Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Basic timeline of Uganda


This post is a basic timeline of Uganda. There are 15 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (50,000 years ago)
  • Bantu Expansion (1000 BC - 0 AD)
  • Bunyoro kingdom (13th century - 19th century)
  • Bugana kingdom (1300-1894)
  • British Protectorate of Uganda (1894-1962)
  • Uganda gains independence (1962)
  • Military coup d'état (1971)
  • Idi Amin dictatorship (1971-1979)
  • Uganda-Tanzania War (1978-1979)
  • Ugandan Bush War (1980-1986)
  • National Resistance Movement (1986 - now)
  • Civil War in Uganda (1986-1994)
  • Lord's Resistance Army (1987 - now)
  • First Congo War (1996-1997)
  • Second Congo War (1998-2003)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Uganda at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Uganda.)

Basic timeline of Sudan


This post is a basic timeline of Sudan. There are 22 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Butana culture (4th millennium - 3rd millennium BC)
  • Gash culture (3000 - 1800 BC)
  • Jebel Mokram culture (1800 BC)
  • Kingdom of Kush (1000 BC - 350 AD)
  • Blemmyes (7th century BC - 8th century AD)
  • Nobatia Kingdom (400 - 7th century AD)
  • Makuria Kingdom (5th century - 16th century AD)
  • Alodia (6th century - 1500 AD)
  • Rashidun Caliphate invades Sudan (642, 652 AD)
  • Daju Kingdom (12th century - 15th century)
  • Shilluk Kingdom (15th century - 1861)
  • Tunjur Kingdom (15th century - 1650)
  • Funj Sultanate (1504-1821)
  • Ottoman Empire invades Sudan (1585)
  • Taqali Kingdom (1750-1969)
  • Turkish Sudan ruled by Ottoman Empire (1871-1898)
  • Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1896-1899)
  • Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1899-1956)
  • First Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972)
  • Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005)
  • War in Darfur (2003 - now)
  • South Sudan secedes (2011)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Sudan at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Sudan.)

Basic timeline of Algeria


This post is a basic timeline of Algeria. There are 26 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Phoenician traders arrive (900 BC)
  • Vandal Kingdom (435 - 534 AD)
  • Byzantine Empire occupies Algeria (534 - 8th century AD)
  • Conquered by Umayyad Caliphate (8th century AD)
  • Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
  • Fatimid Caliphate (909 - 1171 AD)
  • Zirid dynasty (972- 1148 AD)
  • Berber Revolt (739-743 AD)
  • Emirate of Tlemcen (742 - 1066 AD)
  • Maghrawa dynasty (970-1069)
  • Hammadid dynasty (1014-1152)
  • Kingdom of Tlemcen (1235-1554)
  • First Spanish conquest of Oran (1509)
  • Kingdom of Beni Abbas (1510-1872)
  • Kingdom of Kuku (1515-1638)
  • Ottoman Algeria (1516-1830)
  • Second Spanish conquest of Oran (1732)
  • Spanish-Algerian War (1775-1785)
  • French Algeria (1830-1962)
  • Algerian War for independence (1954-1962)
  • Military coup d'état (1965)
  • October Riots (1988)
  • Algerian Civil War (1991-2002)
  • Military coup d'état (1992)
  • Algerian protests (2010-2012)
  • Algerian protests (2019 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Algeria at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Algeria.)

Basic timeline of Kenya


This post is a basic timeline of Kenya. There are 14 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Kansyore culture (5th millennium - 1st millennium BC)
  • Urewe culture (6th century BC - 6th century AD)
  • Bantu culture arrives (1st millennium AD)
  • Vasco da Gama and Portugal arrive (1498)
  • Siege of Fort Jesus (1696-1698)
  • British East Africa rules Kenya (1895-1920)
  • Kenya Colony (1920-1963)
  • Mau Mau Uprising (1952-1960)
  • Kenya gains independence (1963)
  • Shifta War (1963-1967)
  • Kisumu massacre (1969)
  • Attempted coup d'état (1982)
  • Wagalla massacre (1984)
  • Kenya election crisis (2007-2008)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Kenya at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Kenya.)

Basic timeline of Colombia


This post is a basic timeline of Colombia. There are 25 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Quimbaya culture (~1st century BC)
  • Tairona culture (~1st century AD)
  • Zenu (200 BC - 1600 AD)
  • Muisca Confederation (~1450-1540)
  • Alonso de Ojeda and Spain arrive (1499)
  • Spain establishes Cartagena city (1533)
  • Spanish conquest of the Muisca (1537-1540)
  • Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717-1821)
  • Colombia declares independence (1810)
  • Simon Bolivar leads independence campaign (1819-1820)
  • Battle of Boyaca (1819)
  • Gran Colombia (1819-1831)
  • Republic of New Granada (1831-1858)
  • Granadine Confederation (1858-1863)
  • United States of Colombia (1863-1886)
  • Repbulic of Colombia (1886 - now)
  • Panama secedes from Colombia (1903)
  • La Violencia civil war (1948-1958)
  • April 19th Movement (1960-1990)
  • Columbia conflict (1964 - now)
  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (1964 - now)
  • National Liberation Army (1964 - now)
  • Palace of Justice siege by M-19 (1985)
  • Colombian Constitution of 1991
  • Peace agreement with FARC (2016)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Colombia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Colombia.)

