Historical Events & Places 1-20
20 entries in the Historical Events & Places compendium.
Historical Events & Places 1-20 — 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 treaties involved Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, the kingdoms of France and SwedenPeopling of the AmericasFirst human settlement of the Americas from Asia via Beringia.PersepolisPersepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (c. It is situated in the pPopulation 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 TitanicLargest ocean liner sank on maiden voyage after hitting iceberg.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, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during WorlSilk RoadAncient network of trade routes linking East and West Asia.Partition of IndiaIt ended British Crown rule and created the modern Republic of India, the Islamic RepublicPartitions of PolandThree partitions ended the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's existence.Muslim conquest of PersiaThis event marked the end of centuries of Iranian rule in Mesopotamia and led to the decli
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