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modern history The term modern period or modern era (sometimes also called modern history or modern times) is the period of history that succeeds the Middle Ages (which ended approximately 1500 AD). This terminology is a historical periodization that is appli ...

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Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

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General timelines

Early modern period

*For a timeline of events prior to 1501, see *For a timeline of events from 1501 to 1600, see *For a timeline of events from 1601 to 1700, see Timeline of the 17th century *For a timeline of events from 1701 to 1800, see

Timeline of the 18th century __NOTOC__ This is a timeline of the 18th century. 1700s * 1700– 1721: Great Northern War between the Russian and Swedish Empires. * 1701: Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I. * 1701: Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi ...

Late modern period In many periodizations of human history, the late modern period followed the early modern period. It began approximately around the year 1800 and depending on the author either ended with the beginning of contemporary history after World War ...

*For a timeline of events from 1801 to 1900, see Timeline of the 19th century *For a timeline of events from 1901 to 1945, see

Timeline of the 20th century This is a timeline of the 20th century. 1900s 1901 * January 1: The Australian colonies federate. * January 22: Edward VII becomes King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India upon the death of Queen Victoria. * ...

** For 1914–1918, see Timeline of World War I ** For 1939–1945 see

Timeline of World War II This is a list of timelines of events over the period of World War II. Main timelines World War II * Timeline of World War II (1939) * Timeline of World War II (1940) * Timeline of World War II (1941) * Timeline of World War II (1942) * ...

Contemporary period

*For a timeline of events from 1945 to 2000, see ** Timeline of events in the Cold War *For a timeline of events from 2001 onward, see Timeline of the 21st century

Nations

* Timeline of Australian history *

Timeline of British history __NOTOC__ This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, Histo ...

* Timeline of British diplomatic history *

Timeline of Canadian history This is a brief timeline of the history of Canada, comprising important social, economic, political, military, legal, and territorial changes and events in Canada and its predecessor states. Prehistory 8th century 10th century 12t ...

Timeline of Chinese history __NOTOC__ This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the li ...

Timeline of Cuban history This is a timeline of Cuban history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Cuba and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Cuba. See also the Cuba history of th ...

* Timeline of French history *

Timeline of German history __NOTOC__ This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Germany. See also the list ...

Timeline of Greek history The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited and ruled historically. The scope of Greek habitation and rule has varied throu ...

Timeline of Indian history This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. See also the list of govern ...

Timeline of Italian history This is a timeline of Italian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Italy and its predecessor states, including Ancient Rome and Prehistoric Italy. Date of the prehistoric era are approximate. For fur ...

Timeline of Japanese history A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events. Timelines can use any suitable scale representin ...

Timeline of Mexican history This is a timeline of Mexican history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events and improvements in Mexico and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history See also the list o ...

Timeline of Polish history This is a timeline of Polish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Poland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland. See also the list of Polish ...

Timeline of Palestinian history A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events. Timelines can use any suitable scale representin ...

Timeline of Portuguese history __NOTOC__ This is a timeline of Portuguese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Portugal and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Portugal. Centuri ...

Timeline of Russian history __NOTOC__ This is a timeline of Russian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Russia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Russia. See also the list ...

Timeline of Spanish history __NOTOC__ This is a timeline of Spanish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Spain and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Spain. Centuries: 8t ...

Timeline of Turkish history See History of Turkey. See also the Hittites, Sultanate of Rum, Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey. 17th century BCE 16th century BCE 14th century BCE 13th century BCE 12th century BCE 5th century BCE 4th century B ...

Timeline of United States history A timeline is a display of a list of events in Chronology, chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with calendar date, dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events. Timelines can use any ...

Topical timelines

List of years in literature This article gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroq ...

Timeline of geopolitical changes (1900–1999) This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world between 1900 and 1999. It includes dates of declarations of independence, changes in country name, changes of capital city or name, and changes in territory such as the an ...

Timeline of geopolitical changes (2000–present) This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world since 2000. It includes dates of declarations of independence, changes in country name, changes of capital city or name, and changes in territory such as the annexation, ce ...

List of firsts in aviation This is a list of firsts in aviation. For a comprehensive list of women's records, see Women in aviation. First person to fly The first flight (including gliding) by a person is unknown. Several have been suggested. * In 559 A.D., several pr ...

Exploration

Timeline of European exploration This timeline of European exploration lists major geographic discoveries and other firsts credited to or involving Europeans during the Age of Discovery and the following centuries, between the years AD 1418 and 1957. Despite several significan ...

List of circumnavigations This is a list of circumnavigations of Earth. Sections are ordered by ascending date of completion. Global Nautical 16th century * The 18 survivors, led by Juan Sebastián Elcano, of Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition (which began wit ...

List of Arctic expeditions This list of Arctic expeditions is a timeline of historic Arctic exploration and explorers of the Arctic. 15th century * 1472: Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst Hans Pothorst ( 1440 – 1490) was a privateer, likely from the German city Hil ...

Timeline of Solar System exploration This is a timeline of Solar System exploration ordered by date of spacecraft launch. It includes: *All spacecraft that have left Earth orbit for the purposes of Solar System exploration (or were launched with that intention but failed), includ ...

Wars

* List of wars: 1500–1799 * List of wars: 1800–1899 * List of wars: 1900–1944 * List of wars: 1945–1989 * List of wars: 1990–2002 * List of wars: 2003–present

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