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Basic timeline of Argentina


This post is a basic timeline of Argentina. There are 22 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (13,000 years ago)
  • Juan Diaz de Solis and Spain arrive (1516)
  • Spanish Viceroy of the Rio de la Plata (1776-1814)
  • May Revolution (1810)
  • Argentine War of Independence (1810-1818)
  • United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1810-1831)
  • Argentine Civil Wars (1814-1880)
  • Argentina declares independence (1816)
  • Argentine Confederation (1831-1861)
  • Argentine Constitution of 1853
  • Boundary Treaty of 1881
  • Beagle conflict (1904-1984)
  • Tragic Week (1919)
  • September Revolution coup d'état (1930)
  • Military coup d'état (1943)
  • Liberating Revolution coup d'état (1955)
  • Argentine Navy revolt (1963)
  • Argentine Revolution coup d'état (1966)
  • Dirty Wat (1974-1983)
  • National Reorganization Process military dictatorship (1976-1983)
  • Falklands War (1982)
  • Argentine Great Depression (1998-2002)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Argentina at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Argentina.)

Basic timeline of North Korea


This post is a basic timeline of North Korea. There are 21 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Japan occupies Korea (1910-1945)
  • Soviet Union declares war on Japan (1945)
  • Soviet Union invades Korea (1945)
  • United States and Soviet Union agree on 38th parallel (1945)
  • Japan surrenders (1945)
  • Soviet Union occupies North Korea (1945-1950)
  • United States occupies South Korea (1945-1950)
  • Kim Il-sung is Premier of North Korea (1948-1972)
  • Korean War begins (1950)
  • Korean Armistice Agreement ceasefire (1953)
  • Kim Il-sung is President of North Korea (1972-1994)
  • Rangoon bombing (1983)
  • Kim John-il (1997-2011)
  • Inter-Korean summit meeting (2000)
  • Inter-Korean summit meeting (2007)
  • North Korea agrees to end nuclear testing (2007)
  • North Korea continues nuclear testing (2009)
  • North Korea sinks ROKS Cheonan (2010)
  • Kim Jong-un is President of North Korea (2011)
  • Inter-Korean summit meetings (2018)
  • North Korea agrees to denuclearize (2018)

Basic timeline of South Korea


This post is a basic timeline of South Korea. There are 37 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Gojoseon states (2333 BC - 108 BC)
  • Gija Joseon period (1120 - 194 BC)
  • Jin state (4th century - 2nd century BC)
  • Dongye culture (3rd century BC - 5th century AD)
  • Wiman Joseon (194 - 108 BC)
  • Buyeo kingdom (2nd century BC - 494 AD)
  • Okjeo state (2nd century BC - 5th century AD)
  • Mahan confederacy (1st century BC - 5th century AD)
  • Jinhan confederacy (1st century BC - 4th century AD)
  • Beyeonhan confederacy (1st century BC - 4th century AD)
  • Silla kingdom (57 BC - 935 AD)
  • Goguryeo kingdom (37 BC - 668 AD)
  • Baekje kingdom (18 BC - 660 AD)
  • Gaya confederacy (42 - 562 AD)
  • Goguryeo-Wei War (244-245 AD)
  • Goguryeo-Tang War (645-668 AD)
  • Silla-Tang War (668-676 AD)
  • Balhae kingdom (698 - 926 AD)
  • Goryeo kingdom (918-1392 AD)
  • Mongols invade Korea (1231-1259)
  • Joseon kingdom (1392-1897)
  • Japan invades Korea (1592-1598)
  • Later Jin invades Korea (1627)
  • Qing invades Korea (1636-1637)
  • France invades Korea (1866)
  • Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894-1895)
  • Gabo Reform (1894-1896)
  • Korean Empire (1897-1910)
  • Gwangmu Reform (1897-1907)
  • Japan annexes Korea (1910-1945)
  • March 1st Movement (1919)
  • North Korea and South Korea split (1945)
  • Korean War begins (1950)
  • Korean War cease fire (1953)
  • Military coup d'état (1961)
  • Inter-Korean summit meeting (2000)
  • Inter-Korean summit meeting (2007)
  • Inter-Korean summit meetings (2018)

