Saturday, July 31, 2021

Basic timeline of Mauritius


This post is a basic timeline of Mauritius. There are 9 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Moors discover Mauritius (Pre-European era)
  • Portugal discovers Mauritius (1507-1513)
  • Dutch Mauritius (1638-1710)
  • Isle de France (1715-1814)
  • British Mauritius (1810-1968)
  • Renamed to Mauritius Regiment (1943)
  • Mauritius gains independence (1968)
  • Student protests (1975)
  • Mauritius becomes a republic (1992)

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

Basic timeline of East Timor


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

  • First humans (44,000 years ago)
  • Melanesian migration (3000 BC)
  • Proto-Malay culture (2500 BC)
  • Wehali, Tetum, Bunaq and Kemak cultures (Pre-European era)
  • Portuguese Timor (1702-1975)
  • Australia and Netherlands occupy Timor (1941-1943)
  • Battle of Timor (1942-1943)
  • East Timor declares independence (1975)
  • Indonesia occupies East Timor (1975-1999)
  • Santa Cruz massacre (1991)
  • East Timor crisis (1999)
  • East Timor gains independence (2002)
  • East Timor crisis (2006)

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

Basic timeline of Estonia


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

  • Kunda culture (8500 - 5000 BC)
  • Narva culture (5th millennium BC)
  • Corded Ware culture (2900 - 2350 BC)
  • Roman Iron Age (50 - 450 AD)
  • Viking raids (11th century)
  • State of the Teutonic Order (1226-1525)
  • Livonian Crusade (13th century)
  • Terra Mariana (1207-1561)
  • Duchy of Estonia (1219-1346, 1559-1645)
  • Livonian War (1558-1583)
  • Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth occupies Lithuania (1582-1583)
  • Swedish Empire occupies Estonia (1561-1710)
  • Great North War (1700-1721)
  • Russian Empire annexes Estonia (1710)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Germany occupies Estonia (1917-1918)
  • Estonia declares independence (1918)
  • Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Holocaust (1941-1945)
  • Soviet Union annexes Estonia (1940)
  • Germany occupies Estonia (1941-1944)
  • Estonia regains independence (1991)
  • Estonia joins the European Union (2004)
  • Cyberattacks on Estonia (2007)

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

Basic timeline of Trinidad and Tobago


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

  • Ortoiroid culture (4000 BC)
  • Barrancoid culture (250 - 650 AD)
  • Arauquinoid culture (650 AD)
  • Guayabitoid culture (1300 AD)
  • Christopher Columbus and Spain arrive (1498)
  • Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717 - 1821)
  • Spanish Captaincy General of Venezuela (1777-1824)
  • Britain invades Trinidad and Tobago (1797)
  • British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1962)
  • British West Indian labor unrest (1934-1939)
  • Trinidad and Tobago gains independence (1962)
  • Black Power Revolution (1968-1970)
  • Attempted coup d'état (1990)

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

Basic timeline of Bahrain


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

  • Dilmun civilization (4th millennium - 538 BC)
  • Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC)
  • Parthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD)
  • Sasanian Empire (224 - 651 AD)
  • Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 AD)
  • Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
  • Qarmatian Repbulic (899 - 930 AD)
  • Uyunid dynasty (1076-1253)
  • Usfurid dynasty (1253-1320)
  • Ormus dynasty gains control (1330)
  • Jabrids Emirate (1417-1521)
  • Portugal occupies Bahrain (1521-1602)
  • Safavid Empire occupies Bahrain (1602-1717)
  • Omani invasion of Bahrain (1717)
  • Bani Utbah invasion (1783)
  • Qatari-Bahraini War (1867-1868)
  • Oil is discovered in Bahrain (1932)
  • March Intifada (1965)
  • Bahrain gains independence (1971)
  • Bahraini uprising (1994-1999)
  • Bahraini uprising (2011)

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

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Basic timeline of Equatorial Guinea


This post is a basic timeline of Equatorial Guinea. There are 7 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Fernao do Po and Portugal arrive at Bioko (1492)
  • Bantu culture arrives (17th century - 19th century)
  • Spanish Guinea (1778-1968)
  • Aro Confederacy (1690-1902)
  • Britain occupies Bioko (1827-1843)
  • Equatorial Guinea gains independence (1968)
  • Attempted coup d'état (2004)

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

Basic timeline of Guinea-Bissau


This post is a basic timeline of Guinea-Bissau. There are 8 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Kaabu Empire (1537-1867)
  • Portugal occupies Guinea-Bissau (15th century - 1974)
  • Mali Empire (16th century)
  • Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1963-1974)
  • Guinea-Bissau gains independence (1974)
  • Guinea-Bissau Civil War (1998-1999)
  • Military coup d'état (2003)
  • Military coup d'état (2012)

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

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Basic timeline of Latvia


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

  • First humans (11,000 - 12,000 years ago)
  • Swiderian culture (11,000 - 8,200 years ago)
  • Narva culture (5300 - 1750 BC)
  • Selonian tribe (1st millennium - 15th century AD)
  • Curonian tribe (5th century - 16th century AD)
  • Latgalian tribe (5th century - 16th century AD)
  • Jersika principality (10th century - 1239 AD)
  • Livonian Crusade (13th century)
  • Terra Mariana (1207-1561)
  • State of the Teutonic Order (1226-1525)
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1236-1795)
  • Livonian War (1558-1583)
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795)
  • Livonia kingdom (1570-1578)
  • Polish-Swedish War (1600-1629)
  • Swedish Livonia (1629-1721)
  • Great Northern War (1700-1721)
  • Russian Empire (1721-1917)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920)
  • Latvia gains independence from Russia (1921)
  • Coup d'état (1934)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Germany occupies Latvia (1941-1945)
  • Holocaust (1941-1945)
  • Latvian Soviet Sociality Republic (1940-1991)
  • Latvia regains independence (1991)
  • Latvia joins the European Union (2004)

