75,000 BCE Huge volcano eruption in Indonesia
35,000 BCE Flute 22 cm long with 5-holes in Hohle Fels cave in Germany
up to 30,000 BCE 22 flutes in the French Pyrenees mountains
26,500 BCE Huge volcano eruption in New Zealand
19,000 BCE Flute found in Austria
13,000 BCE Evidence of war along Egypt's Nile River Dallas Morning News 9/16/03 p.16A
12,500-10,200 BCE Palestine had 15 Natufian sites
10,300-9000 BCE Palestine had 10 Harifian sites
10,000 BCE Spotty evidence of war Dallas Morning News 9/16/03 p.16A
10,000-8,000 BCE "Carolina event" Some believe a comet hit earth's atmosphere and broke into thousands of pieces, causing worldwide flooding.
9020 BCE Texas, USA had 1 site near Lubbock
8300-6800 BCE Europe had Mesolithic I Period
8000-6000 BCE N. Vietnam had Hoabin Hian village
8000-2000 BCE Indonesia had Bui Ceri Uato village
7800-6800 BCE In northern Europe the Baltic Sea was freshwater
7200-4000 BCE In Palestine Jericho was the first known town
7290-7902 BCE Huge 52.5 ft tsunami
7500 BCE Syria had 58 sites
7000 BCE Atlit Yam volcano in Iceland.
7000-4000 BCE Mideast had 23 other towns
6700 BCE California, USA had Santa Rosa
6620 BCE Turkey had Cayonu Tepesi (metal users)
6142 BCE Turkey had Catal Huyuk (metal users)
6000-5000 BCE China had 26 sites
6000-5000 BCE Mideast had 12 Hassuna and Samarra culture sites
6000-5000 BCE Mideast had 31 Ubaidian/'Ubeid and Halafian sites
6000-5000 BCE Cyprus had 2 Agricultural sites
6000-5000 BCE Greece had 4 Agricultural sites
6000-5000 BCE Sweden had 4 sites
6000-5000 BCE Texas, USA had Wilson-Leonard site, Williamson County
6000-5000 BCE North / Mid. America had 44 Paleo-Indian sites
6000-5000 BCE South America had 29 Paleo-Indian sites
5000-4500 BCE China had Hemudi site
5000-4500 BCE Thailand had Ben Chiang bronze age site
5000-4500 BCE Russia had East Tripolye culture
5000- BCE Belgrade occupied
5000-4500 BCE Iran had 50 houses in Tepe Sialk
5000-4500 BCE Turkey had Hacilar and Catal Huyuk (6,000 pop.)
5000-4500 BCE Egypt had 26 sites
5000-4500 BCE Sudan had Khasirel Girba site
5000-4500 BCE Germany had Many Mesolithic sites
5000-4500 BCE Malta had Many sites, including temple complexes
5000-4500 BCE Cost Rica had Sites where people lived
5000-4500 BCE Mexico had Cotton in Tehuacan
4500-4000 BCE Iran had Tell-i iblis site (metal users)
4500-4000 BCE Syria had Abu Hureya village
4500-4000 BCE Palestine had the town of Jaffa
4500-4000 BCE Egypt had Badarian culture.
4500-4000 BCE Egypt had First calendar date
4500-4000 BCE Poland, Czech. had 17 Danubian Culture sites
4500-4000 BCE Balkans & Russia had 55 Mesolithic sites
4500-4000 BCE France had Early Breton passage graves
4377 BCE major volcanic eruption, Nazama, South Oregon
4000 BCE Los Concheros Carib Indians in Nicaragua
3600-3300 BCE Fortress at Hambledon Hill, SW England. See Scientific American : Ancient Cities p.100.
4000-3500 BCE Severe floods in Sumeria
4000-3500 BCE New Guinea had 4 sites, including Wanlek, Kafiavana
4000-3500 BCE Vietnam had Van Tang Culture
4000-3500 BCE Thailand had Nok Tha
4000-3500 BCE Indonesia had Uai Bobo & Ulu Leng
4000-3500 BCE China had Yang Shao Rice farming culture
4000-3500 BCE Russia had West Tripolye and Khurgan cultures
4000-3500 BCE Central Asia had Samarkand
4000-3500 BCE Iran had Susa, Persepolis, Tell-I bakun, Tell-I Iblis
4000-3500 BCE Mesopotamia had 52 cities & towns
4000-3500 BCE Lebanon had Sidon and Byblos
4000-3500 BCE Palestine had Megiddo, Ghassul,
4000-3500 BCE Esdraelon, Beth Shemesh (east)
4000-3500 BCE Egypt had 26 towns, 200K pop.
4000-3500 BCE White pottery culture
4000-3500 BCE Iron daggers found
4000-3500 BCE Turkey had 52 villages
4000-3500 BCE Cyprus had Village of Erimi
4000-3500 BCE Spain had Basques
4000-3500 BCE Middle America had 31 sites
4000-3500 BCE South America had 34 sites
4000-3500 BCE USA had Old copper culture in the Great Lakes area
3500 BCE Famine in Egypt
3170 BCE Oldest dated bone in Vancouver at Pender archaeological excavation
3500-3000 BCE Iran had Persian Royal road used
3500-3000 BCE Palestine had Town of Beth Yerah,
3500-3000 BCE Jericho rebuilt
3500-3000 BCE Egypt:First recorded famine due to low Nile River, 1st Dynasty 7/8 pharaohs, 2 million pop., Royal tombs built at Abydos & Memphis
3500-3000 BCE Sudan: Khartoum settled
3500-3000 BCE Libya: Metalaoui
3500-3000 BCE Italy / Sicily had 121 Copper / Bronze Age sites
3500-3000 BCE Sardinia had 31 Mesolithic sites
3500-3000 BCE Corsica had 18 Mesolithic sites
3500-3000 BCE Germany had Corded ware culture
3300-2000 BCE Mexico had First date in the Mayan calendar
3300-2000 BCE Ecuador had Valdivia culture
3199 BCE major volcanic eruption, northern hemisphere
3000 BCE Miao Zigou in Northeast China
3000 BCE Hamin Mangha in China
3000-2500 BCE China had 17 Sites, Emperor Huang-ti
3000-2500 BCE Thailand had Chao Praya River site
3000-2500 BCE Burma had Mon people arrive
3000-2500 BCE Indonesia had Bui Ceri Uato village
3000-2500 BCE Russia had Afansievo culture
3000-2500 BCE India / Pakistan had 72 Harrappan towns
3000-2500 BCE Afghanistan had Mundigak village
3000-2500 BCE Iran had Elamite Kings 2700-
3000-2500 BCE Mesopotamia had 45 cities & towns
3000-2500 BCE Ur had 1st dynasty. 5 kings
3000-2500 BCE Palestine had 24 towns
3000-2500 BCE Egypt had 13 cemeteries
3000-2500 BCE Egypt had Pharoah Zoser
2nd through the 4th Dynasties, Pyramids, the Sphinx
3000-2500 BCE Turkey had 52 towns
3000-2500 BCE Libya had Hav a Fleah site
3000-2500 BCE North Africa had records of Berbers
3000-2500 BCE Crete had Minoan Civilization
3000-2500 BCE Greece had 81 sites
3000-2500 BCE Balkans had 55 Danubian sites
3000-2500 BCE Spain/Portugal had 36 Almerian sites
3000-2500 BCE France had 46 sites
3000-2500 BCE Scandinavia had 25 sites
3000-2500 BCE England had 79 Windmill Hill sites
2900 BCE Kish of Sumer builds his empire
c.2800 BCE Plague of Idomeneus after Trojan War in Crete
c.2800-1200 BCE Town of Pavropetri now sunken off of southern Greece
2775-2650 BCE Khasekhemwy reunites Egypt & fights Nubia
2750 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk creates his Empire in Mesopotamia
2700 BCE Enmebargesi of Kish defeats Elam
2670/2600 BCE Mesannepadda of Ur defeats Agga of Kish in Mesopotamia
Upper Egypt Conquers Lower Egypt & Kush
2674-2183 BCE In China the Era of Five Emperors
2650 BCE Seven year famine in Egypt under Pharoah Zoser
2600-2000 BCE France had the Seine-Oise-Marne culture
>2500 - < 2323 BCE Egypt had Fifth Dynasty of 9 pharaohs
2500 BCE Mesopotamia had 2 million population. Earliest historical records.
2500 BCE China had Longhan, the first walled city
c.2500 BCE @Zhuolu Emperor Huang-di defeat leader Chi-You
2500 BCE King Mesilim conquers Sumer
2500 BCE England had 58 Bronze Beaker culture sites
2500 BCE Mexico had First modern corn (maize)
c.2500 BCE Los Millaraes, Spain destroyed
2450 BCE King Eannatum of Lagash defeats Umma.
2405 BCE Gilgamesh wages his battles in Mesopotamia
2400 BCE Troy destroyed for second time in Anatolia (Turkey)
2400 BCE Eannatum of Lagash attacks Elam
2400 BCE Famine in Egypt (relief art at Saqqara)
2400 BCE Turkey had 2nd layer of Troy
2375 BCE Lugalzaggesi of Umma defeats Lagash, killing 20 heaps 1K?) + 3.6
2360 BCE King Lugalzaggesi of Umma, Sumer
2355-2279 BCE Sargon I (the Great), 34 battles
2350 BCE Sargon of Agade/Akkad conquers Elam
2300-1300 BCE Ecuador had Wairajirca pottery culture
2300-1200 BCE Russia had Maikop village
2300 BCE Hittites come to Anatolia (Turkey) 50
2300 BCE Amorites conquer Syria and Palestine
2300 BCE Jericho and Et-tell destroyed in Palestine
2280 BCE Elam invades Babylonia. Oldest known treaty
-2100 BCE Gutians conquer Sumer in Mesopotamia
2150 BCE Gebal (Byblos) sacked, probably by Amorites
2136 B.C. Earliest record solar eclipse
2126 BCE Elamites conquer Isin in Sumeria
2100 BCE on Ur-Nammu of Ur begins his conquests
2100 BCE Egypt retakes Nubia
c.2100 BCE Chinese Hsia Dynasty begins
c.2050 BCE Shulgi of Ur captures Babylon
2006/2004/1950 BCE Ur (40K-180K-300K) destroyed by Elamites 60
c.2000 BCE Amorites conquer Asshur, Babylon, other cities
c.2000 BCE Famine in Canaan in Abraham's time
2000 BCE Famine in China
2000/1600 BCE Syphilis recorded in China
c.1900 BCE Babylonians, Larsa, and Elam fight Canaanites
c.1900 BCE Seven year famine in Egypt and Canaan in Joseph's time
1900 BCE Byblos burned in northern Lebanon
mid 18th BCE Ishbi-Dagon of Isin drove Elamites out of Ur
mid 18th BCE Turukku tribe of Hurrians fight Mari
1790 BCE Rim-Sin of Larsa conquers the city of Isin in Mesopotamia
1789-1777 BCE Possible years of no war
1776 BCE Sekhemkare and Egyptians defeat Nubians
1765-1764 BCE Hammurapi conquers Elam in southwestern Iran
1763-1762 BCE Hammurapi conquers Mari, Eshnunna, Larsa-Isin
1761-1760 BCE Akkadians conquer Assyrians Hammurapi/Ishme-Dagon I
1759-1751 BCE Possible years of no war
1751 BCE 13 year drought relieved under King Tang in China
c.1750 BCE First Shang Emperor Tang takes over decadent Xia
1749/1712 BCE Elamites attack Babylon
1748-1702 BCE Possible years of no war
c.1701 BCE Hittites fight in Anatolia (Asia Minor)
1700 BCE Earthquake in Crete severe
1700 BCE Earthquake in Egypt major
1700/1640 BCE Hyksos and their chariots conquer Egypt
1699-1651 BCE Possible years of no war
1650 BCE Shechem destroyed in Palestine
1649-1632 BCE Possible years of no war
1631 BCE Cushites conquer Wawat in Sudan
1630 BCE Cushites raid Egypt
1629-1601 BCE Possible years of no war
1628 BCE major volcanic eruption, northern hemisphere
1600-1581 BCE Kashku fight Hittites
c.1600-c.1193 BCE Kashku fight Hittites
1590 BCE Hittites sack Babylon
1573/55-1540 BCE Kamose starts to overthrow Hyksos in Egypt
1570 BCE Kassites conquer Babylon
1550/1540 BCE Egyptians complete driving out Hyksos
1544-1543 BCE Egytptians conquer part of Nubia
1529 BCE Kushites fight among themselves
4/1529-9/10/1529 BCE Thutmose conquers Nubia
1504-1492 BCE Pharaoh Thutmosis I's campaigns
1500 BCE Pop:100M +/-40% Afr:9 Asia:69 China:32 Ind:14 ME:20 Eu:14 NA:0 LA:2
c.1500-1450 BCE Idrimi of Alalakh makes peace with Hurrian king Barrattarna
c.1500-1450 BCE Idrimi of Alalakh captures 7 Hittite cities (Anchor Bible Dict. vol.3 p.381-382)
1500 BCE Egypt destroys Debir, Hazor, Jericho, others in Palestine (Anchor Bible Dict. vol.3 p.381-382)
1500 BCE First house burned in San Jose Mogote in Oaxaca Dal. Morn. News 9/16/03 p.16A
ca.1650 BCE major volcanic eruption, Santorini, Greece. Five times more powerful than any recorded ones. ?
c.1500 BCE Maltese Temple Cult Culture destroyed
c.1500-1450 BCE Aryans destroy Harappans in India and Pakistan 1000
c.1490 BCE Thutmose I captures Kerma in Nubia
1485 BCE Thutmose III of Egypt captures Arvad in Phoenicia
1483-1437 BCE Thutmose III of Egypt 17 campaigns - Napoleon of Egypt
1483/1468 BCE @Megiddo Thutmose III defeats Canaanites 0.083
c.1454 BCE Qadesh revolts from Egypt
c.1450 BCE Mycenaean Greeks destroy Minoans on Crete 500
c.1447 BCE Plague on firstborn Egyptians
c.1446 BCE Egyptian army drowns in the Red Sea
c.1440 BCE Amalekites defeat Israelites
c.1440 BCE Severe plague on the Israelites (Num 11:33-34)
1424 BCE @Kurukshetra Bharata battle (Krishna) in Mahabharata
1406 BCE Plague on Israelites after sinning with Moabites (Num 25:1 24
1401 BCE Joshua defeats Bashan in Transjordan
c.1400-1100 BCE 1 Shang battle in China 2.656
1400-1362 BCE Joshua's Conquest of Canaan 600
1390 BCE @Takshasila Aryans defeat Takshaka (or West) Nagas
1386 BCE Egyptians fight Nubians under Amenhotep III
1385-1325 BCE Shubbiluliuma enourages fighting in Palestine
1382 Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram Naharaim subjugates Israel
1374/1373 Othniel son of Kenax defeats Aramaeans
1370 BCE? Danites destroy Laish in Palestine
1366 BCE Suppiluliuma defeats Mitanni
c.1360/1250 BCE Israel vs. Benjamin (Judges 20) 90.13
1340 BCE Hittites conquer Kizzuwatna
1339-1281 BCE First star maps
c.1335 BCE Shamgar vs. Philistines 0.6
c.1335 BCE Israel vs. Hazor 2.7
c.1334 BCE Eglon of Moab defeats Israel 10
1334 BCE Plague hits Hittites
1324-1264 BCE Shang Emperor Wu Ding against Gui and Wei
1318 BCE Pharoah Seti I conquers Galilee and Phoenicia
1316 BCE Ehud of Israel defeats Eglon of Moab
c.1310 BCE Hittites defeat Arzawa
1300 BCE Pharoah Seti I burns Hazor
1300 BCE San Jose Mogota in Oxaca defensive wooden stakes Dal. Morn. News 9/16/03 p.16A
1298 BCE Rameses II conquers Phoenicia
1295-1292 BCE Shang Emperor Wuding conquers Xia Zhu, Guifang & Tufang
5/1285/1286 BCE @Kadesh 20K Egypt vs. 19.5K Hittites tie13
1286-1297 BCE Hittites and Egyptians fight
1280 BCE Egyptians sack Ashkelon
1265-1235 Shalmaneser I destroys Mitanni
1257 BCE Jabin of Hazor subdues Israel
1250 BCE Pylos destroyed
1250 BCE "Thrusa" people try to invade Egypt under Pharaoh Merenptah
c.1250 BCE Israel destroys most of Midian 120
1250-1200 BCE Four other Palestinian cities captured or destroyed
1250 BCE Famine in Israel in the Ruth's time
1243 BCE- Assyrians defeat Nairi
1237 BCE Deborah and Barak defeat Jaabin of Hazor
1230 BCE Lachish destroyed in Canaan
1201 BCE Debir Destroyed in Canaan
c.1227 BCE Jephthah & Israel vs. Ephraimites 42
1225 BCE Assyrian Tukulti-Ninurta captures Babylon
mid 11th Assyria & Elam defeat Kassite Kashtiliash
15 Apr 1220 BCE Egypt & Libya 6 hour battle 13K Libyans killed 16
1216 BCE Deborah and Barak defeat Hazor
1208 BCE Revolt in Assyria, Tukulti-Ninurta slain
1205 BCE Sea peoples attack Sidon
1204-1000 BCE Frequent fighting in Assyrian Empire
1204-1192 BCE @Troy Homer's Trojan War
1202 BCE Barbarians overrun Crete
1201 BCE Hattusa razed in Asia Minor
1200-1050 BCE "Dark Ages" in Syria. We have few records of anything during that time
1200 BCE Philistines enter Canaan in force
c.1200 BCE Philistines sack Sidon. Some refugees build Tyre.
1199 Midianites oppress Israelites
1199-1150 BCE Dorian Greeks conquer Aegean
1196 BCE Rameses III drives back Sea Peoples
1194 BCE Plague in the last year of the Trojan War among Greeks
1191 BCE Gideon and Israelites defeat Midian
1190 BCE Hittites Sea Battle off Cyprus
1190 Hattusas sacked in Anatolia (Turkey)
1189-1179 BCE First Egyptian-Libyan War
1185 BCE Egyptians defeat Sea Peoples at the mouth of the Nile
1183-1173 BCE Second Egypt-Libyan War
1182 BCE Phrygians destroy Amisus (Samsun)
1180 BCE Ugarit is destroyed
1169 BCE Gideon defeats Midianites
1159-1140 BCE @Hecla major volcanic eruption, northern hemisphere
1155 BCE Shutruk-Nahhunte of Elam destroys Kassite army
1153 BCE Elamite Shutruk-Nahhunte-I captures Babylon
c.1151 BCE Battle of Ten Kings in India 6
1150 BCE Philistines sack Sidon
1140 BCE Barbarians drive out Dorians in Greece
c.1149 BCE Abimelech killed in Israelite Civil War
1140-1000 BCE Dorians overrun Mycenae Greeks
1125 BCE Assyrians try to attack Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon
1120 BCE Tiglath Pileser defeats Mushki
1116 BCE Assyrians fight off northern attackers
c.1105-1000 BCE Philistines vs. Israel (Judges 13, 1 Sam 4:11)
1104 BCE @Aphekthe Philistines defeat Israel (1 Samuel 4:1-11) 30
c.1100-800 BCE Violent Dark Age in Greece - no writing
c.1100 BCE Dorian Greeks invade Mycenae
c.1100 BCE @Chaoge (or Muye) Zhou destroy Di-xin of Shang in China
c.1100 BCE Abimelech vs. Shechem (Judges 9:49) 1
c.1100 BCE Samson kills Philistines 4
Israel vs. Arameans and Ammon- (2 Sam 10:18) 47
1115-1077 Tiglath Pileser and Assyrians wage 27 Campaigns
1087 BCE Jephthah defeats Philistines and Ammonites
1084 BCE @Ebenezer Israel defeat the Philistines (Judges 7:12)
c.1060 BCE Heavy earthquake in Cyprus
c.1046-1027 BCE Zhou Dynasty destroys the Shang Empire in China
1003 BCE David captures Jerusalem
1002 BCE @Han River King Zhao of Zhou dies on campaign
1000 BCE Pop:137M+/-40% Afr:11 Asia:102 China:41 Ind:38 ME:21 Eu:16 NA:0 LA:3
c.1000 BCE Ugarit Kingdom falls
c.1000 BCE Battle in the Mahabharata
1000 BCE Smallpox in India: First known outbreak
1000 BCE Chou defeat Shang in China
c.998 BCE Israel under David vs. Moab 10
c.997 BCE Israel Civil War Absalom -2Sam 18:7 20
969 BCE Egypt sacks Gezer as Solomon's wedding present
c.951 BCE Hiram of Tyre subjugates Tityans
950/945 BCE Libyan Shishaq takes Egyptian throne
926 BCE Shishak of Egypt invades Judah
>926 BCE Jeroboam/Abijah Israel/Judah fight 500
918 BCE Shishak destroys Taanach
911-894 BCE Assyrian Adad Nirari II campaigns
909 BCE @Gibbethon Israelites besiege Philistines
900 BCE San Lorenzo, Mexico destroyed by revolt
897 BCE Ethball overthrows Phelles in Tyre
889-886 BCE Assyrian Tukulti Ninurta II campaigns
884/3-878 BCE Assyrian Ashurnasirpal II campaigns
866 BCE Assyrian Ashurnasirpal II campaigns
865 BCE Assyrian Shalmaneser III conquers Kar Kalmaneser
860 BCE Biainili (Urartu) is unified
859-824 BCE Assyrian Shalmaneser III has 32 campaigns
858/857 BCE Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria campaigns against [...] (Assyrian Chronicle)
858 BCE Assyria fights Urartu
857/856 BCE Shalmaneser III becomes king of Assyria (Ashur-b'la-ka'in is his commander in chief). Campaign against [...] (Assyrian Chronicle)
857 BCE Assyrians attack Bit-Adini (Eden)
857 BCE Assyrians capture Carchemish
856/855 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against [...] (Assyrian Chronicle)
856 BCE Assyria fights Urartu
855/854 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against [...] (Assyrian Chronicle)
854-840 BCE We cannot read what the Assyrians did these years. (Assyrian Chronicle)
853 BCE @Qarqar Assyrians vs. coalition tie. Dayan-Ashur is the Assyrian commander-in-chief.
850 BCE Assyria besieges Gannanatu
850 BCE Babylonians first try to predict the weather
850-841 BCE Assyrians fight Aramaeans
9th Century BCE Hasanlu of Urartu burned
843 BCE Assyria sacks Allabria,Parsua,Abdadani,Khaban,Namri
841 BCE Shalmaneser and Assyrians defeat Aramaean king Hazael but fail to take Damascus
841 BCE Jehu rebels and kills the kings of Israel and Judah
841 BCE Assyrian defeats Parasca
840/839 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against the cedar mountain (Assyrian Chronicle)
839/838 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Qu'e [Cilicia] (Assyrian Chronicle)
839 BCE Assyria campaigns in Cilicia
838/837 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Malahi (Assyrian Chronicle)
838/837 BCE Assyrians fight Aramaean king Hazael but fail to take Damascus
837/836 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Danabu (Assyrian Chronicle)
836 BCE Assyrians fight Zagros Mountains tribes
836/835 BCE Near Hamadan Shalmaneser III defeats Medes
836/835 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns [...] (Assyrian Chronicle)
835/834 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Milidu (Assyrian Chronicle)
835 BCE Assyria sacks Shalmnas
834/833 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Namri (Assyrian Chronicle)
833-831 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Qu'e (Assyrian Chronicle)
832 BCE @Arsanies Assyrians defeat Urartu
832 BCE Shalmaneser III captures Tarshish
831/830 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns agains Qu'e; [the god] Anu the Great left Der (Assyrian Chronicle)
831 BCE Patinu rebels from Assyria
830/829 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Urartu (Assyrian Chronicle)
830-827 BCE Assyria fights Urartu
829/828 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Unqu (Assyrian Chronicle)
828/827 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Ulluba (Assyrian Chronicle)
828 BCE Assyrians fight against Urartu & sacks Musasin
827/826 BCE Shalmaneser III of Assyria campaigns against Mannea (Assyrian Chronicle)
826-822 BCE Dayan-Ashur is still the commander-in-chief. There is a revolt. (Assyrian Chronicle)
824 BCE Yahalu becomes the Assyrian commander-in-chief. (Assyrian Chronicle)
826-820 BCE Assyrian rebellion
824-805 BCE Urartu Empire expands
822-819 BCE Shamshi-Adad V becomes king of Assyria. A revolt was suppressed. (Assyrian Chronicle)
819/818 BCE Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria campaigns against Mannea (Assyrian Chronicle)
818/817 BCE Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria campaigns against [...]shumme (Assyrian Chronicle)
817-815 BCE Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria campaigns against Tille (Assyrian Chronicle)
815/814 BCE Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria campaigns against Zaratu (Assyrian Chronicle)
814/813 BCE Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria campaigns against Der. B'l-lu-ballat is the Assyrian commander-in-chief. (Assyrian Chronicle)
813/812 BCE Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria campaigns against Ahsana (Assyrian Chronicle)
812/811 BCE Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria campaigns against Chaldaea (Assyrian Chronicle)
811/810 BCE Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria campaigns against Babylon (Assyrian Chronicle)
810/809 BCE Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria stays in the land (Assyrian Chronicle)
809/808 BCE Adad-Nirari III becomes king of Assyria and campaigns against Media (Assyrian Chronicle)
809 BCE Assyria fights Media
808/807 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Guzana. Nergal-ilaya is the commander-in-chief. (Assyrian Chronicle)
808 BCE Assyrians fight Guzanu
807-806 BCE Assyrians fight Mannaeans/Armenians
807-805 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Mannea (Assyrian Chronicle)
806 BCE Assyrian Adad-Nirari III sacks Arpad in Syria
805-802 BCE Assyrian Adad-Nirari III besieges DAmascus but leaves after they pay large tribute
805/804 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Arpad (Assyrian Chronicle)
804/803 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Hazazu (Assyrian Chronicle)
804-733 BCE Further Urartu conquests
c.806-804 BCE Zakir of Hamath and Luash fight Damascas
804-802 BCE Assyrians capture Damascus
803/802 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Ba'alu (Assyrian Chronicle)
802/801 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against the Sealand; plague (Assyrian Chronicle)
801/800 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Hubushkia (Assyrian Chronicle)
801 BCE Assyria attacks Khubbushkia
800-798 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Media (Assyrian Chronicle)
c.800 BCE Famine in Lydia (probable migration of Etruscans)
800 BCE Spartans conquer Laconia
ca.800 BCE Olmecs build their empire in Mexico 350K people
800-799 BCE Assyria fights Media
800-700 BCE Nubia (Sudan) revolts from Egypt
c.800 BCE Urartians sack 60 acre Minnean citadel at Hasanlu
798/797 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Lushia (Assyrian Chronicle)
797/796 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Namri (Assyrian Chronicle)
796/795 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Manduate (Assyrian Chronicle)
796 BCE Assyrians besiege Damascus and leave after Damascus pays heavy tribute.
795-793 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Der (Assyrian Chronicle)
793-791 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Media (Assyrian Chronicle)
791/790 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Hubushkia/Khubbushkia (Assyrian Chronicle)
790/789 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Itu'a (Assyrian Chronicle)
789-786 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Media again (Assyrian Chronicle)
c.789 BCE Israel vs. Arameans -1 Kings 20:29 127
786/785 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Kisku (Assyrian Chronicle)
785-783 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Hubushkia/Khubbushkia; [the god] Anu the Great went to Der (Assyrian Chronicle)
784 BCE Solar eclipse over Assyria
773-754 BCE Assyrians campaign five times
783-781 BCE Adad-Nirari III of Assyria campaigns against Itu'a (Assyrian Chronicle)
781/780 BCE Shalmaneser IV becomes king of Assyria and campaigns against Urartu (Assyrian Chronicle)
780-777 BCE Shalmaneser IV of Assyria campaigns Urartu. Shamshi-ilu is the Assyrian commander-in-chief. (Assyrian Chronicle)
777/776 BCE Shalmaneser IV of Assyria campaigns against Itu'a (Assyrian Chronicle)
776/775 BCE Shalmaneser IV of Assyria campaigns against Urartu (Assyrian Chronicle)
775/774 BCE Shalmaneser IV of Assyria campaigns against the Cedar Mountain (Assyrian Chronicle)
774/773 BCE Shalmaneser IV of Assyria campaigns against Urartu and Namri (Assyrian Chronicle)
773/772 BCE Shalmaneser IV of Assyria campaigns against Damascus (Assyrian Chronicle)
772/771 BCE Shalmaneser IV of Assyria campaigns against Hatarikka (Assyrian Chronicle)
771/770 BCE Ashur-dan III becomes king of Assyria and campaigns against Gananati (Assyrian Chronicle)
771 BCE @Hao Rong barbarians kill Zhou King You
770/769 BCE Assyrians campaigns against Marad (Assyrian Chronicle)
770 BCE Rebellion against Chou; Chou move capital
769/768 BCE Ashur-dan III of Assyria campaigns against Itu'a (Assyrian Chronicle)
768/767 BCE Ashur-dan III of Assyria stays in the land (Assyrian Chronicle)
767/766 BCE Ashur-dan III of Assyria campaigns against Gananati (Assyrian Chronicle)
766/765 BCE Ashur-dan III of Assyria campaigns against Media (Assyrian Chronicle)
765/764 BCE Ashur-dan III of Assyria campaigns against Hatarikka; plague (Assyrian Chronicle)
765 BCE First plague in Nineveh before Jonah
764/763 BCE Sidqi-ilu, governor of Tushhan, the king stayed in the land (Assyrian Chronicle)
6/15/763 BCE Solar eclipse mentioned in Assyrian Chronicles and possibly Amos 8:9. Revolt in Asshur
June 15 763 BCE Solar eclipse (Assyrian Chronicle)
763-761 BCE Libbi-ali revolts from Assyria (Assyrian Chronicle)
761-759 BCE Arrapha revolts from Assyria (Assyrian Chronicle)
760 BCE Hazor and Samaria. In the year that Uzziah died
759/758 BCE Guzana revolts from Assyria. Plague in Assyria (Assyrian Chronicle)
759 BCE Second plague in Nineveh before Jonah
758/757 BCE Ashur-dan III of Assyria campaigns against Guazana (Assyrian Chronicle)
757-755 BCE Ashur-dan III of Assyria stays in the land (Assyrian Chronicle)
755/754 BCE Ashur-dan III of Assyria campaigns against Hatarikka (Assyrian Chronicle)
754/753 BCE Ashur-dan III of Assyria campaigns against Arpad (Assyrian Chronicle)
754-714 BCE Urartu campaigns at least once per year under Argishti I and Sarduri II
754 BCE Assyrian Ashurdan III sacks Arpad in Syria
753-749 BCE Ashur-nirari V of Assyria stayed in the land. Shamshi-ilu was his commander in chief (Assyrian Chronicle)
749-747 BCE Ashur-nirari V of Assyria campaigns against Namri (Assyrian Chronicle)
747/746 BCE Ashur-nirari V of Assyria stayed in the land (Assyrian Chronicle)
746/745 BCE Land of Kalhu revolts from Assyria (Assyrian Chronicle)
745/744 BCE Tiglath-pileser III becomes king of Assyria (Assyrian Chronicle)
745 BCE Tiglath Pileser III captures Damascus
744/743 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria campaigns against Namri (Assyrian Chronicle)
743/742 BCE Massacre among Urartu in Arpad (Assyrian Chronicle)
743 BCE Civil War in Assyria
743 BCE Assyrians capture Kashpuna, near Tyre and Sidon
743-740 BCE Assyrian Tiglath-Pileser III besieges and captures Arpad
742-739 BCE Assyrians campaigns against Arpad. The city was taken after three years. Nab'-da'inannil is thh Assyrian commander-in-chief. (Assyrian Chronicle)
740 BCE Spartans conquer Messenia
740-710 BCE Scythians overrun Cimmerians
739/738 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria campaigns against Ulluba and captures the town of Birtu (Assyrian Chronicle)
738/737 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria captures the town of Kullania (Assyrian Chronicle)
738 BCE Yaudi in Syria revolts against Assyrians
737/736 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria campaigns against Media (Assyrian Chronicle)
737 BCE Assyrian Tiglath-Pileser III invades Persia
736/735 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria campaigns at the foot of Mount Nal (Assyrian Chronicle)
736 BCE Greeks take Phoenician Malta
735/734 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria campaigns against Urartu (Assyrian Chronicle)
c.735 BCE Damascus, Tyre, and Israel combine forces against the Assyrians, and attempt to force Judah to join them.