Monday, June 28, 2021

Basic timeline of Myanmar


This post is a basic timeline of Myanmar. There are 24 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (13,000 years ago)
  • Thaton kingdom (4th century BC - 1057 AD)
  • Pyu city-states (2nd century BC - 1050 AD)
  • Sri Ksetra kingdom (3rd century - 1050 AD)
  • Pagan kingdom (840 - 1297 AD)
  • First Mongol invasion of Burma (1277-1287)
  • Hanthawaddy Pegu kingdom (1287-1552)
  • Ava kingdom (1365-1555)
  • Mrauk U kingdom (1429-1785)
  • Toungoo dynasty (1510-1752)
  • Burmese-Siamese wars (16th century - 19th century)
  • Restored Hanthawaddy Pegu kingdom (1740-1757)
  • Sino-Burmese War (1765-1769)
  • Konbaung dynasty (1752-1885)
  • Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War (1752-1757)
  • Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824-1885)
  • British rules Burma (1824-1948)
  • Burma Independence Act (1947)
  • Myanmar civil war (1948 - now)
  • Burmese coup d'état (1962)
  • People Power Uprising (1988)
  • State Peace and Development Council military rule (1988-2011)
  • Saffron Revolution (2007-2008)
  • Myanmar coup d'état (2021)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Myanmar at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Myanmar.)

Basic timeline of South Africa


This post is a basic timeline of South Africa. There are 22 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (125,000 years ago)
  • Bantu culture arrives (300 AD)
  • Bartolomeu Dias and Portugal arrive (1488)
  • Dutch East India company arrives at Cape Town (1652)
  • Xhosa Wars (1779-1879)
  • British invasion of Cape Colony (1795)
  • British Cape Colony (1806-1910)
  • Zulu Kingdom (1816-1897)
  • Battle of Blood River (1838)
  • Natalia Republic (1839-1843)
  • South African Republic (1852-1902)
  • Orange Free State (1854-1902)
  • Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
  • First Boer War (1880-1881)
  • Second Boer War (1899-1902)
  • Union of South Africa (1910-1961)
  • Maritz rebellion (1914-1915)
  • Apartheid era (1948-1994)
  • South African Border War (1966-1990)
  • Soweto uprising (1976)
  • Convention for a Democratic South Africa (1990-1993)
  • Nelson Mandela is elected President (1994-1999)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of South Africa at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of South Africa.)

Basic timeline of Tanzania


This post is a basic timeline of Tanzania. There are 13 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Elmenteitan culture (3300-1200 BC)
  • Savanna Pastoral Neolithic culture (3000 BC - 700 AD)
  • Bantu culture arrives (100 BC)
  • Vasco da Gama and Portugal arrive (1498)
  • German East Africa (1885-1918)
  • Maji Maji Rebellion (1905-1907)
  • Battle of Tanga (1914)
  • United Kingdom occupies Tanganyika (1916-1961)
  • Tanganyika Africa National Union (1954-1977)
  • Tanganyika gains independence (1961)
  • Renamed to Tanzania (1964)
  • Zanzibar Revolution (1964)
  • U.S. embassy bombings (1998)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Tanzania at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Tanzania.)

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Basic timeline of Thailand


This post is a basic timeline of Thailand. There are 33 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Funan states (68 - 627 AD)
  • Dvaravati culture (6th century - 11th century AD)
  • Ngoenyang (638 - 1292 AD)
  • Lavo Kingdom (648-1388)
  • Hariphunchai (8th century - 1292 AD)
  • Khmer Empire (802 - 1431 AD)
  • Sukhothai Kingdom (1238-1438)
  • Lan Na (1292-1775)
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom (1350-1767)
  • Burmese-Siamese wars (16th century - 19th century)
  • Thonburi Kingdom (1767-1782)
  • Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782-1932)
  • Chakri dynasty (1782 - now)
  • Battle of Rach Ga m-Xoai Mut (1785)
  • First Siamese-Vietnamese War (1831-1834)
  • Second Siamese Vietnamese War (1841-1845)
  • Franco-Siamese War (1893)
  • Palace Revolt of 1912
  • Siamese revolution of 1932
  • Boworadet rebellion (1933)
  • Songsuradet rebellion (1939)
  • Renamed from Siam to Thailand (1939)
  • Franco-Thai War (1940-1941)
  • Thai cultural mandates (1939-1942)
  • Japanese invasion of Thailand (1941)
  • Thai popular uprising (1973)
  • October 6 massacre (1976)
  • Return to military rule (1976)
  • Vietnamese border raids (1979-1989)
  • Black May (1992)
  • Constitutional Drafting Assembly (1997)
  • Military coup d'état (2014)
  • Thai protests (2020 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Thailand at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Thailand.)

List of history posts

This post is a list of history posts for this blog. There are 276 posts listed below either chronologically by post date or alphabetically by country.