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

Basic timeline of North Macedonia


This post is a basic timeline of North Macedonia. There are 19 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Paeonia kingdom (Pre-Roman era)
  • Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC)
  • Greco-Persian Wars (499 - 449 BC)
  • Dardania kingdom (393 - 28 BC)
  • Macdonia (808-168 BC, 150-148 BC)
  • Upper Macedonia is annexed to Macedonia (336 BC)
  • Byzantine Empire (395 - 1453 AD) 
  • First Bulgarian Empire (681 - 1018 AD)
  • Ottoman Empire (1299-1922)
  • Bulgaria kingdom (1908-1946)
  • Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • South Serbia (1919-1922)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Greek Civil War (1943-1944)
  • Yugoslavia Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1944-1991)
  • Macedonia gains independence (1991)
  • Macedonian insurgency (2001)
  • Macdonia renamed to North Macedonia (2018)

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

Basic timeline of Slovenia


This post is a basic timeline of Slovenia. There are 19 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Urnfield culture (1300 - 750 BC)
  • Hallstatt culture (1200 - 500 BC)
  • La Tene culture (450 - 1st century BC)
  • Roman invasion (1st century BC)
  • Ostrogothic Kingdom (469 - 553 AD)
  • Carantania (658 - 828 AD)
  • Holy Roman Empire (800 - 1806 AD)
  • Habsburg dynasty (1282-1918)
  • Ottoman-Habsburg wars (1526-1791)
  • French Illyrian Provinces (1809-1814)
  • Austrian Illyria Kingdom (1816-1849)
  • Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Republic of Prekmurge (1919)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Yugoslavia (1918-1941, 1945-1991)
  • Ten-Day War (1991)
  • Slovenia gains independence (1991)
  • Slovenia joins the European Union (2007)

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

Basic timeline of Lesotho


This post is a basic timeline of Lesotho. There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Bantu culture arrives (Pre-European era)
  • Sotho culture (Pre-European era)
  • Free State-Basotho Wars (1858-1868)
  • British Cape Colony annexes Basotho (1871)
  • British Basutoland (1884-1966)
  • Basutoland gains independence (1966)
  • Basutoland is renamed to Lesotho (1966)
  • Coup d'état (1986)
  • Coup d'état (1994)
  • Operation Boleas (1998-1999)

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

Basic timeline of Gabon


This post is a basic timeline of Gabon. There are 8 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Bantu culture arrives (14th century)
  • Fang culture (Pre-European era)
  • Portugal arrives (15th century)
  • Transatlantic slave trade begins (16th century)
  • French Equatorial Africa (1910-1958)
  • Gabon gains independence (1960)
  • Coup d'état (1964)
  • Attempted coup d'état (2019)

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

Basic timeline of Botswana


This post is a basic timeline of Botswana. There are 7 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (200,000 years ago)
  • Bantu culture arrives (1st millennium AD)
  • Tswana and Bangwaketse cultures (Pre-European era)
  • Mfecane period (1823-1843)
  • Bechuanaland Expedition (1884-1885)
  • British Bechuanaland Protectorate (1885-1966)
  • Botswana gains independence (1966)

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

Basic timeline of the Gambia


This post is a basic timeline of the Gambia. There are 12 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Mali Empire (1230-1670)
  • Portuguese navigators arrive (15th century)
  • Songhai Empire (1464-1591)
  • Couronian colonization (1651-1659)
  • British Senegambia (1766-1783)
  • British Gambia Colony and Protectorate (1821-1965)
  • The Gambia gains independence (1970)
  • Attempted coup d'état (1981)
  • Senegambia Confederation (1982-1989)
  • Coup d'état (1994)
  • Attempted coup d'état (2014)
  • Gambian constitutional crisis (2016-2017)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the Gambia 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 Gambia.)

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Basic timeline of Qatar


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

  • First humans (50,000 years ago)
  • Dilmun civilization (4th millennium - 538 BC)
  • Seleucid Empire (312 - 63 BC)
  • Parthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD)
  • Sasanian Empire (224 - 651 AD)
  • Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 AD)
  • Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
  • Usfurid dynasty gains control (1253)
  • Ormus dynasty gains control (1320)
  • Portugal occupies Qatar (1521-1602)
  • Ottoman Empire gains control (1550)
  • Bani Khalid confederation occupies Qatar (1670-1783)
  • British Persian Gulf Residency (1763-1947)
  • Al Khalifa dynasty gains control (1783)
  • Diriyah Emirate (1744-1818)
  • Nejd Emirate (1824-1891)
  • Qatari-Bahraini War (1867-1868)
  • Ottoman Najd Sanjak (1871-1915)
  • Battle of Al Wajbah (1893)
  • Britain occupies Qatar (1916-1971)
  • Oil drilling begins in Qatar (1938)
  • Qatar gains independence (1971)
  • Gulf War (1991)
  • Attempted coup d'état (1996)
  • First Libyan Civil War (2011)
  • Qatar diplomatic crisis (2017-2021)

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

Monday, July 26, 2021

Basic timeline of Namibia


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

  • First humans (25,000 BC)
  • Nama culture emerges (1st century BC)
  • Ovambo, Kavango, Herero, Oorlam and Baster cultures (Pre-European era)
  • Diogo Cao and Portugal arrive (1485)
  • British Cape Colony (1806-1910)
  • German South West Africa (1884-1915)
  • Herero Wars (1904-1908)
  • Herero and Namaqua genocide (1904-1908)
  • South Africa occupies Namibia (1915-1990)
  • South African Border War (1966-1990)
  • Angolan Civil War (1975-2002)
  • Namibia gains independence (1990)
  • Caprivi conflict (1994-1999)
  • Second Congo War (1998-2003)

