The fall of Rome The founding of Rome The Roman Republic established in 509 BC The assassination of Julius Caesar Augustus becomes first Roman Emperor Construction of the Colosseum The Roman Empire reaches its greatest territorial extent Constantine converts to Christianity The sack of Rome by the Visigoths The fall of the Western Roman Empire The Last Supper The Crucifixion of Jesus The Resurrection of Jesus The Birth of Jesus The Baptism of Jesus The Transfiguration of Jesus The Assumption of Mary The Coronation of Mary The Nativity of Mary The Crucifixion of Saint Peter The Martyrdom of Saint Paul The Conversion of Saint Paul The Creation of Adam and Eve The Fall of Adam and Eve The Tower of Babel The Great Flood The Exodus The Ten Commandments The Battle of Jericho The Birth of Buddha The Enlightenment of Buddha The Death of Buddha The Life of Confucius The Life of Lao Tzu The Life of Sun Tzu The Death of Julius Caesar The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln The Boston Tea Party The Signing of the Declaration of Independence The Storming of the Bastille The French Revolution The Coronation of Napoleon The Battle of Waterloo The Siege of Stalingrad The Liberation of Paris The Attack on Pearl Harbor The D-Day Invasion The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The Fall of the Berlin Wall The September 11 Attacks The Gulf War The Fall of Saddam Hussein The Arab Spring The Election of Barack Obama The Brexit Referendum The Impeachment of Donald Trump The COVID-19 Pandemic The Black Lives Matter Protests The Capitol Hill Insurrection The Afghanistan War The Vietnam War The Korean War The Gulf of Tonkin Incident The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cold War The Apollo 11 Moon Landing The Challenger Disaster The Invention of the Printing Press The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus The Industrial Revolution The First World War The Second World War The Holocaust The Nuremberg Trials The Berlin Airlift The Cuban Revolution The Space Race The Watergate Scandal The Iran Hostage Crisis The Fall of the Soviet Union The Gulf Oil Spill The Fukushima Disaster The Paris Climate Agreement The Blackout of 2003 The 2008 Financial Crisis The Occupy Wall Street Protests The Arab-Israeli Conflict The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The Rwandan Genocide The Syrian Civil War The Arab League Summit The Oslo Accords The Good Friday Agreement The creation of the world The fall of the Titans The battle between gods and giants The birth of Aphrodite The abduction of Persephone The judgment of Paris The birth of Athena The slaying of Medusa by Perseus The flight of Icarus The journey of Jason and the Argonauts The rape of Europa The abduction of Helen The death of Actaeon The Labors of Heracles The Trojan War The return of Odysseus The punishment of Sisyphus The punishment of Tantalus The punishment of Prometheus The death of Hector The voyage of the Argo The judgment of Solomon The temptation of Adam and Eve The tower of Babel The flood The parting of the Red Sea The Plagues of Egypt The crossing of the Jordan The sacrifice of Isaac The annunciation The nativity The baptism of Christ The transfiguration The Last Supper The betrayal of Judas The crucifixion The descent into hell The resurrection The ascension The Pentecost The conversion of Saint Paul The stoning of Saint Stephen The martyrdom of Saint Peter The martyrdom of Saint Agatha The martyrdom of Saint Catherine The martyrdom of Saint Ursula The life of Saint Francis of Assisi The life of Saint Dominic The life of Saint Teresa of Avila The life of Saint John the Baptist The life of Saint Peter The life of Saint Paul The life of Saint Joan of Arc The life of Saint Catherine of Siena The life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary The life of Saint Margaret of Scotland The life of Saint Clare of Assisi The 12 works of Hercules Hercules Slaying the Nemean Lion Hercules Slaying the nine-headed Hydra Hercules Capturing the Golden Hind Hercules Capturing the Erymanthian Boar Hercules Cleaning the Augean Stables Hercules Slaying the Stymphalian Birds Hercules Capturing the Cretan Bull Hercules Retrieving the Mares of Diomedes Hercules Obtaining the Girdle of Hippolyta Hercules Capturing the Cattle of Geryon Hercules Retrieving the Apples of the Hesperides Hercules Capturing Cerberus, the three-headed dog of the Underworld The fall of the Western Roman Empire The coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor The Norman Conquest of England The signing of the Magna Carta The start of the Hundred Years' War The Black Death The Battle of Agincourt