Famous days in history
On this day, Roman Emperor Julius Ceaser was murdered by Roman Senators in the Senate, most of whom claimed to be his friend. Of course, he had plenty of blood on his hands too...
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Battle of Marathon
Some people think the most important date for western civilization is the day the Battle of Marathon took place September 2nd, 490 BCE when 11.500 Athenians and citizens of Plataea defeated the larger numbers of the invaded Persian army under Datis and Artaphernes sent by Darius I. Personally I'd vote for August 18, 1920 - Ratification of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote in the U.S.
Below is one (mostly Western) list of important dates
10,000 - 12,000 BC End of the Agrarian Age (when people lived) and beginning of farming
776 BC - Beginning of the Olympics in Greece
551 BC - Birth of Confucius
520 BC - Birth of Abraham (Approximate date, may be much earlier)
500 BC - Birth of Lao Zi
48 BC - The Library of Alexandria (Egypt) was burned by the army of Julius Ceaser
0 - Birth of Jesus - Prophet of Christianity272 - Birth of Roman Emperor Constantine - Founder of the Christianity as a religion
476 - End of the Western Roman Empire
571 - Birth of Muhammed - Prophet of Islam
1215 - Magna Carta - The Great Charter of the Liberties of England - First legal limit on the power of the King
October 13, 1307, Scores of French Templars were simultaneously arrested by Catholic agents of King Philip, later to be tortured into admitting heresy and other sacrilegious offenses. The Knights Templar previously had been the warrior monks of the Catholic Church and they also invented modern international banking in Europe.
1453 - End of the Eastern Roman Empire
1453 - Founding of the Ottoman Empire
October 12, 1493 - Christopher Columbus sights land in the Americas. A very, very bad day for Native Americans.
May 29, 1493 - Constantinople falls. End of Byzantine empire.
1548 - Birth of Giordano Bruno - Philospher, mathamatician, & astronomer, who was ultimately burned to death for his scientifc research into astronomy
January 30, 1649 - King Charles I of England is executed, the first monarch ever to be charged with high treason and executed.
July 4, 1776 - The American Declaration of independence officially adopted. First modern democracy.
July 14, 1789 - Storming of the Bastille. Turning point in the French Revolution.
June 18, 1815 - Napoleon defeated at Battle of Waterloo.
April 4, 1865 - Assasination of President Lincoln
October 9, 1899 - Start of the Boer War in South Africa.June 28, 1914 - Archduke Ferdinand assassinated. Beginning of World War 1
October 25, 1917 - Start of Bolshevik (Russian) rebellion.
June 26, 1919 - Treaty of Versailles signed. End of World War 1
August 18, 1920 - Ratification of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote in the U.S.
1923 - End of the Ottoman Empire
1928 - The Songshan Shaolin was burned, including their library
March 23, 1933 - Hitler becomes dictator of Germany. Extremely bad day for the world.
May, 1942 - The North Shaolin Temple was burned in Pan Mountain in Jixian, now-a-days Tianjin, then Hebei.
August 6, 1945 - US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima - Maybe the most terrible day in history as Japan had already lost the war.
October 1, 1949 - Founding of the People's Republic of China.
October 22, 1960 - Cuban missile crisis.
August 28, 1963 - Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.
July 20, 1969 - Man first walked on the moon.
December 17, 1971 End of the Indo-Pakistan War which resulted in the seperation of East Pakistan from Pakistan, which became independent and is now known as Bangladesh.
April 30, 1975 - End of the Vietnam War after some three million deaths.
1982 - Birth of the Internet
November 9, 1989 - Berlin wall falls, end of the Cold War.
April 30, 1995 - The Internet became commercial
776 BC - Beginning of the Olympics in Greece
551 BC - Birth of Confucius
520 BC - Birth of Abraham (Approximate date, may be much earlier)
500 BC - Birth of Lao Zi
48 BC - The Library of Alexandria (Egypt) was burned by the army of Julius Ceaser
0 - Birth of Jesus - Prophet of Christianity272 - Birth of Roman Emperor Constantine - Founder of the Christianity as a religion
476 - End of the Western Roman Empire
571 - Birth of Muhammed - Prophet of Islam
1215 - Magna Carta - The Great Charter of the Liberties of England - First legal limit on the power of the King
October 13, 1307, Scores of French Templars were simultaneously arrested by Catholic agents of King Philip, later to be tortured into admitting heresy and other sacrilegious offenses. The Knights Templar previously had been the warrior monks of the Catholic Church and they also invented modern international banking in Europe.
1453 - End of the Eastern Roman Empire
1453 - Founding of the Ottoman Empire
October 12, 1493 - Christopher Columbus sights land in the Americas. A very, very bad day for Native Americans.
May 29, 1493 - Constantinople falls. End of Byzantine empire.
1548 - Birth of Giordano Bruno - Philospher, mathamatician, & astronomer, who was ultimately burned to death for his scientifc research into astronomy
January 30, 1649 - King Charles I of England is executed, the first monarch ever to be charged with high treason and executed.
July 4, 1776 - The American Declaration of independence officially adopted. First modern democracy.
July 14, 1789 - Storming of the Bastille. Turning point in the French Revolution.
June 18, 1815 - Napoleon defeated at Battle of Waterloo.
April 4, 1865 - Assasination of President Lincoln
October 9, 1899 - Start of the Boer War in South Africa.June 28, 1914 - Archduke Ferdinand assassinated. Beginning of World War 1
October 25, 1917 - Start of Bolshevik (Russian) rebellion.
June 26, 1919 - Treaty of Versailles signed. End of World War 1
August 18, 1920 - Ratification of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote in the U.S.
1923 - End of the Ottoman Empire
1928 - The Songshan Shaolin was burned, including their library
March 23, 1933 - Hitler becomes dictator of Germany. Extremely bad day for the world.
May, 1942 - The North Shaolin Temple was burned in Pan Mountain in Jixian, now-a-days Tianjin, then Hebei.
August 6, 1945 - US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima - Maybe the most terrible day in history as Japan had already lost the war.
October 1, 1949 - Founding of the People's Republic of China.
October 22, 1960 - Cuban missile crisis.
August 28, 1963 - Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.
July 20, 1969 - Man first walked on the moon.
December 17, 1971 End of the Indo-Pakistan War which resulted in the seperation of East Pakistan from Pakistan, which became independent and is now known as Bangladesh.
April 30, 1975 - End of the Vietnam War after some three million deaths.
1982 - Birth of the Internet
November 9, 1989 - Berlin wall falls, end of the Cold War.
April 30, 1995 - The Internet became commercial