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

Basic timeline of Moldova


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

  • Linear Pottery culture (5500 - 4500 BC)
  • Cucuteni-Trypillia culture (5500 - 2750 BC)
  • Yamnaya culture (3300 - 2600 BC)
  • Scythians (7th century - 3rd century BC)
  • Akatziri tribe (5th century BC)
  • Sarmatians (5th century BC - 4th century AD)
  • Bastarnae culture (200 BC - 300 AD)
  • Roman and Byzantine occupation (1st century - 7th century AD)
  • Moldavia (1436-1859)
  • Ottoman Empire annexes Moldavia (1538)
  • Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774
  • Habsburg dynasty annexes Moldavia (1774)
  • Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812
  • Russian Bessarabia Governorate (1812-1917)
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917-1918)
  • Romania occupies Bessarabia (1918-1940)
  • Bessarabian Soviet Socialist Repbulic (1919)
  • Tatarbunary Uprising (1924)
  • Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1924-1940)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1991)
  • Transnistria War (1990-1992)
  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
  • Moldova gains independence (1991)
  • Moldavian election protests (2009)
  • Moldavian protests (2015-2016)

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

Basic timeline of Jamaica


This post is a basic timeline of Jamaica. There are 16 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Redware and Arawak tribes (Pre-Columbian era)
  • Christopher Columbus and Spain arrive (1492)
  • Spanish Colony of Santiago (1509-1655)
  • Anglo-Spanish War (1654-1660)
  • British Colony of Jamaica (1655-1962)
  • Jamaica earthquake (1692)
  • First Maroon War (1728-1740)
  • Tacky's War (1761)
  • Second Maroon War (1795-1796)
  • Baptist War (1831-1832)
  • Slavery Abolition Act (1833)
  • Morant Bay Rebellion (1865)
  • Rastafari movement is established (1930's)
  • Jamaica gains independence (1962)
  • Hurricane Gilbert (1988)
  • Kingston unrest (2010)

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

Basic timeline of Lithuania


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

  • First humans (10th millennium BC)
  • Corded Ware culture (2900 - 2350 BC)
  • Viking raids (9th century - 11th century AD)
  • Livonian Crusade (13th century AD)
  • Prussian Crusade (1217-1274)
  • State of the Teutonic Order (1226-1525)
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1236-1795)
  • Kingdom of Lithuania (1251-1263)
  • Lithuanian Crusade (1283-1422)
  • Golden Horde invasions (13th century - 14th century)
  • Gediminid dynasty (14th century - 16th century)
  • Jagiellonian dynasty (1386-1596)
  • Lithuanian Civil War of 1381-1384
  • Lithuanian Civil War of 1389-1392
  • Samogitian Uprising (1401-1404)
  • Lithuanian Civil War of 1432-1438
  • Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War (1409-1411)
  • Livonian War (1558-1583)
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795)
  • Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648-1657)
  • Second Northern War (1655-1660)
  • Great Northern War (1700-1721)
  • Russian Empire annexes Lithuania (1795)
  • November Uprising (1830-1831)
  • January Uprising (1863-1864)
  • Lithuanian press ban (1865-1904)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Lithuanian Wars of Independence (1918-1920)
  • Republic of Lithuania (1918-1940)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1941, 1944-1991)
  • Germany occupies Lithuania (1941-1944)
  • Holocaust (1941-1945)
  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
  • Lithuania gains independence (1991)
  • Lithuania joins the European Union (2004)

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

Sunday, July 25, 2021

Basic timeline of Albania


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

  • Illyrian, Greek and Thracian tribes (1st millennium BC)
  • Roman Macedonia province (146 BC - 7th century AD)
  • Roman Dalmatia province (32 BC - 480 AD)
  • Roman Illyricum province (27 BC - 69/79 AD)
  • Byzantine Empire (395 - 1453 AD)
  • Ostrogoth kingdom (469 - 553 AD)
  • Bulgarian Empire occupation (9th century AD)
  • Albania kingdom (1272-1368)
  • Serbian Empire (1346-1371)
  • Albanian revolt of 1432-1436
  • Albanian-Turkish Wars (1432-1479)
  • Ottoman Empire rules Albania (1479-1912)
  • Albanian revolts of 1833-1839)
  • Uprising of Dervish Cara (1843-1844)
  • Albanian revolt of 1847
  • Albanian revolt of 1910
  • Albania declares independence from Ottoman Empire (1912)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Principality of Albania (1914-1925)
  • Albanian Republic (1925-1928)
  • Albanian Kingdom (1928-1939)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Italy occupies Albania (1939-1943)
  • Germany occupies Albania (1943-1944)
  • People's Socialist Repbulic of Albania (1946-1991)
  • Republic of Albania (1991 - now)
  • Albanian Civil War (1997)