The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire The publication of Martin Luther's 95 Theses The end of the medieval period and the beginning of the Renaissance The dawn of Humankind Domestication of fire by Humankind Development of sophisticated stone tool technology Development of agriculture The Great Fire of London The Industrial Revolution The Battle of Waterloo The English Reformation The English Civil War The creation of the universe by Chaos The birth of the Olympian gods The overthrow of the Titans by the Olympians The abduction of Persephone by Hades The slaying of the Gorgon Medusa by Perseus The Trojan War The voyage of Jason and the Argonauts The twelve labors of Heracles The punishment of Prometheus for giving fire to humans The death of Icarus after flying too close to the sun The story of Orpheus and Eurydice The defeat of the Sphinx by Oedipus The story of Daedalus and his son Icarus The tale of King Midas and his golden touch The quest of Theseus to defeat the Minotaur The punishment of Sisyphus to roll a boulder uphill for eternity The myth of Narcissus and Echo The story of Pandora and her box The tale of Demeter and Persephone The punishment of Tantalus in the afterlife The story of Bellerophon and the Chimera The tale of Atalanta and the golden apples The curse of the House of Atreus The flight of the god Hermes as a baby The tale of Arachne and Athena's weaving contest Construction of the Great Wall of China The unification of China under the Qin Dynasty Life of the Buddha and the founding of Buddhism The Maurya Empire in India The establishment of the Han Dynasty in China The creation of the Silk Road trade route The construction of the Taj Mahal in India The Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan The invention of gunpowder in China The Japanese feudal period The Islamic Golden Age The founding of the Ottoman Empire The Mughal Empire in India The Opium Wars in China The Russo-Japanese War The Korean War The Vietnam War The Iranian Revolution The establishment of the People's Republic of China The Indian Rebellion of 1857 The Boxer Rebellion in China The Indonesian National Revolution The Mongol Invasion of Japan The Battle of Talas between the Arab Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang Dynasty The Partition of India and Pakistan The voyages of Marco Polo The building of the pyramids in Egypt The spread of Islam across North Africa The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Ghana The establishment of the Mali Empire under Sundiata Keita The reign of Mansa Musa, the richest man in history The arrival of Europeans on the African continent The transatlantic slave trade The colonization of Africa by European powers The struggle for independence and decolonization The ongoing fight against apartheid and racial inequality in South Africa The arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World The founding of the first successful English colony at Jamestown, Virginia The American Revolution The Louisiana Purchase The Mexican-American War The California Gold Rush The American Civil War The completion of the first transcontinental railroad The discovery of oil in Texas The Cuban Revolution Foundation of the Kievan Rus Mongol invasion and occupation of Russia Reign of Ivan the Terrible Time of Troubles Reign of Peter the Great Reign of Catherine the Great Decembrist revolt Crimean War Bolshevik Revolution Collapse of the Soviet Union The russian invansion in Ukraine Raid on Lindisfarne The Great Heathen Army's invasion of England Battle of Stamford Bridge Founding of Dublin, Ireland by Vikings Establishment of the Viking Kingdom of York Settlement of Iceland by Vikings Battle of Clontarf Exploration of North America by Leif Erikson The Varangian Guard in Constantinople The conversion of Norway to Christianity under King Olaf Tryggvason The founding of the Ottoman Empire in 1299 by Osman I The capture of Constantinople The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent The golden age of the Ottoman empire The Founding of Venice in 421 AD The creation of the Venetian Arsenal The Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople The construction of the Rialto Bridge Ragnarok the apocalyptic battle between the gods and giants The creation of the world by Odin The theft of Thor's hammer by the giant Thrym Loki's punishment for causing the death of Baldur The binding of the wolf Fenrir Odin obtains the Mead of Poetry The death of the god Baldr Thor and Loki are captured by the giant Skrymir Thor retrieves his stolen goats from the giant Thjazi The goddess Freya acquires her necklace Brisingamen