735-715 BCE Ahaz Edomites capture Jews under Ahaz 2 Chr 28:17
735-715 BCE Ahaz Philistines raid Judah under Ahaz 2 Chr 28:18
735-730 BCE First Messenian war between Spartan Theopompus and Messenia
734/733 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria campaigns against Philistia (Assyrian Chronicle)
734 BCE Corinth takes Corfu from Eretians in Greece
734 BCE Assyrian Tiglath-Pileser III sacks Hazor
733-731 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria captures Damascus; does not destroy it though. (Assyrian Chronicle)
c.733 BCE Israel defeats Judah 2 Chr 28:6 120
733-732 B.C. Tiglath Pileser III destroys 591 towns in Syria and finally captures Damascus, killing its king Radyan (Assyrian Annals)
731/730 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria campaigns against Shapiya (Assyrian Chronicle)
731-724 BCE Piye and Napatans conquer Egypt
730/729 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria stays in the land (Assyrian Chronicle)
729/728 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria took the hand of B'l [and became king of Babylonia] (Assyrian Chronicle)
728/727 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria captures the city of Hi[...] (Assyrian Chronicle)
727/726 BCE Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria campaigns against some [unreadable] tribe (Assyrian Chronicle)
727/726 BCE Shalmaneser V becomes king of Assyria (Assyrian Chronicle)
727 BCE Eloulaios of Tyre suppress revolt in Cyprus
726/725 BCE Shalmaneser V of Assyria stays in the land (Assyrian Chronicle)
725/724 BCE Shalmaneser V of Assyria campaigns against [...] (Assyrian Chronicle)
724/723 BCE Shalmaneser V of Assyria campaigns against some [unreadable] tribe (Assyrian Chronicle)
724-722 Assyrians besiege Tyre
c.724 BCE @Ithome Messenians defeat Spartans
723/722 BCE Shalmaneser V of Assyria campaigns against some [unreadable] tribe. Inurta-ilaya is the Assyrian commander-in-chief. (Assyrian Chronicle)
723-715 BCE Spartans conquer Messenia
722 BCE Assyrians crush a revolt in southern Chaldea
722 BCE Sargon captures Samaria
721 BCE Assrians conquer Urartu. Inurta-ilaya is the commander in chief
722/720 BCE @Qarqar, Assyrian Sargon II defeats a coalition of Arpad, Hamath, Simirus, rebellious Damascus, Samaria
720 BCE @Der Assyrians defeat Chaldeans and Elamites
720 BCE Assyrians sack Arpad, Qarqar
719/718 BCE Sargon II of Assyria entered some [unreadable] land (Assyrian Chronicle)
718/717 BCE Sargon II of Assyria campaigns against Tabal (Assyrian Chronicle)
717/716 BCE Sargon II of Assyria found Dur-Sharruken, the new capital of Assyria (Assyrian Chronicle)
717/711 BCE Sargon II of Assyria settles other people in Damascus
717 BCE Phrygians persuade Carchemish to try to revolt from Assyrians
716/715 BCE Sargon II of Assyria campaigns against Mannea (Assyrian Chronicle)
716-709 Sargon of Assyria fights Muishki
715 BCE Dayakk/Deies the Mede tries to rebel from Assyria
715 BCE Assyrians sack Ashdod and Gath
714/713 BCE Sargon II of Assyria campaigns against Urartu and Musasi; [the statue of the god] Haldi was deported (Assyrian Chronicle)
714 BCE Sargon II plunders Rusa I of Van (Urartu) & Mannai in Armenia
713/712 BCE @Ellipi Sargon II of Assyria fights the nobles (Assyrian Chronicle)
Sargon deports Mannaeans to Hamath
713-679 BCE Assyrians & Cimmerians attack Urartu
712/711 BCE Sargon II of Assyria stays in the land (Assyrian Chronicle)
712 BCE Assyrians conquer Ekron in Philistia
711/710 BCE Sargon II of Assyria campaigns against Mar'ash (Assyrian Chronicle)
711 BCE Sargon settled exiles from the cities of Papa, Lullukna, and other places in Damascus.
710/709 BCE Sargon II of Assyria campaigns defeats Bit-zeri and the Babylonian ruler Marduk-apla-iddina (Assyrian Chronicle)
709/708 BCE Sargon II of Assyria "took the hand of Bel" or in other words officially became king of Babylonia (Assyrian Chronicle)
708/707 BCE Sargon II of Assyria captures Kummuhu (Assyrian Chronicle)
708 BCE Assyrians capture Samsat, Anatolia (Turkey)
707/706 BCE Sargon II of Assyria returns from attacking Babylon with the booty of Dur-Yakin (Assyrian Chronicle)
706/705 BCE Sargon II of Assyria stays in the land. Dur-Sharruken was completed (Assyrian Chronicle)
705/704 BCE Sargon II of Assyria marches on Tabal, Gurdi and Kulummaean (Assyrian Chronicle)
703/702 BCE Sargon II of Assyria campaigns against [Babylonia?] (Assyrian Chronicle)
702/701 BCE Sargon II of Assyria fights against Hirimma and Hararatum? (Assyrian Chronicle)
701 BCE Sennacherib & Assyrians capture the town of Usse near Tyre
701 BCE Assyrians besiege Sidon in Phoenicia
701 BCE @Eltekah Assyrians meet Egyptians
701 BCE Assyrians sack Megiddo, Samaria, & Gibeah
701 BCE Assyrians conquer Philistine city of Ekron
701 BCE Assyrians sack Lachish many killed 1.5
701 BCE Plague on Assyrians besieging Jerusalem 185
700/695 BCE Cimmerians fight Phrygians
700 BCE Chalcis and Eretia fight in Greece
700 BCE Assyria razes Karatepe
700 BCE Assyria fights Kashku
698/696 BCE Assyrian Sennacherib captures Tarsus (Tarshish)
689 BCE Assyrians sack Babylon
686 BCE Assyrians fight Arabs
c.683-682 BCE @Great Foss in the 2nd Messenian War, Sparta defeats Messenia
c.681 BCE Distrubance in China; Hwan and Kiu flee to Lu
681 BCE @Halulina Sennacherib fights Persians
- 681-626 BCE have been called the "Pax Assyriaca", though conquests still occurred
680 BCE Cimmerians conquer Phrygia
678 BCE Assyrians subdue Babylonian rebels
678 BCE Scythians attack Assyrians
676-673 BCE Assyrians besiege Sidon for 3 years
675-653 BCE Khshathrita the Mede defeats Assyrians
675/671 BCE Assyrians capture Memphis, Egypt
674 BCE @Sile Egyptians defeat Assyrians
672 BCE Assyrians subdue Egyptians
671 BCE Assyrian Esarhaddon captures Memphis in Egypt
670-669 BCE Egyptian Tarhaqa rebels from Assyrians
669 BCE @Hysaia Argos defeats Sparta
c.670 BCE Scythians enter Mannai Kingdom
669 BCE @Hysiai Argos defeats Sparta
669 BCE Esarhaddon dies marching against Egyptians
668 BCE Argirus routes Spartans
667 BCE Assyrian Ashurbanipal conquers Egypt
665 BCE Ashurbanipal attacks Phoenicia and later Egypt
664 BCE Tantamani frees Egypt from Assyrians
664-657 BCE Psammetichus I unifies Egypt
660 BCE Messenia revolts from Sparta in Greece
653 BCE Scythians dominate Medes and kill Khshathrita the Mede
653 BCE Coup in Elam. Assyria and Elam were friendly before this
653 BCE @Ulai Assyrians defeat Elamites
653 BCE Egypt is free of Assyria
653 BCE Cimmerians defeat Lydia
652-643 BCE Shamash-shum-ukin rebels against brother Ashurbanipal in Assyria
c.650 BCE Messenians revolt against Spartans in Greece
650 BCE Scythians and Cimmerians raid Palestine
648 BCE Assyrians sack Babylon
646 BCE Ashurbanipal the Assyrian destroys Susa and exiles Elamites
642-639 BCE Assyrians sack Susa in Elam, and behead King Teumann
638 BCE @Hong River the Chu defeat Duke Xiang of Song in China
633 BCE Assyrians sack Thebes in Egypt
632 BCE Kylon tries to take Athens from Megakles
c.631/627 BCE Medes under Kyaxares besiege Ninevah
630 BCE Di people attack north China
628-571 BCE Lydians fight Cimmerians
626/625 BCE Babylonians gain independence
625 BCE Cyaxares the Mede drives the Scythians out of Iran
623 BCE Di people attack north China
620 BCE Di people attack north China again
620 BCE Assyrian vassal states in open revolt
620-619 BCE Lydian Sadyattes and his son Alyattes II fight Miletus
615 BCE Arrapkha in Assyria captured
614 BCE Babylonians capture Asshur and Calah in in Assyria
614 BCE Medes try to take Ninevah, Assyrian capital
c.613-7-8/612 Medes sack Ninevah (Babylonians too late)
-616-612 BCE Assyrian Empire ends
612 BCE Medes conquer Armenia
612-609 BCE Last of Assyrians destroyed
611-604 BCE Lydian Alyattes fights Thrasybulus of Miletus in Asia Minor
610-605 BCE Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II fights in Syria
609 BCE Medes capture Tuspa, Urartian capital
609-606 BCE Babylonians raid northern Israel
609/608 BCE Egyptians destroy Megiddo & attack Gaza
606-605 BCE Di attack north China
May/June/604 BCE @Carchemish Babylonians defeat the Egyptians
11-12/605/604 BCE Babylonians sack Ashkelon in Phoenicia
603 BCE Babylonians sack Ekron in Phoenicia
601 BCE Babylonians and Egyptians fight to a draw; heavy losses
600 BCE Pop:182M+/-40% Afr:16 Asia:138 China:47 Ind:68 ME:20 Eu:18 NA:0 LA:3
600 BCE Lydians destroy Smyrna
600 BCE San Jose Mogote in Oaxaca attacked multiple times Dal. Morn. News 9/16/03 p.16A
599-598 BCE Babylonians fight Arabs
16 Mar 597 BCE Babylonians capture Jerusalem, but do not destroy it
596 BCE Nebuchadnezzar II and the Babylonians fight the Elamites
595-594 BCE Nebuchadnezzar II puts down revolt
593/591 BCE Egyptian Psamtik II+Greek,Phoenician &Jewish mercenaries defeat Nubia
589-587 BCE Jews rebel against Babylon. Jerusalem suffers a 30-month siege
585-573 BCE Babylonians besiege King Ethbaal II of Tyre for 13 years and destroy th eMainland city.
585 BCE War ends between Medes & Alyattes of Lydia eclipse 28 May 585
584-584 BCE Nebuchadnezzar II besieges Tyre
581 BCE Babylonians deport more from Judah
570 BCE Greeks and Cyrene fight in Cyrenaica
570 BCE Greeks in Cyrene defeat Apries of Egypt
568-567 BCE Apries and Babylonians try to invade Egypt
560 BCE Lydian King Croesus subjugates Ionian cities
560-547/546 Persians subdue King Croesus of Lydia
559 BCE Medes & Babylonians combine against Persians
555 BCE Sicyon liberated form a tyrant
554 BCE @east of Hyrminus River, Camarina tries to rebel from Syracuse
554 BCE Tyrant Phalais of Acragas, Sicily overthrown
553 BCE Camarina, Sicily tries to revolt from Syracuse
553-550 BCE Cyrus the Persian defeats Mede Astyages
550 BCE Cyrus captures Ecbatana
550 BCE Mede Harpagus helps Cyrus defeat Astyages
549 BCE Persians raid Assyria
c.550's BCE Babylon tries to revolt from Persia 3
546 BCE @Thymbra
Spr 545 BCE @Thyreatis 300 Argives and 300 Spartans fight 0.597
545 BCE Cyrus the Persian fights Massagetae and conquers Bactria
Greeks 2.1 million mobilized Persians 5 million (Herodotus)
543 BCE Sinhalese Vijaya conquers Veddahs in Sri Lanka
540 BCE Polycrates leads revolt in Samos
540-10/16/539 BCE Persians conquer Babylonian Empire
539 BCE Greeks defeat Carthaginians
535 BCE @Alalia 120 Etruscan+Carthaginian vs. 60 Phocaean ships 2
534-533 BCE Tarquinis Superbus, last Roman King, kills many senators/citizens
531 BCE Hystaspes puts down Hyrcanian revolt
530 BCE Cyrus the Persian dies fighting Scythians
528 BCE Persians fight Egyptians
525 BCE Persians conquer Cyprus
525 BCE @Pelusium Cambyses II/Persians/Arabs take Egypt/ Psamtik II
Jews under Persia-Esther 9:12-16 76
524 BCE Aristodemus of Cumae defeats Etruscans in Italy
522 BCE False Bardiya and Persian Civil War; many Magi killed
522 BCE Persians stop Babylonian rebellion; Persians take Samos
521 BCE Persians stop Babylonian rebellion
519 BCE Persians conquer Gandhara, India
516 BCE Darius of Persia campaigns
513 BCE Scythian Idanthyrsus repels Darius I of Persia
512 BCE Darius I fights Scythians in Thrace
512 BCE - 2005 Volcano Stromboli has continuous low-level eruption 0
512-510 BCE Celts invade Etruria. Etruscan Lars Porsens attacks Rome
512-511 BCE Macedonian king Amynta I submits to Persians. Macedonians serve in their army.
510 BCE Tarquinius Superbus, last king of Rome, overthrown
510 BCE Kroton and other cities raze Greek city of Sybaris in Italy
510 BCE Darius invades South Russia
510-474/473 BCE Gou Chian of Yueh conquers Fu Chai of Wu in China
508 BCE Etruscan Lars Porsena attacks Rome
507 BCE Athens defeats Thebes
507 BCE Spartans try to restore aristocracy in Athens.
506 BCE Athenians occupy Chalcis in Greece
504 BCE Northeast Indian Vijaya conquers Sri Lanka
502 BCE Latin League defeats Etruscan Lars Porsena
502 BCE @Pometia Latin Pometians lift Roman siege
501 BCE Carthaginians capture Gadir (Cadiz), Spain
500 BCE Pop:208M+/-40% Afr:17 Asia:159 China: 55 Ind:80 ME:21 Eu:20 NA:0 LA:5
500/499-478 BCE Greco-Persian Wars
500/499-496/493 BCE Ionian Revolt against Persians
500 BCE Semites invade Eritrea, Africa
500- BCE Bantus expand in Africa
500 BCE Persians besiege Naxos
499 BCE Persians capture Ephesus
498 BCE Ionians revolt against Persia
c.498-415 BCE Selinas and Segesta fight in Sicily
497/496 BCE @Marysas during the Ionian Revolt, 10K Carians and 2K Persians killed 12
496 BCE @Regillus Romans defeat Latins 30
494 BCE Secession of Roman plebeians due to debt laws of Caludius
494/493 BCE Persians sack Miletus and end Ionian Greek revolt
494 BCE @Ner Lade Greek naval battle 100 vs. 210 ships
494 BCE @Sepeis Sparta defeats Argives in Greece
492 BCE Mardonius fails in leading Persian fleet against Athens
490 BCE Persians destroy Eretia in Greece
8/12/490 BCE @Marathon 10K Greeks defeat 20K Persians. 192 Gr died 6.4192
489 BCE Athenian fleet tries to besiege Aegina
487 BCE A Sea Battle in Brassy's Wars
486 BCE Mycenae destroyed by citizens of Argos
484 BCE Geloans destroy Camarina, Sicily
484 BCE Chinese said the year was 365.25 days
483 BCE Selinus captures city of Megara Hyblaia
482 BCE Persians stop Babylonian revolt
480 BCE Carthaginians destroy Akragas
480 BCE @Thermopylae 100K Persians defeat 5K Greeks >0.5
21 Sep 480 BCE Persians sack Athens
23 Sep 480 BCE @Salamis 360 Greek ships defeat 700-1000 Persian ships
c.480 BCE @Himera, Hiero I & 55K Syracusans defeat Carthage
480 BCE @Artemisium .Greece
480 BCE @Veii Romans defeat Veintes
479-476 BCE Etruscan fight Fabius
479 BCE @Plataea Greeks defeats Persians, Madonius killed
17 Feb 478 BCE Eclipse
478 BCE A Sea Battle in Brassy's Wars
477 BCE A Sea Battle in Brassy's Wars
477 BCE @Cremera Etruscans massacre Fabii 0.305
477-475 BCE Major war with Romans
474 BCE @Cumae near Naples Syracusans defeat Etruscans
474 BCE @Cyrene, Libya
474 BCE @Cumae Hiero I of Syracuse defeats Etruscans
472 BCE Syracusans defeat Thrasydaeus of Akragas
468 BCE King Argives captuires Tiryns and Mycenae in Greece
466 BCE @Eurymadon Athens+Delians defeat Persians 30k+100 ships
464-455 BCE Third Messenian war
460/459-455/454 BCE Persians crush Egyptian rebellion, defeat 200 Athenian ships
459 BCE Aegina and Corinth Fight Athens but get conquered
459 BCE @Halleis Corinth & Epidamnus defeat Athenians
458-447 BCE Peloponnesian War
458 BCE @Aegira
456 BCE Aegina surrenders to Athens
c.451 BCE Revolt against decemviri in Rome
450 BCE Monarchy in Cyrenaica overthrown by Republic
450 BCE H&&& help Egypt rebel from Persia
449 BCE A Sea Battle in Brassy's Wars
447 BCE @Coronei I
446 BCE Euboea revolts from Athens
446 BCE Perisans crush Egyptian revolt
445/425 BCE Samnites take Capua from Etruscans
443 BCE Etruscans lose Capua to Romans
442 BCE Samos defeats Miletus
440/439 BCE Famine in Rome, Italy
438/7 BCE Famine among returnees in Israel
436 BCE Famine in Rome, Italy
435 BCE @Ambnia Gulf 80 Corcyrean defeat 75 Corinthian ships
433/2-404 BCE Great Peloponnesian War
431-421 BCE Archidamian War in Greece
431-404 BCE Peleponnesian War, in 15th year of the 30 year peace
430 BCE Plague after Socrates' death
429 BCE Athens besieged
427 BCE Athenians attack Lipari Islands, Greece
426 BCE Romans capture Fidenae
424 BCE Nicias and Atenians kill Thyreatians
c.423 BCE Famine in Israel in Neh 5:2-3
422 BCE Athenian general Kleon tries to capture Amphipolis
419 BCE Egyptians and Persian governor Vidranga destroyed Jewish temple at Elephantine
418 BCE @Mantinea in Greece Spartans defeat Athenians
418/417 BCE Athenians massacre and enslave the neutral island of Melos
415/14-413/12 BCE Unsuccessful siege of Selinias & Syracuse by Athennians & Segesta
414 BCE Athens raids aconians
413 BCE Persians and Athenians battle
412 BCE Miletus revolts from Athens and seeks Sparta's protection
411 BCE @Cyrene, Libya
411 BCE @Cynoisema Athenians win
411 BCE Euboea revolts from Athens
410- BCE Carthaginians defeat Greeks in Sicily
410 BCE @Cyzicus I Athenians win over Spartans
409 BCE Alcibiades of Athens captupes Byzantium
409 BCE Darius II tries to rebel from Persia
409 BCE Carthaginians destroy Selinus, Sicily
406 BCE @Ephesus
405 BCE @Aegospotami Lysander sinks last Athenian squadron of ships; 160 Athenian ships surprised on shore and destroyed
405 BCE Spartan Lysander expels Athenians from Byzantium
404-400 BCE Egypt successfully rebels from Persians
404 BCE Thrasybulus + 70 men capture Phyle in Greece
403 BCE Thirty Tyrants overthrown in Athens
403-221 BCE Warring States Period in China
401 BCE @Cunaxa Persian Civil War Cyrus the Younger and 12,900 troops revolts with Spartan help but killed by Artaxerxes and less than 40,000 troops
401 BCE Kardouchoi (Kurds?) attack Xenophon & 10K
400 BCE Pop:234M+/-40% Afr:17 Asia:183 China: 60 Ind:99 ME:21 Eu:21 NA:0 LA:6
c.400 BCE La Venta destroyed in Mexico
c.400 BCE Celts invade Austria
400 BCE Senones in Italy
400-200 BCE Unrest in China (Late Chou, Early Han)
400-394 BCE Persians + Athenians defeat Sparta
399 BCE Socrates executed by drinking Hemlock. Profoundly envigorated philosophy
398 BCE Illyrians fight Chalcidian League
397 BCE Carthaginians attack Lipari Islands, Greece
396 BCE Rome conquers Etruscan city of Veio
Spr 395 BCE @Sardis Agesilaus kills 6K Persians with 600 casualties 6.6
394 BCE @Coronei II
Jul 394 BCE @Nemea in the Corinthian war 2.8K Confederates & 1.1K Spartans killed 3.9
391 BCE Senones in Etruria
391 BCE Evagoras I of Salamis, Cyprus rebels against Persia
390 BCE @Allia, Senones defeat Romans
18 Jul 390 BCE Gauls sack Rome
390 BCE Athens captures Byzantium
389 BCE @Rhodes Athenians in 400 ships fight Spartans
387 BCE Carthaginians besiege Syracuse. Plague breaks out among Carthaginians
385-383 BCE Persians try to invade Egypt
379 BCE @Chronium
379 BCE Pelopidas returns to Thebes
379 BCE @Cabala Syracusans defeat Carthaginians
376 BCE @Naxos, Greece sea-battle
375 BCE Han conqueres Zheng in China
373 BCE Earthquake in Helice, Greece
373 BCE Persians try to invade Egypt
371 BCE @Leuctra Thebes defeats larger Spartan army with the oblique order
368 BCE Pherae drives off Thebans
365 BCE Spartans defeat Thebans 6
364 BCE Plague in Rome (Etruscan actors brought in)
364 BCE @Cynoscephala I Thebes defeats Pherae
363-362 BCE Isle of Kea revolts from Atahenian League
360 BCE Rebellion in Egypt
359 BCE Illyrians and Paeonians invade Macedonia
358 BCE Philip of Macedon invades Paeonia & Illyria
358 BCE Tarquinians kill 307 Roman soldiers 0.307
358-351 BCE Tarquinia and Rome fight
357 BCE Dion, brother of Dionysius I, captures Syracuse in a coup
357 BCE Philip II of Macedon captures Amphipolis
357 BCE Byzantium gains freedom from Athens
356 BCE Philip II captures Potidea and Pydna
356-352 BCE Ten Year War for Amphipolis
356/355 BCE Philip II of Macedon captures Crenides, which he renamed Philippi
356-336 BCE Philip II of Macedon's Conquests
355 BCE @Delphi
352 BCE Philip defeats Phobians
351 BCE Egyptian Nectanebo II stops Persians from invading Egypt
350 BCE Persian Artaxerxes III Ochus tries to invade Egypt
349 BCE Qi defeats Zhao and Wei in China
348 BCE Philip of Macedon conquers Chalcidice and destroys Olynthos
346 BCE Philip of Macedon campaigns in Thrace
345-399 BCE Romans annihilate Aurunci tribe in Campagnia, Italy
345 BCE Cilicia rebels against Persia
345 BCE Tyre tries to revolt from Persia
344 BCE Sicily defeats Leontini
c.343 BCE Nanda Mahapadna conquers Kalinga, India
343-341 BCE Persians reconquer Egypt, and hold it for 10 years
342 BCE Philip of Macedon campaigns in Thrace
341 BCE Qi defeat Wei in China
341 BCE Romans capture Antium (Latium), Italy
341 BCE Philip of Macedon captures Plovdir
341-340 BCE Philip of Macedon besieges Byzantium
340-339 BCE Athens declares War on Macedon
339 BCE Philip II of Macedon kills Scythian king
338 BCE Philip II of Macedon conquers Isle of Euboea, Greece
338 BCE Romans occupy Anzio
336 BCE Philip II of Macedon takes army into Asia Minor (Turkey)
336-6/323 BCE Alexander the Great's Empire
Spr 335 BCE @Shipka Pass Alexander in his first campaign defeats Thracians (Anabasis 1.1.9.1 1.5
335 BCE Alexander sacks Thebes, the Greek town with the strongest army 6
335 BCE Alexander defeats Thracians north of Danube
335 BCE Alexander's soldiers destroy Samaria
334 BCE Ch'u conquer Yueh in China
334 BCE Alexander captures Sardis
333 BCE Macedonian general Parmenio captures Damascus peacefully, by treachery.
333 BCE Alexander demolishes Gaza 15
332 BCE Alexander I of Epirus help Tarentines against Lucanians, Bruttians, and Samnites
332 BCE Thrace tries to rebel from Macedon
332 BCE Alexander conquers Kalimnos, Greece
332 BCE Alexander demolishes Tyre after a 7-month siege. killed: 8K+2K later, 30K slaves 10
331 BCE Alexander the Great destroys the city of Samaria
331 BCE @Megalopolis Antipater the Macedonian crushes Spartan revolt
331 BCE Alexander conquers Cyrenaica after peacefully entering Egypt
331 BCE Qin fight ? in China
330 BCE Alexander sacks Persepolis, Darius III killed by officers
328 BCE Alexander conquers Bactria
327/326 BCE @Hydraspes Alex with 64K Mac+70K Asiatics vs. Porus (=Paurava Raja) in India 30K 13
327-305 BCE Second Samnite War with Rome
325 BCE The Getae tribe defeat Zopyrion the Macedonian
322-321 BCE Chandragupta rebels in Magadha to begin Maurya Dynasty
323-322 BCE Lamian War. Antipater the Macedonian defeats 30K anti-Macedonian Corinthian League
322 BCE Perdicus, former general of Alexander, conquers Cappadocia
321 BCE Eumenes vs. Cratos in Asia Minor (Turkey)
321 BCE Near Oraynis
320 BCE In Asia Minor, Antigonus I defeats Eumenes
319 BCE Antigonus
319 BCE @Cretopolis
318-316 BCE In Mesopotamia and Media, Antigonus I defeats Eumenes
316 BCE @Gabienu, Antigonus I defeats and kills Eumenes
317 BCE Paraetacene
316 BCE Qin conquer Shu in Szechuan
316 BCE Antigonus attacks Babylon
314 BCE Ch'i defeat Yen in China
314 BCE Macedonian Demetrius fights
315-295 BCE Romans exterminate Aurunci
314 BCE @Aurunci Romans massacre town
312 BCE @Gaza Egypt & Syria vs. Macedonian Demetrius 5
312 BCE Antigonus I fails to defeat Nabataeans
310 BCE Romans conquer Cortona, Italy
310/309 BCE @Lake Vadimo Romans defeat Etruscans
307 BCE Siraces (Sarmatian tribe) involved in Bosporan Civil War
306 BCE Antigonus fights
306 BCE Hernici, Aurignici people try to revolt from Rome
305 BCE Macedonians besiege Rhodes
305 BCE Chandragupta defeats Seleucus I Nicator of Syria
305 BCE @Bovianum
304 BCE Agathocles attacks Lipari, Greece
304 BCE Romans massacre at Aequi
302 BCE Macedonian Demetrius vs. Cassanas?
301 BCE @Ipsus Seleucids gained Syria and northern Mesopotamia
300-220 BCE The Hsiung-Nu menace China
301 BCE @Ipsus Seleucids defeat Macedonians
300 BCE Tsunami hit area of New York City
300 BCE Philip of Macedon captures Philippi
299/7-293/0 BCE Romans enslave 60K in 3rd Samnite War
288 BCE Macedonian Demetrius
300/295 BCE @Sentinum, Umbria Romans defeat Etruscans+Samnites 33.2
292 BCE Getae force Macedonian Lysimachus to surrender
290 BCE Manius Curius Denatus of Rome conquers Sabines
Wars between Rome & Etruscans & Gauls
288-249 BCE Qin Empire advances in China
286 BCE Ch'i defeat Sung
283 BCE @Vadimma (Vadimo) Lake Romans defeat Etruscans again
283 BCE Cornelius Dolabella expels Senones from Italy
281 BCE Rome captures last Etruscan city of Vulci
281 BCE War of Alexander's successors, Seleucus slew Lysimachus
280 BCE Pyrrhus + 25K + 20 elephants invades Italy
280-278 BCE Qin defeat Chu in China
280-279 BCE @Delphi, Yugoslavia Romans defeat Celts
280 BCE @Heraclea Pyrus defeats Romans 7K Rom+4KGreeks died 11
279 BCE Celts amok in Thrace and sack Delphi, Greece
279 BCE @Asculum II Pyrrhus wins with 25K men, 20 elephants
279 BCE Byzantium and Rhodes fight
278-275 BCE Hiero II of Syracuse fights Romans
275 BCE Antigonus of Macedon stops invading Gauls
275 BCE @Malventum (Beneventum) Romans defeat Philip and Pyrrus
272 BCE Rome captures Tarantum, Italy
270 BCE Hiero II of Syracuse defeats Namertines
269-251 BCE Asoka conquers Kalinga in east India 150K enslaved 100
264 BCE Alexander II of Epirus tries to invade Macedon
264 BCE Romans defeat Hiero II of Syracuse
264-241 BCE First Punic War between Rome & Carthage
262 BCE Ephesus sacked, Temple of Diana destroyed
260-259 BCE Ch'in defeat Chao in China
260 BCE @Mylae Outnumbered Roman fleet defeats Carthaginians
260 BCE Ilpango volcano erupts in El Salvador
258 BCE Romans destroy Camarina, Sicily
258 BCE Antigonus II defeats Ptolemies in naval battles
256 BCE Chou Dynasty collapses in China
252 BCE Romans capture Lipari Islands, Greece
250 BCE Carthaginians again destroy Selinasa, Sicily
250-248 BCE Seleucid governor of Parthia revolts
246 BCE Antigonus II defeats Ptolemies in naval battles
246-241 BCE Third Syrian War
244 BCE Egyptians defeat Syrians
243 BCE Aratus of Sicyon captures Corinth from Antigonus
241 BCE Falerii/Falisci try to revolt in Rome
240-238 BCE Mutiny of Carthaginian mercenaries crushed
238-228 BCE Carthaginians conquer Spain
237 BCE Romans seize Sardinia and Corsica
232 BCE Maurya Dynastry falls in India
230/228-222/221 BCE Qin / Chin defeats Chao in China
c.228 BCE Seleucus II attacks the Parthian Tiridates
226-180 BCE Famine and war in China
225 BCE Chin conquer Wei in China
225 BCE @Telamon, Italy Romans defeat Celts (Gauls)
224-220 BCE Romans begin invasion of Gaul
223 BCE Chin conquer Ch-u in China
223-222 BCE @Clastidium Romans
222 BCE Shih huang-ti conquers Guongdong, China
222 BCE Romans capture Milan in Italy
222/221 BCE @Sellasia Antigonus III (Doson) defeats Spartans
221-210 BCE Chinese start building the Great Wall
220 BCE Chinese Han Dynasty Collapses
220 BCE Medes and Persians try to rebel from Antiochus
220 BCE Bastarnae and others besiege Olbia
220-217 BCE Hellenic League vs. Sparta, Aetolia, & Elia?
219 BCE Seleucids recapture Antioch (Seleucia)
219 BCE Hannibal attacks Sagunum, Iberia, starting the 2nd Punic War
219/218-202/201 BCE Second Punic War, Hannibal defeated
218 BCE @Trebbia Carthage defeats Romans
218 BCE Romans destroy Larino, Italy
218 BCE @Cyrene, Libya
217 BCE Native Egyptian revolts against Ptolemies
217 BCE @Raphia
217 BCE @Lake Trasimene in 2nd Punic War
216 BCE Hannibal sacks Nocera Inferiore
Aug 216 BCE @Apulia (Cannae) 40k+10K Carthaginians defeat 80K+6K Romans 70
215-205 BCE Romans defeat Philip of Macedon
214 BCE Chinese conquer East Kwangsi, China
215 BCE Hangon Meng Tin defeats Touman Chanyu of the Hsiong Nu
213 BCE Chinese Emperor Shih Huang Ti ordered all books burned so later people would think history started with him.
214-210 BCE Mercellus conquers Sicily
212 BCE Romans conquer Syracuse 8 month siege
211 BCE Romans destroy Capua, Italy
206 BCE Hsiang-Yu defeats Kau-tsu in China
210/206-206/202 BCE Han Dynasty established, Qin fall in China
210 BCE Seleucids conquer Media
209 BCE Seleucid Antiochus III invades Parthia
209 BCE @Canusium Hannibal defeats Quintus Fabius Maximus 2.7
208 BCE @Petelia Carthaginians ambush Romans 2
208 BCE @Baecula Romans defeat Hasdrubal in Spain. 8K dead was too high 4
280-206 BCE Seleucids fight King Euthydemus of Bactria
208 BCE @Arius River
207 BCE Tsao-Tsao fights Chinese
207 BCE @Grumentum Livius the Roman defeats Hasdrubal the Carthaginian 8K vs. .5K 8.5
206 BCE @Ilipa, Roman Publius Cornelius Scipio defeats Carthaginians Hasdrupal and Mago in Spain. 45K foot 3K horse Romans defeat 58K Carthaginians (Carth 70K foot with allies, 4k horse, 32 elephants
203 BCE Antiochus III captures Sidon
203 BCE Romans on the march in Gaul
202/201 BCE @Zama Tunisia Romans defeat Carthaginians 20K Carth. 1.5-2 Romans killed21.5
202-198 BCE Ptolemies and Seleucids fight
201 BCE @Chois Rhodes & Pergamum navy defeat Macedon
201 BCE @Mutlium Gauls defeat Roman Ampius and kill 7K reapers
200 BCE Pop:248M+/-40% Afr:17 Asia:192 China:65 Ind:103 ME:21 Eu:24 NA:0 LA:7
200 BCE The Hsiung-Nu besiege the Chinese Emperor
200-196 BCE Second Macedonian War between Romans and Macedonians 2
200 BCE Romans capture Keletum, Macedonia
198 BCE Carthaginian general Hamilcar killed
198 BCE Antiochus III conquers Palestine
197-192 BCE Seleucids on march in Asia Minor and Greece
197 BCE @Cynoscephala II, Thessaly Romans defeat Philip + 26K 10
197-133 BCE Lusitanian War ; Romans conquer Spain
193 BCE Toledo, Spain falls to Romans
192-189 BCE Syrian War
191 BCE Romans defeat the Poii
191 BCE @Cyssus
190/188 BCE @Magnesia Armenians & Romans defeat Seleucid Antiochus
189 BCE Romanns conquer Lycia, Asia Minor
189 BCE Armenians revolt from Seleucids with Rome's blessing
188 BCE @Sipyluminlydia Romens defeat Seleucids
184 BCE Philip V of Macedon invades Balkans
183 BCE Philip V of Macedon invades Balkans
181 BCE Philip V of Macedon invades Balkans
179-167 BCE Romans fight Macedonians
179 BCE Lusitanians fight Romans in Spain
171-167 BCE Third Macedonian War 100K Romans vs 45K Perseus of Macedon
171-168 BCE Antiochus Epiphanes fights Ptolemies
170 BCE @Pelusiam Seleucids defeat Ptolemies
169-168 BCE Antiochus IV Epiphanes invades Egypt
168 BCE @Pydna Romans defeat Perseus the Macedonian. Lunar eclipse 6/21/168 B.C.
168 BCE Romans conquer Illyria & Albania
22 Jun 168 BCE @Pydna Romans defeats Macedonians 20
167-141 BCE Maccabean Revolt of the Jews against Seleucids 143.9
167-164 BCE 80K Jews killed for not worshipping idol @Jerusalem (included )
c.167-141 BCE Maccabeans fight Idumaeans 40
c.165 BCE Pertians Phraates I conquers the Mardian in the Elburz Mountains
165 BCE Two Armenian kingdoms fight each other
164 BCE Judas Maccabaeus sacks Jazer in 1 Maccabees 5:7-8
162 BCE Laoshang Chanyu of the Xiongnu clears out the Ueyzhi, execute their king, and turns his skull into a drinking cup.