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

Basic timeline of Armenia


This post is a basic timeline of Armenia. There are 41 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Shulaveri-Shomu culture (6000 - 4000 BC)
  • Kura-Araxes culture (3400 - 2000 BC)
  • Trialeti-Vanadzor culture (2200 - 1600 BC)
  • Hittite Empire (1650 - 1178 BC)
  • Hayasa-Azzi confederation (1600 - 1200 BC)
  • Nairi tribal confederation (1400 - 1000 BC)
  • Urartu kingdom (1000 - 600 BC)
  • Orontid dynasty (6th century - 200 BC)
  • Armenia kingdom (331 BC - 428 AD)
  • Artaxiad dynasty (190 BC - 12 AD)
  • Roman-Parthian Wars (54 BC - 217 AD)
  • Arsacid dynasty (12 - 428 AD)
  • Roman Armenia (114 - 188 AD)
  • Sasanian Empire (224 - 651 AD)
  • Byzantine Armenia (387 -536 AD)
  • Rashidun Caliphate (632 - 661 AD)
  • Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 AD)
  • Bagratid Armenia (880's - 1045 AD)
  • Sallarid dynasty (919 - 11th century AD)
  • Tashir-Dzoraget kingdom (979 - 1118 AD)
  • Syunik kingdom (987 - 1170 AD)
  • Artsakh kingdom (1000 - 1261)
  • Seljuk Empire (1037 - 1194)
  • Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1080-1375)
  • Safavid dynasty (1501-1736)
  • Melikdoms of Karabakh (1603-1822)
  • Qajar Iran (1789-1925)
  • Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
  • Russian Empire annexes Armenia (1828)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Armenian genocide (1915-1917)
  • Georgian-Armenian War (1918)
  • Armenia-Azerbaijani War (1918-1920)
  • First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)
  • Turkish-Armenian War (1920)
  • Armenia Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1991)
  • First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988-1994)
  • Armenia gains independence (1991)
  • Armenian presidential election protests (2008)
  • Armenian protests (2011)
  • Armenian Revolution (2018)

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

Basic timeline of Bosnia and Herzegovina


This post is a basic timeline of Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are 18 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Illyrian and Celtic tribes (1st millennium BC)
  • Roman Dalmatia province (32 BC - 480 AD)
  • Roman Illyricum province (27 BC - 69/79 AD)
  • Byzantine Empire (395 - 1453 AD)
  • Ostrogoth kingdom (469 - 553 AD)
  • Gothic War (535 - 554 AD)
  • Banate of Bosnia (1154-1377)
  • Bosnia kingdom (1377-1463)
  • Duchy of Saint Sava (1448-1482)
  • Ottoman Sanjak of Bosnia (1463-1878)
  • Austro-Hungary occupies Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878-1918)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Yugoslavia kingdom (1918-1941)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945-1992)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina gains independence (1992)
  • Bosnian War (1992-1995)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina riots (2014)

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

Basic timeline of Mongolia


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

  • Slab Grave culture (1300 - 300 BC)
  • Xiongnu confederation (3rd century BC - 1st century AD)
  • Xianbei confederation (~93 - 234 AD)
  • Rouran Khaganate (330 - 555 AD)
  • First Turkic Khaganate (552 - 602 AD)
  • Liao dynasty (916 - 1125 AD)
  • Second Turkic Khaganate (682 - 744 AD)
  • Uyghur Khaganate (744 - 840 AD)
  • Mongol Empire (1206-1368)
  • Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
  • Northern Yuan dynasty (1368-1635)
  • Oirat confederation (1399-1634)
  • Qing dynasty (1636-1912, 1917)
  • Dzungar-Qing Wars (1687-1757)
  • Dzungar genocide (1755-1758)
  • Bogd Khanate of Mongolia (1911-1919, 1921-1924)
  • Xinhai Revolution (1911)
  • Mongolia declares independence (1911)
  • Mongolian Revolution (1921)
  • Mongolian People's Republic (1924-1992)
  • Khuvsgul uprising (1932)
  • Battles of Khalkhin Gol (1939)
  • Mongolian Revolution (1990)
  • Constitution of Mongolia (1992)

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

Basic timeline of Uruguay


This post is a basic timeline of Uruguay. There are 20 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (10,000 years ago)
  • Charrua and Guarani people arrive (4,000 years ago)
  • Juan Diaz de Solis and Europe arrive (1516)
  • Banda Oriental territory established (17th century)
  • Spanish Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata (1776-1814)
  • British invasion of the River Plate (1806-1807)
  • Battle of Las Piedras (1811)
  • Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811-1812)
  • Second Band Oriental campaign (1812-1814)
  • Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816-1820)
  • Brazilian War of Independence (1822-1825)
  • Treaty of Montevideo recognizes Uruguay independence (1828)
  • Massacre of Salsipuedes (1831)
  • Uruguayan Civil War (1839-1851)
  • Uruguayan War (1864-1865)
  • Paraguayan War (1864-1870)
  • Coup d'état (1933)
  • Tupamaros guerrilla movement (1967-1972)
  • Coup d'état (1973)
  • Military dictatorship (1973-1985)

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

Basic timeline of Eritrea


This post is a basic timeline of Eritrea. There are 16 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Land of Punt (2500 - 980 BC)
  • D'mt kingdom (980 - 400 BC)
  • Ona culture (800 - 400 BC)
  • Aksum kingdom (80 BC - 960 AD)
  • Dahlak Sultanate (11th century - 1557)
  • Medri Bahri (1137-1889)
  • Ottoman Habesh Eyalet (1554-1872)
  • Italian Eritrea (1882-1936)
  • Italian East Africa (1936-1941)
  • Britain occupies Eritrea (1941-1952)
  • Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia (1941-1943)
  • Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea (1952-1962)
  • Eritrean War of Independence (1961-1991)
  • Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia (1993)
  • Djiboutian-Eritrean border conflict (2008)
  • Tigray War (2020 - now)

