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United States1775Wars
Lexington and Concord's opening shots launched the conflict that would birth the first modern democratic republic and inspire global independence movements.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader America… - summary
England1642Wars
A nation splits over who gets to rule.
By August, both sides had raised armies and the first shots fired near Kineton in Warwickshire marked the beginning of organized, large-scale conflict. - summary
Italy135Wars
The first major slave rebellion against Rome in Sicily mobilized over 70,000 enslaved workers and revealed the structural tensions of slave-dependent agrarian empires.
Sicilian Avenue is a Grade II listed, pedestrianised Edwardian avenue in Holborn, London, that runs diagonally between Southampton Row and Bloomsbury Way. - summary
Global1898Wars
The Treaty of Paris, signed on December 10, 1898, formally concluded the Spanish-American War and redrew the map of the Caribbean and Pacific. - summary
France1870Wars
Within eleven days, on July 19, the French parliament voted overwhelmingly for war against Prussia, with Prime Minister Émile Ollivier declaring they entered "with a light heart" and "certainty of success." The French… - summary
China1842Wars
Opium War Ends, China Cedes Hong Kong
War duration: 3 years (1839–1842) - key fact
China1840Wars
War start date: June 1840 - key fact
Iraq2330 BCEWars
Sargon of Akkad's conquests represent the first documented empire-building campaign with written records of large-scale organized military operations across Mesopotamia.
War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, o… - summary
Spain1931Elections
Municipal elections toppled the monarchy and installed Spain's Second Republic, setting the stage for civil conflict.
The phrase Spanish Republic at war refers to the Second Spanish Republic during the Civil War of 1936–1939. - summary
United Kingdom1902Festivals
Edward's delayed coronation ceremony marked Britain's Edwardian age, celebrated across the empire as the capstone of Victorian stability.
The coronation of Edward VII and his wife, Alexandra, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 9 August 1902. - summary
United Kingdom1901Festivals
The coronation of Victoria's successor ushered in the Edwardian era and shifted British imperial policy toward European alliances.
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. - summary
Czech Republic1805Wars
Napoleon's decisive victory at Austerlitz reshaped European power and established him as continental military master.
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–1804) under the First Consul followed by the First French … - summary
Soviet Union1922Wars
The Reds' victory in the Russian Civil War consolidated Bolshevik control and established the Soviet Union as a revolutionary state.
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was a communist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous constituent republic of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1922 to 1991, until becoming … - summary
France1914Wars
Decisive WWI engagement that halted the German advance and established the Western Front stalemate, shaping four years of industrial warfare.
The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914. - summary
Global1914Wars
A teenager's bullets topple empires and launch total war.
Austria-Hungary, already rattled by Balkan instability and Serbian nationalist movements, interpreted the assassination as a Serbian act of war. - summary
France1852Elections
Louis-Napoléon's plebiscite transformed the Second Republic into an authoritarian empire, reshaping Paris and French political culture.
The French electorate had grown weary of the Second Republic's instability, and Bonaparte capitalized on Bonapartist nostalgia, economic anxiety, and the specter of socialist unrest that had haunted the nation since t… - summary
Netherlands1713Wars
The peace treaty ended the War of Spanish Succession and redistributed colonial power, establishing Britain as a global superpower.
The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. - summary
Soviet Union1980Sports
The US-led boycott of Moscow Olympics and Soviet response four years later weaponized the Games as Cold War battlegrounds, fragmenting global sport.
Chad has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held between 1964 and 1972 and from 1984 onwards, Chad never won an Olympic medal. - summary
Israel1967Wars
How Israel's blitzkrieg redrew the Middle East map in 132 hours
By the war's end on June 11, Israel had defeated not just Egypt but also Jordan and Syria, capturing vast territories including the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. - summary
Japan1945Wars
The second atomic weapon deployed against Japan, killing 70,000 instantly and cementing nuclear weapons as instruments of mass warfare.
Nagasaki had been selected as a secondary target because of poor visibility over the primary objective, Kokura. - summary