161/160 BCE Demetrius I Sorer puts down revolt in Media and Babylonia
160 BCE Yue Chi drive Sakas (Se) out of west China
Feb-Apr 154 BCE Rebellion of Seven Kingdoms in China
154/153-151 BCE Lusitanians under Viriathus rebel 6K+9K+7K Romans died 22
154 BCE Romans capture Nice, France
150 BCE Carthage is in a local War
150/149-148 BCE Fourth Macedonian War against Andriscus the Macedonian
150/149-146 BCE Third Punic War 50K enslaved 450
146 BCE Ptolemies capture Antioch (Seleucia)
146 BCE Carthage razed
146 BCE Achean League revolts. Mummius the Roman razes Corinth and enslaves Corinthians
145 BCE Greek King Eucratides and Bactriana conquered.
145 BCE Romans destroy Corinth
143 BCE Celtiberians revolt in Spain
143 BCE Romans capture Ivrea, Italy
141-139 BCE Mithridates captues Seleucid Demetrius II Mikator
140-130 BCE Sakas invade West India
140 BCE Seleucid Demetrius II Nicator fights Parthians but was captured
138-135 BCE Southeast Conquests of China
138 BCE Romans put down Lusitanian uprising in Spain
137 BCE John Hyrcanus & Hudas repel Syrian Cendebeus
136/5-132/1 BCE First Servile War in Sicily
135-119 BCE Han Chinese defeat the Hsiung-Nu
135-115 BCE Sparta conquers Messenia
135-132 BCE 70K slaves revolt againsts Rome
133 BCE Roman Scipio Aemilianus destroys Numatia in Spain in the Lusitanian War
133 BCE Isle of Samos, Greece revolts from Rome
130 BCE Chinese Southwest conquests
130 BCE Seleucid Antiochus VII Sidetes attakcks Parthian Phraates II
130 BCE Parthians, Scythians, Sakas (Kushan) and Tochari (=Tukharians = Yueh-Chih) overrun Bactria and Scythia
129 BCE Antiochus loses all of the Seleucid Empire except Syria to the Parthians
128/127 BCE Scythians, Sakas, and Tochari defeat and kill Parthian Phraates II in battle
128 BCE Chinese Northeast conquests
128 BCE Romans crush revolt in Asia
128 BCE John Hyrcanus captures Shechem in Palestine
127 BCE Xiong Nu fight the Han Chinese Emperor Wu.
126 BCE Tyre successfully revolts from Parthians
125 BCE Jewish zealots burn down Samaritan temple at Mt. Gerizim
125 BCE Frgellae's revolt in Italy. The town wanted ROman citizenship.
125-121 BCE Narbonese Gaul conquered in France
124-123 BCE Chinese campaign against the Hsiung-Nu
124 BCE Scythians kill Parthian king
c.123 BCE Parthian Mithridates II defeats the Scythians
121-119 BCE Chinese drive the Hsiung-Nu north to the Gobi Desert
121 BCE Romans pacify Balearic Islands
119 BCE Metellus and Cotta advance in Dalmatia
Spr 119 BCE Chinese defeat the Hsiung-Nu
118 BCE Chinese conquer Xinjiang
115 BCE Roman Gaius Marius defeats Spanish brigands
114 BCE Scordisci defeat a Roman army in Thrace
113 BCE @Noreia Cimbri and Teutones defeat Roman Carbo
112 BCE @Cirta Numidian Jugurtha massacres Italians
112-111 BCE Han Chinese conquer Nan Yueh in Kwangsi
112-110 BCE Han Chinese in Central Asia
111-105 BCE Rome vs. Jugurtha of Numidia
111-106 BCE Chinese Expansion. Chinese conquer Nam Viet
Late 110 BCE Numidian Jugurtha defeats Roman Aulus
110 BCE Mithridates conquers Bosporan Kingdom
110 BCE @Fujian Chinese defeat Min-Yueh
109-105 BCE Cimbri & Teutones defeat 5 Roman armies
108 BCE-1911 CE China 1,828 famines
108 BCE China occupies Choson (Ch'ao Hsien) in Korea
108 BCE Cimbri invade Gaul
108 BCE @Vaga a Roman garrison is massacred
108 BCE Chinese Han Emperor Wudi conquers Korea
107-106 BCE Roman Gaius Marius defeats and captures Jugartha
107 BCE Ptolemy invades northern Syria from Cyprus
10/6/105 BCE @Arausio (Orange, France) Cimbri & Teutones defeat two armies of arguing Romans Caepio & Manlius
104- BCE Cimbri & Teutones raid Spain
104/102-100/99 BCE Second Servile War in Sicily
103 BCE @Scirthaea in the Second Servile War 20K slaves killed 20
102 BCE Romans fight pirates in south Asia Minor
102 BCE @Aquae Sextae, Gaul Roman Marius annihilate Teutons est. 100,200K 100K
101 BCE @Vercellae, north Italy Roman Marius annihilates Cimbri
100 BCE Romans fight pirates in south Asia Minor (Turkey)
12 Jul 100 BCE Gaius Julius Caesar born in Rome
100/96 BCE Alexander Jannaeus destroys Gaza
96 BCE Seleucus VI Epiphanes defeats Antiochus IV Cyzicenus
c.94 BCE Armenian Tigranes II (the Great) defeats Armenian Artanes
94-83 BCE Armenian Tigranes II conquers parts of Parthia
93 BCE Gaza destroyed in Judea
91/90-89/87 BCE Roman Civil War (Marsic or Social War)
11 Jun 90 BCE @Tolenus in the Social War Romans Scaton and Rutilius fight 8
89 BCE Sulla captures Aeclanum, in Samnium Italy
88 BCE Mithridates massacres claimed 80K-150K Romans in Anatolia 40
88-84 BCE First Mithradic War: Mithridates forced out of Greece
88 BCE Ptolemy X plunders Alexander the Great's Temple in Alexandria
88 BCE @Shechem Demetrius Eucaerus invades Palestine and defeats Alexander Jannaeus.
88 BCE Alexander Jannaeus crucifies 800 Pharisees in Israel
88 BCE Romans sack Athens and crush revolt in Samos
88/87 BCE Roman Civil War (Bellum Octavianum). Cornelius Cinna defeats Octavius
87/81 BCE Roman Civil War. Sulla defeats Cinna.Cornelius Cinna defeats Octavius
87-76 BCE Romans raid Iazyges north of Danube
86 BCE @Chaeronea Romans defeat Mithridates
86 BCE Roman general Sulla sacks Athens for supporting Mithridates
85 BCE @ Orchomenos i nthe First Mithridatic War
85 BCE Egyptians revolt, Romans sack Thebes
84 BCE Pompey (3 legions) destroys Marian Party
83-81 BCE Second Mithradic War
82-72 BCE Hindus persecute Buddhists in India
80-72 BCE Marian Quintus Sertorius rebels in Spain
76 BCE Alexander Jannaeus killed beseiging Greek city
76 BCE Julius Caesar kills pirates who earlier captured him
76-71 BCE Pompey destroys Marian Party in Spain
75 BCE Roman C. Scribonius Curio defeats the Moesians on the Danube.
74-61 BCE Third Mithradic War
74 BCE Romans fight pirates in south Asia Minor
74 BCE Romans take Cyrene, Libya peacefully
73-71 BCE Spartacus & 70 slaves revolt. 8 legions put it down. 6K slaves crucified 8
73 BCE Simuka overthrows Susarman in Magadha, India
73 BCE @Cyzicus II
71 BCE Romans capture Samsun, Anatolia
69 BCE Romans fight pirates in south Asia Minor
69 BCE Romans conquer Armenia; Lucullus captures Tigranoceta
69 BCE @Cremona in Italy
68 BCE Julius Vindex rebels in Gaul
67 BCE @Zela I Mithridates annihilates a Roman Legion 7
67-63 BCE Jewish Civil War ended by Pompey
Jewish revolt led by Egyptian 15
66 BCE Roman Pompus Magnus reaches Artaxata
66 BCE Roman Pompey defeats Mithridates VI
64 BCE Pompey conquers Phoenicia
63 BCE Civil war overthrow tyrant Aristobulus
62-52 BCE In 10 years, Caesar captured 800 towns, 300 tribes, 3 million enemies, killed 1 million, & took a million POWs according to Plutarch
61 BCE Ariovastar defeats Aedui
59 BCE @Tigranoceta Romans defeat Armenian King Tiridates I
58 BCE @Artaxata Roman Lucius Licinius Lucullus and his small army defeat Armenian Tigranes II, who was sheltering Mithridates VI on Pontus
58 BCE Julius Caesar governs Gaul; defeats Orgetorix & 300K Helvetians258
58 BCE Romans capture Zurich, Switzerland
58 BCE @Plain of Alsace Caesar defeats Ariovistus, king of the Aedui. 80
58-52/51 BCE Julius Caesar conquers Gaul 58 BCE @Vesantu
57 BCE Caesar defeats Nervii of Belgium
57 BCE @Octadurus (Martigny) Romans defeat Helvetii
57 BCE Parthians & Malava clans of India destroy Sakas
57 BCE @Ponterat
55 BCE Caesar devastates Germany for 18 days
55 BCE 10K+Julius Caesar invade Britain for 3 weeks
54 BCE Caesar invades Britain for 10 weeks, fights Cassivelaunus 180
54 BCE Ambriorix the Gaul massacres Roman army of Sabinus and Cotta
54 BCE Romans and Meroe fight in Lower Nubia
54/53-51 BCE @Carrhae Parthians defeat and kill M. Licinius Crassus of Rome
53 BCE @Cologne site Julius Caesar defeats Eburones. 2nd invasion of Germany
53-51 BCE Caesar defeats Senones
52 BCE @Alesia Caesar+ 60K defeat Vercingetorix + 180K and sacks Ganabum (Orleans), France
51 BCE Pacorus the Parthian ravages Syria
50 BCE Getae sack and destroy Turys near Dniester
c.50 BCE Timna, capital of Qataban in Yemen destroyed
50-44 BCE War of the First Triumvirate
9 Aug 48 BCE @Pharsalus Caesar +21K + 1K cavalry defeat Pompey + 38K + 7K cavalry 0 5-10K-15K
49-29 BCE Roman Civil War Julius defeats Pompey
47 BCE @Zela, Pontus Caesar defeats Pharnaces. easy: Veni, Vedii, Vici
47 BCE @Nile River Mithradates II, helps the Romans defeats Alexandrians
46 BCE Caesar crushes 10th Legion mutiny
46 BCE @Thapsus, north Africa, Caesar defeats Pompeian remnants
45 BCE @Munda, Spain Caesar defeats the sons of Pompey
44-41 BCE Famine in China
43 BCE @Mursium Octavian defeats Mark Antony
43-31 BCE War of the Second Triumvirate 2.3K Romans killed in purge 2.3
43 BCE Second Roman Triumvirate 0.5
42 BCE @Philippi Roman Civil battle
42 BCE Pompey the Younger conquers Sicily
40 BCE Parthians invade Judea and cut off ears of John Hyrcanus II
40-6/9/38 BCE Parthians plus Romans of Brutus & Cassius fight Mark Antony, attack Syria & Anatolia
37 BCE Tongmyong unifies Tungusic tribes to form Koguryo in Korea
36 BCE Mark Antony invades Atropatene in Parthia; tries to take Phraaspa 10
36 BCE Lepidus tries to revolt from Octavian in Sicily
35-33 BCE Romans defeat Illyrians
34 BCE Mark Antony conquers Armenia, treacherously capturing King Artavasdes
34 BCE @Crimissue River 10
32 BCE Tiridates II revolts from Parthian Phraates
31 BCE Earthquake affected Qumran. No ancient source mentions this.
31 BCE @Actium Octavian's 400 ships defeat M.Antony&Cleo's 500 ships 5
30 BCE Octavian captures Alexandria, Egypt
30 BCE Roman prefect Cornelius Gallus sacks Thebes after it revolts
29 BCE Romans defeat Bastarnae
c.29 BCE Roman M. Licinius Crassus conquers Moesians
28-27 BCE Roman Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus puts down revolt in Gallia Aquitania
27 BCE Cornelius Gallus sacks Thebes, Greece
27 BCE Andhra Dynasty begins in India
26 BCE Augustus marches to Ctesiphon
25 BCE Romans defeat Salassi in Italy
25 BCE Amyntas dies fighting Pisidian hill tribes
25 BCE Augustus fails to conquer Arabia
24/23 BCE Meroites sack Syene
24/23 BCE Roman Petronius Arbiter sacks Kawa, Sudan
22-20 BCE Roman wars in Spain
21 BCE @Vindalius Romans defeat Gauls
20 BCE Tiberius of Rome fights Armenians
19 BCE Augustus finishes conquering northwest Spain
15 BCE Romans Tiberias & Drusus invade Austria (Rhaetia) and Switzerland (Vindelicia)
15 BCE Salamis on Cyprus destroyed by an earthquake
15 BCE Flood and famine in China
14-9 BCE Romans conquer Pannonia in the Balkans
13 BCE Romans Tiberius and Nero Claudis Drusus conquer the Raeti
13 BCE Vologases, priest of Dionysius tries to revolt in Thrace
12 BCE Drusus' Roman fleet subjugates Frisians,Saxons
12-9 BCE Tiberius of Rome defeats Pannonians
12 BCE German Sugambi cross into Gaul, defeated by the Romans
12 BCE Roman Drusus defeats the Frisii, Chauci, Island of Burchanis, Bructeri.
11 BCE Drusus defeats the Usipetes and Sugambri, Cherusci.
12-10 BCE Tiberius defeats the Pannonians
12-2 BCE P. Sulpicius Quirinius puts down rebels in Pisidian mountains
11-9 BCE Roman Calpurnius Piso suppresses revolt in Thrace
10 BCE Roman Drusus fought again, but did not gain anything
9 BCE Roman Drusus defeats the Chatti, Suebi, Marcomanni, & cherusci.
9 BCE Maroboduus leads Marcomanni to Bohemia
8 BCE Tiberius campaigns in Germany
7 BCE Tiberius campaigns in Germany but gains nothing
6 BCE-9 CE Romans slowly conquer Bosnia Herzegovinia
4 BCE Public Quinctilius Varus puts down Jewish revolt in Judea
4 BCE @Jerusalem Archelaus slaughters Jews 3
3 BCE Romans crucify Jews 2
1 Pop:264M+/-30% Afr:19 Asia:198 China:71 Ind:100 ME:24 Eu:31 NA:0 LA:8
1 CE Gaelics displace Builg (Belgae?) in Ireland
@Pannonia, Dalmatia Tiberius quells revolts
4 Tiberius campaigns In Germany
5 Tiberius attacks the confederacy of Maroboduus the Marcommani.
6 Pannonia & Dalmatia revolt
6 A Theudus tries to revolt when Herod Archelaus deposed
6/7 Judas of Galilee & Zealots revolt during Quirinius' 2nd Census
9-11 Tiberius and Germanicus march into Germany for revenge on the Germans
9 @Teutoberg Wald, Arminius' Cherusci kill Romans & Varus 14
9-16 Publis Quinctilius Varus continues attacking Germans across the Rhine River.
9 Wang Mang seizes Chinese throne
11 Germanicus defeats Germans in western Germany and the Rhine
c.12 Local uprising in China
14 Roman legions on the Rhine revolt
15 Romans capture Arminius' wife Thusnelda
16 @Iclistavisus (Wester River) Romans defeat Germans
17 Earthquake in Sardis and Philadelphia, Asia Minor
19 In Rome senate sends 4K freedmen to Sardinia excep those who renounced Egyptian and Jewish religions (Tacitus Annals book 2 ch.85 p.44)
21 Jul 365 Earthquake in Kourion, Cyprus 3000 7
21 Jul 365 Tsunami in Alexandria & Greece from Kourion earthquake 1,000's (3K)
17-21 Cherusci fight among themselves and Marcomanni
17-23 Large bands of thieves & soldiers to fight in China
17-24 Berber guerilla war against Rome in Numidia and Mauretania
18 Rome conquers Cappadocia
20-23 Wang Mang's famine relief measures in China
21 Aedui of Gaul try to revolt from Tiberius of Rome
Oct 23 Red Eyebrow Rebellion: Han Chinese defeat Wang Mang of Hsin
25-36 Kuang-wu-ti defeats rivals in China
25-57 Liu Hsiu "scoured and washed away" disturbances
27 Chinese use Barbarian cavalry to crush revolt
127 BCE Chinese Han defeat the Xiong Nu
28 @Baduhennawood revolting Frisians defeat a Roman army and stay free for 20 years
33 Earthquake in Bythnia and Nicea, according to the writer Phlegon
35-42 City of Seleucia revolts from Parthia. Vardanes conquered it
c.37 Herod Antipas defeats Nabataean Aretas
37 Saul of Tarsus (later Paul the apostle) persecutes Christians in Judea.
39-49 Trung sisters' rebellion against Chinese in Vietnam
40 Kushan Dynastry begins in India
40 Second revolt against Rome in Mauretania
42 Ma Yuan crushes uprising in Tonkin, Vietnam
43 Chinese reconquer Vietnam
43-51 Aulus Plautius & Romans invade Britain
43 Romans take Kent,England
44 Romans take Maiden Castle, England
44 Rome conquers Mauretania
44 Rome conquers Serbia (Pannonia)
Revolts in Pannonia, Germany, Gaul
44 Theudas the imposter revolts against Romans in Palestine
46 Pliny the Elder on campaign in Germany
47-77 Silures resist Romans in Britain
47/49 The Parthian Vardanes controls Babylon until his assassination
50-75 Kushan conquer Suren kingdom in India
50 Famine in Israel (Acts)
51 Parthian pretender Meherdates defeated and killed by Parthians
50-323 10 Early Christian Persecutions 50 thousand
50 Roman Emperor Nero persecutes Christians
54 Ben Stada the Egyptian leads rebel Jews (Acts 21:38) 0.4
60 Laodicea destroyed by an earthquake
60/61 Queen Boudicca of Britain leads rebellion 80
62 Earthquake at Mt. Vesuvius, Italy
64 First general Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Nero
66 King Daru of Baekje captures a fortress from Silla in Korea
66 Caesarea left in charge of non-Jews, who massacre the Jews in the city 20
66-70 Jewish Revolt from Rome
66-71 First part of Jewish Revolt
68 Batavians, aided by Frisians, rebel against Nero
69 Roxollani invade Moesia & decimate Legion III Gallica
69-70 Septimus Severus defeats rivals
69-70 Vespasian crushes Batavian revolt under Julius Civilis
70 Romans kill many Jews in Israel
71-73 Jews killed in Jewish revolt 1337.49
72 Rome captures Samsat, Anatolia
4/16/73 @Masada Roman Lucius Flavius Silva and tenth legion take the fort. Jewish Sicarii rebels die 0.96
73 Alans plunder Media & Armenia, try to invade Parthia
74-94 Chinese conquer Turkestan
77 Romans conquer all of Britain
78 Romans conquer Ordovices in mid-Wales
79 CE Mt. Vesuvius volcanic eruption, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy 18 or 3.360
80 Plague after fire in Rome under Titus
c.80/90 Future Roman emperor Domitian defeats the Chatti
c.80/90 Quadi, Sarmatians, and Marcomanni defeat Domitian
84 @Mons Graupius Romans defeat Scots
85-88/89 Dacians defeat the Romans in the Balkans
89 In the Civil War after Nero's death, Anicetus the pirate leads an unsuccessful revolt in Pontus and Colchis
89 The Hsiung-Nu submit to China
88/89 Romans in Germany under Antonio Saturninus try to revolt
90 Decebalus defeats the Roman emperor Decius
91 Possible year of no war
92 Sarmatians destroy Roman Legion XXI in Panonia
93 Possible year of no war
94 Chinese in Central Asia
95/96 Second general Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Trajan
95-100 Possible years of no war
27 Oct 97 Praetorian guard tries to mutiny under Nerva
101-102 1st Dacian War: Trajan defeats King Decebalus +Bastarnae+Roxolani >4K Roman 8
103-104 Possible years of no war
105/106 Trajan conquers Petrea in Arabia
105-106 2nd Dacian War: Decebalus of Dacia tries to revolt
106 Trajan captures the Dacian capital of Sarmizegethusa
106 Chinese lose Tarim Basin
107 Roman campaign against Armenians and Parthians
107 Third general Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Trajan
108 Chinese Wu-ti conquers Korea
109-112 Possible years of no war
113-117 The Eastern War: Romans conquers Assyria and Armenia to attack Parthia
115 Jews revolt in Cyrene, Palestine, and Egypt
115-117 Romans conquer Mesopotamia defeating Osroes of Parthia.
115/116 Trajan burns Seleucus on the Tigris c.600K pop
Romans might have won, except that Trajan got sick and died c. Aug. 8 117.
115 Britons rebel against Romans Eboracum sacked
115/116-117/118 Romans Lusius Quietus (aka Kitos) suppresses Jewish revolt., Many killed in Lydda.
116 Cyrene c.100K pop. rebels against Rome
117 Roxolani and Romans fight
118-122 Possible years of no war
118 & 134 Fourth general Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Hadrian
123 Alans try to invade Anatolia (Turkey)
124-131 Possible years of no war
132-135 Jew Simon bar-Kochba rebels
133 Last Bar Kochba fortress of Betar falls to the Romans
133 The Alan people defeated while invading Media
136-138 Possible years of no war
139 Bucolic revolt in Egypt
140-141 Possible years of no war
142 Romans conquer southern Scotland
143-146 Latest possible years of no war
147-166 Roman-Parthian War
148 Shih Kao, Parthian monk is the first Buddhist missionary to China
150-230 Goths move from Sweden to Ukraine
159 @La Mojarra Olmec Harvest Mtn Lord stops coup by bro'-in-law
161 Parthian Vologaeses/Vologases III invades Syria and Cappadocia
163 Roman Priscus sacks Artaxata, Armenia
164 Avidius Cassus destroys Seleucus on Tigris
165 Rome conquers Ctesiphon and Dura-Europa from the Parthians
165 Plague among Romans at Ctesiphon
166-167 Plague over the Roman Empire
166-167-180 Germans attack Austria
168-170 Civil War in China
170 Vandals enter into Romania
-176 Roman Emperor Marcus Eurelius puts down revolt by Avidus Crassus
177 Romans and Marcomanni fight
last part of 177 Christians persecuted in Vienna and Lugdunum (Lyons, France)
177 Fifth general Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius
180 @Vienna Germans fight Romans; Marcus Aurelius dies
184-215 "5 Peck Rice" Taoist Yellow Turban Revolt in China
192 Chams rebel in S. Vietnam
194 Septimus Severus defeats Syrian governor Gaius Pescennius Niger
Many of Niger's defeated troops flee to the Parthians
196 @Lugdunum (Lyons, France) Clodius Albinus defeated
197 Scottish tribes destroy Hadrian's wall
197 @Lyons Septimus Severus kills pretender Decimus Clodius Albinus
198 Khazars and Basileens try to invade Armenia
198 Septimus Severus captures Seleucia and Babylon, and sacks Ctesiphon
200 Pop:273M+/-30% Afr:20 Asia:200 China:80 Ind:95 ME:21 Eur:34 NA:0 LA:10
202 Continuation of the fifth general Christian Persecution under Roman Emperor Septimus Severus
208- Septimus Severus defends Britain from revolt
208 Ardashir defeats and kills Shapur in Persia
209 Scots fight Romans
213-259 Alemanni fight Roman Caracella
215 Han crush rebellion is Szechuan, China
215 Roman Caracalla massacres many in Alexandria, Egypt
216 Roman Emperor Caracalla persecutes literary figures in Alexandria for satire against him
216 Roman Caracella captures King Vagarshak of Armenia in battle
6/7/218 @Imma Syrians rebel from Rome and win
220-221 Wei and Shu Dynasties in China
220 Goths invade Asia Minor (Turkey)
222-280 War in China Shu vs. Wu Dynasty
224-252 Parthian Shapur I conquers Armenia
224 @Hormizdagaz Sassaanian Ardashir I defeats Artabamus; killed
226 @Hormuz Persian Ardashir I overthrows Parthians
232 Romans try to invade Persia
235 Sixth general Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Maximim
236 Tiridates frees Armenia from Persians
236-238 Romans defeat Iazyges (Sarmatian tribe)
244 Parthians defeat Romans
248 Lin-yi pillage northern neighbors in China
248-250 Iazyges (Sarmatian tribe) raid Dacia
250 Pop:291M+/-30% Afr:21 Asia:219 China:88 Ind:95 ME:20 Eur:32 NA:0 LA:10
250-297 Blemmyes (=Beja) people from the Eastern Desert attack Roman Egypt
250 Goths capture Olbia and invade Moesia
250-6/251 Seventh severe general Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Decius
Jun 251 Ostrogoths kill Roman Emperor Decius in battle
251 Plague in Greece after Christian persecution
6/251-253 Emperor Gallus continues the Decian persecution
253-260 Eighth general Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Valerian
254 Iazyges (Sarmatian tribe) raid Parthia
257 Aemilius, prefect of Egypt proclaims himself Emperor. General Theodotus defeats him
257-264 Goths begin raiding east Roman Empire.
24-25 Apr 260 Postumus defeats Juthungian Germans
260-269 Postumus sets up his own empire in NW Europe
260 Burgundians occupy Main valley
260 Sassanian Persians sack Antioch & capture Valerian
260-263 Odenathus of Palmyra defeats Persians
266-320 Axum invades Meroe, Sudan
268 Goths conquer Dacians
268 Goths sack Athens, Corinth, and Sparta
269 Postumus killed by his own troops
269-270 Claudius defeats Alemannin and Ostrogoths
270-275 Roman Aurelian defeats Gallic confederacy
270 Ninth severe general Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Aurelian
272 Roman Aurelian defeats Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, Syria
281-282 Saxons raid northeast Gaul
283 Roman Emperor Carus killed in battle by troops
283-296 Parthians fight with Rome and themselves
285 late summer Maximinian stop Bagaudae from revolting in Gaul.
285-289 Maximinian fight Germaninc tribes on the Rhine
286-290 Roman Carausius rebels in England
288 Maximinian and Diocletian ravage Alamannic lands
289 or 290 Storms destroy Maximinian's fleet to fight Carausius and Allectus
296 Maximinian finally defeats Carausius' successor Allectus
296-298 Maximinian fights pirates near Hispania and Berber invasions in Mauretania.
284 & 303-305 Tenth general Christian "great persecution" under Roman Emperor Diocletian
287 Revolt by Carausius and Romans in Britain
290-313 8 Roman expeditions to defeat Sarmatians
292 Coptos and other Egyptian cities destroyed after trying to revolt from Diocletian
296 Roman Constantius Chlorus fights Picts in Scotland
296 Persians defeat the Romans
296 Scottish tribes destroy Hadrian's wall
296 Egypt tries to revolt from Rome (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series vol.1 p.6)
297 Romans destroy Persian army
297-305 Blemmyes tribe enter north Nubia
298 Drought and famine in Szechuan,China
300 Volcano Xitli erupts in Mexico
304-316/317 The Hsiung-Nu invade China
305 Power struggle among Romans
306 Constantius Chlorus fights Picts
306 Constantine fought against the Franks and Bruckeri. He exposed his captives to wild beasts (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series vol.1 p.412-413)
310 Constantine the Great defeats the Franks
310 Famine in England 40
311 Loyang, China sacked
312 Battle of Milvan Bridge
315-320 Chandragupta I founds Gupta Dynasty in India
315-323 Licinius persecutes Christians in the east (but not Palestine or Egypt) (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series vol.1 p.11)
8 Oct 315- Jul 323/324 Constantine & 50K defeats Licinius & 50K 23
316 Tatars sack Chang-an, Tsin China
322 Constantine defeats Visigoths
325 60K Persians Under Shapur II sack Hera, Lakhmid capital afte Lakhid boats raid Persia. Roman Constantius II promises help but does not deliver.
325-375 Kingdom of Axum invades Meroe, Sudan again
326 Constantius I dies fighting Picts
c.335 Ethiopia conquers Axum
337 Sassanians besiege Nisibis
337 Constantius II defeats Germans & Sarmatians
338 Romans and Persians fight al-Tabari vol.5 p.49
340 Severe Earthquake in Antioch, Syria that Chrysostom refers to. (Nicene & Post Nicene Fathers : First Series vol.9 p.345 footnote 5)
350 Pop:303M+/-30% Afr:22 Asia:230 China:91 Ind:95 ME:23 Eur:30 NA:0 LA:12
10 Aug 350/353 @Mursa Constantius defeats Magnentius.Constantinus lost 30K vs. lost 24K
356-359 Roman Julian drives back Alemanni & Franks
357 @Strasborg Alemanni defeated
357 Constantinus II defeats Germans & Sarmatians
359 Roman-Persian Wars (Shapur II of Persia) 160
Persians capture Jerusalem 50K Jews died 50
c.4th Century Axum (Ethiopia) and Meroe (Sudan) fight
360-433 Huns attack Europe
362 Goths capture Bosporan Kingdom
363 Earthquake in Petra, Jordan
363 Persians take Nisibis and Mesopotamia from Julian + 65K Romans & Khazars
365 Earthquake in Knossos, Crete 50
1 Feb 366 Earthquake and tsunami in the eastern Mediterranean (Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers Second Series vol.4 p.505
Fall 365 Revolt of Eastern part of Roman Empire
366 Alaric the Visigoth takes Ephesus
367-369 Scottish tribes destroy Hadrian's wall by a land/sea attack
367-369 Athanaric tries in vain to attak the Roman Emperor Valens
369 Drought and famin in Caesarea in Cappadocia
369-376 Visigoth Athanaric persecutes Christian Visigoths
369 Japanese try to invade Korea
370-375 Huns overrun Alans and Ostrogoths in Ukraine
371-372 Blemmyes of Egypt raid valleys in Egypt
373 Cattle plague followed by drought in Nazianzus, according to Gregory N. Oration 16 p.247
376 Huns completely the Athanaric the Visigoth
c.371-378 Aksum (Ethiopia) conquers Yemen
377 Goths invade Pannonia
378 @Adrianople II Visigoth Fridigern revolts & kills Roman Valens 10-15, or 20
383 Roman Magnus Maximus defeats & kills Roman Gratian
385 Priscillian of Spain executed for heresy. Execution protested by Ambrose, Leo & Chrysostom.
387 Antioch rebels
387/388 Theodosius captures Magnus Maximus
390 Byzantines crush Thessalonian rebellion 7
391 Japanese invade Silla, Korea, help Paekche
392 Romans pass laws against paganism
394-395 Campaign against Eugenius
395-397 Alaric the Visigoth invades Greece
400 Pop:303M+/-30% Afr:24 Asia:229 China:92 Ind:95 ME:22 Eur:28 NA:0 LA:13
400-440 Trier sacked 4 times
402-403 Visogoths invade Italy; Stilicho the Vandal defeats them
403 Earthquake in Constantinople (Chrysostom exiled)
405 Stilicho the Vandal defeats Marcomanni, Quadi, Asding Vandals
405 Goths capture Cortona, Italy
406 @Fiesole Stilichus defeats Vandals, Suevii, & Burgundians
12/31/406 Marcomanni, Quadi, Asding &Siliing Vandals, some Alans in France
407 Constantine II controls Arles
409 Britain rebels
409 Vandals, Alans, & Suevi invade Iberia
409-413 Rebellion in Gaul
410 Bacaudae control Gaul
24 Aug 410 Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome
412 Visigoth Ataulf leaves Italy and defeats Honorius' usurpers
414 Constantius III drives Visigoths out of France. Visigoths conquer Iberia from Vandals-Alans, & Suevi
415 Visigoth Ataulf assassinated by a groom415 Visigoth Ataulf assassinated by a groom
419-420 Mazdeans under Emperor Vararanes persecute Christians
421/422 Vandals defeat Romans
421-422 Perso-Byzantine War after Narseh severely persecutes Christians al-Tabari vol.5 p.102
422 Romans and Arabs defeat Persians
424 Aetius + 60K Roman mercenaries (mainly Huns) defeat Ioannes
425-250 Nobades & Blemmyes people attack Egypt
428 Gaiseric & 80K Vandals occupy north Africa
430 Vandals besiege Hippo, Tunisia
c.430-453 Huns on the march
432 Huns invade Hungary
435 Romans plus Huns defeat Burgundians
436 Alemanni and Huns against Burgundians
439 @Toulouse Litorius' Hun mercenaries annihilated
439 Persians attack the Byzantines al-Tabari vol.5 p.108
440-465 White Huns finally overrun India
440 Gaiseric the Vandal conquers Sicily
442 Rome defeats Sasanid Yazdegerd II
443 Burgundians invade later Burgundy
443-534 Franks slowly conquer Burgundians
446 Confucianists persecute Buddhists in China
449 Armenians and Georgians revolt from Persian Zoroastrian persecution. Yazdgird II persecuted the Jews, forbade the Jews to observe the Sabbath and closed all Jewish schools. al-Tabari vol.5 p.107,109
449 Jutes under Hengest and Horsa conquer Kent, England
450 Huns sack Milan, Italy
451 Armenian Vardan II mamikonian declares Holy War against Persia
451 Huns try to take Paris
20 Sep 451 @Chalons Aertius+Romans+Visigoths defeat Huns 62.5
453 Huns finally fall
453-500 King Silko of Nubian Nobades drives out Blemmyes
455 Vandals under Gaiseric sack Rome
456 Franks conquer Cologne
457 @Crayford Hengest wins.