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

Basic timeline of Georgia


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

  • Shulaveri-Shomu culture (6000 - 4000 BC)
  • Kura-Araxes culture (3400 - 2000 BC)
  • Trialeti culture (3rd millennium - 2nd millennium BC)
  • Colchis (13th century - 164 BC)
  • Iberia kingdom (302 BC - 580 AD)
  • Pharnavazid dynasty (3rd century BC - 2nd century AD)
  • Caucasian campaign of Pompey (65 BC)
  • Iberian War (526 - 532 AD)
  • Lazic War (541 - 562 AD)
  • Iberia principality (588 - 888 AD)
  • Bagrationi dynasty (780 - 1810 AD)
  • Georgia kingdom (1008-1490)
  • Seljuk dynasty invades Georgia (11th century)
  • Byzantine-Georgian wars (11th century - 13th century)
  • Mongol invasion (1243)
  • Imereti kingdom (1260-1810)
  • Samtskhe-Saatabago (1266-1625)
  • Timurid Empire invades Georgia (1386-1403)
  • Qara Qoyunlu invades Georgia (15th century)
  • Kakheti kingdom (1465-1762)
  • Kartli kingdom (1478-1762)
  • Safavid Empire (1501-1736)
  • Russian Empire annexes Georgia (1801-1810)
  • Democratic Repbulic of Georgia (1918-1921)
  • Georgia-Armenian War (1918)
  • Soviet Union occupies Georgia (1921-1991)
  • Georgian-Ossetian conflict (1989 - now)
  • Georgian-Abkhazian conflict (1989 - now)
  • Georgia gains independence (1991)
  • Coup d'état (1991-1992)
  • Georgian Civil War (1991-1993)
  • Rose Revolution (2003)
  • Adjara crisis (2003-2004)
  • Georgian protests (2007)
  • Russo-Georgian War (2008)

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

Basic timeline of Croatia


This post is a basic timeline of Croatia. There are 30 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Hallstatt culture (1200 - 500 BC)
  • La Tene culture (450 BC - 1st century BC)
  • Illyrian Wars (229 - 228 BC)
  • Roman Dalmatia province (32 BC - 480 AD)
  • Roman Illyricum province (27 BC - 69/79 AD)
  • Roman Pannonia province (20 - 107 AD)
  • Byzantine Empire (395 - 1453 AD)
  • Ostrogoth occupation (5th century AD)
  • Pannonian Avars (567 - 9th century AD)
  • Duchy of Croatia (7th century - 925 AD)
  • Republic of Venice (697 - 1797 AD)
  • Kingdom of Croatia (925 - 1102 AD)
  • Croatian-Bulgarian battle of 926
  • Croatia-Hungary union (1102-1526)
  • Ragusa Republic (1358-1808)
  • Ottoman Budin Eyalet (1541-1686)
  • Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia (1527-1868)
  • Ottoman Bosnia Eyalet (1580-1867)
  • Ottoman Kanije Eyalet (1600-1690)
  • Kingdom of Slavonia (1699-1868)
  • French Illyrian Provinces (1809-1814)
  • Austrian Kingdom of Dalmatia (1815-1918)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1941)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Germany occupies Croatia (1941-1945)
  • Yugoslavia People's Repbulic of Croatia (1946-1963)
  • Yugoslavia Socialist Republic of Croatia (1963-1990)
  • Croatia declares independence (1991)
  • Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995)

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Basic timeline of Mauritania


This post is a basic timeline of Mauritania. There are 11 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Berber immigration (3rd century AD)
  • Ghana Empire (300 - 1200 AD)
  • Almoravid dynasty (1040-1147)
  • French West Africa occupation (1904-1960)
  • Mauritania gains independence (1960)
  • West Sahara War (1975-1991)
  • Coup d'état (1978)
  • Mauritania-Senegal Border War (1989-1991)
  • Attempted coup d'état (2003)
  • Coup d'état (2005)
  • Coup d'état (2008)

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

Basic timeline of Panama


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

  • Monagrillo culture (2500 - 1200 BC)
  • Rodrigo de Bastidas and Spain arrive (1501)
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa reaches the Pacific Ocean (1513)
  • Spanish Real Audiencia of Panama (1538-1751)
  • New Granada gains independence from Spain (1819)
  • Gran Colombia (1819-1831)
  • Repbulic of New Granada (1831-1858)
  • Granadine Confederation (1858-1863)
  • United States of Colombia (1863-1886)
  • Ferdinand de Lesseps begins working on the Panama Canal (1882)
  • Thousand Days War (1899-1902)
  • Panama gains independence from Colombia (1903)
  • Panama Canal is built by the United States (1904-1914)
  • Torrijos-Carter Treaties (1977)
  • United States invades Panama (1889-1990)

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

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Basic timeline of Kuwait


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

  • Dilmun civilization (4000 - 2000 BC)
  • Babylonia (1895 - 539 BC)
  • Kassite dynasty (1595 - 1155 BC)
  • Alexander the Great and Macedon invade Kuwait (4th century BC)
  • Characene kingdom (141 BC - 222 AD)
  • Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD)
  • Rashidun Caliphate (632 - 661 AD)
  • Battle of Chains (~633 AD)
  • Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 AD)
  • Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD) 
  • Portugal occupies Kuwait (1521)
  • Kuwait City is founded (1613)
  • British Sheikhdom of Kuwait (1613-1961)
  • Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913
  • Kuwait-Najd War (1919-1920)
  • Kuwait gains independence (1961)
  • Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
  • Gulf War (1991)
  • Iraq War (2003-2011)
  • Kuwaiti protests (2011-2012)

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

Basic timeline of Oman


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

  • Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC)
  • Sasanian Empire (224 - 651 AD)
  • Ridda Wars (632 - 633 AD)
  • Rashidun Caliphate (632 - 661 AD)
  • Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 AD)
  • Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
  • Qarmatian dynasty occupation (931 - 934 AD)
  • Seljuk Empire occupation (1053-1154)
  • Nabhani dynasty occupation (1154-1470)
  • Portuguese occupation (1515-1650)
  • Ottoman Empire occupation (1550-1551, 1581-1588)
  • Ya'rubid dynasty (1624-1742)
  • Omani Empire (1696-1856)
  • Zanzibar is annexed to Oman (1698)
  • House of Al Said (1744-1964)
  • Oman-Zanzibar War (1784)
  • Muscat and Oman Sultanate (1856-1970)
  • Jebel Akhdar War (1954-1959)
  • Dhofar Rebellion (1963-1976)
  • Zanzibar gains independence from Oman (1964)
  • Coup d'état (1970)
  • Qaboos bin Said is Sultan of Oman (1970-2020)
  • Omani protests (2011)

