Goodmorning Important Years in World History Birth of Jesus Christ 4 BC Death of Jesus Christ 29 A.D. Birth of Prophet Mohammed 570 Emigration of Mohammed to Madina, Beginning of Hijri era 622 Death of Prophet Mohammed 632 Magna Carta, first document limiting the powers of KIng of Enland was signed 1215 Black Death, most devastating pandemic in Europe killed over 100 million people 1348-50 100 years war between England and France 1337-1453 Christopher Columbus discovers the New World 1492 Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route from Europe to India 1497-98 Defeat of Spanish Armada also known as Invincible Fleet by England 1588 Great Plague of London which killed about 1 million people in the city 1665-66 Great fire of London which destroyed about 70000 homes in the city 1666 (2 - 5 Sep) 7 years war involving the great powers of the time 1757-1763 Declaration of independence of United States of America 1776 Beginning of the French Revolution 1789 Battle of Waterloo in which Napolean was defeated 1815 The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published 1848 On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin published 1859 Slavery is abolished by the 13th Amendment in the United States of America 1865 First modern Olympic Games held at Athens 1896 Robert Peary reached the North Pole 1909 Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole 1911 Republic of China is established, Titanic sinks 1912 1st World War 1914-1918 Russian Revolution ending the Tsarist autocracy 1917 USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) came into existence 1922 Beginning of the Great Depression 1929 2nd World War 1939-1945 Dropping of Atom Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945 Launch of Sputnik 1, marking the beginning of space age 1957 Chernobyl disaster 1986 World Wide Web invented 1990 End of apartheid in South Africa 1994 9/11 attack on World Trade Center 2001 Tsunami in Indian Ocean 2004
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