    Historical people
  1. Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769-1812)
  2. Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
  3. Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
  4. Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
  5. King Jr., Martin Luther (1929-1968)
  6. Gandhi, Mahatma (1869-1948)
  7. Mandela, Nelson (1918-2013)
  8. Washington, George (1732-1799)
        Europe (miscellaneous)
          Middle East
          Countries (196)

      Saturday, June 26, 2021

      Basic timeline of Turkey


      This post is a basic timeline of Turkey. There are 32 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • Hittites (1680 - 1178 BC)
      • Lydia (1200 - 546 BC)
      • Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC)
      • Odrysian kingdom (480 - 30 BC)
      • Alexander the Great and Macedonia invade Turkey (334 - 330 BC)
      • Kingdom of Pontus (281 BC - 62 AD)
      • Byzantine Empire (395 - 1453 AD)
      • Byzantine-Sasanian War (602-628 AD)
      • Komnenian restoration (1081-1185)
      • Sack of Constantinople (1204)
      • Byzantine-Ottoman Wars (1265-1479)
      • Seljuk dynasty (10th century - 1307)
      • Ottoman Empire (1299-1922)
      • Ottoman-Hungarian Wars (1366-1526)
      • Fall of Constantinople (1453)
      • Sultanate of Women (1533-1656)
      • Long Turkish War (1593-1606)
      • Cretan War (1645-1669)
      • Greek War of Independence (1821-1829)
      • Ottoman coup d'état (1913)
      • World War I (1914-1918)
      • Gallipoli campaign (1915-1916)
      • Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)
      • Arab Revolt (1916-1918)
      • Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923)
      • Republic of Turkey (1922 - now)
      • Neutrality in World War II (1939-1945)
      • First Turkish coup d'état (1960)
      • Second Turkish coup d'état (1971)
      • Invasion of  Cyprus (1974)
      • Kurdish-Turkish conflict (1978 - now)
      • Third Turkish coup d'état (1980)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Turkey at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Turkey.)

      Basic timeline of Iran


      This post is a basic timeline of Iran. There are 46 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • Kura-Araxes culture (3400 - 2000 BC)
      • Assyria (2500 - 609 BC)
      • Akkadian Empire (2334 - 2154 BC)
      • Mannaeans (10th century - 7th century BC)
      • Neo-Assyrian Empire (911 - 609 BC)
      • Urartu kingdom (860 - 590 BC)
      • Median dynasty (678-549 BC)
      • Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC)
      • Greco-Persian Wars (499 - 449 BC)
      • Zoroastrianism established (5th century BC)
      • Alexander the Great and Macedonia conquer Persian Empire (331 BC)
      • Roman-Parthian Wars (54 BC - 217 AD)
      • Parthian Empire (247 - 224 AD)
      • Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD)
      • Byzantine-Sasanian War (602 - 628 AD)
      • Islamic conquest of Persia (633 - 654 AD)
      • Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 AD)
      • Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
      • Islamic Golden Age (8th century - 14th century AD)
      • Samanid Empire (819 - 999 AD)
      • Ghaznavid Empire (977 - 1186 AD)
      • Seljuk Empire (1037-1194)
      • Anushtegin dynasty (1077-1260)
      • Mongol conquest of Central Asia (1216-1222)
      • Ilkhanate (1256-1335)
      • Timurid Empire (1370-1507)
      • Safavid dynasty (1501-1736)
      • Afsharid dynasty (1736-1796)
      • Zand dynasty (1751-1794)
      • Qajar dynasty (1796-1925)
      • First Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)
      • Second Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
      • Great Persian famine (1870-1872)
      • Persian Cossack Brigade (1879-1921)
      • Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911)
      • Persian coup d'état (1921)
      • Pahlavi Iran (1925-1979)
      • Germany invades Iran (1941)
      • Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (1941)
      • Iranian coup d'état (1953)
      • Iranian Revolution (1978-1979)
      • Iran hostage crisis (1979)
      • Ruhollah Khomeini is Supreme Leader (1979-1989)
      • Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
      • Ali Khamenei is Supreme Leader (1989 - now)
      • Iranian Green Movement (2009)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Iran at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Iran.)

      Basic timeline of Vietnam


      This post is a basic timeline of Vietnam. There are 38 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • First humans (20,000 years ago)
      • Hong Bang dynasty (2879 - 258 BC)
      • Phung Nguyen culture (2000 - 1500 BC)
      • Dong Son culture (1000 BC - 1st century AD)
      • Lac Viet (700 BC - 100 AD)
      • Au Lac (257 - 180 BC)
      • Trieu dynasty (204 - 111 BC)
      • First Era of Northern Domination (111 BC - 40 AD)
      • Trung Sisters Rebellion (40 - 43 AD)
      • Second Era of Northern Domination (43 - 544 AD)
      • Lam Ap (192-629 AD)
      • Early Ly dynasty (544 - 602 AD)
      • Khmer Empire (802-1431 AD)
      • Third Era of Northern Domination (602 - 905 AD)
      • Ngo dynasty (939 - 965 AD)
      • Dinh dynasty (968 - 980 AD)
      • Ly dynasty (1009-1225)
      • Tran dynasty (1225-1400)
      • Ho dynasty (1400-1407)
      • Fourth Era of Northern Domination (1407-1427)
      • Le dynasty (1428-1789)
      • Mac dynasty (1527-1677)
      • Le-Mac War (1533-1592)
      • Northern and Southern dynasties (1533-1592)
      • Trinh Viceroy (1545-1787)
      • Nguyen lords (1558-1777)
      • Trinh-Nguyen War (17th century)
      • Tay Son wars (1771-1802)
      • Tay Son dynasty (1778-1802)
      • Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945)
      • France and Spain invade Vietnam (1858-1862)
      • French Indochina (1887-1954)
      • Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1976)
      • First Indochina War (1946-1954)
      • Republic of Vietnam (1955-1975)
      • Vietnam War (1955-1975)
      • Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1975 - now)
      • Cambodian-Vietnamese War (1978-1989)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Vietnam at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Vietnam.)