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

Basic timeline of Liberia


This post is a basic timeline of Liberia. There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • European settlements (15th century - 17th century)
  • American Colony of Liberia (1821-1847)
  • Liberia declares independence (1847)
  • United States recognizes Liberian independence (1862)
  • Firestone starts the world's largest rubber planation (1926)
  • Coup d'état (1980)
  • First Liberian Civil War (1989-1997)
  • Monrovia clashes (1998)
  • Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003)
  • Ebola epidemic (2014-2015)

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

Basic timeline of Ireland


This post is a basic timeline of Ireland. There are 30 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (33,000 years ago)
  • Celtic tribes arrive (600 BC - 400 AD)
  • Viking invasion (8th century AD)
  • Anglo-Norman invasion (12th century)
  • Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
  • Kingdom of Ireland (1542-1800)
  • First Desmond Rebellion (1569-1573)
  • Second Desmond Rebellion (1579-1583)
  • Tudor conquest of Ireland (1529-603)
  • Irish Nine Years War (1593-1603)
  • Irish Rebellion of 1641
  • Irish Confederate Wars (1641-1653)
  • Glorious Revolution (1688-1689)
  • Williamite War (1689-1691)
  • Irish Rebellion of 1798
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1922)
  • Great Famine (1845-1852)
  • Young Ireland Rebellion (1848)
  • Fenian Rising (1866-1871)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Easter Rising (1916)
  • Ireland declares Independence (1919)
  • Irish War of Independence (1919-1921)
  • Irish Civil War (1922-1923)
  • Irish Free State (1922-1937)
  • Republic of Ireland (1937 - now)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Northern Ireland conflict (1960's - 1998)
  • Ireland joins the European Union (1973)
  • Good Friday Agreement (1998)

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

Basic timeline of New Zealand


This post is a basic timeline of New Zealand. There are 16 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Maori culture (Pre-European era)
  • Abel Tasman and Dutch East India Company arrive (1642)
  • James Cook and Britain arrive (1769)
  • British Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)
  • British New Zealand Company (19th century)
  • Musket Wars (1807-1837)
  • Treaty of Waitangi (1840)
  • British Colony of New Zealand (1841-1907)
  • New Zealand Wars (1845-1872)
  • British Dominion of New Zealand (1907-1947)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • New Zealand gains independence (1947)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Waterfront strike (1951)
  • South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand (1981)
  • Constitutional crisis (1984)

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

Basic timeline of Costa Rica


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

  • Clovis culture (13,000 - 11,000 years ago)
  • Diquis culture (700 -1530 AD)
  • Nicoya culture (Pre-Columbian era)
  • Christopher Columbus and Spain arrive (1502)
  • New Spain (1521-1821)
  • First Mexican Empire (1821-1823)
  • Federal Republic of Central America (1823-1841)
  • League War (1835)
  • Costa Rica gains independence (1838)
  • Free State of Costa Rica (1838-1847)
  • First Costa Rican Republic (1848-1948)
  • Military coup d'état (1917)
  • Costa Rican Civil War (1948)

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

Basic timeline of Norway


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

  • Komsa culture (10,000 BC)
  • Nostvet culture (6200 - 3200 BC)
  • Lihult culture (6200 - 3200 BC)
  • Viking Age (793 - 1066 AD)
  • Norway kingdom (872 - 1397 AD)
  • Battle of Svolder (999 or 1000 AD)
  • Battle of Stiklestad (1030)
  • Civil War era in Norway (1130-1240)
  • Kalmar Union (1397-1537)
  • Denmark Norway (1523-1814)
  • Kalmar War (1611-1613)
  • Dano-Swedish War (1808-1809)
  • Swedish-Norwegian War (1814)
  • Norway declares independence (1814)
  • Sweden-Norway union (1814-1905)
  • Norway gains independence (1905)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Germany occupies Norway (1940-1945)
  • Legal purge in Norway (1945-1948)
  • Oil is discovered in the North Sea (1969)

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

Basic timeline of Slovakia


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

  • Hallstatt culture (1200 - 500 BC)
  • La Tene culture (450 - 1st century BC)
  • Celtic tribes arrive (400 BC)
  • Puchov culture (2nd century - 1st century BC)
  • Marcomannic Wars (166 - 180 AD)
  • Hunnic Empire (370 - 469 AD)
  • Pannonian Avars (567 - 9th century AD)
  • Nitra principality (9th century - 1108 AD)
  • Great Moravia (833 - 907 AD)
  • Hungarian kingdom occupation (9th century - 19th century AD)
  • Holy Roman Empire invasion (11th century)
  • Mongol invasion (1241)
  • Ottoman Empire invasion (16th century)
  • Austro-Turkish War (1663-1664)
  • Hungarian Revolution (1848)
  • Slovak uprising (1848)
  • Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938)
  • Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938-1939)
  • Slovak Republic (1939-1945)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Slovak National Uprising (1944)
  • Third Czechoslovak Repbulic (1945-1948)
  • Soviet Union annexes Czechoslovakia (1946)
  • Czechoslovak coup d'état (1948)
  • Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948-1990)
  • Velvet Revolution (1989)
  • Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990-1992)
  • Dissolution of Czechoslovakia (1992)
  • Slovakia gains independence (1993)
  • Slovakia joins the European Union (2004)