460 White Huns defeat Kushans of Afghanistan
461 Avars conquer Uighurs
461-496 Avars fighting
469-478 Visigoths conquer Spain
470 Visigoths and Alans capture Catalonia
c.472 Sharahb'il Yakuf persecutes Christians in Ethiopia al-Tabari vol.5 p.194 footnote 487
472 Visigoths defeat Iazyges (Sarmatian tribe)
473 Visigoths capture Tours, France
476 Odoacer the Ostrogoth enters Italy
480 White Huns destroy Guptas in India
481 Visigoths take Provencal coast from Burgundians
481-484 Armenians revolt from Persia
484 Arians persecute Christians in Tipasa, Algeria
484 Hephthalites (White Huns) attack Persia and kill Sassanian Emperor Peroz al-Tabari vol.5 p.121
486 Clovis the Frank conquers Soissons
487 Odoacer annihilates Rugians
488-489 Theodoric & Ostrogoths enter Italy
493 Odoacer overthrown by Theodoric the Goth
496 Clovis I & Franks defeat Alemanni axes vs. spears & arrows
500 Pop:305M+/-35% Afr:26 Asia:230 China:93 Ind:95 ME:22 Eur:25 NA:0 LA:14
500-650 Black death World 100000
500-502 Byzantines and Lakhmids fightal-Tabari vol.5 p.125
500-600 Chanla conquers Funan in SE Asia
502 Zoroastrians were persecuted al-Tabari vol.5 p.137
summer/502-fall/506 Persians fight Byzantines al-Tabari vol.5 p.136
503 @Mt. Badon Britons under Arthur defeat Saxons
505 Langobards defeat Herulians
507 @Vouille Clovis defeats Visigoths
507/508 Franks under Clovis capture Tours from Visigoths
508 Goths defeat Heruli
523 Frank Chlotar I fights Burgundians
523 Kavadh massacres Mazkak's partisans in Persia
523-525 Jewish Ma'di Karib Ya'fur persecutes Christians in southwest Arabia until the Abyssinians (Ethiopians) defeated him al-Tabari vol.5 p.195 footnote 488
524 Toba Wei defeated by non-Chinese frontier soldiers
524-531 Romans & Persians ending in 'Eternal Peace'
525 Ethiopic-Byzantine War in yemen
525 Christian Ethiopians flee Ethiopian-Jewish persecution, to Yemen
525 Fire in Antioch, Syria
525 Ethiopia defeats Yemen
20 May 526 Earthquake in Antioch, Syria 250
527 Qawad fights Byzantines
527-568 Byzantine Justinian persecutes Monophysite Copts in Egypt
528 Earthquake in Antioch, Syria
528-531 Persians fight with Byzantinesal-Tabari vol.5 p.140
529 Lakhmid al-Mundhir III retakes Al-hirah from Kindahs
530 Belisarius & Romans defeat Syrians 8
530 Second Abyssinian invasion of Arabia al-Tabari vol.5 p.203
531 @Callenjam (=Raqqa) Byznatine Belisarius is defeated
531 Saxons and Frank Chlotar I destroy Thuringians
532 Frank Chlotar I fights Visigoths
532 Silla subjugates E Kaya, Korea
532 Nika riot in Hippodrome, Constantinople 1/2 city burned
532 Belisarius the Byzantine kills 30K rebels 30
ca.533 Some Abyssinians revolt in Yemen al-Tabari vol.5 p.214
533-534 @North Africa Belisarius the Byzantine destroys Vandals
533 @Oberstein in Germany
535 Belisarius the Byzantine conquers Sicily
535/539-553 Milan destroyed
536 Belisarius the Byzantine captures Naples, Italy
540 Belisarius defeats Vandals
540-562 War between Byzantines and Persians
540 Persians sack Antioch
541 Major volcanic eruption in the northern hemisphere
542 Black death in Amida, Turkey
542-546 Black death Holy Roman Empire
542 Frank Chlotar I attacks Visigoths
543 Ly family revolt in Vietnam
543-548 Belisarius fights Ostrogoths
546 Ostrogoph Totila captures Rome
547-551 Battles between Gepidae and Langobards
549-561 Persians fight Byzantines, Armenians, and Georgians al-Tabari vol.5 p.299
550 Chitrasena & Bhavavarman of Chenla conquer Funan
552 Paekche menaced in Korea; appeal to Japan
552-553 Byzantines destroy Ostrogoths in Italy
553 @Mt. Vesuvius Osotrogoths almost annihilated
554 Byzantines conquer south & SE Spain
555 Last Ostrogotth fortress fell
555 Franks repress Saxon rebellion
556 Axe war: Caracol (pop 179K) vs. Tikal Mayans (pop. 450K)
557 Narses the Byzantine represses Heruli revolt
558-562 Belisarius fights Bulgars
561 @Breimne in Ireland 3K
562 Tikal Mayan reprisal for axe war
562 Japanese driven out of Korea
562 Silla subjugates W Kaya, Korea
563 Avars take Eastern Thuringia from the Franks
565 Turks defeat White Huns in India
566 Gepidae defeat Langobards
567 @Reims, France Merovingians Chileric and Siebert fight
568-572 Langobards and Lombards conquer northern Italy & Rome
568 @Wibbandune Ceawlin defeats Aethelbert of Kent
569 Lombards capture Milan
570 Abyssinians conquer Yemen (Southern Arabia)
570 Abyssinian Abrah attacks Mecca; withdraws when the army get smallpox
570 Persians occupy Yemen (Southern Arabia)
c.570/590 Fijar Wars between the Quraysh + allies and other Arabs
572 Byzantines persecute Monophysites al-Tabari vol.5 p.251
572-591 Byzantines and Persians fight
573 Turks invade the Caucasus (Khazars enter Russia)
574-577 Confucianists persecute Buddhists in China
575 Persians defeat Ethiopians in South Arabia
575 Visigoths take most of Spain from the Romans
576 Lombards under Alboin defeat Gepidae
577 Emperor Wen conquers Szechuan in China
580 @Ctesiphon Byzantines try to stop Persians
581 Avars recpature Belgrade from Romans
584 Visigoths in Spain conquer the Suevi kingdom
587 @Shigisen, Honshu Soga family keeps Japan
588-589 Sui Emperor Wen conquers part of China
588 Earthquake in Antioch, Syria. (Nicene & Post Nicene Fathers : First Series vol.9 p.345 footnote 5) 60
588 Persian general Bahram defeats Turks
589 Romans (Byzantines) defeat Persians
589 Revolt against Hormizd II in Persia
589 Sui Dynasty captures Chien Kang in China
589 Arabs, Khazars, Turks invade Persia in vain
589 Wen-Ti conquers Ch'en and reunites China
590 Romans regain much of the land lost to Lombards
591-601 Persian Civil War. al-Tabari vol.11 p.179 footnote 899, 183 footnote 923
591 Romans help Chosroes II regain the Persian throne
592 Austrasia-Burgundy attacks Chlotar II of Neustria
595 Sui Chinese reconquer Tongking, Vietname
596 Neustria takes some of Austrasia
598 Slavs and Avars severely raid Bosnia
599/600 Neustria loses its conquests in Austrasia
600 Pop:307M+/-35% Afr:28 Asia:230 China:92 Ind:95 ME:23 Eur:24 NA:0 LA:15
601 @Viminacium Byzantines defeat Avars 20
602 Byzantine Army Civil War Phocas new Emperor
603 @Daegsastan Aethelfrith of Northumbria & Dalriad Scots
607-610 Byzantine Civil War; Heraclius defeats Phocas
610-611 Heraclius the Byzantine assumes power and stops the revolt
611-613 Sassanian Khusrau captures Antioch
612 Visigoths in Spain take some of the Byzantine land
613 Pepin the Elder & Arnulf overthrow Brunhild of Austrasia
613-641 Persian-Byzantine Wars
613/614 Sassanian Persians take Damascus, Syria al-Tabari vol.5 p.318
614 @Chester Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeats the Welsh and massacred the monks were gathered to aid the Welsh by prayer
June 614 /615CE Sassanian Khusrau takes Jerusalem 35K enslaved al-Tabari vol.5 p.318 66.509
615 Sassanians besiege Constantinople
616 Chosroes II of Persia captures Alexandria
616 @Chester 1,200 Monks massacred from Bangor, Wales 1.2
617 Pre-Islamic battle of Bu'ath between rival clans of Medina
617 @Idle River Reswald of East Anglia kills Northumbrian Oswaldo (Aethelfrith)
619-628 Sassanian Chosroes II capture Alexandria and Egypt
615/627 Plague in Persia. al-Tabari vol.5 p.358
622-632 First phase of Muslim conquests
622-627 Heraclius holds off Persians and Avars and recaptures Anatolia in 623
623-627 Heraclius retakes Cilicia, Armenia, Caucasian Albania, and Azerbaijan
623 Byzantine Heraclius captures Dwin and Nakhicheran, Armenia
622 Sif al-Bahr expedition led by Hamzah month 9 A.H. 1 according to al-Qaqidi. See al-Tabari vol.7 p.xix
622 Rabigh/Ahya led by 'Ubaydah expedition in month 10 A.H. 1 according to al-Waqidi. See al-Tabari vol.7 p.xix
622 Al-Kharrar expedition led by Sa'd. Month 11 year 1 according to al-Waqidi. See al-Tabari vol.7 p.xix.
622 1st battle (Ghazwat): Al-Abwa' / Waddan led by Mohammed in month 2 A.H. 2 according to al-Waqidi. Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.285 prior (p.195). See al-Tabari vol.7 p.xix
622 2nd battle (Ghazwat): Buwat 200 Muslim emigrants led by Mohammed attacked 100 Meccans in the caravan. Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.285 prior (p.195) month 3 A.H. 2 according to al-Waqidi. See al-Tabari vol.7 p.xix
622 A camel raid sent by Mohammed. al-Tabari vol.39 p.14
622 Safawan was a punitive expedition led by Mohammed according to al-Waqidi. See al-Tabari vol.7 p.xix
622 3rd battle (Ghazwat): Al-'Ashira/Al-'Ashiru/al-'Ushayrah led by Mohammed Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.285 prior, 285 (p.195) according to al-Waqidi. See al-Tabari vol.7 p.xix
624 @Badr 300/328 Muslims raid Qarashi caravan. 14 Muslims killed, 70 Qureshis killed and 70 captured. Sahih Muslim vol.3 no.4394 p.975-976; vol.3 no.4341 p.951 vol.3 no.4360 p.960-961 Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.462 p.323. Bukhari vol.4 no.324 p.206 Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.292 p.201. Muslim soldiers paid 5,000 dirhams each according to al-Tabari vol.12 p.xx
25 Mar 624/625 @Uhud 3K Meccans (including 700 armored infantry and 200 cavalry) defeat the 1K Muslims (including 300 who returned to Medina prematurely. Sahih Muslim vol.3 no.4413 (p.984-985) Mohammed was wounded Bukhari vol.4 no.159 (p.102). vol.5 no.400 (p.277) vol.5 no.151 (p.102), but Talha saved his life al-Tabari vol.15 footnote 375 p.202
625 Persians fail to take Constantinople
626 Avars and Persians besiege Constantinople
626 Byzantines drive Persians from Egypt
c.624 al-Sawiq (Barley-meal) raid was a defensive action led by Mohammed. al-Tabari vol.7 p.xxix and p.88
624 @Qarqarat al-Kudr led by Mohammed. They drove off the livestock, but no one died. al-Tabari vol.7 p.88-89
624 @Najd (=Dhu Amarr) against the Ghatafan tribe. No one died though. al-Tabari vol.7 p.93. Sahih Muslim vol.3 no.4330,4331,4332 p.949 Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.458 p.315
624 Muslims under Ghalib bin 'Abd Allah al-Laythi raid the Banu Sulaym and Ghatafan, killing some of the enemy and taking their livestock. al-Tabari vol.7 p.89 and p.xxix
624 Al-Qaradah raid on a caravan led by Mohammed's adopted son Zayd. 1/5 of the booty, which Mohammed took, was 20,000 Dirhams. al-Tabari vol.7 p.xxix,99
625 Expedition to Dumat al-Jandal in al-Tabari vol. 8 p.4 footnote 17.
627 Battle of the Ditch/Trench (Ahzab) (=Battle of Khandaq) Muslims won defending Medina with a trench. Sahih Muslim vol.3 no.4412 p.983-984.
c.627 Skirmish of Dhu Qarad against the Bani Fazarah. Sahih Muslim vol.3 no.4345,4449 p.953,995 (probably three days before the battle of Khaibar).
626 Muslims conquer Syria
627 Muslims defeat Djuna tribe
627 Famine in Syria
Jun 627-628 Black death Ctesiphon (1st great Muslim plague)
12/627 @Ninevah Heraclius the Byzantine + Khazars defeat Persians
627 Qurayzah tribe massacred by Mohammed al-Tabari vol.5 p.165 footnote 419
Aug 627 or Aug 628 @Khaibar Muslims massacre Jews Bukhari vol.1 no.208 p.138; vol.1 no.214 p.140; Sahih Muslim vol.1 no.209 p.65; Sahih Muslim vol.3 no.4437,4438,4439 p.992-993. Mohammed was there Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.515 p.364; vol.5 book 59 no.262 p.241. al-Tabari vol.5 p.165, vol.8 p.27-28. They were besieged for 25 nights according to al-Tabari vol.8 p.30. See also al-Tabari vol.39 p.130
624/625 A Muslim expedition before Dhat al-Riqa' according to al-Tabari vol.7 p.xxxiv.
624/625 @Dhat ur Riqa/ Dhat al-Riqa (= Battle of Najd) after Khaibar. Muslims were killed here.Sahih Muslim vol.2 no.1830 p.401 vol.3 no.4471 p.1005. al-Tabari vol.7 p.xxxiv; Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.prior to 450 (p.310-311). Abu Dawud vol.1 footnote 643 p.323
624/625 Raji' was a failed expedition after Dhat ur Riqa according to al-Tabari vol.7 p.xxxiv. Muslims were killed here.
624/625 Bi'r Ma'unah was a failed expedition after Raji' according to al-Tabari vol.7 p.xxxiv. Muslims were killed here.
624/625 Badr al-Maw'id (=Barley-meal raid II) was a minor skirmish after Bi'r Ma'unah according to al-Tabari vol.7 p.xxxiv.
625/626 Expelling the Banu al-Nadir tribe
625/626 @Bu'ath Sahih Muslim vol.2 no.1938,1942 p.420.
630/631 Battle of Tabuk Bukhari vol.2 no.559 p.325 was an offensive war. al-Tabari vol.9 p.46-48. Mohammed stayed at Tabuk 20 days. Abu Dawud vol.1 no.1231 p.319.
627/628 Mohammed led a surprise attack on the Bi'l-Mustaliq (=Balmustaliq) tribe in without any warning while they made the "mistake" of heedlessly grazing their cattle. They were said to have had "excellent Arab women" that the Muslim soldiers had sex with afterwards. Sahih Muslim vol.2 no.3371 p.733-734. Mohammed got his wife Juwairiya as a captive from them. Bukhari vol.3 no.717 p.432-433, al-Tabari vol.8 p.51-56 Abu Dawud vol.2 no.227 p.727-728.
627 Expedition against the Banu Lihyan tribe al-Tabari vol.8 p.42-43
627/628 Expedition against Dhu Qarad in al-Tabari vol.8 p.43-44
629/630 War against the Juhaina tribe Sahih Muslim vol.2 no.1827 p.400.
629/630 Zayd/Zaid bin harith led a raiding party to al-Jamum. al-Tabari vol.8 p.93
629/630 'Umar and 30 men raided the "rear" of Hawazan at Turabah. The non-Muslims fled without any fighting. al-Tabari vol.8 p.131
629/630 Bashir b. Sa'd and 30 men raided the Banu Murah at Fadak. Bashir was wounded, and his companions were killed. al-Tabari vol.8 p.132. Note that on p.123,129 the booty became exclusively Mohammed's because camels and horses had not been spurred against it.
629/630 Bashir b. Sa'd raided the Ghatafan at Yumm and Jinab. This was prompted by Mohammed's guide alleging there was a large gathering of Ghatafan at al-Hinab was preparing to march against Mohammed. Notice that a raiding party was sufficient to defeat the allegedly "large" hostile gathering. al-Tabari vol.8 p.133
629/630 The raid of Abi al-'Awja al-Sulami. al-Tabari vol.8 p.138
629/630 Shuja' bin Wahb and 24 men raided the Banu 'Amir and took camels and sheep. "The shares [of booty] came to fifteen camels for each man." al-Tabari vol.8 p.143
629/630 Expedition of Dhat al-Salasil al-Tabari vol.8 p.146-147
629/630 A.H. 8 'Amr bin al-'As and 300 men raided al-Salasil of the tribe of Quda'h. al-Tabari vol.8 p.146
629/630 There was a house called Dhu'l-Khalasa or Al-Ka'ba Al-Yamaniya, and Mohammed asked Jarir to "relieve him" of it. Jarir and 150 horse-riders "dismantled it and killed whoever was present there. Then I came to the Prophet and informed him, and he invoked good upon us and Al-Ahmas (tribe)." Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.641-642 p.450-451
Spr/628 Heraclius takes holy Persian city of Dastagird/Dastgird and sacks Khusraw's palace
628 @al-Hudaybiyya Muslims and non-Muslims fight. Muslim soldiers paid 4,000 dirhams each according to al-Tabari vol.12 p.xx
628 Haraclius stops an Avar attack on Constantinople
628/629 @al-Khabat Abu 'Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah and 300 Muslim riders raided the Juhaynah tribe al-Tabari vol.8 p.146. This is also called the Ghazwa of the sea coast in Bukhari vol.5 book 59 chapter 64 and vol.5 book 59 no.646-648 p.454-457. Probably the same as the expedition where they ate a dead whale for a month in Abu Dawud vol.3 no.3831 p.1079.
629/630 Muslim expedition of al-Khabat al-Tabari vol.8 p.147-148
25 Feb 629 Persian king Kisra overthrown. al-Tabari vol.5 p.379
Aug/Sep 629/630 @Mu'tah 3K Muslims attacked and lost against allegedly 100K Byzantines. al-Tabari vol.8 p.152-153. The few survivors must have counted the 100,000 rather quickly.
c.628-630 Dispersing of booty and raiding the tribe of Abil. al-Tabari vol.10 p.17
Jan/Feb 630 @Hunain Muslims defeat the Hawazin (large northern Arabian tribe) al-Tabari vol.12 footnote 20 p.7
630 Mohammed and 10K Muslims conquer Mecca Sahih Muslim vol.2 no.3139 p.682. al-Tabari vol.8 p.168. Bukhari vol.5 book 59 no.574 p.400
630 Zayd b. Harithah's army raided al-Fadafid, rounded up the men and cattle, and killed al-Hunayd and his son and three others in 10 A.H. al-Tabari vol.9 p.100-101.
Sahih Muslim vol.2 p.491,505 vol.3 no.4340,4344 p.950,952; vol.3 no.4385 p.972-973;
vol.4 no.6092; Abu Dawud vol.2 no.2495 p.692. al-Tabari vol.12 footnote 20 p.7
Abu Dawud vol.2 no.3188 p.907 Tirmidhi's Shamaa-il ch.36 no.4
630 Shrine to al-Lat at Ta'if was destroyed al-Tabari vol.5 p.223 footnote 531. Sahih Muslim vol.3 no.4393 p.974-975.
630 Zayd bin Harithah's army raided al-Fadafid, rounded up the men and cattle, and killed al-Hunayd and his son and three others in 10 A.H. al-Tabari vol.9 p.100-101.
630 'Algamah bin Mujazziz leads a disastrous naval expedition to Ethiopia
630-670 Tibetans fight Tu u hun
632-641 Second Phase of Muslim Conquests
632 @Hatfield, England King Edwin defeated
632 Frank Dagobert I conquers Aquitaine & Burgundy
633 @Heathfield Mercians defeat Edwin & Northumbrians in England
620-633 Mohammed personally took part in 26 or 27 expeditions according to al-Tabari vol.9 p.115-118
620-633 Muslims had 35 total expeditions while Mohammed was alive according to al-Tabari vol.9 p.118
633 Right before he died Mohammed said to expel the polytheists from the Arabian Peninsula. al-Tabari vol.9 p.175
634 After Mohammed's death some tribes wanted to leave Islam, and some tribes wanted to remain Muslims, but they did not want to send Abu Bakr any taxes. SO the Muslims fought the Ridda wars. al-Tabari vol.10 p.xii
634-635 The first Ridda war was against al-'Ansi in Yemen. The next was the war of Kharijah bin Hisn and Manzur bin Zabban bin Sayyar of Ghatafan. al-Tabari vol.10 p.41 634-636 During the time of caliph 'Umar a plague broke out in Ash Sham. Muwatta' Malik 45.7.22 and 445.7.24 634 Osric of Bernicia dies in battle 634 @Qarqar 6K Persians and 4K Muslims were killed. The Persians won, but withdrew because they heard of a civil war. al-Tabari vol.11 p.189 634-642 Muslims conquer Persia 635 Oswald has a vision of St. Columba of victory in battle 635 Muslim Khalid ibn al-Walid captures Beirut & Damascus
635/636/637 @al-Qadissiyat during 'Umar's caliphate 30K Muslims decisively defeat 120K Persians. 6K Muslims and 30K Persians killed. al-Tabari vol.12 p.124-125.
Muslim youngsters gave water to the wounded Muslims and finished off the wounded enemy. al-Tabari vol.12 p.127. -women as well as children. al-Tabari vol.12 p.146
635/636/637 @al-Yarmuk, Muslims reportedly killed 20K Byzantines al-Tabari vol.12 p.134. At one point Muslim Qureshi women fought with swords. al-Tabari vol.12 p.133
635/637 'Uyaynah bin Hisn was captured with his hands bound to his neck with a rope. The boys of Medina used to prick him with palm branches. He claimed he never believed in God, and Abu Bakr spared his life. al-Tabari vol.10 p.72-73
635/637 After Tulayhah's followers were defeated, Tulayhah became a Muslim. al-Tabari vol.10 p.74
635/637 A Muslim general under Abu Bakr burned some Muslims apostates who fought against Muslims with fire. al-Tabari vol.10 p.76
635/637 Musaylimah is killed when the Muslims attacked them. 10,000 Muslims were killed in the battle. al-Tabari vol.10 p.116,119-120,125
635/637 Abu Bakr ordered that Khalid execute everyone of the Banu Hanifah over whose face had passed a razor. al-Tabari vol.10 p.131
635/637 Slaughter of the Banu Shannuq tribe by Muslims. Only a few were left. al-Tabari vol.10 p.160
635/637 Mohammed ordered all the fighting men among the apostate Kindah tribe killed. al-Tabari vol.10 p.185
635/637 A fortress surrendered to Khalid, and he then beheaded all of the men. Khalid never received any rebuke or punishment from Abu Bakr for that. al-Tabari vol.11 p.55
637 @Tabuk al-Sukuni al-Kindi was a Christian prince who had to pay tribute but fled. al-Tabari vol.11 p.58 footnote 327
636/637 @Marj al-Rum Muslims fight the Romans (Byzantines)
636/637 @Qinnasrin Muslims and Byzantines fight
637/638 Muslims conquer Jerusalem after bloody siege
637-640 8K Muslims capture al-Frama and Egypt
638 Muslims capture Antioch, Caesarea, Tripolis, Tyre
638-639 Plague at al-Uqhuwanah. Syrian Plague (2nd great Muslim plague) al-Tabari vol.11 footnote 784 p.143
638 Armenian nobles overthrow Dawith Saharuni
639-642 15.5K Muslims conquer Egypt
640 Croats defeat Avars in Yugoslavia
630 Mohammed sent Khalid bin al-Walid to Balharith to invite them to Islam for three days before he fought them. They converted and nobody died. al-Tabari vol.9 p.82
640 'Muslim 'Amr captures Alexandria -14 month siege (Byzantines did not aid)
640 Muslims first raid in Armenia
641 Lombards with Rotui capture Genoa
641 Muslims conquer Cyrenaica
5 Aug 642 @Maserfield Oswald of Northumbria killed
642 Third Phase of Muslim Conquests: Persia
642 Muslims sack Dwin, Armenia
643 Armenian Theodor defeats Arabs
643 Muslims capture Tripoli, Libya
644 Byzantine Manuel tries to revolt from Muslims in Alexandria, Egypt
645 Byzantines recapture Alexandria
645 Chinese invade Koguryo, Korea
646 Byzantines recapture Alexandria after 'Amr relieved of command
646 Muslim 'Amr recaptures Alexandria
647 Carthage proclaims independence; Arabs unwittingly help Byzantines
647 Muslims take Caesarea, Anatolia
647 Chinese invade Koguryo, Korea
648/649 Muslim fleet takes Cyprus (no fighting) 0
c.648-668 Tang Chinese conquer Korea
649-657 Tang Chinese defeat Turks
650 Tihuanaco Empire starts in Peru
652 Muslim fleet successfully defends Alexandria from Byzantines
652 Byzantines and Arabs fight in Sicily
654 Muslim fleet ravages Cos and Rhodes
651/652 or 655 @Alexandria Battle of Masts Muslim fleet defeats Byzantines
651/652 or 655 Muslim expedition against Ethiopia
653 Muslims burn the great library at Caesarea
655 Oswy of Northumbria defeats Penda of Mercia
656 Battle of the Camel (Jamal) 'Ali with 20K troops defeats A'isha with 30K troos. A'isha's generals Talhah and al-Zubayr are killed. al-Tabari vol.17 p.164; vol.39 p.315 10
656 At the Battle of the Camel both sides were heavily armored, so both sides concentrated on hacking off limbs. al-Tabari vol.17 p.135
657/658 'Ali killed many Kharijites. Only 7 of 'Ali's companions killed. c.2
657-661 Civil Wars among Muslims
Jul 657 @Siffin Mu'awiyah and Syrian Muslims fought 'Ali and Iraqi Muslims. Many killed. Sahih Muslim vol.2 footnote 1430 (p.509)
658 Nahrawan Ali kills most of Ibn Wahb's followers
660 Silla conquers Baekje in Korea
660-663 Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans fight in Korea
661-750 Fourth phase of Muslim conquests
661-749 Plagues During Abbasids in Mideast
661 Muslims defeat Khazars
661/662 Muslims fight the Kurds
661/662 Mu'awiyah fights the Khairjites
662 Constans and 20K Byzantines capture Benevento
663 Constans II sacks Lucera, in Apulia, Italy
664-665 Syrian Muslims attack Muslims in Medina but are defeated. al-Tabari vol.20 p.162-163
664-665 Plague of al-Jarif in Basra al-Tabari vol.20 p.163
665/666 Winter raid of 'Abd al-Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid and Muslims on Byzantines
666/667 Mu'awiyah feared 'Abd al-Rahman's popularity, so Mu'awiyah had him poisoned
666/667 al-Khatim and Sahm bin Ghalid revolt from Mu'awiyah
668 Byzantines revolt; Constans assassinated
668-689 Black death Basra (3rd great Muslim plague)
668 Korea unified as Silla
669/670 Winter raid of Muslims on Byzantines
670-679 Chinese stop Tibetans
670-678 Arabs besiege Constantinople; Greek fire holds them off
670/671 Winter raid of Muslims on Byzantines
671/672 Muslims raid the Byzantines
672 Japanese civil war Jinshin-no-ran. The emperor defeats Makatomi and Soga clans.
672/673 Muslims raid the Byzantines
673/674 Muslims raid the Byzantines
670 Samurah bin Jundah, the Muslim governor of Basra/Basrah, killed 47 Qur'an collectors
670 Muslims Qarib and Zuhhaf try to revolt against Mu'awiyah
670/671 Muslims raid the Byzantines
671 Muslims raid the Byzantines
671 Muslims conquer Quhistan
672 Muslims capture the island of Rhodes from the Byzantines
672/673 Muslims raid the Byzantines
673/674 Muslims raid the Byzantines
676 Athelred of Mercia invades Kent, captures Rochester
676 Koreans rebel against Chinese
676/677 Muslims raid the Byzantines
677/678 Muslims raid the Byzantines
677/678 Some Kharijite Muslims rebel.
678 Rebellian in Tikal, Yucatan
678/679 Muslim 'Amr bin Murrah led the winter campaign against the Byzantines
679 @Trent, England Aetherlred of Mercia defeats Northumbria
679/680 Muslims fight the Turks, raid Sawriyah, Cyprus
679/680 Byzantines attack the Muslims
680 @Dagasta Northumbrians defeat Scots & Picts
10 Oct 680 Umayyad Yazid I & 4K men kill (Shiite) Husain/Hysayn ibn 'Ali
680-685 Meccans revolt against Yazid I
27 Aug 683 or 8/28/684 @Harrat/al-Harrah Waqim Umayyad Muslim bin 'Uqbah plundered Medina. al-Tabari vol.5 p.179 footnote 460. al-Tabari vol.11 p.121 footnote 654 al-Tabari vol.19 p.208,217. Sahih Muslim vol.2 footnote 1175 p.421.
683 Failed revolt against Empress Wu in China
683 Kharijites temporarily capture Basra. al-Tabari vol.21 p.122 footnote 437. They killed women and children as well as men. ibid p.125
684 @Marj Rahit Marwan's army defeated a Syrian army loyal to al-Zubayr. al-Tabarivol.21 p.3 footnote 13.
684 Kharijites revolt and create a state in central Arabia
685 Khazars take Georgia from Muslims
685 Northumbrians try to invade Pictland
685 @Nechtansmere in Angus the Picts defeat the Angles
685/686Banu Tamim Muslims in Khurasan revolt against 'Abdallah bin Khazim. al-Tabari vol.20 p.177-181
685/686 Kharijite Muslims killed fighting Sunnis in Khurasan. al-Tabari vol.20 p.175 7
Oct 685-692/3 Second Civil War between Syrian Umayyads under Marwan, ibn-Zubayr in Mecca, and Shi'ites under al-Mukhtar in al-Kufa, Iraq, and Persiaal-Tabari vol.21
18-19 Oct 685 Al-Mukhtar's Shi'ite revolt in al-Kufa al-Tabari vol.20 p.188-203
686/7 Azariqah Kharijites rampage in Iraq. al-Tabari vol.21 p.xv
Victorious Shi'ites beheaded 300 Umayyad Muslim POWs. al-Tabari vol.21 p.9
687 Drought in Syria restricted the Umayyad Muslim army. al-Tabari vol.21 p.21 p.134
687 Ethiopia and Nubia fight
689 Damascus, Syria revolts from Umayyads. a-Tabari vol.21 p.xv
689 @Tetry Pepin the Younger unites the Franks
689 Pepin of Herstal conquers Frisians
689-690 Syrian Muslims made peace with Byuzantine Empire and paid the Byzantines 1,000 dinars a week. al-Tabari vol.21 p.169
690-691 Syrian Muslims capture Caesarea from the Byzantines. al-Tabari vol.21 p.197
690-705 Bloody Queen Wu Ze Tian rules i China. Persecutes Christians.