      Basic timeline of the Democratic Republic of Congo


      This post is a basic timeline of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are 18 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • First humans (90,000 years ago)
      • Kingdom of Kongo (1390-1914)
      • Atlantic slave trade (1500-1850)
      • Kingdom of Luba (1585-1889)
      • Kingdom of Lunda (1665-1887)
      • King Leopold II rules Congo Free State (1885-1908)
      • Belgian occupation (1908-1960)
      • Democratic Republic of Congo gains independence (1960)
      • Congo Crisis (1960-1965)
      • Zaire (1971-1997)
      • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency (1995 - now)
      • First Congo War (1996-1997)
      • Renamed to Democratic Republic of Congo (1997)
      • Second Congo War (1998-2003)
      • Ituri conflict (1999-2003)
      • Kivu conflict (2004 - now)
      • M23 rebellion (2012-2013)
      • Kamwina Nsapu rebellion (2016 - now)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of the Democratic Republic of Congo.)

      Basic timeline of modern Egypt


      This post is a basic timeline of modern Egypt. There are 23 events listed below chronology. Source: Wikipedia

      • Alexander the Great and Macedonia conquer Egypt (332 BC)
      • Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 - 30 BC)
      • Roman Egypt (30 BC - 641 AD)
      • Sasanian Egypt (618 - 628 AD)
      • Muslim conquest of Egypt (639 - 646 AD)
      • Tulunids (868 - 905 AD)
      • Fatimid Caliphate (909 - 1171 AD)
      • Ikhshidid dynasty (935 - 969 AD)
      • Ayyubid dynasty (1170-1260)
      • Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517)
      • Ottoman Empire occupation (1517-1867)
      • Suez Canal construction (1859-1869)
      • Khedivate of Egypt (1867-1914)
      • Anglo-Egyptian War (1882)
      • Britain occupies Egypt (1882-1956)
      • Egyptian Revolution (1952)
      • Republic of Egypt (1953)
      • Britain withdraws from Suez Canal (1956)
      • Six Day War (1967)
      • Hosni Mubarak is President (1981-2011)
      • Egypt-Israel peace treaty (1979-1980)
      • Egyptian Revolution of 2011
      • Attempted coup d'état (2013)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Egypt at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Egypt.)

      Basic timeline of Italy


      This post is a basic timeline of Italy. There are 32 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • First humans (48,000 years ago)
      • Remedello culture (4th - 3rd millennium BC)
      • Nuragic civilization (18th century - 6th century AD)
      • Proto-Villanovan culture (12th century - 10 century BC)
      • Etruscan civilization (900 - 27 BC)
      • Roman Kingdom (753 - 509 BC)
      • Roman Republic (509 - 27 BC)
      • Gallic Wars (58 - 50 BC)
      • Roman Empire (27 BC - 476 AD)
      • Gothic War (535 - 554 AD)
      • Lombards (568-774 AD)
      • Republic of Venice (697-1797)
      • Papal States (754 - 1870 AD)
      • Holy Roman Empire (800 - 1806 AD)
      • Republic of Genoa (11th century - 1797)
      • Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1816)
      • Battle of Legnano (1176)
      • Italian Renaissance (14th century - 17th century)
      • Kingdom of Sardinia (1324-1861)
      • Duchy of Milan (1395-1796)
      • Italian Wars (1494-1559)
      • Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy (1805-1814)
      • Italian Resurgence and unification (1848-1871)
      • Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
      • World War I (1914-1918)
      • March on Rome (1922)
      • Benito Mussolini is dictator (1922-1943)
      • World War II (1939-1945)
      • Italian Civil War (1943-1945)
      • Italian Republic (1946 - now)
      • Joins European Economic Community (1958)
      • Years of Lead (1968-1988)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Italy at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Italy.)