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

Friday, July 23, 2021

Basic timeline of Finland


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

  • Kunda culture (8000 - 5000 BC)
  • Comb Ceramic culture (4200 - 2000 BC)
  • Kiukainen culture (2400 - 1300 BC)
  • Roman period (1 - 400 AD)
  • Merovingian dynasty (5th century - 751 AD)
  • Northern Crusades (13th century)
  • Sweden occupies Finland (13th century - 1809)
  • Kalmar Union (1397-1537)
  • Great Northern War (1700-1721)
  • Russo-Swedish War (1741-1743)
  • Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790)
  • Finnish War (1808-1809)
  • Russian Grand Duchy of Finland (1809-1917)
  • Swedish famine (1866-1869)
  • Finland gains independence (1917)
  • Finland kingdom (1918-1919)
  • Finnish Civil War (1918)
  • Repbulic of Finland (1919 - now)
  • Mantsala rebellion (1932)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Continuation War (1941-1944)
  • Finland joins the European Union (1995)

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

Basic timeline of the Central African Republic


This post is a basic timeline of the Central African Republic. There are 9 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Bantu culture (1000 BC - 1000 AD)
  • Bangassou kingdom (18th century)
  • French Ubangi-Shari (1903-1960)
  • French Equatorial Africa (1910-1958)
  • Kongo-Wara rebellion (1928-1931)
  • Central African Republic gains independence (1960)
  • Attempted coup d'état (2001)
  • Central African Republic Bush War (2004-2007)
  • Central African Repbulic Civil War (2012 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the Central African Republic 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 Central African Republic.)

Basic timeline of the Republic of Congo


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

  • Kongo kingdom (1390-1914)
  • Diogo Cao and Portugal arrive (1482)
  • Loango kingdom (1550-1883)
  • Battle of Mbwila (1665)
  • Kongo Civil War (1665-1709)
  • French Congo (1882-1960)
  • King Leopold II rules Congo Free State (1885-1908)
  • Repbulic of Congo gains independence (1960)
  • Trios Glorieuses uprising (1963)
  • Military coup d'état (1968)
  • People's Republic of Congo (1969-1992)
  • First Republic of Congo Civil War (1993-1994)
  • Second Republic of Congo Civil War (1997-1999)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the 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 Republic of Congo.)

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Basic timeline of Hong Kong


This post is a basic timeline of Hong Kong. There are 19 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (30,000 years ago)
  • Qin dynasty (221 - 206 BC)
  • Nanyu kingdom (204 - 111 BC)
  • Han dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD)
  • Jin dynasty (266 - 420 AD)
  • Tang dynasty (618 - 907 AD)
  • Song dynasty (960 - 1279 AD)
  • Mongol invasion (13th century)
  • Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
  • Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
  • First Opium War (1839-1842)
  • British Empire annexes Hong Kong (1842)
  • Second Opium War (1856-1860)
  • British Empire annexes Kowloon (1860)
  • Hong Kong plague (1894-1929)
  • Japan occupies Hong Kong (1941-1945)
  • China annexes Hong Kong (1997)
  • Hong Kong protests (2014)
  • Hong Kong protests (2019 - now)

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

Basic timeline of Denmark


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

  • Maglemosian culture (9000 - 6000 BC)
  • Kongemose culture (6000 - 5200 BC)
  • Ertebolle culture (5300 - 3950 BC)
  • Funnelbeaker culture (4300 - 2800 BC)
  • Danes culture emerges (6th century AD)
  • Vikings arrive (8th century - 11th century AD)
  • Denmark kingdom (~8th century - 1397 AD)
  • Kalmar Union (1397-1537)
  • Denmark-Norway (1523-1533, 1537-1814)
  • Protestant Reformation (16th century)
  • Torstenson War (1643-1645)
  • Second Northern War (1655-1660)
  • Great Northern War (1700-1721)
  • Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
  • Gunboat War (1807-1814)
  • Treaty of Kiel (1814)
  • Norway revolt (1814)
  • Second Schleswig War (1864)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Iceland gains independence from Denmark (1918)
  • Germany occupies Denmark (1940-1945)
  • Faroe Island granted home rule (1948)
  • Denmark joins the European Union (1973)

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

Basic timeline of Singapore


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

  • Old Pahang Kingdom (5th century - 1454 AD)
  • Srivijaya kingdom (650 - 1377 AD)
  • Chola Empire invasion (11th century)
  • Kingdom of Singapura (1299-1398)
  • Malacca Sultanate (1400-1511)
  • Portuguese Malacca (1511-1641)
  • Johor Sultanate (1528-1855)
  • Dutch Malacca (1641-1825)
  • British Straits Settlements (1826-1946)
  • Battle of Singapore (1942)
  • Japan occupies Singapore (1942-1945)
  • British Colony of Singapore (1946-1959)
  • State of Singapore (1959-1963)
  • Singapore merges with Malaysia (1963-1965)
  • Singapore gains independence (1965)

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

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Basic timeline of Turkmenistan


This post is a basic timeline of Turkmenistan. There are 17 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (2250 - 1170 BC)
  • Indo-Europeans arrive (2000 BC)
  • Alexander the Great and Macedon conquer Turkmenistan (4th century BC)
  • Seleucid Empire (312 - 63 BC)
  • Parthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD)
  • Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
  • Seljuk Empire (1037-1194)
  • Mongol invasion (13th century)
  • Chagatai Khanate (1226-1705)
  • Timurid Empire (1370-1507)
  • Khiva Khanate (1511-1920)
  • Burkhara Emirate (1785-1920)
  • Russian Empire invades Turkmenistan (1869)
  • Basmachi movement (1916-1934)
  • Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (1920-1924)
  • Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1925-1991)
  • Turkmenistan gains independence (1991)