691/2 Kharijite Abu Fudayk rebelled and captured Bahrain. al-Tabari vol.21 p.206
692/3 Six-month war between Marwan and al-Zubayr in Mecca. Umayyad Muslims used a trebuchet (manjaniq) agist the waqlls of Mecca. al-Tabari vol.21 p.225 692/3 Mohammed bin Marwan defeats Byzantines. al-Tabari vol.21 p.233-234 692/3 In Armenia, 'Uthman bin Walid defats Byzantines. al-Tabari vol.21 p.233-234 697-698 Muslims capture Carthage 700 Pop:314M+/-35% Afr:31 Asia:231 China:93 Ind:95 ME:23 Eur:26 NA:0 LA:16 700- Muslims persecute non-Muslims and Muslim apostates 700 Muslims capture Tunis; Christianity in north Africa greatly reduced 700/750 Teotihuacan falls in Mexico 50 700-1056 Visigoth Christians vs. Moors in Spain 702 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ash-ath rebelled agianst the Umayyad al-Hajjaj in Iraq. al-Tbari vol.21 p.44 footnote 175 and p.115 footnote 419. 702 Ethiopians attack Arab ships in Red Sea; Arabs take Ethiopian ports 706 Chanla Kingdom split in two 706 Black death Basra Plague of maidens (4rth great etc.) 707 Muslims capture Tangiers, Morocco 100k Byzantines & Leo I in 1,113 ships lose to Vandals 709 Muslims capture Ceuta 710 Rebellion in Seville 711 @Guadalete Moors defeat Roderic & Visigoths 711-719 Moors defeat Visigothic kingdom of Spain 713 Moors capture Barcelona, Spain 715 Byzantine military revolt 716 Discord on the Steppe after Qapaghan Qaghan's death 716-717 Black death Plague of Notables (5th great Muslim plague) 15 Aug 717- 15 Aug 718 Muslims besiege Constantinople 717 Toledo falls to Moors 718 @Covadonga Christians defeat Moors in Spain 718 Sicily tries to rebel from Byzantines 720-729 Khazars and Muslims fight in Armenia 722 Vietnamese revolt from Chinese 3 May 738 Mayan king Seventeen Rabbit captured and killed 725 Coptic Rebellion in Egypt 726 Tsunami near Thera caused by volcano 727 Cyclades try to rebel from Byzantines 727-c.730 Byzantine Leo Iconoclast vs. Italians 730 The Scot Angus McFergus conquers Strathclyde & Dalriada 732 Abd-ar-Rahman defeats rebellious Berber Othman in Spain 732 Abd-ar-Rahman defeats Eudo, Duke of Aquitaine 732 Abd-ar-Rahman sacks monastery St. Hilaire 732 @Tours Charles Martel's 30K Frank infantry defeat Abd ar-Rahman & 80K Muslims 737 @Norbonne Charles Martel + some Lombards defeat Moors Charlemagne's Empire 739 Copts rebel again in Egypt 740-744 Black death starting in Constantinople, Turkey 200 744 Uigurs conquer Mongolia and make new capital at Karakorum 747/747 'Abdallah bin Mu'awiyah leads a Shi'ite revolt (129 A.H.) 747-750 Abbasids destroy Umayyad Empire 747 Some Muslims revolt against Umayyads over Kharaj 748 Muslims sack Baalbek 750 Pop:320M+/-35% Afr:35 Asia:231 China:93 Ind:95 ME:19 Eur:26 NA:0 LA:18 750-945 Fifth phase of Muslim Conquests c.750 Central Teotihuacan, Mexico sacked 751 Aistulf the Lombard captures Ravenna 751 @Talas River Muslims defeat Chinese 754 @Dokkum in the Netherlands, Frisians kill Boniface the missionary 755-763 An Lushan l+ 200K troops rebel in China 755-756 Franks help Pope & drive Lombards from Italy 756 @Alcluith Eadbert defeats British 759-760 Christians revolt in Lebanon 760-765 Chinese Guo Zi Yi stops Tangut and other rebellion 760-830 Another kingdom conquers Dos Pilas, Mexico 761-762 Black death in Egypt 762-763 Revolt of Muhammad the Pure Soul 763 Tibetans capture Chinese capital of Chang-an 763 Guo Zi Yi retakes Chang-an in China 768 Dos Pilas conquest in Yucatan 768-838 Dos Pilas fighting in the Yucatan c.770 Karen and Mon defeat the Pyu of Burma 771-772 Armenian Mushegh Mamikonia tries to revolt 772-804 Charlemagne conquers Saxons 774-777 Charlemagne defeats Lombards and annexes Lombardy 774 Malay pirates raid Champa and Cambodia 777 Byzantines successfully campaign against Muslims 778 Franks capture Navarre 778 @Pass of Roncesvalles Pyrenees Moors, Basques, & Navarreses defeat Franks 778 Charlemagne conquers Bavaria 780 Byzantines successfully campaign against Muslims 781 Muslims defeat Mokanna, Muslim heretic 785-801 Charlemagne conquers Spain 785 Charlemagne captures Gerona, Spain 787 Malay pirates raid Champa and Cambodia 790 First Viking (mostly Dane) attack Britain 791 @Beiting Tibetans defeat Chinese + Uighurs 791/795-796/797 Charlemagne conquers Avars in Pannonia 793/795 Vikings burn Lindsfarne & Iona monasteris in Britain 795 Moors recapture Gerona, Spain 798 Muslims take Balearic Islands 800 Pop:328M+/-35% Afr:38 Asia:233 China:93 Ind:95 ME:19 Eur:28 NA:0 LA:19 800 Norwegian Vikings first raid Ireland 800 Vikings invade Germany 801 Frank Charlemagne captures Barcelona 805 Frank Charlemagne defeats Avars 806 Franks capture Navarre 809-813 Muslim Civil War with Kharijites 810 Vikings raid Frisia (Low Countries) 811 Byzantines destroy Pannonian Bulgars; raze Pliska 26 Jul 811 Krum the Bulgar defeats Byzantines 812 @Kilarney Irish defeat Vikings 812 Franks capture Navarre 813 Krum the Bulgar besieges Constantinople 814 Krum the Bulgar again besieges Constantinople 814-815 Shi'ites rebel at Kufa and Basra 814-838 Holy Roman Empire Wars 815-817 Tang Emperor Xianzong subdues Huaixi 816-837/838 Azerbaijani Muslim rebellion 820 Norwegians raid Ireland 822 Vikings raid Loire, France 822 Mayan cities of Copan and Tikal mysteriously deserted 823-826 Muslims conquer Crete 827 Muslims conquer Sicily 830 War between Louis and his sons 832 Nanchao of Yunnan sack the Pyu capital 833-843 Civil War in Germany under Holy Roman Emperor Emperor Louis I 834 Picts defeat Scots 835 Vikings raid Europe en masse 836 Saracens unsuccessfully attack Venice 838 Muslims defeat Byzantines 100 840's In Ireland war between Norwegian & Danish Vikings 840 Mazyar bin Qarain tries to revolt against the Tahirid governors in Khurasan during the time of Caliph al-Mu'tasim. Mazyar was executed. al-Tabari vol.5 p.117 footnote 841-845 Religious persecution in China 25 Jun 841 Lothair I defeated by brothers 843 Tang Dynasty takes Lan-Chou 843-844 Danes defeat Aethelwulf of West Saxons 844 Earthquake in Damascas, Syria 50 845 Vikings burn Hamburg, Germany 845/850 Confucianists persecute Buddhists in China 847 Earthquake in Mosul, Iraq 50 847 Earthquake in Damascas, Syria 50 848 Muslims conquer Cyprus 850 Due to persecution in China, Zen Buddhism splits into 5 sects 850 Chola Vijayalaya capture Tanjore, India 850 Kenneth I of Scotland defeats Picts 850 @Mouth of Parret River, Aethelwulf defeats Danes c.850-c.860 Cordoba, Spain, Muslims execute 48 Christians, including Eulogius and Paul Alvarus executed in Spain for saying Mohammed was wrong. 851 @Wigganburg Ceorl and Devonshire defeat Danes 851 @Sandwich Aethelstan of Kent defeats Danes 851 @Aclea Aethelwulf and Aethelbald defeat Aclea 851 Danes raid Ireland 853 Aethelwulf conquers northern Welsh 854 Muslims conquer Rhodes 856 Earthquake in Corinth, Greece 45 856 Earthquake in Qumis, Damghan, Iran 200 857 Norse & Irish together destroy the Gaille Gaedhel "sons of death" 860 Aethelbert defeats Danes after they sacked Winchester 860 Danes sack Pisa, Luna Italy 860 200 Varangian [eastern Viking] long ships try to attack Constantinople; Virgin's robe used 865 Ivar the Boneless, others, and Danes conquer East Anglia 866 Bulgars revolt against Christianity, Boris I killed 866-871 The Great Army (Danes) conquer York, rename it Jorvik 867 Danes destroy monastery of Whitby in England 867 Danes conquer Northumbria 870 Muslims conquer Malta 871 Muslims capture Kabul, Afghanistan 871 @Merton Danes kill Anglo-Saxon Ethelred 871-878 Danes conquer all of England but Wessex 872/890 Harold I Fairhair unifies Norway 875 Danes invade Scotland 878 Alfred the Great defeats the Danes 879 Canton, China is looted 880-904 Civil War in China Tang Dynasty ends 884 Count Ingelger + 6K fight at Auxerre 885 @Hafrsfjord Harold Fairhair defeats Western Norwegians 885 Norwegian Harold Fairhair takes Orkneys from Vikings 887 Arnulf revolts in Germany 888-912 Towns of Baeza and Ubeda in Spain rebel from the amir 'Abd al-Rahman III 916-917 Rebel Sulayman bin IbnHafsun seizes Ubeda (=Ubbadha) 891 Arnulf repulses Vikings from Germany 892 Alfred the Great of Wessex defeats Danes 893 Earthquake in Caucasus, Russia 51 893 Earthquake in Daipur, India 180 893 Earthquake in Ardabil, Iran 150 894-896 Arnulf fights in Italy Guy of Spoleto 894 896 Arnulf the German captures Rome 899 Quarmatians revolt in Arabia 900 Saracens unsuccessfully attack Venice 906 Khuc Thua Du and Vietnamese rebel against Chinese 906 Magyars invade Germany 907 Varangian Oleg and 2,000 boats force terms on Constantinople 907-1123 Mongols take Inner Mongolia & north China 907-960 Civil War in China 908 @Belach Mugna, Kildare Leinster defeats Munster in Ireland 911 Rollo the Norman receives the grant of Normandy from the French king 914 Norse take Waterford, Ireland 914 Tomrain & Danes burn Clonmacuris 917-918 Famine in Kashmir, India 918-935 Goreyo gradually conquers Silla in Korea 918-943 Irish Murtogh attacks Danes in ireland, Hebrides & N. Scotland 920 Norse take Limerick, Ireland 923 Rudolf II defeats Lombard Berengar I -924 Muslims fight in Italy 924 Croats rebel against Byzantines 926 Mongol Khitans overthrow Manchu P'o-hai 926 Bulgaria (strongest in Europe) conquers Serbia 930-1070 Famine in Egypt due to low Nile River 934 Aethelstan of England invades Scotland 934 Dinh Dynasty in Vietname rebels from China 935 Silla overthrown in Korea and Koryo Dynasty begins 937 @Brunanburh, Scotland Athelstan defeats Olaf Godfreyson & Scots 938-939 @Boch Dang River in Vietnam Ngo Quyen defeats China -submerged spears 938 Otto I & Thankar? fight 939 Henry & Giselbert of Lorraine revolt against Otto I 939 Civil War in Japan 941 Constantinople saved from Russians by Greek fire 10k ships sunk 942 Otto I & Frank Louis IV fight 943-944 Varangians lay waste Azerbaijan 944 Chalcanputra sacked in India 945 Scots take Cumberland and Westmorland 946 Otto & Ludolf fight 10th -12th centuries Catholic burning and killing of heretics 950 Aryans defeat Cholas; Pallavas and found their empire 950 Otto I conquers Bohemia 950-951 Beg of Dundalle & Irish defeat Danes & Dublin 951 Otto I intervenes in Lombardy and conquers it 962-971 Sviatoslav, last non-Christian Russian Emperor, wages continual war 953 Fighting in Lorraine, Swabia 955 Magyars attack Bosnia 955 Fighting in Saxony and Bavaria Gero of East Saxon Mark wins 955 @Augsburg King Otto I defeats Magyars and Slavs 960 Byzantines recapture Antioch 960 Norwegian Christian Haakon dies in battle 960-979 Song Emperors Taizu and Taizong conquer part of China 961 Byzantines take Crete 962 Turk Alptigin rebels and takes Ghazni 963 Gero, Margrave of East Saxony mark defeats Lusatian Poles 965 Byzantines take Cyprus 965 Svyatoslaw of Kiev destroys Khazar Empire 965-966 @West China revolt against Song 967 Marmathians sack Mecca 968 Norse lose Limerick, Ireland 968 Croat Kresimir conquers Bosnia 969 Russians capture Bulgarian capital 969 Fatimids conquer Egypt 970-972 Byzantines help Bulgars 971 Scots and Picts raid Britons 971 Russians fight Bulgars 972 Russian Prince Sviatoslav killed in Patzinak ambush 972 Byzantines conquer eastern half of Bulgar Empire 976 Otto II suppresses rebellion by Henry II 978-1000 Jewish Queen Judith of Axum persecutes Christians 978 Otto II defeats Lothair 979 Danes again ravage England 980 @Mara Irish King Malachy II defeats Danes 980 Kenneth II conquers Bernicia 980 @Tara, Ireland Danes defeat Olaf the Red 981-1185 Monks run amok in Japan 982 Greeks and Saracens defeat Otto II In South Italy 982 Dinh Dynasty in Vietnam invades Champa 985 Irish king Brian Boru raids Meath, Ireland 985 Harold Bluetooth of Denmark killed in revolt by his son Sweyn I. 985 Cholas of India invade Malabar coast of India 988 Javanese fight Shrivijaya 988-990 Mieszko I unites Poland 989 Banu Ya'fad sack Zabid 993 Indians destroy Polonnaruwa, Sinhalese capital 993-1018 Koreans and Manchus fight 994 Fatimids defeat Byzantines on Orontes River 999 @Glennman Irish decisively defeat Danes 7 1000 Pop:347M+/-35% Afr:42 Asia:240 China:93 Ind:79 ME:19 Eur:33 NA:1 LA:20 1000-1160 Toltec Empire to the Yucatan 1000 Venetian Doge Pieta Orseola II defeats Nevestra pirates 1000 @Svolder King Olaf Tryggvason killed 1000- Catholic persecution of Waldenses 1000 Rajendra and Cholas sacks Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka 1016 Cnut conquers England 1000-1025 Mahmud of Ghazni expands Afghan Empire and raids India 1001-1014 Basil III the Byzantine defeats Samual the Bulgar 2 Dec 1001 Aetherlred II massacres Danes 1002-1004 Sweyn the Dane plunders England Aethelred II pays them in 1005 1002-1050 Khmer (Cambodian) conquests 1003 Exeter, England destroyed by Danes 1004 Irish High King Brian Boru invades Ulster & raids N & W Britain 1004 Song Empire in China and Khitan fight to a draw 1004 Thetford and Norwich sacked 1004 Pavia destroyed in Italy 1006-1007 Danes return to plundering England. Aethelred II pays Danes $46K 1007 Cholas raid Aryan kingdoms in the Deccan 1008 Mahmud of Ghazni defeats north Indian alliance 1009 Ly Dynasty begins in Vietnam 1009 Mahmud of Ghazni sacks Kangri 1011 Mahmud of Ghazni sacks Thanesao, India 1013 Dane Sweyn I (Forkbeard) invades Anglo-Saxon England 1014 @Struma Byzantine Basil II defeats Bulgarians 14K blinded 23 Apr 1014 @Clontarf (Clowliffe) Brian/20K Irish defeat 20K Dublin Danes 13 1015 Spanish retake Gerona, Spain from Moors 1016 Thurbrand kills Earl Uhtred. Uhtred's son Aldred kills Thurbrand. Thurbrands son Carle kill Aldred. 1018 @Carham Scots defeat Northumbrians 1018 Mahmud of Ghazni sacks Muttra in north India 1019 Byzantine Basil II conquers Bosnia 1021 Rajendra and Cholas invade Bengal 17-20 Oct 1024 Mahmud takes Somnath Temple in India 50 1025 Cholas of India raid Sri Vijaya in Malaysia 1028 Canute conquers Norway 1029 Mahmud of Ghazni defeats Seljuks 1030 @Stiklestad Danes & Norwegian rebels kill Norwegian Olaf II Haraldson 1030 Cholas under Rajenda raid Shrivijaya on Malaysia & Sumatra 1032 Byzantines take Edessa from Muslims. Fighting around Aleppo. 1035 10K Seljuk horsemen invade Khorasan 1035-1047 William of Normandy puts down revolt. Final battle @Caen 1037 Seljuks capture Nishapur and Merv, Khurasan 1037 Polish rebels depose Casimir I 1037-1040 King Harold Harefoot of England fights Hardecanute. 1038-1044 Tangut Li Yuanheo attacks northwest China 1038 Earthquake in Shansi, China 23 1038 Byzantines take East Sicily 1038 Seljuk Toghril Beg takes NE Iran 1039-1045 Turkish-Afghan War 1040 @Vsenbsky Pass Bretislav I defeats German Henry II 1040 @Elgign, Macbeth kills Duncan, King of Scots 1040 @Dandanqan Seljuks defeat Ghaznavids 1040-1075 Seljuks take Armenia,Iran,Iraq,Syria,Israel 1041 Sung Dynasty take Lan-Chou in China 1042 Earthquake in Palmyra, Baalbek, Syria 50 1043 Magnus I of Denmark & Norway, defeats Wends 1044-1077 Burmese under Aniruddha annex Mon kingdom of Thaton 1045 Byzantines retake Ani from Muslims 1047-1066 Harold II of Norway fights Danes 1047 @Val-es-Dunes Norman vicontes and Guy of Burgundy try to revolt from Norman child-king William. 1048 William and King Henry defeat Geoffrey Martel of Anjou. 1048 Seljuk leader Togrul raids Armenia 1049 Osgod Clapa uses force to return to England from exile. 1050 Pop:359M+/-35% Afr:48 Asia:242 China:100 Ind:95 ME:19 Eur:35 NA:1 LA:22 1051 After 20 of Edward's men killed, Edward orders Godwine to sack Dover, which he refuses to do and rebels. 1051 @ Prolock Harold defeats the soldiers of Devon and Somerset. winter 1051-1052 William of Normandy sacks Alencon and captures Domfront. Aug 15, 1052 King Henry I of France transfer his support from William of Normandy to the count of Anjou. Aug 1052 William count of Arques and Mauger archbishop of Rouen try to revolt against their nephew William of Normandy. Sep 1052 Earl Godwine forcefully reenters England & regains his power 1052-1492 Christian Spaniards reconquer Spain 1052-1053 Nang Chih-Kao revolts in Kwangsi, China 17 Jun 1053 @Civitate, Italy Robert Guiscard & Richard crush army & capture Pope Leo IX Feb. 1054 Earl Godwine forcefully reenters England & regains his power 1054 Abdallah Benyassim begins conquering West Africa 1054 @Mortemer William the Conqueror defeats Henry I of France and Geoffrey Martel 1055 Earl Aelfgar uses force to return to England from exile. 1056-1057 Black death Mideast @S??? and ??? 6k/day 50 1057 Earthquake in Chihli, China 25 1057 @Varaville William I of Normandy repels French raid 1057 Pagan kingdom defeats Thaton, Mon in Burma 1057 @Lumphanan, Malcom Canmore defeats Macbeth. 1058 Earl Aelfgar uses force again to return to England from exile. 1058 Calabria revolts from Norman Robert Guiscard 1058 Boleslav II of Poland conquers Upper Slovakia 1058 Malcom Canmore kills Lulach in battle in England 1058 William the Conqueror defeats Henry I of France and Geoffrey Martel 1058-1492 Spain fights Moors 1059 Hungarians and Pachenegs raid Byzantines 1059 Seljuks recapture Baghdad 1060-1090 Normans conquer Sicily 1061 Malcolm Canmore invades Northumbria in England 1063 William of Normandy conquers Maine 1063 Harold II and and Tostig conquer Wales 1063 Kutulmush tribe fights Alp Arslan 1063 Otto of Nordheim fights Vavarians 1063 Black death Egypt 1064 Alp Arslan captures Ani & Kar?rs, Armenia 1064-1066 Sunset Crater erupts near Flagstaff, Arizona/P>
1064-72 Famine in Egypt 1065 Earl Swen kills his cousin Beorn 1065 @Anin Turks fight 1065 Northumbria revolts against Tostig in England 1066 Pope Alexander II blesses William as the rightful king of England giving moral support to the future October invasion. c.1066 Drawing in Cahco Canyon appears to show star and comet. Could be supernova and Haley's comet. 1066 Tostig uses force to return to England from exile. 1066 Haley's comet appears 1066 Muslims massacre Jewish men in Toledo 25 Sep 1066 @Stamford Bridge Noregian Harold III Hadraada is killed 1.8K men 200 ships. Some ships from dubline and Hebrides 28 Sep - 14 Oct 1066 7K Normans in 700 ships conquer England . About 30% of Normans killed. (7k vs. 10k, pop. 1.5M)7 1066-1069 Normans conquer all of England 1067 @Caesarea, Anatolia Turks fight 1068 Seljuk Melik-Ghazi sacks Neocaesarea 1068 Angles and Danes destroy Norman castle at York 0.5 1069-1071 Normans besiege and capture Bari, Italy from Italian/Greek rebels 1069 "Harrying of the North" Normans lay waste countryside 1069 Famine in England after Norman invasion 1069 Otley and Yorkshire England are destroyed 1070 @Fens, East England Saxons revolt 1071 Seljuk Turks capture Jerusalem 8/1071 @Manzikert Seljuks defeat Byzantines; Crusades Organized 1071 Henry and Otto of Nordheim fight 1072 Normans defeat Hereward the Wake in England 1072 Normans invade Scotland 1073 Aldred's grandson Earl Waltheof kills most of Carle's son 1073 Saxons revolt from Normans 1075 al-Ma'mun bin Dhi 'Il-Nul of Toledo conquers part of southern Spain 1075 Norman Ralph de Guader tries to revolt in England. Most Normans do not support him. 1075 Seljjuk Malik Shah conquers Syrian and Palestine 1075 Vietnamese make pre-emptive raid into Sung China 1075 Saxons revolt 1076 Seljuks capture Damascus, Syria 1076-1077 Chinese retaliate against Vietnamese 1076-1077 Muslims raze Ghana's capital 1076-1077 Black death Syria 1080 Seljuks capture Kayseri, Turkey 1081 @Durazzo, Illyria Robert Guiscard defeats Byzantine Alexius I 1082 Norman Robert Guiscard takes Durazzo, Albania 1083 Norman Robert Guiscard captures Kastoria from English 1084 Muslim Ghazni sacks Somnath, India 1085 Toledo falls to Castilians in Spain 1085 Danes threaten England 1086 Byzantines lose South Italy 1087 @Tunis Papal army defeats Muslims; possible start of Crusades 7 Sep 1087 William the Conqueror falls & dies fighting Philip I of France 1089 William Rufus of England invades Normandy 1090 Normans conquer Malta from Muslims 1090 Hashashins capture Alamut in the Elburz Mountains, Iran 1091 Almoravids conquer the Guadalquivir valley in Spain 1091 William Rufus of England conquers Scotland 1091 William Rufus of England invades Normandy Jul 1091 @Dorylaeum 70K Crusaders beat Kilik Arslan and 250K Muslims 4K+30K 34 1092 Cyprus tries to revolt from Byzantines 1094-1096 William Rufus of England invades Normandy 1093-1104 Civil War while Berkyug was Seljuk Sultan 1094-1164 English fight to conquer Wales 1095/1096-1272/1291 Crusades 50 1096 Soldiers of the first crusade kill Jews in Wittenberg 1096 Turks defeat disorganized Peter the Hermit & Crusaders in Anatolia 1097 Crusaders massacre Nusayris ('Alewites) at Mt. Lebanon 1097 Crusaders capture Kahramanmaras, Turkey 1098 @Anglesey Magnus III of Norway defeats Normans 1099 Floods in England & Netherlands 50 1099 Franks capture Jerusalem and burn Jews in the synagogue c.? Near end of Chola Empire Shiva & Vishnu worshippers fight 1100 Pop:368M+/-35% Afr:51 Asia:242 China:110 Ind:88 ME:19 Eur:39 NA:1 LA:23 1100 Malaria in Cambodia ÿ c.1100-1400 Incas control Cuzco Valley 1100's Revolts in Cambodia 1100's Moors persecute Jews, many flee to England 1100-1300 Mongols kill off most Nestorian Christians 1101/1102 Seljuks plunder the Sawad in Baghdad, Iraq 1103 Norman Tancred captures al-Ladhikiyya (Laodicea) 1103 Irish kill Norwegian Magnus III (Barelegs) in Ulster 1104 Seljuks attack Kurds and Kerman, Iran 1107 @Durazzo Byzantine Alexis I Comneneus defeats Norman Bohemund I 1110 Crusaders capture Beirut, Lebanon 1115-1420 @Yugoslavia, Hungary, & Venice fight 21 wars 1119 @Bremule Henry I of England defeats Louis VI of France + other Normans. only 3 people killed 1120 Kurds & Ismailis defeat 25K Nusayris 1122 Juyush Beg puts down Tughril's revolt in Azerbaijan 1123 Suryavarman II of Cambodia attacks Annam 1123 Nusayris + some Ismailis defeat Kurds 1124 Louis VI of France repels Norman Henry I 1124 Crusaders capture Tyre 1125 Sung and Jin destroy Liao Empire in China 1126/1127 Jin (Juchen) capture Kaifeng, Northern Song capital 1127 Abbasids rebel from Seljuks 1127 Muslim Bori fights the Assassins 1128 Albert I of Brandenberg fights Udo of Lusatia in vain. 1128 Muslim Zengi of Mosul captures Aleppo, Syria 1135 Pisans sack Amalfi, Italy 1137 Pisans sack Amalfi again 1137-1138 John II Comnenus conquers Cilicia 1138 Alfonso I of Portugal rebels against his mother 1138East Khwarezm Ala al-Din Atsiz tries to revolt from Sangar 1138 Earthquake in Ganzah, Aleppo, Syria 230 1139 Muslim Zengi of Mosul massacres Baalbek after promising safe conduct. 1141 @North China Karakitai / Kara-Kitai invade Khwarezm and defeat Seljuk Sanjur 1142-1143 Black death Egypt and Syria 1144 Zafadola (=Sayf al-Dawla Ibn Hud), ally of Alfonso VII of Castile captures Ubeda (=Ubbadha) 1144 Zengi's army of Turks and Kurds captures Edessa and massacres Christian men and enslaves the women. 1146 Revolt in India kills Zangi 1146 Normans conquer Barbary Coast 1147 Crusade against the Wends 1147 Henry the Lion fights Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III 1147 Byzantines and Venetians drive Normans out of Corfu 1149 @Safa Nur-ad-din defeats the Franks 1150 Suryavarman II of Cambodia attacks Annam 1150 Cambodia and Champa fight 1150 Ghurids take Ghazni 1151 Nur-ad-din tries to take 'Alawite held Damascus, but Frankish allies stop him. 1152-1453 War of Whiskers between England & France 1154 Nur ad-Din retakes Damascus 1155-6/1155 Arnold of Brescia briefly seizes Rome. He is hanged Jul 1156 Hogen Disturbance in Japan 23 Oct 1157 Valdemar I of Denmark defeats Sweyn III for Danish throne 1157 Black death Mecca and Yemen 1157-1159 Holy Roman Empire fights Milan 1158-1169 Valdemar I destroys Wendish pirates in the Baltic 1159 Muhammad bin Mardanish and IBrahim bin Hamushk captures Ubeda and Baeza 1159 Heiji Disturbance in Japan 1160 @Mexico Fall of Tula 1161 @Ts'ai-Shih explosives used to defeat the Chin in China 1162 South Sung fight Chin in China 1162 Frederick I razes Milan 1162 Alsonso I of Portugal takes Beja, south Portugal from Moors 1163 @plain of al-Bugay'a Franks defeat Nur-ad-din. 1163 Black death Syria 1163-1168 Greek-Hungarian War 1166-1168 Henry the Lion defeats league against him 1167 Nur-ad-din invades Lebanon 1167 Andrey of Suzdal sacks Kiev 1167 Amalric captures Cairo, Egypt 1168 Valdemar I of Denmark captures Arkona on Rugen River in Russia 1168 Saladin and Arabs recapture Cairo, Egypt from Fatimids 1169 Mt. Etna volcanic eruption, Sicily, Italy 15 1170 Earthquake in Sicily, Italy 15 1173-1174 Ayyubids take Yemen from Shiite Zurayids 1175 Mahmud of Ghazni fights in India 1176 @Legnano Lombard League defeats Frederick I 1177 @Krakow, Poland Casimir II defeats Miexzko 1177 SE Asia: Champa kingdom sacks Angkor in surprise attack 1180-1350 Famine in Egypt due to low Nile River 1181 @Dysiaa Valdemar I of Denmark defeats Scanian rebels c.1181 Khmers sack Vijaya, Champa capital Byzantines kill 60K Franks in Constantinople 1184 Philip fighting in Flanders 1185 @Dannoura Yoritomo destroys Tiara family & Antoku Tenno in Japan 1185 Bulgars Peter & Ivan Belgur revolt from Byzantines 1185 Igor Fights Polovtsy. Wins then loses 1186-1187 Bulgars and Vlachs revolt from high Byzantine taxes 1187 Saladin takes Beirut, Lebanon and Jerusalem 1187 Yoritoma destroys Fujiwara family in Japan 1187 Byzantine revolt under Alexis Branas crushed 1188 Salah al0Din captures Nusayri fortresses of Djabala, al-Ladhikiyya [Laodicea], and Frankish fortresses of Sahyun and Balatunus 1190 English fight Moors in Portugal 1190-1195 Byzantines fight Vlachs 1191 Richard I of England takes Cyprus 1192 Crusaders capture Jerusalem 70 1193 Genghis. Khan+10K wins first battle against Father-in-law Ung Khan 1194 Last of Seljuk leaders dies in battle in Persia 1195 Andrei Bogolyubsky of Suzdal sacks Kiev 1196 Bulgarians revolt against Byzantines 1196 Kalpi in India was conquered for the princes of Ghor 1200 Pop:383M+/-35% Afr:54 Asia:242 China:115 Ind:86 ME:19 Eur:50 NA:1 LA:24 c.1200 Chichen Itza sacked in the Yucatan, Mexico 1200 Hoysalas attack the Chola Empire from the west in India c.1200 Ortlieb of Strassborg, Germany killed. 1200 Pandyas attack the Chola Empire from the south in India 1200 Alfonso VIII of Leon & Castille captures Vitoria, north Spain 1200-1202 Famine in Egypt 1200-1202 Typhus or plague Egypt 1201 Mayapan + Aztec and Toltec allies capture Chichen Itza under Cahc Xib Chic. Quetzacoatl begins to be worshipped by Mayans 1201 Earthquake in Syria 1000 1202 Valdemar II of Denmark conquers Holstein 1202 Venetians capture Trieste 1202-1217 Civil war in Norway 1204 Frank Duke Boniface of Montferrat captures Athens 12-14 Apr 1204 Crusaders sack Constantinople for unpaid debts 1205 @Adrianople Bulgar Kalojan defeats Crusaders c.1206 @Collestrada Perugia defeats Assissi; Francis imprisoned 1208 Valdemar II fights heathen Estonians 1210 Valdemar II's 2nd campagin takes Prussia, Pomerania, & Samland 1211-1292 Mongol Expansion; Largest Empire Ever 1211-1234 Mongols conquer Manchus (Juchen, Jin) 1211 @Strasbourg 80 Waldenses burned to death 0.08 1212 Children's Crusade (100K kids killed or captured) 60 1212 @Las Navas del Tolosa, Castilian Sancho el Fuerte beats En-Nasir and captures Ubeda. Many inhabitants enslaved or killed. 1215 Indian attack ruins Sinhalese Civilization 1215-1219 4th Lateran Council declares 4 year truce in Europe to launch 5th Crusade 1215-1217 (Smaller) Barons' War in England 1217 Black death in Egypt 1217-1222 Fifth Crusade fails 1217-1240 Earl Skule in revolt against Hakon IV of Norway 1218 Valdemar II attacks Estonians, saved by a banner from heaven 1219 Crusaders besiege Damietta, Egypt; Francis of Assisi there 1220 Chams rebel from Khmers 1220 Amir Hasan al-Makzun al-Dindjari defeated trying to invade the Djabal. 1220 Genghis Khan sacks Balkh 1220's Germans decisively defeat Danes 1221 @Indus River Tatars defeat Mughals 27 1222 @Gantor, Java Ken Angrok defeats Kertajaya 1223 Amir Hasan al-Makzun al-Dindjari conquers the Djabal. 1225 @Garni Khwarezmid Sultan Jalal al-Din defeats 70K Georgians in Armenia 1226 Jalal al-Din sacks Tblisi, Georgia, Queen Rusudan flees, and Jalal al-Din beheads all of its Christian inhabitants who won't renounce Christianity
1225-1226 Mongols invade Bulgaria
1226 Castilians capture Baeza in Spain
1226-1282 Civil War in Japan
Georgians burn Muslim-held Tiflis, Armenia
1227 Genghis Khan destroys Tangut Xixia kingdom
22 Jul 1227 @Bornhoved Valdemar II of Denmark defeated
1227 Yaroslav raids Tavastians in Russia
1228 Karelians & Russians defeat Tavastians 2
1228 Flood in Holland 100
1229/1230-1279 Teutonic Knights conquer pagan Slavs
1229 Famine in Novgorod, Russia 10's of thousands 20
1229 James I of Aragon expels Moors from Balearic Islands
1129 Rasulids in Yemen rebel against Ayyubids
1230 Bulgars conquer Thrace, Macedon, & Albania
1232 Dominican Inquisition under Albert
6 Jan 1233 - Jul 1233 Ferdinand III besieges Baeza in Spain. Inhabitants surrender and allowed to leave.
1233 Inquisition instituted by Gregory IX
1233/1234 Mongols capture Jin City of Kaifeng falls after two long sieges
1235 Muslims capture Ujjain, Central India
1235 Famine in England (London alone had 20K) 20/LI>
1235-1236 Epidemic in Egypt
1236 @Saule Lithuanians defeat Sword Brothers 2
1237 Mongols fight Kipchaks & destroy Ryazan, Russia
1237 Mongol Batu Khan captures Moscow, Russia
1239 Fredinand III of Castile sacke Moorish town of Baeza (50K inhabitants)
1240 Golden Horde conquers Armenia, Moscow, destroys Kiev
1240 Sundiata of Mali conquers Susu of Ghana
1240 Tatars destroy Kursh
1240 @Novgorod Russians defeat Swedish invaders
1240-1241 Mongols attack Poland and Ukraine
12 May 1241 Mongols destroy Hungary 70
1242 @Olomouc, Central Czech. Mongols defeated
1243 Egyptians capture Jerusalem from Christians
1243 Mongols capture Kayseri
1244 Massacre of Cathari at Beziers, France 20
1244 Burning of Cathari at Minerve 0.14
1250 Pop:395M+/-30% Afr:57 Asia:240 China:100 Ind:90 ME:17 Eur:60 NA:1 LA:25
1250 Kublai Khan kicks the Lai-Tai out of Southwest China
12th century Aztec expansino drove Chorotega and Nicarao Indians out of Mexico east into Nicaragua
1257 Earthquake in Kamakura, Japan
1258-1259 Black death in Syria
1259 Plague in Kamakura, Japan
1260-1518 Mamelukes of Egypt persecute Nusayris
1260 Mongols capture Damascus
1268 Earthquake in Cilicia, modern Turkey 60
13th Century Skirmish between Tahitian Tangiia and Karika on Rarotonga
13th Century Tahitian Tutapu attacks Tangiia but is killed
1252-1259 Mangu and Kublai Khan conquer South China
1252 Papal bull approved of torture for the discovery of heresy Innocent IV
1253 Mongols attack Tran Dynasty in Vietnam
1257-1258 Vietnamese fight Mongols; Mongols sack Hanoi in 1257
1258-1259 Black death in Syria
1258-1259 Mongols under Mongke capture Chengdu and Hezhou
1259 Mongols take Guilin, China
1259 Famine in Kamakura, Japan
1260-1279 Kublai Khan drives Kin Tatars out of China
1076 Mongols captures Damascus, Syria
1260-1518 Mamelukes of Egypt persecute Nusayris
1260-1277&@9;Baybar leads 38 campaigns in Syria, but only 21 or them are against the Franks
1260 @Ayn Jalut, Palestine, Baybars I defeats Mongols
1261-1331 Dominican Bernard Guy gives one of the most complete arguments for the Inquisition
1261 Michael VIII Palaeologus takes Constantinople from Baldwin II
1262 Spanish capture Cadiz from Moors
1263 @Largs Alexander III defeats Haco of Norway
1263-1267 Barons' War in England
1264 Battle of Lewes in England
1264 Byzantine Michael VIII Palaeologus conquers Albania
-4 Aug 1265 End of resumation of Barons' War
1265 Mongols defeat Byzantines
1266 Battle of Benevento Manfred of Sicily killed
1268 Mameluke Baybars I captures Antioch from Crusaders
1268 @Tagliacozzo Conradin defeated
1258/68 Mongol Hulagu sacks Baghdad, Iraq 100
1259 @Pelagonia near Sparta, Byzantines capture William Villehardouin
1270 @Herat Il Khan army defeats Chagatai, leader of Mongols
1271-1301 Kaidu fights other Mongols until his death
1273-1274 Black death in Egypt
1274 15K Mongols attempt to invade Japan 13
1275 Marinid Abu Yusuf's army comes close to Ubeda and kills many Christians
1275 Sinhasin attacks Jambia-Malaya kingdom in East Indies
1276 Rudolph of Hapsberg besieges Vienna
1276 Mongols capture Hangzhou and Canton
1277 Visconti family defeats Della Torree family in Milan
1277 @Ngasaunggyan, Mongols destroy Pagan (Burmese) army
1278 Rudolf von Hapsburg defeats Bohemian Ottokar II ; takes Vienna
26 Mar 1278 @Diirnkurt/Diirnkrut Ottakar II of Bohemia and Moravia killed
1278/79 @Yaishan Mongols destroy Sung Chinese fleet
1281 140/150K Mongols+Chinese try to invade Japan 112
1282 Welsh rebel against English; Llywelyn killed
1283 Mongols take Bharmo, Burma
1284 Mongols invade Vietnam
1284 Genoa overthrows Pisa in Italy
1284 Java conquers Bali
1284-1288 Mongols try to take Vietnam; Tran & Chams repel them
1287 Mongols conquer Pagan in Burma
1287 @Bach Dang River in Vietnam Mongol junks sunk by submerged spears
1288 @Bach Dang River in Vietnam Mongol junks sunk -submerged spears again
27 Sep 1290 Earthquake in Chihli, China 100 6.75
1291 Muslims capture & destroy Tyre
1291 Muslims take Beirut, Lebanon
1291 @Dazaifu Japanese turn back Chinese 97
1292-1293 @Majapahit, Java 1000 Mongol ships defeated trying to invade
20 May 1293 Earthquake in Kamakura, Japan 30
1295-1297 Black death in Egypt
10 Jul 1296 English defeat John deBaliol and Scots
1297-1298 William Wallace & Scots revolt; win @Stirling Bride, lose @Falkirk
1300 Pop:409M+/-30% Afr:59 Asia:239 China:86 Ind:91 ME:16 Eur:73 NA:1 LA:26
1300-1368 Chinese revolt from Mongols. White Lotus, White Cloud, & Red Turban Societies
1301 Juna Khan captures Ranthambhor, India
1301 Juna Khan captures Chitor, India
1301 @Baphaeum Turks defeat Byzantines
1302 @Courtrai 20K burghers from Flanders defeat 50K
1303-1358 Phag-mo-gru family liberates Tibet
1305 Juna Khan conquers Malwa, India
1305-1333 Poles defeat Teutonic Knights
1307-1314 Robert Bruce raids English in Scotland
1308 Juna Khan captures Warangak
1309 All of Venice pronounced under heresy for opposing Clement V as Pope
14th century @Sudan Mamelukes conquer Maqurra (Christian kingdom)
1310 Madurai, India destroyed
1311 Catalan pirates conquer Athens
1312 Tran Anh Ton captures Champa
1312 French killed most of the Knights Templar 20+
1313 Robert Bruce captures Perth, Scotland
9 Nov 1313 @Gammelsdorf Louis IV defeats Frederick III
24 Jun 1314 @Bannockburn 40K Scots defeat 60K English 14
1314-1328 Scots fight English to gain independence
26 Oct 1314-28 Sep 1322 Louis of Bavaria defeats Frederick III
1315 Louis X of France invades Flanders
1315-17 Famine in Central & West Europe;10% died 4600
1315 Edward Bruce I of Ireland invades Antrim, Ulster sacks Belfast
1315 @Morgarten Swiss defeat Austrians
1316 Pastourneaux revolt in northern France
1320 Samma Rajputs revolt in Kutch,India
1320 Muslims destroy 60 Coptic churches; Copts then revolt in Egypt
1322 Battle of Muhldorf in Germany
1324 Sultan of Delhi conquers Kalinga on East Indian coast
1325-1337 War of the Oaken bucket between Modena & Bologna in Italy c.2
1325-1521 Aztecs carve their Empire in the heart of Mexico >100
1326 Champa regains independence from Vietnam
1326 Turks capture Brusa
1326-1333 Teutonic Knights defeat Poles
1327 English revolt
1328 Ibn Taymiyya issues a fatwa was more heretical than idolators and authorizes Jihad against them.
1329-1529 Scots fight among themselves
1329 Ottomans capture Nicaea, (Iznik, Turkey )
1331 Serbs capture Kastoria, Greece
1331 Fire destroys Moscow, Russia
1331-1334 Go-Daigo revolts against Kamakura Shoguns in Japan
1333-37 Famine in China 4M dead one region alone 5000
1333 @Haliden Hill Brits defeat Scots
1333 Daigo II of Japan defeats Hojo Shoguns in Japan
1335-3/1336 Takarji defeats Go-Daigo & Yoshisada in Japan
1336-1392 Civil War in Japan, Daigo II exiled
1337 Turks capture Nicomedia in Asia Minor
1337-1437/1453 100 Years War in France 3
1338-1339 Black death in Turkestan
c.1338-c.1364 Majapahit Kingdom in Java expands
1340 Pop:415M+/-25% Afr:61 Asia:237 China:100 Ind:90 ME:15 Eur:76 NA:1 LA:29
1340 @Salado River Portugal & Spanish crush Moors
1340 Poles capture Lvov, Ukraine
c.1341 Mali in Africa regains power under Sulaiman
c.1344 Ethiopian Amda Tseyon conquers
11344 Earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal
1344 Black death in South India
1345 Ottoman Oran defeats Balikesir Kingdom
1345-1346 The Golden Horde catapaults dead sick soldier into city. Black death in Crimea and Volga in Russia
1345 Ottomans assist John Cantacuzene in Byzantine Civil War
1346 Casimir III of Poland fights Bohemia
1346-1347 Black death in Azerbaijan
1346 @Crecy in 100 Years War
1347-48 Famine in Italy
1347-51 Black death in western Europe (25-75M) 75000
1347 Black death in Constantinople and Alexandria
1348 Black death in Cyprus
Apr 1348 Black death in Fez trying to capture Tunisia 1k/day 50
Jul 1348 Black death in Damascus 20
1348 Black death in Paris, France
1348-1349 Black death in Mecca
1348 Cypriots massacre Muslims in Cyprus
1348 Fez try to capture Tunisia
1349 Most Jews in Wittenberg killed: "brought plague by poisoning the wells"
1349 Black death in Asyut, Egypt 6
1349 Black death in Iran
1349 Black death in London
1350 Pop:394M+/-25% Afr:63 Asia:232 China:100 Ind:90 ME:15 Eur:58 NA:1 LA:29
c.1350 Siamese attack Cambodia and take 90K prisoners
c.1350-1750 Siam conquers Cambodia
1351 Charles of Blois & France fight Brit John of Montfort over Brittany
1353 Casimir III of Poland defeats Lithuanians
1353 Siamese armies sack Angkor
1354 Turks overrun Balkans
1354-1359 Flooding in China
1356 D'Alando Sambucuccio leads Corsican revolt against Aragonese
1356 @Poitiers in 100 Years War
1357 Tamerlane makes a mound of 70K skulls at Isfahan 70
1357-1360 @Adrianople Turks defeat Byzantines
1357 @Brobjaerg Valdemar IV defeats Danish rebels
1358 Jacquerie Uprising in France 20
10 Jun 1358 @Meaux English vs. French 7
1360 Ziyanids in Algeria independent of Hafsids and Marinids
1360 Turk Firuz Shah Tughluq sacks Kangra
1361 Valdemar IV of Denmark captures Visby, Sweden
Jul 1361 @Visby, Gotland Valdemar IV & fleet defeat peasants
1361-1396 Turks subjugate Bulgaria and Thrace
1364 Turk Lala Shahin captures Phlippios
1365 Charles of France intervenes in Spain
1367-1368 Civil War between Pedro the Cruel of Castile and his half-brother Henry of Trastamare
1367-1368 Muhammad V of Grenada pillages Jaen and Ubeda.
