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Jan 1, 732
Battle of Tours
This is the battle where Charles Martel led the revolt of the Muslims who began to invade areas around Paris and other Eastern European lands. -
Jan 1, 1054
The Great Schism
This Schism was the split in the Roman Empire between the Holy Roman Empire which was mainly Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. -
Jan 1, 1279
Yuan Dynasty Begins
The Mongols have been invading China and becoming a stronger force to deal with. The Molgols finally started their own dynasty called the Yuan Dynasty, -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Plague
This is a disease that spread over the trade routes and wiped out one third of the European population. -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizabethan Age Begins
The was a time under the rule of Elizabeth where expansion and exploration were big in the new world. -
French and Indian War
The British and French have always been rivals. The French acted on this rivalry by getting involved in the fighting in America. The British however won this war. -
American Independence
This is the day American finally declared independence from Britain and became its own country. -
Start of the Opiulm Wars
The British wanted to trade with the Chinese and were only accepted by the public if they sold Opium, which the locals were addicted to. However, the Chinese government wated to stop this trade, causin the Opium Wars. -
Meiji Restoration
This is a time in Japanese history where they were moving toward westernization to become a bigger world power. -
America enters WW2
America finally decided to enter the second world war on the side of the allies on this date after the Zimmermann telegram and the sinking of Lusitania. -
Passive Resistance Movement
At this time Mohandas Ghandi began his passive resistance movement in India to unite the Hindus and Muslims in the country. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a time in world history where the stock markets of the world crashed because people and countries were spending money that didn't exhist. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan surprised America by bombing the naval base of Pearl Harbor. As a result America declared war on Japan. -
D-day
America, England, and Canada launched their attack on the beaches of Normandy on this day as a part of World War 2. -
Cold War Starts
The Cold War was a time when the Soviet Union and the United States competed in many areas of life like science for example. This cometition never turned violent however giving it the name of the Cold War. -
Atomic Bomb
This is the day that President Truman ordered that the atomic bomb to be dropped in Japan on Hiroshima. -
Marshall Plan
This plan was put into action by the United States to help European countries recover economically. Billions of dollars were made available to the European countries. -
Korean War
This war was a result of the Soviet North Korea invading the Democratic South Korea to unite the two under one power. -
Bay of Pigs
This is when Presidant Kennedy authorized a small force of Cuban exiles to attack Cuba. -
The Cuban Missle Crisis
This was the climax of the Cold War. Cuba was spotted to have nuclear missles that they said they would use. America said that if missles were launched they would invade the Soviet Union. The situation was diffused without war. -
6 Days' War
This very short war was a result of the conflict between the incoming Jews and the already settled Muslims living in Israel. -
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
The decline of communism in the Soviet bloc allowed East Germany to cut it's ties with the Soviet Union and reunite with West Germany. This was all made official with the destruction of the dividing wall. -
9/11 Attacks
This event was when members of Al Qaeda overtook some planes and drove them into the twin towers that eventually collapsed and killed many people. -
The AP Exam
The day where all of the studying was finally put to the test, literally. -
Buddhism Splits
Buddhism splits into the two groups of Theravada and Mahayana as a result of conflict over the successor.