      Basic timeline of Germany


      This post is a basic timeline of Germany. There are 35 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • Corded Ware culture (2900 - 2350 BC)
      • Bell Beaker culture (2800 - 1800 BC)
      • Unetice culture (2300 - 1680 BC)
      • Tumulus culture (1600 - 1200 BC)
      • Urnfield culture (1300 - 750 BC)
      • Hallstatt culture (1200 - 500 BC)
      • Battle of Teutoburg Forest (9 AD)
      • Germania Superior Roman province (83 - 475 AD)
      • Francia (481 - 843 AD)
      • Holy Roman Empire (800 - 1806 AD)
      • East Francia (843 - 962 AD)
      • Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
      • Protestant Reformation (1517)
      • Great Turkish War (1683-1699)
      • Nine Years War (1688-1697)
      • Prussia Kingdom (1701-1918)
      • War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
      • German Confederation (1815-1866)
      • German revolutions of 1848-1849
      • Austro-Prussian War (1866)
      • North German Confederation (1867-1871)
      • German Empire (1871-1918)
      • German colonial empire (1884-1920)
      • World War I (1914-1918)
      • German Revolution of 1918-1919
      • Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
      • Nazi Party (1920-1945)
      • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor (1933)
      • World War II (1939-1945)
      • Invasion of Russia (1941)
      • Holocaust (1941-1945)
      • West Germany (1949-1989)
      • East Germany ruled by Soviet Union (1949-1989)
      • Berlin Wall opens (1989)
      • West Germany unites with East Germany (1989)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Germany at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Germany.)

      Basic timeline of Spain


      This post is a basic timeline of Spain. There are 27 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • Iberian culture (~6th century BC)
      • Roman Republic rules Hispania (218 BC - 5th century AD)
      • Visigoth Kingdom (418 - 721 AD)
      • Umayyad conquest of Hispania (711 AD)
      • Battle of Guadalete (711 AD)
      • Reconquista (711-1492 AD)
      • Vikings invasion (844 AD)
      • Hungarian invasion (942 AD)
      • War of Castilian Succession (1475-1479)
      • Spanish Inquisition (1478-1834)
      • Spanish Empire (1492-1976)
      • Italian Wars (1494-1559)
      • Habsburg Spain (1516-1700)
      • Eighty Years War (1568-1648)
      • Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
      • Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659)
      • War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
      • Peninsula War (1807-1814)
      • Spanish Constitution of 1812
      • Ten Years War (1868-1878)
      • First Spanish Republic (1873-1874)
      • Bourbon Restoration (1874-1931)
      • Spanish-American War (1898)
      • Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939)
      • Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
      • Francisco Franco dictatorship (1936-1975)
      • Joins European Economic Community (1986)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Spain at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Spain.)

      Basic timeline of the United Kingdom


      This post is a basic timeline of the United Kingdom. There are 40 events listed below chronologically.

      • First humans (13,000 years ago)
      • Roman rule of Britain (43 - 410 AD)
      • Anglo-Saxons (450-1066 AD)
      • Battle of Deorham (577)
      • Northumbria (654 - 954 AD)
      • Vikings arrive (787 AD)
      • Kingdom of England (924 - 1707 AD)
      • Norman Conquest (11th century)
      • Angevins (12th - 13th century)
      • Magna Carta peace treaty (1215)
      • Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
      • Black Death arrives (1348)
      • War of the Roses (1455-1487)
      • Tudor period (1485-1603)
      • Elizabethan era (1558-1603)
      • East India Company (1600-1874)
      • Jamestown settlement in America (1607)
      • English Civil War (1642-1651)
      • Commonwealth of England (1649-1660)
      • Protectorate government (1653-1659)
      • Glorious Revolution (1688-1689)
      • Great Britain established (1707)
      • Thirteen Colonies (1707-1775)
      • South Sea Company (1711-1853)
      • Seven Years War (1754-1763)
      • American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
      • United States Declaration of Independence (1776)
      • War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802)
      • Ireland is annexed (1801)
      • War of 1812 (1812-1815)
      • Victorian era (1837-1901)
      • First Boer War (1880-1881)
      • Second Boer War (1899-1902)
      • Edwardian era (1901-1914)
      • World War I (1914-1918)
      • Ireland gains independence (1922)
      • World War II (1939-1945)
      • Joins European Economic Community (1973)
      • European Union referendum (2016)
      • Leaves the European Union (2020)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the United Kingdom at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of the United Kingdom.)

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      Basic timeline of Russia


      This post is a basic timeline of Russia. There are 36 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • First humans (45,000 years ago)
      • Bosporan Kingdom (480 - 107 BC)
      • Khazars (650-969 AD)
      • Rus Khaganate (830-899 AD)
      • Kievan Rus (879-1240 AD)
      • Novgorod Republic (1136-1478)
      • Mongol invades Russia (1223-1480)
      • Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263-1547)
      • Tsardom of Russia (1547-1721)
      • Russo-Persian War (1722-1723)
      • Livonian War (1558-1583)
      • Conquest of Siberia (1580 - 17th century)
      • Time of Troubles (1598-1613)
      • First Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)
      • Russian Empire (1721-1917)
      • Seven Years War (1756-1763)
      • Anglo-Russian War (1807-1812)
      • Napoleon invades Russia (1812)
      • Decembrist Revolt (1825)
      • Second Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
      • Crimean War (1853-1856)
      • Serfdom is abolished (1861)
      • Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
      • First Russian Revolution (1905-1907)
      • World War I (1914-1918)
      • Second Russian Revolution (1917)
      • Russian Civil War (1917-1923)
      • Soviet Union (1922-1991)
      • Great Purge (1936-1938)
      • World War II (1939-1945)
      • Germany invades Soviet Union (1941)
      • Cold War (1947-1991)
      • Dissolution of Soviet Union (1988-1991)
      • Russian Federation (1991 - now)
      • Vladimir Putin becomes President (2000)
      • Annexation of Crimean peninsula (2014)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Russia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Russia.)