1367-1368 Christian from Ubeda raid Granada
1367 @Navarre, Spain & Brits defeat French 7.6
1368 Chinese overthrow Mongols
1368 Ottomans take Canakkale-Troy
1371 Chams sack Hanoi
1371 Revolt in Sienna, Italy
1373 Ottoman Murad I captures Macedonia
1378 Muscovite Dimitry defeats a small Mongol army
1378-1380/1381 War of Chioggia Carlo Zeno & Venice defeats Genoa
1379-1392 Tamerlane in India, massacre at Delhi 80
1380 Ottoman Murad I captures Sophia and Nish in Bulgaria
1380 Second half of 100 years war between England and France
8 Sep 1380 @Kalikovo Dimitry & 150K defeat Mamay & 200K Golden Horde; only 40K able-bodied Russians 155
1380 Tamelane takes Kashgar
1380 Near Poltava Tamerlane defeats Lithuanians
1380-13181 Venice defeats anti-Venetian coalition
1381 Mamay of Golden Horde overthrown by Tokhtamysh
13 Jun - 15 Jun 1381 Peasant's Revolt led by Wat (Walter) Tyler in England
1382-1385 Tamerlane conquers eastern Persia
1382 Golden Horde sacks Moscow 24K Muscovites 24
12 Aug 1382 Ming Chinese defeat Mongols
1382 French-Flemish War
1383 @Serres Turks and Byzantines fight
1383-1385 Portuguese Civil War
1383 @Sempach Austrians defeated
1383 Tamerlane conquers northeast Iran
c.1385 Ottomans capture Kastoria
1385 Uprising in Rome
1385 Ottomans capture Sofia and Sardica
1385 Golden Horde invades Azerbaijan
1385 @Aljubasrrota Portuguese defeat Castillians
1386 @Sempach, Switzerland forest cantons win
1386 Ottomans take Nis and fight at Naissus
1386-1394 Tamerlane conquers Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq
1386-1388 John of Gauntt and English try to overthrow Castile usurper
1387 @Koria Ottoman Murad I defeats Anatolian coalition
1387 Turks capture Salonika, Greece
1387 Tamerlane takes Kars, Turkey
1387/1388 Balkans defeat Ottomans
9 Apr 1388 @Nafels, Switzerland Swiss defeat Hapsburgs
1388 @Puir Noro Chinese Hung-Wu capture 70K Mongols; razes Karakorum
1388 Golden Horder invade Transoxiana
27-28 Jun 1389 @Kosovo Polje Ottomans defeat Balkans - Bulgars Murad I killed
1389-1425 Muscovite Vasily I fights Lithuania & Tver
1390 @Philadelphia Turks and Byzantines fight
1390 @Chitor, India Pathans defeat Rajputs
1391 Tamerlane defeats Toktamish
1392 China conquers Korea
c.1392 Tamerlane defeats the Golden Horde
1393-1394 Turks invade Peloponnese; battle at Larissa
1394 Jobst briefly rebels from Wenceslas in Bohemia
1394 Tamerlane conquers Georgia & the rest of Mesopotamia
1395 Golden Horde invades the Caucasus
1395 Tamerlane attacks Riazan
1398 Tamerlane invades India because the Moslem Mughal rulers were too tolerant
17 Dec 1398 @Panipat Tamerlane defeats Mahmud Tughlak. Delhi thoroughly sacked
1399 Henry IV (Bolingbroke) invades England
1399 Tamerlane invades Azerbaijan and Syria again
1400 Pop:396M+/-20% Afr:65 Asia:237 China:103 Ind:97 ME:16 Eur:52 NA:1 LA:30
Dec 1400 Tamerlane devastates Damascus, Syria
1400 Tamerlane destroys Damascus, it never fully recovered
1400 Aleppo, Syria sacked and the Egyptian Mameluk army defeated
1400 Earthquake in Ethiopia
c.1400 Zapotecs in Oaxaca reduce territory of Huave Indians
c.1400 Zaria defeats Kano King Kanajeji in Nigeria
1400 Tran civil war; Chinense occupy Vietnam
1400 Melaka (Malacca) Kingdom founded
1400 Tamerlane sacks Baalbek
1400 Mali dynastic disputes
1400- Aztecs sacrificed about 20K people 20
1401 Tamarlane nearly destroys Antioch
1401/1402 Tamerlane sacks Baghdad and kills 20,000 and destroys all monuments 20
1402 Turks beseiging Constantinople
7/20/1402 Near Ankara Tamerlane defeats Bayezids army
1402 @Ankara Tamerlane defeats Ottoman Bayazid I
1403-1404 Black death in Qus in the Mideast 17
1403 Venetians and French fight
1403-1438 Chinese occupy Sri Lanka
1402/1404-1410/1416 Owen Glendower rebels in Wales
1405 Chinese fleet destroys Chinese pirates at Palembay
1406/1407-28 Tamerlane destroys Sardis in Anatolia
1407 Ming Chinese conquer Vietnam
20 Feb 1408 Northumbrian rebellion in England
23 Sep 1408 John of Burgundy & Bavarians crush revolt in Liege
c.1408 - 29 Aug 1533 Inca Empire Expands
1410 Poles and Lithuanians crush the Teutonic Knights
19 May 1411 @Rome Louis II & John XXIII defeat Ladislas of Naples
24 Jul 1411 @Harlaw Highland Scots defeat Lowlanders 22.5
1411 Chinese fleet defeats Buddhist levels in Sri Lanka
May-Jun 1413 Ladislas of Naples sacks Rome
1413 Sir John Oldcastle and many Lollards rebel against persecution in England
1413-1418 Armagnacs drive Burgundians out of Paris
1415 @Agincourt in 100 Years War
1415 Portuguese invade Morocco and capture Ceuta
1415-1453 China occupies Annam (Vietnam)
1415-1416 @Czechoslovakia Hussites revolt successfully
1418-1427 Revolt against Chinese succeeds in Vietnam
1419/1420-1434 Crusade against Hussites in Hungary 140K Papists
1419 Catholics thrown out a window in Prague
18 Nov 1421 Flooding in the Netherlands 10
1422 Third Hussite War in Hungary
1422 Turks besiege Constantinople; saved by Turk revolt in Anatolia
1425/1427 Vietnamese eject Ming Chinese from Vietnam
1425 Togon-temur rebels against Aruqtai
1427 @Fulda Hesse defeats Mainz
1427 Aztec Itzcoatl revolts against Atzcapotzalcans and Tepanecs.
1428-1429 @Orleans in 100 Years War Joan of Arc captured
1428 Aztecs capture Azcapotzalco
1429-1430 Black death in Cairo 20k/day 600
1428 Vietnamese drive out Chinese from Vietnam
1430 Turks take Thessalonika, Greece
1431 @Vsewbssky Pass Hussites scare off large Holy Roman Empire army
1431/1432-1594 Siam defeats Angkor: Angkor sacked in 1431/32
1434 Ultraquists/Catholics together defeat Taborites in Bohemia 20
1434 Genoese fight in Crimea
1436-1450 Old Zurich War, Zurich lost
1439 @Etzel Swiss fight
1440 Turks fail to capture Belgrade
1440 Unsuccessful rebellion against Charles VII of France
1440-1444 Zurich Wars
1441-1448 Over 900 black slaves brought to Portugal
1443-1478 Skanderbeg and Albanians fight Holy War & revolt against Turks
1443 @Baar in Zug Canton Swiss fight
1444 Zurich captured
1444 @Varna on Black Sea Turks defeat Crusaders
1446 @Ragaz Swiss fight
1446 Byzantines lose Sparta's lands to Turks
1447 Tlatelulco revolts from the Aztecs
1448 @Kosovo Turks defeat Hungarians
1448-1512 Reign of Bayazid II has continuous warfare
1448-1449 Fujian and Chejiang rebel in China 1000
1449 Chinese unsuccessfully invade Mongolia
1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion in England
1450 Parakramabahu VI of Kottee conquers Jaffna, Sri Lanka
1450 Sforza seizes Milan
8 Apr - 29-30 May 1453 80K/100K Turks conquer 10K at Constantinople >10
Jul 7/1453 Last battle of 100 years war. 9K French cavalry defeat 6K English infantry + 3K Longbowmen
1453-1560 Turks subjugate Greece
1453 Burgundians subdue rebellion in Flanders
-1454 Peace of Lodi ends Italian fighting
1454-1466 @Puck Casimir IV of Poland defeats Teutonic Knights
1455-1485 English Civil War of the Roses Lancaster vs. York
1455 @St.Albans in the War of the Roses
1456 Earthquake in Naples, Italy 60
1460 Thurgau War between Swiss and Sigismund of Austria
1463 Ottomans and Venetians fight
1463-1473 Major Inca Expansion (max. 380k sq. mi)
1464-1492 Ali of Songhai's campaigns
1464-1471 Ali of Songhai captures Djenne
1465-1470 Incas conquer Chimu of Chan Chan
1468 Timbuctu conquered by Ali & Songhai
1468 Burgundian Charles the Bold sacks Liege, Belgium
1469 Russian Ivan III captures Kazan
1470 Tarascans beat Aztecs
1470 Turks conquer Euboea, Greece
1470-1478 Muscovite Ivan III massacres city of Novgorod
1471 Vietnamese invade Champa
1472 Muslims capture Goa, India
1476 @Morat Hans Waldmann & Swiss defeat Burgundians
1477 Jaffna & Kandy free themselves from Kotta in Sri Lanka
1477 French take city of Tourcoing from Flemish
1478 Small uprising in Floreence; Catherine of Genoa almost killed
1478 Muslims attack non-Muslims in Java
1480 Spanish Inquisition started by Ferdinand and Isabella in Spain
1480 @Otranto Turks behead 800 males after capturing Otranto for not converting to Islam >0.8
1481 @Otranto Portuguese defeat Turks
1483 King Boabdil of Granada captured trying to retake Lucena, Spain
1483 Catholics thrown out a window in Prague
Oct-Nov 1483 Henry Stafford of Buckingham's revolt in south England
1484 Venetians conquer Palestine
1485 Ivan III of Moscow conquers Tver
1485-1550 English Sweats disease in England 3000
1487 Spanish conquer Malaga from Moors
1487-1488 Crusade against the Waldenses
1489 Venice took Cyprus
1490 Aztecs sacrifice POW's 20-80
1492 Columbus claims the New World for Spain
1492 Colombus discovers America
1492 Russians invade Lithuania
1493 Askia Muhammed rebels against Ali in Songhai
1494-1496 Charles III of France invades Italy
1495-1574 Mughal Conquests in India
1497 Pope Alexander takes Romagna
1497 Cornish Rebellion in England
1499 Louis XII of France re-invades Italy
1499 Swabian War in Germany
16th Century Spanish carried 17,500 lbs gold from Peru and 500 lbs gold from Panama
1500 Pop:425M+/-20% Afr:68 Asia:243 China:106 Ind:99 ME:16 Eur:66 NA:1 LA:32
1500 Funj overwhelm Alwa in Sudan
1500-1520 Smallpox Latin America 5000
1500 Syphilis Western Europe 300
1501 Spaniard Ponce de Leon conquers Borinquenos in Puerto Rico
1501 Syrian Muslims defeat Egyptian Mamelukes
1502 French and Spanish fight in Italy
1502 Persian Ismail I defeats White Turkmens
1504-1513 Pope Julius II defeats Borgia family in Italy
1504 All Russians in Kazan massacred
1504 Spain conquers Naples, Italy
1506 Pope Julius defeats Perugia and Bologna, Italy
1507-1517 Cardinial Francisco Ximenes of Spain tortures 40K 2.5
1507 Revolt in Genoa, Italy
1507 Portuguese besiege Khawral-Fakkan
1507 Portuguese Alphonso d'Albuguergue attacks Hormuz
1508 League of Cambri defeats Venice, Italy
1509 Pope Julius II crushes Venice, Italy
1509 Uzbeks sackc Kerman, Iran
1510 Portuguese Alfonso de Albuquerque captures Goa
1511 Portuguese conquer Malacca Kingdom
1511 Pope Julius II besieges Mirandola, Italy
1512 @Ravenna French defeat Spanish & Papacy
1512 Swiss conquer Milan, Italy
9 Sep 1513 @Flodden Field English defeat Scots 14
1513 Albuquerque + 3K Portuguese fight in Aden
1513 King Manuel of Portugal fights Azemmow in Morocco
1513 Mohammed I Askia of Songhai captures Katsina & Kano, Nigeria
1514 John of Hungary puts down Transylvanian revolt
1514 Shi'ite Sayyids takes Shushtar from the Timurids
23 Aug 1514 @Chaldiron Ottoman Selim the Grim defeats Safayid Sultan islma'il I
1514 Alphonso d'Albuquerque captures Hormuz
1514-16 Ottomans take Armenia from Persia
1515 Francis I of France invades Italy
1515 @Marignano French defeat Swiss
1515-1521 Spaniard Ponce de Leon defeats revolt in Puerto Rico
1515 Ottomons capture Kayseri
1515-1527 Ottomans defeat Mamelukes of Egypt
1516 Ottomans conquer Syria & Antioch
24 Aug 1516 Ottoman Selim the Grim defeats the Mamelukes of Egypt
1516 Ottoman Selim I (the Grim) massacres 9.4 Nusayris 9.4
1517 Ottomans capture Cairo, Egypt 50
1517 Ottomans repel Portuguese from Yemen
19 Feb 1519 - 13 Aug 1521 Cortez defeats Aztecs: 600men,20horses,10cannon 300
1519 Black death in Zurich, Switzerland
1520 - 6 Feb 1521 Gazali tries to rebel from Ottomans in Damascus
1520 "Bath of blood" Danes execute Swedish nobles >.07
1520-1521 Unsuccessful rebellion in Spain
1521-1529 Holy Roman Empire vs. France; L Ignatius of Loyola injured
1521 Pope Leo captures Parma, Italy
1521/2 Suleiman I captures Belgrade from Louis II of Hungary
27 Apr 1521 Chief Lupalupu kills Magellan in the Philippines 60 Portuguese try to attack and Christinaize 3,000 Islanders
29 Aug 1521 Turks capture Belgrade, Serbia
1521 Turkish Khan Mehwnd captures Moscow 300
1522 Suleiman I conquers Dodecanese Islands in Greece
28 Jul 1522 - 20 Dec 1522 Suleiman takes Rhodes 20
1522 Knights' War in Germany
1523 Spanish conquistadors Gil gonzales Davila and Andres Nino attack from Panama and capture towns of Granada, Leon, and Masaya
1524 Egypt tries to rebel from Ottomans
1524 @Milan French vs. Spanish
1524-1526 Cortes enters Honduras
1524-1539 Unrest in Honduras
1524 Pedro de Alvarado conquers Guatemala
1524 - 16 Apr 1525-1526 Peasant's War in Germany 50K homeless 100
1525 Spanish defeat Zutuhil Indians of Guatemala
25 Feb 1525 @Paria, Italy Spanish defeat French
15 May 1525 @Frankenhausen Philip of Hesse defeats Anabaptist Thomas Munzer, who was killed
1526 @Mohacs Suleiman I defeats Hungarians; 20K Hungarians died 20
1526-1527 Revolt in Anatolia
1526-1528 Austrians and Turks fight
1526 Spanish sack Indian temple
1526 Ottomans raid Toulon and Nice in France
1526 @Panipat, Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi
1526/1528-1658 Most of Shah/Shan Jahan of India fights in Deccan
Oct 1526 - May 1527 France, Italy against Italians; Rome sacked
7 Feb 1527 25K Holy Roman Empire troops sack Rome 8/1 2
1527 Mantz and other Anabaptists killed in Zurich
1527 Muslims invade Ethiopia
1527 Mac Dang Dung takes over Vietnam
1528 Muslims conquer Shoa, Abyssinia.
1529 Suleiman I invades Hungary again
1529 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V captures Cortona,Italy
1529 Swiss Zwinglian Cantons defeat Catholic cantons & impose terms
1530-1545 Measles in Mexico 1250 die
9-23 Oct 1531 @Zurich 5 Cantons attack 8K vs. 1.5K: Zwingli killed 1
26 Jan 1531 Earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal. Shocks at 9:40; 10:00 and noon. 12K homes demolished 30
1531-1536 Pizarro & 180 men conquer 3.5-16M pop. Inca Empire 2-10
1532 @Cajamarca
1532-1533 Cotopaxi C. volcano in Ecuador
1533 Le and Mac Dang Dung Civil War in Vietnam
1534 Suleiman I takes Baghdad and Tabriz from Persians
1534 Barbarossa II captures Tunis
1534 Kildare's Rebellion in Ireland
1534 @Tabriz Ottomans fight Persians
1537 Ottoman admiral Hayreddin sacks Greek Island of Anafi and enslaves the population
1534-1586 Oda Nobuwaga unified Japan
1535 Protestants & Catholics combine to take Munster, Germany from violent Anabaptists
1535 Gujarat defeats city of Chitor, India 28
1535-1538 Holy Roman Empire vs. France
1536 John Calvin and Geneva revolt against Duchy of Savoy
9/25/1536 @Nicopolis in Bulgaria Turks defeat European force
1536 Spanish try for 1st time to subdue Omagua Indians in South America
1536 @Cuzco
1536-1541 @Buenes Aires Spanish fight Indians
1538 Barbarossa captures Aegina, Greece
1538 @Chunar, India Moguls defeat Bengalis
1538 Turks besiege Cattaro, Montenegro
1538 @Ascuncion Spanish fight Indians
1540 Barbarossa II sacks Gibralter
1540 Spaniard Coronado conquers the Zuni Indians of Arizona
1540 Spanish into Chile
1541 Suleiman I captures Buda, Hungary
1541 Spanish try for 2rd time to subdue Omagua Indians in South America
1541 Spanish raid Algiers but could not capture
1542-1544 Holy Roman Empire vs. France
12/10/1542 Earthquake in Sicily, Italy
1542 French and Turks jointly raid Nice
1544 Incas unsuccessfully revolt from Spanish
17 Feb 1545 @Ancur Moor Scots defeat English
1545 Typhus Cuba 250
1545 Catholics persecute Waldenses in Italy
1546-1548 Conquistadors revolt in Peru
1546 Muslims Damuk attack Pasunban in East Indies
1546 @Basra Ottomans fight Persians
1546 - Apr 1547 Schmalkaldic War Catholics defeat Philip of Hesse & Lutherans
1548 @Tabriz Ottomans fight Persians
1549 Kett's Rebellion in England
1549 Western Rebellion in England
1550 Using guns, Burmese capture Chittagong
1550 @Jersey, English Channel
1550-1650 European Religious Wars
1551 @Bandar Abbas Ottomans fight Persians
1551 Famine in Delhi, India
1551 Turks take Tripoli, Libya
1551 Catholics defeat Lutherans in Iceland
1551-4/3/1559 Holy Roman Empire vs. France
1551-1562 Ottomans and Hungary fight
1552 Ivan the Terrible & 100K army capture Kazan 50 day siege c.20
1553 Tlemcen, NW Algeria taken by Ottomans
1553-1653 Rebellion in Chile
1554 Katsina defeat Songhai in Africa
1554 London Rebellion in England
1554 Wyatt's Rebellion in England
23-24 Jan 1556 Earthquake in Shaanxi, China 830K ~8/XI
1555 Henry II of France invades Italy
1555 Burmese capture Autthaya, capital of Siam
1555-1560 Catholics persecute Waldenses in Italy
1556 Ivan the Terrible conquers Astrakhan
1557 @Nakhicheven & Massawa Ottomans fight Persians
1557 Famine in Russia
1557 @St. Quentin Spain and England defeat France
1557/58-1582/3 Livonian War: Russia
14 Dec 1558 @Quiapo, Chile Spanish fight Indians
1558 @Calais, France II
1560 Spanish try for 3rd time to subdue Omagua Indians in South America
1562 English Privateer John Hawkins helps in African battle for slaves
1562 @Toulouse French kill Huguenots 4
1562 Earthquake in Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic.
1562 Protestants pillage abbey at Tours, France
1563 Earthquake in Cattaro, Montenegro, Yugoslavia devastated
1564 Akbar crushes revolt in Malwa
1564 Catholic Council of Trent
May-Sep 1565 Turks besiege Jean Parisot de al Vallette at Malta
1565 Uzbeks rebel against Akbar
1565-1573 Oprichniks and Ivan the Terrible oppress Russia
1565 Bijapur,Bidar,Ahmadnagar,Golconda defeat Vijayanagar-India
1566 Iconoclastic riots in Europe
1566 Turks invade Hungary
1566 Erik XIV of Sweden (insane) kills many nobles
1567-1648 Low countries revolt from Spain
Sum/1568 Don Juan fights Moorish pirates
1568 Akbar attacks city of Chitor, India
May 1569 Don Juan subdues Moriscos in Grenada
1569 "Northern Uprising" of English Catholics
1569 Poland captures Vinnitsa, Ukraine
1570 Powhatan Indians expel Spanish from Virginia
1570 French Huguenot pirates kill 39 Jesuits enroute to Brazil
1570-1580 Oda Obunaga of Japan breaks Monasteries' power
1570 Katsina defeat Kano in Africa
1570-1571 Turkish Ottomans take Cyprus
1571 Crimean Tartars sack Moscow >100
12-16 Mar 1579 @Maastrict I Spanish defeat & massacre 8K Dutch civilians 8
7 Oct 1571 @Lepanto, Spain,Pope,Venice lose 12/214 vs. Turks 190/230ships
1573 Don Juan captures Tunis, Tunisia
1574 Burmese ravage Laos
1574 Ottomans recapture Tunis, Tunisia
1576 Mughals conquer Mewr
Jun 1576 Battle of Gogunda, Mughal defeats Rajput Singh of Mewar
Late 1500's British pirates try to take over Nicaragua
1576-1593 @France Catholics & Huguenots fight
1578 Moroccans defeat Portuguese in Morocco. King Sebastian killed
1578 @Gembloux in Dutch West Indies 20K vs. 20K
1578 @Tiflis & Kars Ottomans fight Persians
1579 @Derbend Ottomans fight Persians
6 Apr 1580 Earthquake in Belgium
1580 Spanish capture Ceuta in NW Africa
1580 @Polotsk Poles defeat savage Russian army and save Livonia
1580 Spanish briefly capture Brunei
c.1580 Zarian Queen Amina conquers Nupe and Jukun in Nigeria
1581 Yemak of Russia begins Siberian conquest. Captures Isker (Sibir)
1582?-1590 Unification of Japan
1583 Ottomans fight Persians at Baku
1583-1616 Nurhachi unites Manchus
1585-1589 War of the Three Henry's in France
1587 Sir Francis Drake of England raids Cadiz. Many Spanish ships destroyed.
1588 Spanish Armada destroyed off England.1 Brits killed 51 ships 9.1
1588 @Ganjo Ottomans fight Persians
1590 Tokyo captured by Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa
1590-1637 Revolt of Dom Jeronimo Chingulia of Mombasa in Goa
1590 @Ivry in France, Protestant Henry of Navarre barely defeats Catholics
1591 Moroccans conquer Timbuktu and most of Songhai Empire
American Conquest 30
1592-1597/8 Japanese Hideyoshi Toyotomi tries to conquer Korea
1593-1606 Long War in Hungary;
1596 Japan tries to invade China
1593-1603 O'Neill's Rebellion in Ireland against England
1594-1598 Famine in India
1594-1601 O'Donnell's Rebellion in Ireland. Hugh O-'Neill surrenders
1595 Francis Drake and John Hawkins attack San Juan, Puerto Rico
1596 Robert Devereux of England plunders Cadiz
1596-1610 Rebellion against Ottomans
1597-1598 137 churches destroyed & 26 Catholics crucified in Nagasaki 0.026
1597-1598 Japan tries to invade Korea
1598 @Yellow River Hugh O'Neill defeats English
1599 Rebellion in China
1600 Pop:507M+/-20% Afr:82 Asia:309 China:126 Ind:131 ME:19 Eur:83 NA:1 LA:12
1600's Spanish Inquisition 50
1600 Famine in Russia 400
1601 @Kisale, Ireland, Brits defeat Hugh O'Neill
20 Oct 1600 @Sekigahara, Japan Tokugawa clan wins
1602 Araucanian Indians destroy Osorno, south Chile
1603 Persians and Turks fight
1605 Dutch capture Amboina from Portuguese
1606-1613 Time of Troubles in Russia
1607 Dianga massacre in East Indies
1607-1625 Jamestown, Virginia, worst drought in 800 years
1609 Japan invades Ryuku Islands
1609 Dutch capture Bacan Islands in Indonesia from Portuguese
1609 Mohican Indians fight Samuel de Champlain
1609-1610 Powhattan [Tsenacomoco] Indians besiege Jamestown, Virginia
1611-1613 Danes defeat Swedes in Kalmar War
29 Nov 1612 English repel Portuguese ships in Gulf of Cambay
1613 Dutch repel Portuguese in Kupeng, Timor
1614 State of Pole in Sumatra defeats Portuguese
1614-1615 @Toyotomi Castle, Osaka Japan
1616 Campbells drive MacDonalds out of Island Islay in Scotland
1618-1620 Czechs unsuccessfully revolt (defenestration of Prague)
1618 Funj fight Ethiopians
1618-1644 Manchus under Abahi take over China
1618-1648 Thirty Years War in Germany kills 1/3 of German population 7 million
1618-1632 First 3 phases Thirty Years War
1620 Kasanje Kingdom starts conquest in Angola
1620 Spanish sack Alzey, Hesse Germany
1620-1621 Portuguese and East India company ships fight in Indian Ocean
1620-1673 Nguyen and Trinh fight in Vietnam
1621 Nurhachi expels Ming in China
1609-1610 Chief Opechancanought of Powhattan Indians kill 1/3 of Jamestown, Virginia settlers in a surprise attack
