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1. 1276

   

   Irish Parliamentary Election 1918

   score 14

   Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

2. 1277

   

   Second Balkan War 1913

   score 14

   Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

3. 1278

   

   Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak 1967

   score 14

   Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

4. 1279

   

   Scramble for Africa Conference (Berlin Conference) 1884

   score 14

   In November 1884, fourteen European powers and the United States gathered in Berlin under Otto von Bismarck's chairmanship to carve up Africa without a single African representative present.

   • anticipatedBoxer Rebellion in China1900
5. 1280

   Second Empire Proclaimed 1852

   score 14

   The Second Empire's proclamation marked the end of republican government in France and restored monarchical authority under a Bonapartist veneer.

6. 1281

   

   Reconquista Completes Granada Falls 1492

   score 14

   The fall of Granada consolidated Christian dominance across Spain, reshaping Mediterranean politics and emboldening European expansion.

7. 1282

   

   Singapore Stock Exchange Established 1960

   score 14

   The 1960 establishment of Singapore's stock exchange marked a turning point for the island's financial infrastructure at a critical moment in its political history.

8. 1283

   

   Gilgamesh Flood Narrative Era 1800

   score 14

   Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

9. 1284

   

   2019 Surat fire 2019

   score 14

   The Surat fire killed 22 students—most of them teenagers preparing for competitive exams—in a space that violated every basic safety code.

10. 1285

    

    Roman Forum Inaugurated 509 BCE

    score 14

    The Forum's inauguration marked the shift from a settlement organized around a monarchy to one structured for public participation.

11. 1286

    

    Battle of Bannockburn 1314

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

12. 1287

    

    Diet of Augsburg: Religious Settlement 1555

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

13. 1288

    

    Archaic Greek Hoplite Phalanx Warfare 675

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

14. 1289

    

    Yellow Fever Epidemic New York 1793

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

15. 1290

    

    Battle of Manila Bay 1898

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

16. 1291

    

    Enrico Caruso's First Opera Recording 1902

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

17. 1292

    

    First Stanley Cup Championship 1892

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

18. 1293

    

    Wimbledon Centre Court Opens 1922

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

19. 1294

    

    Indian Presidential Election 1952

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

20. 1295

    

    Chrysler Building Completed 1930

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

21. 1296

    

    First Warsaw Pact Military Exercise 1961

    score 14

    Sits upstream of multiple events in this archive; the present still inherits its choices.

22. 1297

    

    2006 Lebanon War: Hezbollah Conflict 2006

    score 13

    The 2006 Lebanon War marked a pivotal confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah that reshaped Middle Eastern geopolitics and killed over 1,200 people in 34 days of fighting.

23. 1298

    

    Turkish War of Independence Begins 1919

    score 13

    On May 19, 1919, Mustafa Kemal launched armed resistance against Allied occupation and the Ottoman sultanate's capitulation, setting in motion a three-year conflict that would birth the modern Turkish state and redraw the map of the eastern Mediterranean.

24. 1299

    Cato Street Conspiracy Uncovered 1820

    score 13

    The conspiracy revealed the fragility of post-war British political stability and hardened the government's crackdown on radical organizing.