      Friday, June 25, 2021

      Basic timeline of the Philippines


      This post is a basic timeline of the Philippines. There are 33 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • First humans (67,000 years ago)
      • Austronesians reach Philippines (3000 BC)
      • Tondo settlement (~900 - 1589 AD)
      • Ma-i (971-1339 AD)
      • Butuan (989-1521 AD)
      • Namayan confederation (1175-1571)
      • Madja-as confederation (1250-1569)
      • Cebu (1300-1565)
      • Bruneian Empire (1368-1888)
      • Invasion of Majapahit (14th century)
      • Sulu Sultanate (1405-1915)
      • Caboloan (1406-1576)
      • Maynila kingdom (1500-1571)
      • Maguindanao Sultanate (1520-1905)
      • Ferdinand Magellan and Spain arrive (1521)
      • Battle of Mactan (1521)
      • Spanish-Moro conflict (1565-1898)
      • Spain establishes city of Manila (1579)
      • Britain temporarily occupies Manila (1762)
      • Philippine Revolution (1896-1899)
      • Philippine-American War (1899-1902)
      • Moro Rebellion (1899-1913)
      • First Philippine Republic (1899-1901)
      • Insular Government ruled by United States (1901-1935)
      • Philippine Autonomy Act signed by United States (1916)
      • Commonwealth of Philippines (1935-1946)
      • Japanese occupation of Philippines (1942-1945)
      • Second Philippine Republic (1943-1945)
      • Philippines gains independence (1946)
      • Third Philippine Republic (1946-1973)
      • Martial law under Juan Ponce Enrile (1972-1981)
      • Fourth Philippine Republic (1981-1986)
      • Fifth Philippine Republic (1986 - now)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Philippines at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Philippines.)

      Basic timeline of Bangladesh


      This post is a basic timeline of Bangladesh. There are 31 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • First humans (100,000 - 60,000 years ago)
      • Anga kingdom (~1100 - 500 BC)
      • Vanga kingdom (5th century - 2nd century BC)
      • Gangaridai Empire (4th century - 1st century BC)
      • Maurya Empire (322 - 184 BC)
      • Chandra dynasty (327 - 1050 AD)
      • Gauda Kingdom (4th century - 626 AD)
      • Pala Empire (8th century - 12th century AD)
      • Sena dynasty (1070-1230)
      • Deva dynasty (12th century - 13th century)
      • Muhammad Bakhiyar Khilji establishes Muslim rule (1204)
      • Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1342-1415)
      • Bengal Sultanate (1352-1576)
      • Hussain Shahi dynasty (1494-1538)
      • Portugal settles in Bangladesh (1517)
      • Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
      • Bengal Subah (1576-1765)
      • Battle of Plassey (1757)
      • First Partition of Bengal (1905)
      • Second Partition of Bengal (1947)
      • Britain rules Pakistan (1947-1971)
      • East Bengal established (1947-1955)
      • Leaves Muslim League (1952)
      • East Pakistan established (1955-1971)
      • Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence (1971)
      • Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
      • Bangladesh genocide (1971)
      • Pakistani Instrument of Surrender (1971)
      • Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict (1977-1997)
      • Mass Uprising in Bangladesh (1990)
      • Military coup d'état attempt (1996)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Bangladesh at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Bangladesh.)

      Thursday, June 24, 2021

      Basic timeline of Nigeria


      This post is a basic timeline of Nigeria. There are 23 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • First humans (100,000 years ago)
      • Nok culture (1500 BC - 500 AD)
      • Kanem-Bornu Empire (700-1380 AD)
      • Hausa Kingdoms (9th century - 19th century AD)
      • Kingdom of Benin (1180-1897)
      • Oyo Empire (1300-1896)
      • Atlantic slave trade begins (15th century)
      • Songhai Empire (1464-1591)
      • Aro-Ibibio War (1630-1720)
      • Aro Confederacy (1690-1902)
      • Britain annexes Nigeria (1865)
      • Britain forms Northern and Southern Nigeria Protectorates (1901)
      • First Nigerian Republic (1963-1966)
      • Military coup d'état (1966)
      • Anti-Igbo massacre (1966)
      • Biafra secedes from Nigeria (1967-1970)
      • Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)
      • Second Nigerian Republic (1979-1983)
      • Military coup d'état (1983)
      • Third Nigerian Republic planned and fails (1993)
      • Sani Abacha is head of state (1993-1998)
      • Fourth Nigerian Republic (1999 - now)
      • Conflict in the Niger Delta (2003 - now)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Nigeria at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Nigeria.)