1622 The Great Martyrdom of Christians in Nagasaki
18 Feb - 1 May 1622 @Hormuz Persians capture Portuguese garrison
1622-1644 Opechancanough & Powhatans fail to drive Brits from Virginia .35
1623 @Amboina, Indonesia Dutch massacre English 11.5
1623 Persians recapture Baghdad
1624 Fire in Oslo, Norway
9 May 1624 Dutch capture Bahia, Brazil
1625 Dutch burn San Juan, Puerto Rico
10 May 1625 Portuguese retake Bahia, Brazil
1625 White Lotus Rebellion in China
1626 Nurhaci defeated outside city of Ningyuan
1627 Manchus attack Korea
1627-1629 Atlantic sea-jihad. .5K enslaved
0.520 Jun 1627 Muslim worship in Grindavik, Iceland
6 Jul 1627 Muslims raid Breidaksvik, Iceland .4 enslaved
16-19 Jul 1627 Muslims raid Iceland
19 Jun 1631 Muslims sail around Cape Kinsail and raid Baltimore, Ireland
0.11627-1636 Many rebellions in China
1628-1644 Li Zicheng rebels in China
Jun 1629 @Hvalba Muslims raid Faeroes Islands. 30 women and kids enslaved
0.31629-1669 "Trample the crucifix" time of persecution in Japan
1630 John Coxon and 600 Buccaneers cross Darien and enter the Caribbean
1630 Famine in the Deccan, India (30K in Surat alone) 50
1630 Turks capture Hamadana, Persia
1630 Dutch attack Bahia, Brazil
1631 @Leipzig in 30 Years War
1631 Mt. Vesuvius volcanic eruption in Italy 4
1632 @Lutzen in 30 Years War
1634-1648 Fourth phase of Thirty Years War 0
1634 Dutch seize Curacao from the Spanish
1635 Zaydis of Sana expeels Ottomans from Yemen
1636-1637 Connecticut settlers almost exterminate Pequot Indians
1637 Japanese + Dutch artillery crush Christian revolt against persecution
25 May 1637 Pequot War; Pilgrims and Narragansetts fight Pequots 0.8
1638-1658 Dutch attack Portuguese in Sri Lanka
1638 Turks recapture Baghdad
1638 English fight Scots. William Legge of Munster helps the English
Aug 1640 Oliver Cromwell kills 3K Irish + .3 Irish women 3.3
1640 Maba chief Abd-el-Kerim conquers Tanjurs of Wadai, in Sahara
1640 Portuguese throw off Spanish rule
1641 Dutch take Malacca from Portuguese
1641 Irish Catholic revolt
1641 Spanish destroy Old Providence, a buccaneer stronghold in the Caribbean
1641 Spanish massacre English settlers and buccaneers on Tortuga
1642 Swedes sack Olomouc, Moravia.
1642 Flooding in China 300
1642-1646 English Civil War Parliamentarians(Roundheads) vs. Royalists(Cavaliers)
1643 @Marston Moor in English Civil War
1643 Mohican chief Uncas defeats Narragansett Indians
1644 Li Zicheng captures Beijing. Manchus defeat him
1644 Manchus capture Beijing
1644 Prince Rupert captures Liverpool, England
1644 Powhatan Indians fail to drive British from Virginia
1645 Royalist James Graham Montrose defeats 8th Earl of Argyll
1645 Spanish fail to stop Malay piracy
1645 @Naseby 14K Parliamentarians defeat 10K Royalists
1645-1648 Turks take Crete from Venice
1646 @Benburb Owen Roe O'Neill fights in Ireland
1647 Severe earthquake in Santiago, Chile
1648 Russian Cossacks kill Jews in Poland & Russia 300
1648-1649 Portuguese defeat Dutch in Brazil
1648-1651 Renewed English Civil War & Scots & Irish
1648 First Fronde rebellion in France
1649 1K Iroquois annihilate the Huron Indians
1649 Spanish attack British held Bahamas
1649 Iroquois destroy Tiononrtatis tribe
1600's Tutsis conquer Hutus in Rwanda
1650 Pop:521M+/-15% Afr:86 Asia:319 China:128 Ind:135 ME:18 Eur:85 NA:1 LA:11
1650-1652 Famine in Russia
1652-1654 Anglo-Dutch War
1653 Jukun (Kwararafa) defeat Kano, Nigeria
1653 Old believer's schism in Russian Orthodox Church
1655-1661 Hien Vuong fights Trinhs in Vietnam
1655 Many Waldenses killed; Waldenses revolt in Italy
1656 Dutch control Moluccas
1656 Venetian fleet defeats Turks off Dardanelles
1656 War between Sweden and Poland
1657 Turks besiege Cattaro, Montenegro
1657-1658 Mughal internal struggle for power after Shan/Shah Jahan' s illness
7 Jul 1658 Swede Charles X launches surprise war against Fred III of Denmark
1658 Sumatrans attack Dutch
1658-1662 Charles X of Sweden takes Malmo from Denmark
21 Jun 1660 Earthquake in Pyrenees
1660 Dutch capture a Macassar fort
1660 Black death in Europe 14000
1661 Revolt in Maranhao, Brazil; Jesuits flee
1661 English stop war of Mohican Uncas & Wampanoag Chief Massasoit
1661-1662 Dutch driven out during Formosa Chinese Pirate Wars
1661-1664 Turkey and Holy Roman Empire at War
1662 Marathas takes Kalyan in India
5 Feb 1663 Earthquake in Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada 7
1663 Second Fronde Rebellion in France
1663 Mt. Fugendake volcanic eruption in Japan
1663 Turks and Austrians fight
1665-1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War
1665 Great plague of London total pop. 460K 68.407
1666 Mughals of India destroy Burmese pirates
1-6 Jun 1666 @Dover Strait in 2nd Anglo-Dutch War Dutch win batttle 7
5 Aug 1666 English defeat Ducth Michiel de Royter in 2nd Anglo-Dutch War
2-9 Sep 1666 Fire in London, England 0.016
Nov 1667 Earthquake in Shemaka, Azerbaijan, Russia 80 6.9
1667 Earthquake in Cattaro, Montenegro, Yugoslavia devastated
1667 Razin of Russia raids Persia
1667-1668 War of Devolution between France & Spain over Lowlands
1668 Earthquake in Shantung, China 50 XII
1668 Sir Henry Morgan's pirates seize Camargo, (Camaguey) Cuba
17 Aug 1668 Earthquake in Turkey 8
1669-1670 Famine in Bengal 3000
25 Mar 1669 Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy 20
1670-1671 Cossack and peasant uprising under Stenkin Razin
1671 Jukun (Kwararafa) defeat Kano, Nigeria
1671 Jukun fight Katsina in Nigeria
1672 Black death in Naples, Italy 400
1672 - Aug 1676 Poland and Turkey fight over Ukraine . 8/1676 Zlotsona 10K 83
1673-1681 San fan rebellion in China
1674 Matuca revolts from Dutch
1674 Revolt of the Three Feudatories in China
1674 Dutch privateers attack French Acadia in Canada
1674 French temporarily driven out of Madagascar
1675-1676 King Philip's War in New England 3 Indians .6 Colonists 3.6
1675 Brandenberg defeats Sweden
1675 Iroquois defeat Conestoga Indians
1676 Dutch privateers attack French Acadia in Canada
1677 Famine in Hyderabad, India
1677-1681 Russia and Turkey fight
1678 Hungarians try to revolt against Hapsburgs
1678 Earthquake in Lahijan, Iran large
c.1680 Revolt of the short ears in Easter Island
1680-1704 Creek Indians with English weapons attack Spanish missions
1682 Salem fishermen attack French Acadia in Canada
1682-1899 Austria and Turkey fight
17 Jul 1683 - 12 Sep 1683 Ottomans besiege Vienna
1682 Streltsy (musketeers) revolt in Russia
1683 Manchu Admiral Shi Lang takes Taiwan from Cheng Chin
1683-1699 Europeans against the Turks
1684-1688 Venice takes Peloponessus from Turks
6 Jul 1685 @Sedgemoor Duke of Monmouth defeated and killed
1685 English and French Buccaneers fight Spanish fleet
1685 Archibald Campbell 9th Duke of Argyll tries to invade Scotland
1685 Camisards' Revolt in France
1686 Mughal Aurangzeeb captures Bijapur, India
1687 @Athens Venetian bombardment damages Parthenon
1688 The governor of New York attacks French Acadia in Canada
1688 @England Glorious Revolution of William & Mary 0
1689 France and England fight, and French and English buccaneers fight
Oct 1688-1689 French devastate Rhine Palatinate
1689-1697 War of the League of Augsburg (France invades Rhineland)
Aug 1689 Catholics besiege Derry in North Ireland
1689 French burn Alzey in Hesse, Germany
1689 Streltsy (musketeers) revolt in Russia
1688/1689-1697 King Williams War (=Nine Years War) between French and Grand Alliance (including English)
1689 @Killiecrankie Stuart James II tried to revolt from William of Orange
12 Jul 1690 @Boyne William III 35/40K defeats father-in-law James II 21K 1.5
1690 Port Royale in Canada destroyed
1690 Sir William Phips tries to capture Quebec city. 400 New Englanders die 0.4
1690 Pueblo and Zuni Indians rebel against Spanish
1691 Nguyen Vietnamese capture Saigon in Indochina
1691 Turks sack Kutaisi, Georgia
13 Feb 1692 Campbells under British massacre MacDonalds at Glencoe
1692 Earthquake destroys Port Royal, Jamaica, pop. 70K
1692 Spanish reconquer Pueblo and Zui Indians
1692 Salem witchcraft trials
1-3 Jun 1692 @La Hougue British defeat French fleet to end the nine years war
8 Sep 1692 Earthquake in Belgium
11 Jan 1693 Earthquake in Catania, Italy 59.963
1693 Earthquake in Naples, Italy 96.5 XI
1693 Dutch capture Pondicherry, India from French
1693 Jan Kyuzina revolts against Hapsburgs
1694 Earthquake in Italy
1694-1720 Moors unsuccessfully besiege Ceuta
1695 Great Dutch stock market crash
1695-1696 Peter the Great takes Azov from Turkey
1696-1697 Omanis besiege Portuguese Fort Jesus in Kenya
1696 Chinese take Zungaria
11 Sep 1697 @Zenta Austrians defeat Ottomans in decisive battle
1698 Final Streltsy revolt in Russia
1698 Cotopaxi C. volcanic eruption in Ecuador destroyed Tacunga
1700 Pop:610M+/-15% Afr:87 Asia:389 China:138 Ind:165 ME:26 Eur:98 NA:2 LA:11
26 Jan 1700 Major earthquake in the Cascade Mountains, western USA 9
1700-1721 Great Northern War Charles XII of Sweden
1700 Vietnamese conquer Laos
20 Nov 1700 First battle at Narva 10K Russians 10
1701 Swedes capture Liepaja, Russia
1701-1713 War of the Spanish Succession England, Austria, Netherlands, Prussia vs. France Spain
15 Aug 1702 @Luzza in War of Spanish Secession 31
1702-1713 Queen Anne's War Britain defeats France and Spain and gets Nova Scotia
1702 English sack Arecibo, Puerto Rico
1703 Earthquake in Jeddo, Japan 200
1704 @Blenheim in War of Spanish Succession English et al. defeat French 17
1704 50 Brits + 1K Creeks slaughter Timucuas c.3
1705-1706 Astrakhan Peasants rebel against Peter the Great
1707 Tsunami hits Japan 30
1707-1709 Smallpox Iceland
1707-1708 Bon Basin peasants rebel against Peter the Great
1709 @Poltava Peter the Great 40K defeats 25K Swedes 8.4
1710-1711/13 Russia fights Turkey
1711 Druse/Druze faction defeated in Lebanon
1711 Black death in Germany & Austria 500
24 Jul 1712 @Denain in the War of Spanish Succession 2.88
1715 Stuarts try to rebel in Scotland
1715 Smallpox among the Cherokee Indians 11
1717 Russia invades Khwarezm
1717 @Belgrade, Yugoslavia Austrians defeat Ottomans III 40
1720 Chinese conquer Tibet
1720 Afghans briefly occupy Kerman, Iran
1721-1735 Revolts in Paraguey
1722 Afghans conquer Iran
1726 Spanish attack Portuguese Colonia de Sacramento in Uruguay
1727 Earthquake in Tabriz, Iran 77
1729 Afghans driven out of Iran
1730 Turks reconquer all of Armenia
30 Dec 1730 Earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan 137
1731 Iranians besiege Kars, Turkey
1731 Earthquake in Beijing, China 100
1733 The Nawab of Bengal conquered Tippera in Bangladesh
1733-1734/1735 War of Polish Succession: Spain,France vs.Austria
1735 Persian Nadir Shah takes Armenia from Turks
1736 In the Caribbean, Antigua Gunpowder Plot
1736-1739 Russia and Turkey fight
7 Oct 1737 Typhoon in Bengal, India 300
11 Oct 1737 Earthquake in Calcutta, India 300
1737 Russian Munnich captures Ochakov from Turks
1737 Moscow Fire
1737-1739 Arung Singkang keeps Celebes from the Dutch
1738 Turkomen Nadir Shah sacks Qandahar, S. Afghanistan
1739 Earthquake in China 50
1739 @Stavutschina Russian Munnich defeats Turks
1739 Nadir Shah sacks Delhi, India
1739-1741 War of Jenkin's Ear between Britain and Spain over trade
c.1740 Dutch and British fight in Ghana
1740-1760 Kazembe II of Kazembe extends Kazembe in Africa
1740-1748 War of the Austrian Succession
1741-1742 Germany defeats Austria
1742 In the Caribbean, Jolly Bachelor Revolt
1742 Oglethorpe defeats Spanish in Georgia
1742 Christians persecuted in China; Jesuits must leave
1743 Nadir Shah of Persia attacks Turks
1744-1748 King George's War in America
1744 Cotopaxi C. volcanic eruption in Ecuador heard 500 mi away
1745 Second German-Austrian war
1745 @Prestonpans Edward the Young Pretender +2K defeats English
1746 Earthquake & tsunami in Callao, Peru 6
1745 @Bolivia Ayoreo Indians attack Jesuit mission San Ignacio de Zamucos
1746-1748 French occupy Madras, India
1746 Jacobites destroy Inverness, Scotland
16 Apr 1746 Battle of Culloden Moor (7K vs. 9K) Brits defeat Scots 5
1747-1794 Anarchy in Iran
1748 @Pondicherry I in India, English vs. French
1749 @Devicotta, Bengal Brits defeat Tanjore army
1750 Pop:718M+/-15% Afr:88 Asia:475 China:179 Ind:175 ME:30 Eur:112 NA:2 LA:12
1750 Portuguese slaughter Guarani Indians in Paraguay
1750-1800 Smallpox among Mandan Indians in the Dakotas
Mid 1700's Famine in Iceland
-Mar 1751 British-French Wars in India
1751 English seize Arcot in India 0.075
1751/1752 @Chingleput, India (in Seven Years War)
1752 Chinese conquer Tibet
1754/1755-1763 French and Indian War
1752 Mon rebellion in Burma
7 Jun 1755 Earthquake in Northern Iran 40
1 Nov 1755 Earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal 58 8.75
1 Nov 1755 Tsunami in Lisbon, Portugal after an earthquake. Some killed in the Fez, Morocco too.
1755 Chin Chinese capture Kashgar oasis
1756 Afghan Ahmad Shah captures Delhi, India
1756 @Calcutta, India
1756-1763 Seven Years War: England, Prussia vs. Austria, France, Russia, Sweden
1756 Algerians capture Tunis, behead Ali-Bey
1756 Alaungpaya of Burma captures Syriam of Talaing
1757 Battle of Leuthen
1757 3K Anglo-British defeat 60K Bengali army
1758 English capture Kingston, Ontario
1759 Earthquake in Baalbek, Syria severe
1759 English defeat French in Quebec (Belle Isle) 1.4
1759 Alaungpaya of Burma massacres India/British settlement .108
1759 Khalkhas and Manchus almost extirminate Oirats
1760 In the Caribbean, Tacky's Revolt
1760 Alaungpaya of Burma invading Siam when he died
1760 @Wandinsh I
1761 @Panipat Afghans defeat Marathas, India
1761 Haidar Ali deposes Raja of Mysore, India
1762 Havana, Cuba captured by British
1762 @Barkensdorf
1763-1766 Chief Pontiac's Rebellion
1763 Marathas capture Kheda in India
1763 Last of Conestoga Indians massacred
1764-1767 Burmese destroy Ahudya in Siam (Thailand) 990
1765 Indian Hyder Ali destroys town of Kozhilode
1765 Illinois Indians defeated
1765 Cyprus tries to revolt against Turks
1766 Pirates take Kharg Island, Iran from Dutch
1766 Hekla volcanic eruption in in Iceland
1767 Burmese repel Chinese
1768 Haidar Ali defeats British Bombay army
1768 Gurkhas conquer Nepal
1768-1774 Russo-Turkish War
1769 Kizhi Peasant Revolt in Russia 6
1769 Famine in France 1200
1769-70 Famine in Bangladesh, India (65000 or 10000) 8500
@Mt Leikung Chinese defeat Miao 10
1769 Venetians try to fight Barbary pirates
1770 Famine in Eastern Europe 188 1775 Cape Verde Islands 16
1770-1772 Black death in Moscow and surroundings 100
c.1771-1775 Vermont Green Mountain boys terrorize New Yorkers in Vermont
1771 300 Kalmucks move to China: Russians,Turks attack 200
1771 Kizhi Peasant Revolt in Russia
1771/72-1802 Tay Son revolt in Vietnam
3/4/1772 Frenchman Nicholas Marin de Fresne shoots Tasmanians
1772 Mt. Papandayan volcanic eruption in Java 3
1773-1775 Emelian Pugachev and serfs try to revolt in Russia
1773 Battle of Cain
1774 Successful revolt in Oyo empire, Dahomey
1773-1775 Peasants rebel in Russia; crushed; revolt in Kazan
4/19/1775-10/19/1781-/83 American Revolution (4,435 U.S. battlefield deaths [Defense Dept.]) 25.3
1775 @Lexington, @Concord @Bunker Hill in American Revolution
1775-1782 British defeat Marathas in India
1777 @Saratoga in American Revolution
9/14/1777 Earthquake in Manchester, England 0 IV to V
c.1778 Anarchy in the Oyo Empire, Dahomey
1778 Siamese occupy Laos
7/1778-1779 War of Bavaian Succession - Skirmish between Prussia and Austria
1779-1783 Spanish and French besiege British-held Gibralter
1779 Captain Cook and the Hawaiians fight
1780 Earthquake in Tabriz, northwest Iran 100
-11/1780 Hurricane in the Caribbean Islands 25
1780 British take Kalyan
1780-1781 First British-Mysore War
1780 @Ponari
1780-1782 60K Condorcanqui+60K try to revolt in Peru
1781 @Yorktown in American Revolution American + French defeat Brits
1781 Revolts in new Granada (Colombia)
1781 @Porto Novo British defeat Mysore
?1782-1784 Mysore successfully fights British
1782 @Mokuohai Hawaiian Kamehameha I defeats and kills Kiwalao
1782-1795 Kamehameha I unites all Hawaii exceptt Kauai
1782 Vietnamese Civil War; many Chinese emigres massacred
1782 @off Mokuohai Hawaiian Kamehameha defeats Kiwalao
1782-1810 Hawaiian Kamehameha unifies Hawaii
2/4/1783 Earthquake in Calabria, Southern Italy 50
1783 Russia defeats Crimean Khanate
6-8/1783 Mt. Skaptor/ Mt. Laki volcanic eruption in Iceland for 18 months. Most of the 10K died of starvation 10
1784 Venice attacks Susah
1784 70 armed Russians kill Alutiiq Indians on Kodiak Islands 1.5
1785 Burmese capture Arakan
1785 Venice attacks Halq al-Waidi
1787 Vietnamese repel Qing Chinese
1787-1792 Russo-Turkish War
11-7/1788 Earthquake in Ethiopia
1788 Russian Peter Bagration besieges Ochakov
1789 Tay Son brothers reunite Vietnam
1789-1799 British win Second British Mysore War 2.2
1789-1900 U.S soldiers killed in Indian Wars - 1,391 wounded 1.105
1789-1790 Brabancons under Henry van der Noot revolt from Joseph II
7/14/1789-1790 -1 5mo French Revolution/ Reign of Terror 2.5
1790 @Kepaniwai, Maui 1200 Hawaiians plus 2 cannon under King Kamehameha defeat Kalanikupule of Maui
1790 Battle of east Hawaii
1791 @Kawaihae in Hawaii
1790 Gurkhas invade Tibet; Chinese defeat
1790-1793 Haitian slaves rebel against French
1790-1792 Famine in South & Central India 7000
1791 In the Caribbean, revolt on Saint Dominique
1792-1799 France defeats first coalition
1792 Black death in Egypt 800
1792 Mt. Unzen-Dake (Mt. Fugendake) volcanic eruption in Japan 10.4 or 15K
1793-1794 Reign of Terror in France
1793 Valenciennes surrenders to Spanish + Allies
Sp/1794-10/14/1794 Whiskey rebellion in Western Pennsyllvania
1794 Thermidorian revolt in France 1.449
1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers in USA
1794 @Tourcoing French defeat Brits & Austrians
1794 Russians fight the Polish. Praga and Warsaw captured
1794-1800 Undeclared naval war between France & U.S. - XYZ Affair
1794-1795 France defeats Spain
1795 War of the Third Coalition Spain France vs.
1795 Caribs revolt from Brits in St. Vincent & Grenadine
1795-1796 In the Caribbean, Fedon's Revolt
1795-1796 British take Sri Lanka from Dutch
1796-3/1814 Napoleon (1812 <600K) 1100
2/4/1797 Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador 41
1797-1798 British blockade Cadiz, Spain
1797 Creoles try to take over Venezuala in rebellion
1797 Pan-chiang riot in China 3
1798 Napoleon conquers Malta
7/2/1798 French troops capture Alexandria
1798 Napoleon defeats Egyptian Mamelukes in Egypt
8/1/1798 Battle of the Nile (Aboikir Bay) Nelson & Brits defeat French 9.9
1799-1802 France defeats second coalition
1799-1800 Crops 1/2 & 3/4 average in England few
1800 Pop:912M+/-15% Afr:88 Asia:615 China:270 Ind:190 ME:34 Eur:143 NA:6 LA:20
1800 Fulani capture Bornu capital Birnni Ngazagamu in Jihad
c.1800-1860 Maoris of New Zealand fight among themselves with Western guns 80
3/21/1801 @Alexandria 14K British defeat 20K French 1.5K B+1.2K F 2.628
1801-1805 American naval action against Barbary States
1802 Nguyen Phuc Anh of Annam conquers Tonkin
1802-1803 In the Caribbean, Toussaint L-ourevature imprisoned
1803 Britain and France fight
1803 British overthrow Kandy in Sri Lanka
1803-1804 British subdue some Pindari bandits
1803-1804 Famine in West India (drought,locusts) 3
5/3/1804 First massacre of Tasmanians by English settlers with cannon
1803 Britain takes Pondicherry, India from French
1804-1807 Fulani Jihad against Hausa in Niger
1804-1812 Fulani Jihad
c.1805 Pindari raids in India 3.6K tortured, 0.682 killed/wounded 1
1805 Epidemic among the Shawnee Indians in the USA
10/21/1805 @Trafalgar Nelson+27 Brit ships defeat 18 Fr + 15 Spanish ships 1.5+7
12/2/1805 @Austerlitz 65-68K French vs. 85-90K Austro-Russian 19-34
1806 Francisco Miranda lands in Venezuela to try to take over
1806 @Jena in Napoleonic Wars
1806 Lewis & Clark Expedition kills 2 Blackfoot - beginning of hostilities
1806 Jean Dessalines overthrown in Haiti
1806-1807 British attack Buenos Aires
1807 Algerians invade Tunisia
1807 Haitian Civil War between Christopher and Petion
1807-1812 Turkey vs. Russia and Britain
1807 British attack Buenos Aires, Argentina again
1808-1809 Usuman dan Fodio almost conquers Kanem-Bornu near Lake Chad
1808-1809 Pindaris raid Gujarat in India
1808-1814 Peninsular War: Spanish revolt from French with English help
12/18/1808 Napoleon put an end to the Spanish Inquisition
1809 35K French besiege Gerona, Spain
1810-1880 Uruguayans struggle for Independence
5/25/1810 Independence for Argentina
1810-1816 Independence for Uruguay, Paraguay
8/14/1811 Paraguay Independent
1811 Janissaries revolt in Tunisia
11/7//1811 @Tippecanoe 800 Americans vs. 3K Indians c.0.6
12/16/1811 New Madrid, Missouri, USA 0.01 7.95/8.1
1/23/1812 New Madrid, Missouri, USA 0.01 7.95/8.0
2/7/1812 New Madrid, Missouri, USA 0.01 7.8
9/7/1812 Napoleon & 125K defeat Russian Kutuzov & 130K 74
1812 Pindari bandits raid Mirzapur in India
1812 Fulani Jihad destroys Ngazargamu, Bornu capital in Chad
1812 Ismail Pacha conquers Nubian Arabs
1812 Egypt conquers Kassala, Sudan
6/18/1812-1/8/1815 War of 1812 in America (2,260 U.S. battlefield deaths [Defense Dept.]) 2.26
12/8/1812 Wrightwood, California, USA (=San Juan Capistrano quake) 0.04 7.5
12/21/1812 West of Ventura California, USA (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/) 7.1
1813 @Lake Erie in the War of 1812
1813 Algerians invade Tunisia
1813 Rajputs retake Kutch in India
1814 Unsuccessful revolt against the Spanish in Peru
1814 @Rancarangua Spanish defeat Chileans
1814 British capture Toulouse, France
6/15-18/1815 @Waterloo Napolean defeated again 83-88 85
1815 @New Orleans in the War of 1812
1815 Valenciennes resists Spanish siege
4/5/1815 Volcanoic eruption in Tambora, Java, Indonesia 10-11.5
1815 Famine after volcanoic eruption in Tambora, Java, Indonesia 82
1815 Crimean War in Russia
1815 French capture Liege, Belgium
1816 Earthquake in Luhuo, Suchang China 2.9
1791 In the Caribbean, revolt on Barbados
1816 British bombard Algiers
1816-1817 Famine in Ireland 737
1816 Anglo-Dutch ships bombard Algiers
1816 Arthur Thistlewood organizes Spaa Fields riot in England
1817 Afonja rebels in Oyo Empire, Dahomey
1817 Sri Lankans try to rebel against British
1817-1818 120K British win Pindari War against c.30K Pindaris
1817-1819 First U.S.-Seminole War
1817/18-1827/28 Shaka Zulu expands lands in south Africa
5/1818 Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola from Spanish
2/12/1817-4/5/1818 Independence for Chile
1818 Andrew Jackson slaughters Seminoles in Florida
1818-1840 Mfecane in southern Africa
10/1818 @Amalinde Xhosa fight among themselves
1819 Earthquake in Cutch, India 1.5
1819 Burmese conquer Manipur and Ahom Kingdom in Assam, India
8/7/1819 Independence for Colombia >3.6
8/1819 @Manchester, England Peterloo Massacre
1820 Revolt in Haiti after Henri Christopher's stroke
1820 Portuguese army revolts in Portugal
1820-1841 Christians persecuted in Vietnam
1820-1822 Egyptian Ottomans conquer Sudan
1821 Austrian field marshal Ferdinand Bubna put down Piedmont revolt
c.1821-1823 Volcano in Iceland
c.1821-1828 British settlers massacre Tasmanians
9/5/1822 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria 22
1820 Unsuccessful Spanish Revolt
1821 Guatemala and El Salvador revolt from Spain
6/24/1821 Independence for Venezuela
6/2/1823 Earthquake on the south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, USA 7
1825-1827 Creek Trail of Tears in the southern USA
1825-1830 Indonesians rebel against Dutch
1821-1832/33 Greek War of Independence
7/21/1821-26 Independence for Peru and Bolivia c.10
1822 Independence for Mexico
5/24/1822 Independence for Ecuador
4/30/1824 Rebellion failed in Portugal
1824 Flooding in Russia 10
1825-1830 Dutch win Java War
1825 Revolt in Russia
1826-1828 Siamese crush Laotian rebellion and sack Vientienne in 1827
1826-1837 Cholera New Jersey, USA 900
1827 Fulani jihad against Yoruba people
1827-1829 Honduran Civil War
12/28/1828 Earthquake in Echigo, Honshu, Japan 30
1828-1829 Russo-Turkish War
1824-1825 First Anglo-Burmese War, started by Burma
1824 Zulus fight Basetho and King Moshesh
1826-1828 Russia and Persia at war
1826 Ahmadu and Fulani capture Timbuktu
1827 Argentine Juan Lavalle captures Bage
c.1828-c.1840 In Mfecane Kolo defeat Lozi people
c.1828-c.1840 In Mfecane Ndwandue people found Gaza Empire
c.1828-c.1840 In Mfecane Ndebele take land from Shona people
1828-1829 Russians take Armenia from the Turks
1830 Wahehe people of Tanzania stop Masai's southern march
1830 Ngoni first attacks Zimbabwe
1830 French defeat Algiers
8/24/1830-4/1839 Belgians and Luxembourg rebel from Dutch
1830's Aroostoock War between Canadian and Maine lumbermen
1831 Nat Rutner's slave revolt in Virginia 0.057
c.1831 Volcano in the Kiril Islands, Russia
c.1831 Volcano in the Ferdinandea in Sicilty, Italy
1831 In the Caribbean, slaves revolt in Jamaica
1831 Other tribes defeat King Zwangendaba & Jere people in Tanzania
1831 Jere destroy Changamiree Empire in Tanzania
1832 Nusayris attack Ismaili village of Masyaf. Pasha of Damascus reacts
1832 Blackfeet try to drive White trappers from their territory
1832 Black Hawk War - Sac and Fox Indians fight U.S.
1832-1833 Egypto-Turkish War
8/28/1833 Assiniboins and Crees attack 150 drunk Blackfeet 0.024
1833 French take Bejaia, NE Algeria
1834 Ngoni destroy Changarnive in Shona
1834 Prison rebellion in New South Wales (Australia)
1833/1834-1839/1840 Carlist Wars in Spain (Don Carlos)
1834-1847 Algerians try to resist French
11/23/1832 U.S. President Andrew Jackson threatens to send 40K troops to South Carolina becaus they declared the U.S. Tariff void in South Carolina. No troops were sent and no one was hurt.
1835 Maoris of New Zealand enslave Moriori of the Chatham Islands
11/1835 Ngoni cross Zambezi River in conquest
1835-1842 Second U.S. Seminole War; Seminole Trail of Tears 2
Fall/1835-4/21/1836 Texas War of Independence 5K Mexicans 2.15
2/23/1836 4K Mexicans kill 187 Texans at the Alamo 0.2
1836 Earthquake in north East Bay California 7
1836 Earthquake in north Japan 28.321
4/20/1836 910 Texians defeat 1250 Mexican at San Jacinto. 9 Texians killed, 30 wounded. 630 Mexicans killed, 730 taken prisoner. 0.639
1837 Smallpox kills most Kidatsa and Mandan in North Dakota, USA
1837 Volcanoic eruption in Zefat Galilee
10/1837 Thomas Jesup treacherously captures Seminole chief Osceola under a flag of truce
12/1837 @Lake Okeechobee Zachary Taylor defeats Seminoles
1837-1838 Drought and famine in northwest India 800
1838 @Blood River Boers defeat Zulus 3
5/17/1838-1839 Cherokee Trail of Tears 4K
1838 King Moshesh of the Basotho fights invading Boers in South Africa
1839 Russia invades Khwarezm
1839 British occupy Aden
1839 Turks invade Syria
6/24/1839 @Nizip Egyptians defeat Ottomans
1839 First Anglo-Afghan War
1839-1842 First Opium War in China -over 2 million Chinese addicts
1839-1842 Second Anglo-Afghan War
1839 British capture Karachi, Pakistan
1841 Sultan of Brunei and Brit James Brooke stop rebels
1842 Druse/Druze + discontent Maronites defeat Shihab Maronites
1842 British defeat Boers in South Africa
1843-1862 French fight in Indochina
1843 Sri Lankans try to rebel against British
1844 Yauri Civil War in Nigeria
1844 Blacks rebel in Cuba
1845-1848 Anglo-Sikh wars 2.5 British killed 2.5
1846-1851 Famine in Ireland Potato Famine (potato blight) 1009
1846 Wadai conquers Kanem-Bornu near Lake Chad
1/28/1846 Sir Harry Smith takes Aliwal, in Punjab from Sikhs
1846-1848 Mexican-American War (1,733 U.S. battlefield deaths [Defense Dept] 13.3
2/10/1846 @Sobraon Hugh Gough+15K Brits defeat 20K Sikhs 5-8
1846 @Resaca de la Palma in Mexican American War
1846 @Chapultepec American defeat Mexican army
1847 Cape Frontier Wars
1847 Earthquake in Zenkoji, Japan 34
11/29/1847-1849 Cayuse War in Washington 0.03
1848 Paez rebels in Venezuela
1848 Sri Lankans try to rebel against British
1848-2/21/49 Anglo-Sikh wars in India
1848-1849 Hungarians try to revolt form Austria
3/1848 Venetians rebel against Austria
1848 "Year of Revolutions" France, Austria, Germany
1848-1850 Babists revolt from persecution in Iran
1848 Austrian Empire Revolution
1848-1866 Apaches and Whites fight
1/13/1849 @Chillianwalla, India 6.8K
1849 107 day siege of Timisoara, Romania by Hungarians
1849 Danes and allies control Schleswig-Holstein
1849 @Novara Austrians put down Italian/Sardinian revolt
1849-1854 British stop Malay piracy in Brunei
1850 Pop:1182M+/-15% Afr:89 Asia:761 China:360 Ind:230 ME:38 Eur:209 NA:26 LA:33
1850 1,000 Afridi attack British road builders in Afghanistan. Brits retaliate
1850 infectious diseases Age of Progress p.90 94% all European deaths
1850-1890 Kazembe Civil War in Zaire & Zambia
1850-1864 Hong Xiu-chuan leads the Tai-Ping (Taiping) Rebellion in China 2000
1850-1872 Miao rebellion in China
1851-1868 Nian rebellion in China
1851 White Lotus Peasant Uprising
1851 British capture Lagos from Dahomey
1852 Umar al-Hajj defeats Bambara & Mandinka in Senegal-Niger
1852 Persians massacre Babists 20
1852 Second Anglo-Burmese War (small war, Brits won)
1852 British fight the Waziris in NW Pakistan
1853 American William Walker invades Baja California.
1853 Jowaki Afridis attack British roadbuilders, 1.7K British destroy their city of Bori
1853 Russia invades European part of Turkey
1853 James Brooke fights against Brunei
3/1854 @Cieneguilla 250 Utes & Jicarilla Apaches defeat U.S. 0.048
1854 Cholera at the Broad Street Pump London, England. Dr. John Snow determined the cause, the pump handle was removed, and the cases subsided. 0.5
1854 Apache War in New Mexico
1854 Chang Hsiu-mei rebels in China
1854 American William Walker and 300 soldiers capture Granada
9/1854-1856 Crimean War
1854 @Sevastopal in the Crimean War
1854-1868 Hakka & Punii Civil War in China 75
12/1854 Decembrist officer's revolt in Russia
1855 Abyssinian Emperor Theodore conquers Shoa
1855 Colonel Craigie and 1.5K British fight the Aka Khel Afridi
1855 U.S. and Ute Indians fight
1855 Third U.S.-Seminole War
1855-1857 Red Turban rebellion in China
1855-1861 500 Peasant Uprisings in Russia 50
1855 American William Walker captures Granada and invades Nicaragua
1855 Muslim revolt in Yunnan, China
1855-1874 Muslim revolt in Szechuan, China
1856 American William Walker declares himself president of Nicaragua
9/1856 Nicaraguans defeat William Walker
1856-1857 British defeat Persians
1856-1860 Second Opium War in China
1857 Nicaragans financed by Vanderbilt defeat William Walker
1/9/1857 Earthquake in Cholame (=Ft. Tejon, =Tejon Pass), California, USA. Only 2 killed 7.5,7.9,9 mag
5/10/1857-6/1859 Indian Sepoy mutiny against British in India
1859 Carrington Event Solar flare. SEt telegraph machines ablace. very brign arorea borealis
7/16/1857 @Cawnpore Indian mutineers massacre British women and children
7/17/1857 Havelock captures Cawnpore, India
11/14/1857 British C|olin Campbell captures Lucknow, India
6/16/1858 British Rose captures Morar, India
1858 Earthquake in Corinth, Greece
1858-1863 Federalist Wars in Venezuela
1858 U.S. Mormon "War" - no casualties 0
1858 U.S. and Comanches fight. 60 Comanches killed
1859 France & Piedmont defeat Austria and take Lombardy
1859 Solar storm fried telegraph lines around the world
1859-1860 British fight the Waziris in NW Pakistan
1859-1869 Spanish invade Morocco
1860 William Walker captured and executed in Honduras
1860 In Vancouver Cowichan Indians kill 8 Bella Bella natives 0.008
July 1860 Muslim Syrians burn the Christian quarter in Damascus and massacre thousands of Christians
1860-1901 India - Ten famines 15,000
1860 U.S. fights combined Kiowas and Comanches
1860 Maronites and Druze fight in Lebanon
1860 British & French occupy Beijing in the Arrow War
1860 Samoans fight each other
1860 Geribaldi overthrows Naples & conquers Two Sicilies
1860-1870 Maori Wars in New Zealand 2K Maoris 2
1861 Umar al-Hajj of Tukulor captures Segou, Mali
1861 a peasants' revolt in Russia
1861-1886 Apache Wars
1861 Czar Alex II freed 20 million Russian serfs
1861-1866 American Civil War: 1/5 died in battle, rest disease. 360K Union solders (1/5) and 256K Rebel soldiers (1/4) died (or else 400,414 total). That was 10% of all 20-45 year old males in the North, and 30% of all 18-40 year old males in the South. 24 major battles, 10,000 engagements 4M slaves total. 200K Negro soldiers 498.3-618
1861 First battle of Bull Run in the American Civil War
1862 In Vancouver Smallpox kills at least 1/3 of Indians
530 am to 5:30 pm Sept 17, 1862 Antietem in the American Civil War
23K dead, wounded, or missing1862 Famine in Lin-an, China famine + disease + suicidal drowning 400
4/6-7/1862 @Shiloh Union recaptures ground against 40K Confederates. Equal numbers killed 20
5/5/1862 @Puebla, Mexico Mexicans hold off French 1
1862 Great slave raid on Easter Island
1862 @Lin-an in Taip[ing Rebellion 600
1862 al-Hajj Umar defeats Muslim Fulani state of Macina
1862-1873 Ma Hua Lung Rebellion in China 10000
1862-1863 Rebellion in Taiwan
1862/33-1874/7 Muslim rebellion in northwest China; Lan-chou destroyed 600
1863 In Vancouver Canadians shell Indian villiage on Kuper Island after 2 whites killed on Saturna Island
1863 Umar al-Hajj briefly captures Timbuktu
1863 @Chancellorville in the American Civil War
1863-1875 Cholera World 230
1863 @Gettysburg Union defeats Confederates
1863 @Vicksburg Union army captures Vicksburg
9/19-20/1863 @Chickamauga Confederate Bragg 60/65K defeats Union Rosecrans 60/65K in the American Civil War ~32K
1863 @Chattanooga in the American Civil War
7/13-17/1863 Draft riots in New York City. (Could avoid the draft if paid $300) >0.119
1864 First Tonghak/Donghak Rebellion in Korea
1864 @Wilderness in the American Civil War
11/29/1864 @Sand Creek 160 miles SE of Denver, Colonel John Chivington and 700 U.S. volunteer milita kill peaceful southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians after a different group killed white settlers. Presdient Lincoln fired territorial governor John Evans.#9;0.150
1864-11/27/1868 Custer & 7th Cavalry fight Cheyenne Indians 0.1
1864-1870 War of the Triple Alliance (Argentina,Brazil,Uruguay vs.Paraguay 6000
-1864 Modocs of California-Oregon attack U.S. settlers
1864 Germans and Austrians take Schleswig-Holstein from Danes
1864 White miners annihilate Yahi tribe in California
1864 Choe Cheu tries to rebel in 2nd Tonghak/Donghak revolt in Korea
10/5/1864 Typhoon hits Calcultta, India 60
1864 Tuaregs and Fulani rebels defeat and Kill Umar al-Hajj
7/1865 Indian chief Roman Nose, northern & southern Cheyenne & Souix ambush supply train
1866-1868 Souix War in the Plains, USA
1866 Famine in Algiers, Algeria; due to a locust infestation 200
1866 Famine in Bengal, Orissa, India (poor distribution) 1500
1866 Yauri Civil War in Nigeria
1866 Austro-Prussian War Austria loses Venice
1866 Fetterman massacre of Whites by Indians
7/3/1866 @Koniggrata 255K Prussians defeat 241K Austrians 34
1867 Sikhs capture Kasur in India
5/14/1867 @Aueritara in French-Mexican War
1868-70 Famine and drought in northwest and central India 10000 36000
8/13-15/1868 Earthquake in Peru & Ecuador 47.5
1868 Earthquake in S. East Bay California 7
1868 @Arikaree River Indian chief Roman Nose tries to drive whites out of Kansas
1868-1880 Samory Touve starts empire in Guinea, Africa
1868-1869 U.S. General Sheridan defeats Indians
1868-1872/89 Terrodros II unifies Ethiopia
10/2/1868 100 Kiowa attack Ft. Zaerah in Kansas
1868-1878 Cuban Independence under Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
11/1868 U.S. defeat Washita and Cheyenne
12/25/1868 @Soldier's Spring U.S. defeats Comanches
1869 Severe famine in North Korea
1870's-1880's Persecution of the Catholic Church in Guatemala; only 100 priests left
1870 Chicago has 306K population
1870 USA wages Kiowa and Comanche campaigns
1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War
1870 @Sedan in the Franco-Prussian War Prussians capture 100K 26
5/26/1871-6/2 Communard Rebellion in France 25
1871 Famine in Paris, France (Communard unrest) 10.8
1871 Sultan Wadai conquers Bahjivni in Sudan
10/8/1871 Chicago Fire 0.25K $196M 100K homeless
1872 Fire in Tokyo, Japan
1872 War of 1872 America vs. Barbary Pirates
1872 Ottomans take Sana, Yemen
1872-1873 Modoc Indian War in California
1873 Muslim revolt in Yunnan, China
1873 KKK commit the Colfax massacre
1873 Russia conquers Khwarezm
1873-1903 Dutch fight Acehnese in Sumatra
1873-1874 British win Second Ashanti War 0.19
1873-1874 Mauna Loa erupts in Hawaii for 1 1/2 years 0
1874-1875 Red River War betweens Whites and Indians
1874-1875 Famine in Asia Minor (Turkey) 150
1874 U.S. General Sheridan defeats Plains Indians
1874 Zebehr overthrows Sultan Buhan in Kordofan
Before 1875 Ethiopia had 50 quakes
5/16/1875 Earthquake in Venezuela & Columbia 16
1875-1877 Souix Uprising under Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse Tashuncah
