crisis   1449    
The Tumu Crisis (Chinese: 土木之變; pinyin: Tŭmù zhī bìan); also called Crisis of Tumubao (土木堡之變); or Battle of Tumu (土木之役), was a frontier conflict between Mongolia and the Chinese Ming Dynasty which led to the capture of the Zhengtong Emperor on...
x Battle of Kulikovo Sep 8, 1380 Sep 8, 1380 Kulikovo Field
The Battle of Kulikovo (Russian: Куликовская битва, битва на Куликовском поле) was fought by the Tartaro-Mongols (the Golden Horde) and the Russians. The battle took place on September 8, 1380 at the Kulikovo Field near the Don River (now Tula...
x Battle of Karnal   Feb 24, 1739 Feb 24, 1739 Karnal
The Battle of Karnal (February 24, 1739), was a decisive victory for Nader Shah the emperor of Persia during his invasion of India. Shah's forces defeated the army of Muhammad Shah, the Mughal emperor, paving the way for the sack of Delhi by the...