      Monday, June 21, 2021

      Basic timeline of Japan


      This post is a basic timeline of Japan. There are 42 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • First humans (30,000 years ago)
      • Jomon period (14,000 - 300 BC)
      • Yayoi period (300 BC - 300 AD)
      • Kofun period (250-538 AD)
      • Asuka period (538-719 AD)
      • Nara period (710-794 AD)
      • Imperial House of Japan (660 BC - now)
      • Heian period (794-1185 AD)
      • Genpei War (1180-1185)
      • Kamakura shogunate (1192-1333)
      • Mongol invasions (13th century)
      • Muromachi period (1336-1573)
      • Sengoku period (1467-1615)
      • Portugal arrives (1543)
      • Nanban trade (1543-1614)
      • Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600)
      • Invasion of Korea (1592-1598)
      • Edo period (1600-1868)
      • Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
      • Boshin War (1868-1869)
      • Perry Expedition by United States (1853-1854)
      • Meiji Restoration (1868)
      • Meiji period (1868-1912)
      • Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894-1895)
      • First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
      • Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
      • Korea is annexed to Japan (1910)
      • Taisho period (1912-1926)
      • Showa period (1926-1989)
      • Invasion of Manchuria, China (1931-1932)
      • Attempted coup d'état (1936)
      • Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
      • Nanjing Massacre (1937-1938)
      • Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
      • Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks (1945)
      • Allied occupation of Japan (1945-1952)
      • Constitution of Japan (1947)
      • Korean War (1950-1953)
      • Japanese asset bubble (1986-1989)
      • Heisei period (1989-2019)
      • Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011)
      • Reiwa period (2019 - now)

      Basic timeline of Pakistan


      This post is a basic timeline of Pakistan. There are 28 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • Indus Valley Civilization (3300-1300 BC)
      • Vedic period (1500-500 BC)
      • Battle of the Ten Kings (14th century BC)
      • Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC)
      • Alexander the Great invades Pakistan (327-325 BC)
      • Maurya Empire (322-180 BC)
      • Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BC - 10 AD)
      • Indo-Scythian Kingdom (150 BC - 400 AD)
      • Indo-Parthian Kingdom (19-226 AD)
      • Kushan Empire (30-375 AD)
      • Sassanid Empire (224-651 AD)
      • Sassanid invasion (3rd century AD)
      • Gupta Empire (320-600 AD)
      • Alchon Huns (370-670 AD)
      • Rai dynasty (489-632 AD)
      • Turk Shahis (665-870 AD)
      • Hindu Shahi (850-1026 AD)
      • Ghaznavid dynasty (977-1186)
      • Delta Sultanate (1206-1526)
      • Mongol invasion (13th century)
      • Samma dynasty (1336-1524)
      • Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
      • Maratha Empire (1674-1818)
      • Durrani Empire (1747-1842)
      • Sikh Empire (1799-1849)
      • British Raj rules Pakistan (1843)
      • All-India Muslim League founded (1906)
      • Pakistan gains independence (1947)
      • Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Pakistan at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Pakistan.)

      Sunday, June 20, 2021

      Basic timeline of Ethiopia


      This post is a basic timeline of Ethiopia. There are 28 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

      • First humans (195,000 years ago)
      • Aksum kingdom (800 BC - 960 AD)
      • D'mt kingdom (960 BC - 400 BC)
      • Zagwe dynasty (900 AD -1137 AD)
      • Ethiopian Empire (1270-1974)
      • Adal Sultanate (1415-1577)
      • Ethiopian-Adal War (1529-1543)
      • Sultanate of Aussa (1734-1936)
      • Tewodros II unites Ethiopia (1855)
      • Ethiopian-Egyptian War (1874-1876)
      • First Italo-Ethiopia War (1894-1896)
      • Italy recognizes Ethiopian independence (1896)
      • Italy reoccupies Ethiopia (1935-1941)
      • Battle of Adwa (1936)
      • Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia (1941-1943)
      • Eritrean War of Independence (1961-1991)
      • Oromo Liberation Front (1973 - now)
      • Haile Selassie overthrown (1974)
      • Derg military control (1974-1987)
      • Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991)
      • Tigray People's Liberation Front (1975-2021)
      • Ethiopian Red Terror (1976-1977)
      • Ethio-Somali War (1977-1978)
      • Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (1988-2019)
      • Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1991-1995)
      • Constitution of Ethiopia (1995)
      • Meles Zenawi is Prime Minister (1995-2012)
      • Peace agreement signed with Eritrea (2018)
      • Tigray War (2020 - now)

      (This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Ethiopia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Ethiopia.)