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

Basic timeline of Nicaragua


This post is a basic timeline of Nicaragua. There are 16 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Niquirano, Chorotegano and Chontal cultures (Pre-Columbian era)
  • Gil Gonzalez Davila and Spain arrive (1522)
  • New Spain (1521-1821)
  • British Mosquito Coast protectorate (1655-1850)
  • First Mexican Empire (1821-1823)
  • Federal Republic of Central America (1823-1841)
  • Nicaragua gains independence (1838)
  • Filibuster War (1856-1857)
  • Mosquito Coast is annexed by Nicaragua (1894)
  • United States occupies Nicaragua (1912-1933)
  • Nicaraguan Civil War (1926-1927)
  • Somoza dictatorship (1936-1979)
  • Nicaraguan earthquake (1972)
  • Sandinista insurrection (1972-1979)
  • Hurricane Mitch (1998)
  • Nicaraguan protests (2018 - now)

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

Basic timeline of Kyrgyzstan


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

  • Kushan Empire (30 - 375 AD)
  • Gokturks (5th century - 8th century AD)
  • Uyghur Khaganate (744 - 840 AD)
  • Kara-Khanid Khanate (840 - 1212 AD)
  • Qara Khitai (1124-1218)
  • Mongol invasion (13th century)
  • Qing dynasty (18th century)
  • Khanate of Kokand (1709-1876)
  • Russian conquest of Central Asia (1839-1895)
  • Russian Empire annexes Kyrgyzstan (1876)
  • Soviet Union (1922-1991)
  • Kyrgyzstan gains independence (1991)
  • Tulip Revolution (2005)
  • Kyrgyz Revolution (2010)
  • Kyrgyzstani protests (2020)

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

Basic timeline of Lebanon


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

  • First humans (45,000 years ago)
  • Qaraoun culture (20,000 - 5,000 years ago)
  • Phoenicia (2500 - 64 BC)
  • Neo-Assyrian Empire (911 - 609 BC)
  • Achaemenid Empire invasion (539 BC)
  • Alexander the Great and Macedonia invade Lebanon (332 BC)
  • Seleucid Empire (312 - 63 BC)
  • Roman Syria (64 BC - 198 AD)
  • Roman Coele Syria (198 - 4th century AD)
  • Roman Phoenice (194 - 7th century AD)
  • Byzantine Empire annexes Lebanon (4th century AD)
  • Sassanid Empire occupies Lebanon (619 - 627 AD)
  • Muslim conquest of the Levant (634 - 638 AD)
  • Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1291)
  • Crusader County of Tripoli (1102-1289)
  • Ma'n dynasty (1120-1697)
  • Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517)
  • Ottoman Syria (1516-1831, 1841-1918)
  • Shihab dynasty (1697-1842)
  • Mount Lebanon and Damascus civil conflict (1860)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Great Famine of Mount Lebanon (1915-1918)
  • Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1917-1920)
  • French Greater Lebanon (1920-1946)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Lebanon gains independence (1943)
  • Lebanon crisis (1958)
  • Six-Day War (1967)
  • Jordanian Civil War (1970-1971)
  • Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)
  • Syria occupies Lebanon (1976-2005)
  • Lebanon War (1982)
  • Israel occupies Southern Lebanon (1985-2000)
  • Cedar Revolution (2005)
  • Second Lebanon War (2006)
  • Syrian Civil War (2011 - now)
  • Lebanese protests (2019-2020)
  • Beirut explosion (2020)

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

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Basic timeline of El Salvador


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

  • Pipil, Lenca and Ch'orti' cultures (Pre-Columbian era)
  • New Spain (1521-1821)
  • El Salvador declares independence (1821)
  • First Mexican Empire (1821-1823)
  • Federal Republic of Central America (1823-1841)
  • Greater Republic of Central America (1895-1898)
  • Military dictatorship (1931-1979)
  • La Matanza (1932)
  • Attempted coup d'état (1944)
  • Attempted coup d'état (1972)
  • Military coup d'état (1979)
  • Salvadoran Civil War (1979-1992)
  • Attempted coup d'état (2020)

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

Basic timeline of Serbia


This post is a basic timeline of Serbia. There are 34 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Paleo-Balkan tribes (2nd millennium - 1st millennium BC)
  • Starcevo culture (6200 - 4500 BC)
  • Vinca culture (5700 - 4500 BC)
  • Dardania kingdom (393 - 28 BC)
  • Hunnic invasion (5th century AD)
  • Roman Empire invasion (2nd century - 1st century BC)
  • Principality of Serbia (8th century - 969 AD)
  • Grand Principality of Serbia (1091-1217)
  • Kingdom of Serbia (1217-1346)
  • Serbian Empire (1346-1371)
  • Moravian Serbia (1371-1402)
  • Battle of Kosovo (1389)
  • Serbian Despotate (1402-1459)
  • Ottoman-Habsburg wars (1526-1791)
  • Ottoman Empire annexes Serbia (1540)
  • Serbian Revolution (1804-1817)
  • Principality of Serbia (1815-1882)
  • Kingdom of Serbia (1882-1918)
  • Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1941)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Germany occupies Serbia (1941-1944)
  • Yugoslavia (1945-1992)
  • Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995)
  • Slovenian War of Independence (1991)
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003)
  • Bosnian War (1992-1995)
  • Serbian protests (1996-1997)
  • Kosovo War (1998-1999)
  • Presevo Valley insurgency (1999-2001)
  • NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (1999)
  • Serbia gains independence (2006)
  • Kosovo declares independence (2008)

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