1875 Hercegovinian Christians revolt against Turkey
1876-1878 Drought and famine in India 5000
1876-1879 Three year drought and famine in north China 9.5M or 11M 11000
6/1876 Battle of Little Bighorn; Custer & much of 7th Cavalry killed
1876 Turks suppress Bulgarian rebellion 10 5-15
1876 Typhoon hits Bengal, India 200
1876 Russians capture Uzbek city of Andizhan
6/30/1876-10/31/1876 Serbo-Turkish War
1877 Sir George Goldie's Royal company defeats Nupe & Ilorin
1877 Japan punishes Taiwan for Ryukyu sailors' treatment
5/10/5/1877 Nez Perce War; 5K U.S. defeat 250 Nez Perce warriors 0.5K
1877 @Bear Paw Mountain U.S. defeats Nez Perce
1877 Cotopaxi erupts in Ecuador. Melted snow caused a lahar that went for 100 km and killed 1,000 1
1877-7/13/78 Russo-Turkish War. Turkey loses Cyprus
1877 Earthquake and tsunami in Iquique, Chile. 8 foot wave in Hakodate, Japan.
1877-1878 Sir Charles Paton Keyes and 7.4K British destroy Jowaki Afridi villages
1878 John Adams Tytler and 2.5K British subdued Zakka Khel Afridis
1878-1880 Third Anglo-Afghan War
10/8/1879 Anganos, Peru
1879 War of the Fleeing Wife. British-Zulu War. British defeat 40-60K Zulus 8K Brits 0.8
1/22/1879 @Isandlwana Zulus destroy British camp
1879 Sir Frederick Francis Maude and 3.75K British subdued Zakka Khel Afridis of Bazar Valley
1879-1880 Victorio's War in West Texas (Victorio led 890 Mescalero Apaches)
1879-1883/84 War of the Pacific. Peru, Bolivia vs. Chile
1879 @Ulunid Duihr British-Zulu war 1.5
1880-1920 King Leopold II of Belgiam brutalizes the Congo. Population fell by 50%
6/30/1880 Earthquake in Ethiopia
1880 British fight the Waziris in NW Pakistan
1880 Italy invades Ethiopia
1880 Ma'daba, Jordan destroyed
1880 Anti-Semitic pogroms in Poland
12/30/1880-4/5/1881 Boer War
1881 British fight the Waziris in NW Pakistan
1881 Egyptians revolt against Turks
1881 Typhoon hits Haiphong, Vietnam 300
1881 Peruvian-Chilean War 9.8
1882 Revolt in Russia
1882 Abdur Rahman conquers Shignan and Roshan in Russia
1882-1885 Mahdist Revolt against British in Sudan
1883 Earthquake in Java, Indonesia 100
1883 Chile conquers Araucanian Indians
1883-1885 Sino-French War
1883-1886 Samory Touve fights the French in Africa
8/27/1883 Krakatoa/Krakatau (Tsunami) 35.5 12 mi^2 gone (2/3 of the island) noise heard 4600 km away. 30K in tsunami 36
3/13/1884 @Tami British narrowly defeat Sudanese Osman Digna
3/13/1884-1/26/1885 Siege of Khartoum
3/13/1884 @Tamail British defeat Osman Digna of Sudan
1884 French capture Conakry in Guinea
1884 @Cincinnati Mob violence over corrupt city government 0.045
11/14/1885-3/3/1886 Serbs fight Bulgaria and lose
1885 Revolution in Rumelia
11/1885-1886 Third Anglo-Burmese War (started by British)
8/31/1886 9:51 pm Earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina 60 77 IX
1886 Venezuela vs. British Guiana
1886 Geronimo the Apache surrenders at Skeleton Canyon
1887-1889 Italian-Abyssian (Ethiopian) War 320K vs. 220K 63.5
9-10/1887 Flood of Huang He River, China 900
1889 Sudan tries to conquer Egypt
1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania USA flood 2.2
1890-1909 Cancer N.Amer-Eur. est. 1900-04 5060
1890 Earthquake in San Bernadino Valley, California 7.0
1890 @Wounded Knee U.S. defeats Lakota Souix Indians 0.144
1890 Eastern tribes destroy Kazembe empire, Zaire
1890 Samory Touve sacks Kong, Africa
1890 Mwanga, Catholic & Anglicans defeat Kalema
1/6/1891-9/18/1891 Chilean Civil War. President + 40K vs. Congress 10K
1891 Earthquake in Osaka, Japan 10
1891 Samory Touve fights the French in Africa
c.1892 Earthquake in Anza, California 7
1892-1894 French defeat Benin in Africa
1892-1894 French defeat Behanzin of Dahomey in Africa
1892-1894 Drought and famine in China 1000
1893 Earthquake in Malatya, E Turkey
1893 Kano Fulani Civil War in Africa
1893 French occupy Laos in Indochina
1893 French defeat Ahmadu (son of Umar al-JHajj) in Mali
1893 Chilean Civil War
1893 Sudanese Rabih as-Zubayr defeats Bornu
1894 Earthquake in Armenia, Russia
1894 Japan takes Taiwan,Pescadores,& part Manchuria
1894 British fight the Waziris in NW Pakistan
1894-1898 2nd Tonghak revolt in Korea suppressed
1894 French conquer all Madagascar
1894 Nana Nigeria temporarily repulses British with Cannon
1895 French conquer Madagascar
2/23/1895 Cubans revolt from Spain
1895-1898 Abdallah at-Taaisha of Sudan fights Nilotes
1895 Uprising against Manchus in China
3/20/1896 U.S. troops land in Nicaragua in midst of revolution
6/15/1896 Earthquake and tsunami in Sanriku, Japan. 93 ft in Miyaku Bay 27.12 8.5
1896-1897 British fight in Matabeleland
1896-1897 Drought and famine in India 5000
1896 War of the Cricket Match England vs. Zanzibar (war lasted 37 min)
1896 @Malatya Turk Sultan Abdulhamid II kills 200K Armenians (Armenian genocide called Metz Yegherh) 200
1897 Earthquake in Assam, India 1.5
1897 Fighting between Ilorin and neighboring states in Niger stops when British occupy it
1897 British fight the Tirah campaign
1897 British fight the Waziris in NW Pakistan .39 Brits .39
1897 Greeks and Turks fight over Crete
1898 Earthquake in Japan 22
1898 Samory Touve sacks Bondockou?, Africa
1898 Uzbeks and Andishan revolt against Russia
4/8/1898 Battle of Atbara in Egypt
1898-1/19/99 Anglo-Egyptians reconquer Sudan
1898-1923 India 11000 died of disease
4/24/1889-12/10/1898 Spanish-American War (385 U.S. battlefield deaths [Defense Dept]
1898 @Manilla Bayu and Santiago in the Spanish-American War
1899 Earthquake in Armenia Russia
1899-1900 Drought and famine in India 2250
1899 Cipriano Castro takes Caracas & Venezuela
1899-1902 Boer War of South Africa 50
1899-1900 Robert Baden-Powell defends Mafeking, South Africa
1899 @Ladysmith in the Boer War
1899 French capture Zinder, Niger
1899-1900 Anti-Christian Boxer Rebellion in China
1890-1909 Typhus N.Amer-Eur. est. 1900-04 1980
1890-1909 Measles N.Amer-Eur. est. 1900-04 740
1890-1909 Influenza N.Amer-Eur. est. 1900-04 1700
1890-1909 Syphilis N.Amer-Eur. est. 1900-04 960
1894-1914 Black death in Canton (80-100K) and world 10000
1900 Pop:1609M+/-13% Afr:124 Asia:939 China:442 Ind:290 ME:46 Eur:292 NA:81 LA:63
1900-1980 1.45 million earthquake fatalities (N.O.A.A.)
4/22/1900 Lamy and Barigmi defeat and kills Rabah/Rabih az-Zubayr of Bornu in Central Africa
9/8/1900 Hurricane hits Galveston 6
1900 Flooding in Galveston, Texas 5
1900-1902 British destroy Aro, Nigeria
1901 British capture Zazzau (Zaria) Nigeria
1902-1946 58 quakes in Greece and Turkey
4/18/1902 Volcano erupts in Santa Maria, Guatemala 3.5
5/18/1902 Mt. Pelee, Martinique West Indies. Only two people survive in the city of St. Pierre 29-30
1902-1903 Revolt in Venezuela
1902 British fight the Waziris in NW Pakistan
1902 British conquer south Ghana
4/29/1903 Earthquake in Malazgird Turkey 6 7.0
1903 British capture Kano City, Nigeria
1903 Successful Revolt in Panama with U.S. help
1904 British invade Tibet to fend off Russians
2/6/1904-9/05 Russo-Japanese War 330K vs. 270K 158/160
1/22/1905-06 Russian Revolution 1K first day 1
1905 Earthquake in Jammu & Kashmir, India 19 8.6
5/1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russia's 6
1905-1907 Pig War between Austria and Serbia
7/1905-1907 Maji Maji Uprising in Tanzania 70/200-300
3/16/1906 Earthquake in Kagi, Taiwan 1.3K 7.1
4/18-19/1906 5:12 am Earthquake and fire in San Francisco, California, USA 0.7 333 7.8/8.3
1906 Typhoon hits Hong Kong 10
8/16/1906 Earthquake in Valpraiso, Chile 20 3556 8.6 Others say 1.5
8/1906 Revolt in Cuba
1907 Earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica 1.4
1907-1909 Young Turk Revolution in Turkey
12/28/1908 Earthquake in Messina, Italy 70-86-100 7.5
2/1908 British fight Zakka Khel Afridis in Afghanistan
1908 Revolution in Persia
4/1909 Attempted counter-revolution in Turkey
1909 Overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey
1909-1918 Black death in China & India 1335
1909 Fire in Osaka, Japan
1909 War between Morocco & Spain
-4/1937 Spanish Civil War 0.5+
1910-11 In Mexico Madero rebels against Diaz
1910-11 Pneumonic bubonic plague in Manchuria
1910 Naval revolt in Portugal; King Manuel II flees
1910 Japan annexes Korea
1911 Flooding of Chang Jim River, China 100
1911 Mt. Taal volcano erupts in the Philippines 1.4
1911-1912 Wuchang Uprising in China
1911-1912 Han drive out or kill Mongols
1911-1912 Turko-Italian War Benghazi, Libya taken
1911 Revolution in Mongolia
8/9/1912 Earthquake in Murefte Turkey 1.0 7.3
1912 Fire in Osaka, Japan
1912-1940 China 370 famines
1912 U.S. intervenes in Nicaragua
1912 Albanians revolt against Turks
1912 Revolt in Oriente Province, Cuba
1912-1913 Tibetans throw out Chinese
1912-1913 First Balkan War
1/1913 2nd CUP Revolution in Turkey
6/29/1913-7/30/1913 Second Balkan War
1914 Earthquake in Armenia, Russia
c.1914 Mexican Revolution: Carranza defeats Victoriano Huerta
6/14/1914-11/11/1918 World War I 65M from 32 nations mobilized 8500.
WWI Cost: $328 billion (53,402 Amer. Killed [Defnese Dept])
1914 First Battle of the Marne in World War I
1914-1915 Typhus Eastern Europe 3000
1914 @Tannenberg in World War I
1/13/1915 Earthquake in Abruzzi (Avezano), Italy 31.2 7.5
c.1915 Assyrian Christians rebel from Ottomans during WWI
1915 @Dardenelles in World War I
4/1915 Turks kill Armenians with guns and famine 800
1915 Typhus Serbia, Yugoslavia 150
War between Turks & Greeks Nat'l Geo
1916 Kirgiz revolt in Russia
1916 @Verdun in World War I
1916 Al-Hijaz rebels against Ottomans
1916 @the Somme in World War I
1916 Jutland Sea Battle in World War I
1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland. 1,500 Irish rebe l0.466K
1916 Warlords fight in China after the death of Yuan Shikai
3/9/1916 Pancho Villa attacks Columbus New Mexico, U.S.A.
1916-1924 U.S. troops occupy Dominican Republic
1917 Communist Revolution in Russia
1917 @Arras in World War I
1917 @Caporetto in World War I
1917-1921 Typhus Russia 2500
1918 Earthquake in San Jacinto Valley, California 7
1918 Kurds, Russians, Assyrians, and Armenians kill 150K Azeris
1918 British and Indian cavalry capture Haifa from the Turks
10/1-3/1918 British and Arabs capture Damascus from the Turks
1918-1919 Spanish Influenza killed 2.5% of victims (flus normally kill 1%) World (20 mill. U.S.) 31666.66 (another source claims 50000
1918-1935 Widespread anti-Semitism in Rumania
1918-1922 French subdue ;Alawi lands in Syria
1918 The 2nd Battle of the Marne in World War I
1918 Revolt in Hamburg, Germany
1919 Communist revolution in Hungary led by Bela Kun
1919 Mt. Kelud volcano erupts in Java, Indonesia 5.1
1919 Italians seize Fiume, Yugoslavia
1919 Third Afghan War between British and Afghans
4/13/1919 British massacre Indians 1.6
July 24, 1920 @Khan Meisalum French defeat Arab army under Yusuf al-Azm.
12/16/1920 Earthquake in Gansu (Kansu), China 168 8.6
1920-1921 Drought, famine, and war in north China 500 20000
1920-1924 Cancer N.Amer-Eur. est. 1920-24 2035
1920-1921 Russo-Polish War; bolsheviks turn back Polish invasion
1920 Iraqis try to rebel from British rule
1920-1924 Typhus N.Amer-Eur. est. 1920-24 170
1920-1924 Measles N.Amer-Eur. est. 1920-24 170
1920-1924 Influenza N.Amer-Eur. est. 1920-24 815
1920-1924 Syphilis N.Amer-Eur. est. 1920-24 410
1920 Black death in India 2000
1920-1979 Malaria World 20th Century 60000
1920 Civil War in Ireland
1920 Arabs attack unarmed Jews in Israel
1921 Muslim Moplah revolt in South India
1921 Augusto Cesar Sandino flees Nicaragua after stabbing his debate opponent
1921 Kronstadt rebellion in Russia
1921 Cholera India 500
8/24/1921-9/9/3/1921 Coal company army fights 1.5K miners 0.025
1921 Chinese warlords Yu-hsiung Feng & Chihli 100
1921 Arabs attack unarmed Jews in Israel
1921 Riffians of Morocco kill Spanish soldiers 16
1921-1922 Turkey holds off Greek attack
1921-1922 Famine in Ukraine,Volga, Russia (3M or 3125) 3125 22000
1922 Government purge during "Left Deviation" in Mongolia
7/24/1920 @Khan Meisalun, Syria French Henri Gouraud defeats Arab Yusuf al-Azm
1922 Unrest in Ireland 4
1922 Fascists march on Rome
3/24/1923 Earthquake in Luhuo, Suchang China 3 7.3
1923 Epidemics Shansi, China after famine 3000
9/1/1923 noon Earthquake in Kanto (near Tokyo), Japan 110.325 700kHomes 8.3
1923 Hitler tries to take over Bavaria
1920's Spanish seize Rio Muni, Africa
1920's ibn Saud expands Saudi Arabia
1924 Cholera India 300
1924 Fascist murder in Italy
4/27/1924 'Alawites massacre Christian nuns; French kill Alawites
1925 Pop:1944M+/-10% Afr:146 Asia:1079 China:530 Ind:330 ME:56 Eur:343 NA:126 LA:100
1925 War of the Stray Dog Greece vs. Bulgaria 0.048
July 1925-1927 Druze and other Syrians under sultan Pasha al-Atrash try to rebel from the French
1925-1926 Uprising in Morocco
1926-1932 Sandino revolts in Nicaragua
1926-1927 Communists rebel against Dutch in Indonesia
1926-1930 Smallpox in India 423
1927 @Ocotal Sandino attacks U.S. marine base, airpower forces a retreat
5/27/1927 Earthquake in Qinghai (Nan-Shan), China 200 8.3
1927 Earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica-devastating
1927-1939 Chinese Civil War (Phase I)
1928 Earthquake in Corinth, Greece
1928 Hurricane hits the USA 2
1928-1929 Famine in Shensi,Honan,Kansu, China (3M Shensi) 5000
1929 Grand Mufti of Jerusalem ordered massacre of Jews sho had lived for centuries in Hebron
1929 Arabs attack unarmed Jews in Israel
1930 Earthquake in Apennine Mountains, Italy 1.5
1930 Mt. Merapi volcano erupts in Indonesia 1.3/1.4
1931 Hindu-Muslim riots in India
1931 Japan takes half of Manchuria
8/1931 Huang He River floods in China 3700
1930's Rebellion in Central African Republic
1930's Kurds rebel in Iraq
1932 U.S. President Herbert Hoover withdraws U.S. marines form Nicaragua.
1932 U.S. installed Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza Garcia whose national guard starts a reign of terror.
1932-1935 Chaco War: Paraguay vs. Bolivia
1932 Earthquake in Gansu (Kansu), China 70
1932-1934 Famine in the Soviet Union due to Communist collectivism 5000
1933 In Nicaragua Sandino killed by Somoza's orders while enroute to peace talks.
5/2/1933 Earthquake in Japan 2.99 8.9
1933 Earthquake in Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
1933 USA intervenes in Nicaragua
1933 Sanriku tsunami in Japan
8/1933 Assyrian Christians rebel in Iraq 0.33
1/15/1934 Earthquake in Bihar-Nepal, India 10.7 8.4
10/2/1934 Earthquake near San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
5/31/1935 Earthquake in Quetta.Baluchistan (Pakistan) 38.3 7.5
1935 Three earthquakes in Helena, Montana USA
1935 Kristallnacht - Jewish synagogues in Germany burned down
1935 Italy invades Ethiopia
1936 Arabs attack unarmed Jews in Israel
1936 Waziristan War Great Britain vs. Waziristan cost $11 million
1936 Sidqi's Revolt in Iraq
7/18/1936-3/28/1939 Spanish Civil War (Franco) 430
1/21/1937 Japanese foreign min. Hacio Arita urged colony holding nations to adopt free trade as an aid to world peace.
2/19/1937 Guomintang & Chinese Communists stop fighting each other
1937 Khorloogiin, the "Stalin of Mongolia" executes 3-5% of Mongolianpopulation. 20-35
1937 @Teruelk in the Spanish Civil War
2/23/1937 Italy executes >100 Ethiopian bombers 0.1
3/8/1937 New Japanese Foreign Min. Naotale Sato forecasts Japan's moderation of policy toward China (They first fought 7/7/1937)
3/21/1937 Puerto Rican Nationalists fight US 50 injured 0.007
4/2/1937/1938 @Bilbao Rebels defeat Basque Nationalists
4/21/1937 Rebels bomb Madrid,Spain 0.2
4/29/1937 Nazis put 1015+ Catholic priests, monks & lay people on trial
1937 Sino-Japanese War
5/4/1937 @Barcelona, Spain, Anarchists try to revolt
6/9/1937 Spanish Rebels capture Bilbao after 9 month siege
6/19/1937 Nazis close 977 Catholic schools in Germany
8/8/1937 Nazis arrest 115 supporters demonstrating for Niemoller
12/12/1937 Japanese sink American & 2 British boats on Yangtze River
12/24/1937 Japan declared sinking the 3 boats unintentional
2/23/1938 Chinese bomb Taihoku, Taiwan which is occupied by Japanese
3/17/1938 Polish ultimatum to Lithuania threatens invasion 0
4/16/1938 Terrorism in Romania
5/21/1938 A rebel airplane bombs San Luis Potosi, Mexico
6/23-7/25/1938 Arabs & Jews fight in Palestine 0.053
6/29/1938 Jewish terrorism against Arabs 0.15 wounded 0.038
7/29/1938 Anti-Fascists try to revolt in Crete
8/19/1938 British & Arabs fight in Hebron
9/5/1938 Chile suppresses Fascist revolt
9/30/1938 After Nazis threaten Czechs, Poles make Czechs leave Teschen0
10/5/1938 British kill 80 Arabs 0.080
10/5/1938 Hungarian troops invade 2 Czech border towns
10/18/1938 Poland sends 20K more troops to stop Ukraine nationalists
10/30/1938 H.G. Wells scares people with dramatization of War of the Worlds
11/9/1938 Krystallnacht in Germany begins - Jewish synagogues and businesses burned down
11/25/1938 Leftists try to rebel in Bolivia
11/27/1938 Bulgarian military puts down riots
1/24/1939 Earthquake in Chile 28 8.3
1939 Arabs attack unarmed Jews in Israel
1939 Flooding in northern China 275
1939-1952 Thousands killed in Mongola under Khorloogiin
12/26/1939 Earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey 34.2 7.9
1939 Jewish militants attack Aabs
1940-1949 Cancer N.Amer-Eur. est. 1945-49 7310
1940-1949 Typhus N.Amer-Eur. est. 1945-49 10
1940-1949 Measles N.Amer-Eur. est. 1945-49 30
1940-1949 Influenza N.Amer-Eur. est. 1945-49 270
1940-1949 Syphilis N.Amer-Eur. est. 1945-49 460
1939-12/31/1946 World War II 110M from 31 nations mobilized 60000
1939-12/31/1946 Cost of WW II: 1.35 Trillion $ (291,557 U.S. battlefield deaths [Defense Dept.])
1940 @Dunkirk British evacuate before Germans
1940 @Sedan in WW II
1941 War between Ecuador & Peru
1941 @Crete in WWII
1941 @Pearl Harbor Japanese destroy American fleet minus aircraft carriers
1941-1952 Russians oppress Lithuanians 320K deported 58
1941-1945 Croats in Utashi organization slaughter Serbs
Congo (Zaire) Civil War
1941-1942 @Bataan in the Philippines Japanese capture Americans
1941-1943 Famine in Greece 450
1941-1942 Famine in Warsaw, Poland 43
1942 Flooding in Kaifang, China 300
1942 @Singapore in WWII
1942 Japanese capture Ambon, Indonesia
1942 Naval battle of the Coral Sea
1942 @Guadalcanal Americans defeat Japanese
1942 @El Alamein in WWII
1942-1943 @Stalingrad in WWII
10/16/1942 Typhoon hits Bengal, India (Bangladesh) 35
12/20/1942 Earthquake in Niksau, Turkey 3 7.0
1943-10/16/49 Greek Civil War 60.384
1943 Famine in Rwanda-Burundi 42.5
1943-1944 Famine in Bengal, India 1500
1943-1952 Paricutin volcano erupts in Mexico 0.003
1943 Naval battle of the Bismark Sea
1943 Battle of Tarawa in WW II
1943 @Kharkov in WWII
11/27/1943 Earthquake in Ladik, Turkey 4.0 7.3
1943-1944 @Cassino in WWII
1944 Guatemalan Revolution against Jorge Ubico
2/1/1944 Earthquake in Grede, Turkey 4.0 7.3
1944 @St. Lo in WW II
1944-1945 Americans recapture the Philippines
July 28, 1945 U.S. B-25 military plan flies in a fog and accidentally hits the 79th floor of the Empire State Building
1945 Americans defeat Japanese on Okinawa
1945 Battle of the Rhine Allies defeat Germans
1945-1960 East German Soviet Internment Camp 12.5
1945 In the Ruhr Allies defeat Germans
1945 Allies take Berlin, Germany
4/1/1946 Earthquake off the coast of Alaska. USA 0
4/1/1946 Tsunami in Honolulu, Hawaii USA after earthquake off the coast of Alaska. 0.159
5/31/1946 Earthquake in Eastern Turkey 1.3 6.0
12/21/1946 Earthquake in Honshu, Japan 2 8.4
c.1946 Communists take over Hungary 10
-1946 Sliman Mushad revolts from Syria until hung in 1946
1946-1949 Chinese Civil War 600K vs. 300K 222.123
2/28/1947 er-er-pa rebellion of Taiwanese in Taiwan <= 28K 28
1947-1966 82 quakes in Greece and Turkey
1947 Malaria in India 1000
1947 Famine in the Soviet Union
1947 Israeli Independence
1947 Indian, Muslim, & Sikh refugees kill each other in India
1947-1948 French crush rebellion in Madagascar 11
4/9/1948 At Deir Yassin Israeli Irgun and Stern soldiers massacre 150 Arab men and 100 Arab women and children
1948 Indian army occupies Hyderabad
1948-1949 Muslim revolt in Kashmir
4/9/1948 Jewish Irgun and Stern gangs massacre Palestinians at Deir Yassin 0.1
1948-1949 Civil War in Costa Rica 2
1948-1958/62 La Violencia in Colombia after assassination 200
1948 Palace revolt in Yemen Arab Republic
1948-1960 Chin Peng & Communist revolt in Malaysia. Britain assists 11
1948-5/17/1954 Philippines defeat Luis Tarul Communist Hukbalahaps (Huk) guerrillas
1948-1949 Communists try to take over India
1948-1949 Communists rebel in north Madra & Andhra, India
6/28/1948 Earthquake in Fukui (Fuki), Japan 5.131 7.3
9/18/1948-12/1948 Communists rebel in Indonesia - Madiun Affair
10/5/1948 Earthquake in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 110K no reading
11/7/1948-1/12/49 @Hwau-Hai in Chinese Civil War said 550K Nationalists
1949 Earthquake in the USSR 16
8/5/1949 Earthquake in Pelileo, Ecuador 6 20 6.8
10/1949-1/1954 In 6/12/1954 Mao admits liquidating 800K in China 800
1949 Rebellion in Colombia 1.5
1950 Pop:2479M+/-9% Afr:209 Asia:1388 China:572 Ind:439 ME:75 Eur:380 NA:166 LA:162
1950 Unsuccessful revolt in Yemen Arab Republic
1950 South Moluccan Republic revolt in Ambon, Indonesia
1950-1955 Cancer N.Amer-Eur. est. 1950 4578
Mid twentieth smallpox World 10-15M cases/yr 2000/yr
1950-1955 Typhus N.Amer-Eur. est. 1950 3
1950-1955 Measles N.Amer-Eur. est. 1950 12
1950-1955 Influenza N.Amer-Eur. est. 1950 144
1950-1955 Syphilis N.Amer-Eur. est. 1950 162
1957 Influenza U.S.A. 70
5/21/1950 Earthquake in Cusco, Peru .090
8/15/1950 Earthquake in Assam, India" 1.53 8.7
-1954 French lose hold on Indochina
6/25/1950-10PM7/27/1953 Korean War -dead 1.3M SKor .5M NKor 1M Ch. .062U.S 3000
(But 33,741 or 33,651 U.S. battlefield deaths [Defense Dept.])
Through 1951 Tuskegee Institute says US lynchings from 1882-1951
4/16/1951 Bolivian military takes over government
1/8-21/1951 Mt. Lamington, New Guinea 3.0
8/11/1951 Peru attacks disputed Ecuadorian border post
10/16/1952 Anti-British riots in Ismailia, Egypt
1/1/1952 Egypt opens fire on British in Suez Canal area
1/23-24/1952 Raksha Dal group rebels in Nepal
1/26/1952 Rioters attack many French, US & Brit businesses in Ismailia
4/9-11/1952 Revolt overthrows military junta in Bolivia
7/23/1952 Military coup in Egypt
8/9/1952 Communist terrorists in Kuching, E. Malaysia
8/19/1952 The army defeats Communists & extremists in Tehran, Iran
8/25/1952 Nationalists raid Kingchen-wei south of Shanghai
9/25/1952 Communists & Shan people rebel in Burma
11/8/1952 Blacks riot in Kimberley, South Africa 0.014
12/7/1952 Anti-French riots in French Morocco
-1/15/1953 Waruhiu Itote & Mau Mau's rebel in Kenya
1953 Famine in Korea after the Korean War
1/6/53 Failed Bolivian army coup
2/21/1953 Riots in Dacca, East Pakistan (Bangladesh) against Urdu being only official language
3/18/1953 Earthquake in northwest Turkey 1.2 7.2
3/1/1953 Riots against Ahmadiya Muslims in Pakistan
3/26/1953 Mau maus kill loyal Kikuyu in Nairobi, Kenya 0.15
3/26/1953 12K Nationalists fight Burmese
7/16/1953 Nationalist Chinese capture Tungshan Island, off of China
11/12/1953 Communists & extremists try to revolt in Iran
11/19/1953 Burma captures a communist base in Bassein district
1/30/1954 Vietminh invade northern Laos
1955 and 1985 24 quakes in Santiago, Chile"
4/2/1954 Vietminh cross into Cambodia
5/21/1954 Anti-US riots in Taipei, Taiwan
8/9/1954 Taiwan sinks 8 Communist Chinese gunboats
9/2/1954 Israelis attack Jordanian village
9/3/1954 Communist China shells Quemoy
9/9-12/1954 Earthquake in Northern Algeria 1.425 6.8
9/17/1954 Taiwan destroys 100 Communist Chinese junks
1954-1972 Civil War for an independent southern Sudan
1954-1962 Algeria gains independence from France
7/5/1954 Failed coup in Nepal
8/16/1954 Portuguese bombard & recapture a fort in Goa, India
11/18/1954 Terrorists in Tunisia
1954 CIA organized coup topples Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala
1/10/1955 Communist Chinese planes raid Tachen Islands
1/12/1955 Revolt in Costa Rica
1/18/1955 Communist Chinese capture Yikiang Island
1/20/1955 Failed revolt in Guatemala
2/5/1955 USA shoots down 2 of 8 Communist Chinese planes in the Yellow Sea
2-5/1955 Israel & Egypt fight in Gaza
4/5/1955 Failed coup against Imam Ahmad in Yemen
4/1955 Bin Xuyen & Hoa-Hao religious sects rebel in South Vietnam
5/12/1955 4 killed in Communist riots in Singapore
6/17/1955 Revolt against Peron in Argentina
7/17/1955 anti-French riots in Casablanca, Morocco
7/28/1955 Bulgaria shoots down Israeli passenger aircraft
8/13/1955 IRA raids a military depot at Arborfield, England
8/19/1955 Mutiny in Sudan
8/20/1955 Algerian riots in Constantine
9/6/1955 Communists lead anti-Greek riots in Istanbul & Izmir
9/15/1955 In Cyprus British send troops to expel Makarios III. EOKA banned
9/16/1955 Rebels control South Argentina
12/11/1955 Israel captures part of Golan Heights in Syria
9/1956 In Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza Garcia assassinated.
1/6-10/24/1956 Russia crushes revolt in Hungary 12
4/26/1956 Israel kills 50 Jordanians in Jordan
1956 Protestants persecuted in Colombia
6/10-17/1956 Earthquake in Kabul, Afghanistan 2 7.7
1956-1958- EOKA Terrorists in Cyprus
6/10/1956 Failed Peronista counterrevolution in Argentina
7/31/1956 Chinese troops occupy part of NE Burma
10/31/1956 Britain & France fight Egypt
2/1957 Muslim unrest in Ethiopia
3/2/1957 Island of Makassar attempts to secede from Indonesia
3/13/1957 Failed revolt in Cuba 0.04
1957-1/2/1959 Castro takes Cuba from Fulgencio Batista
7/2/1957 Earthquake in Northern Iran 2.5 7.4
12/13/1957 Earthquake in Western Iran 1.7 7.1
1957 Earthquake in Outer Mongolia 1.2
4/1-3/1957 Serious rioting in Chile
4/18/1957-5/6/57 Honduran Nicaraguan Civil War
4/29-5/1/1957 Nicaragua invades Honduras
6/1957 1,000's of students violently riot for 2 days in Hanyang, China
7/24-8/11//1957 Brits & Muscat & Oman fight government rebels
9/1/1957 French troops cross into Tunisia in pursuit of Algerians
9/5/1957 Unsuccessful revolt in Cienfuegos, Cuba
9/17/1957 Bloodless coup overthrows Pibul Songgram in Thailand 0
12/1957 Indonesia seizes 34 Dutch ships
12/7/1957 French kill 103 Algerian rebels 0.107
1957-1975 Vietnam War 2050
1957-1975 3.1 million wounded, 153,000 US (47,414 [or 47,378] U.S. battlefield deaths [Defense Dept.])
1958 Failed Communist revolt in Cameroun, Africa
1/2/1958 Failed Venezuelan revolt at Maracay AFB
2/17/1958 Egypt sends troops into northern Sudan
5/12/-7/15/1958 Karami revolts against Camile Chamoun in Lebanon
5/28/1958 France fight in Tunisia
7/14/1958 Qassim overthrows Monarchy of Iraq
7/15-10/25/1958 US troops are in Lebanon
8/23-9/24/1958 Communist China attempts to take over Quemoy
10/22/1958 Failed Socialist Falange revolt in Bolivia
12/20/1958 Israel shoots down U.A.R. jet over Israeli Negev
1/5/1959- Independence revolt in Belgian Congo
2/24/1958 Independence revolt in Nyasaland
3/3/1959 Anti-US riots in La Paz, Bolivia
3/8-9/1959 Sunnis fight in Iraq 2
3/20/1959 Tibetan revolt against China; Kham tribe & city of Lhasa
4/6/1959 Revolt in Dahomey put down with the help of the French
4/19/1959 Unsuccessful Falangist revolt in Bolivia
1959 AIDS First provable AIDS case, English Sailor Manchester, England
5/1/1959 Small invasion of Panama in vain
5/17/1959 Communist China shells Matsu Islands in Formosa Strait
5/18/1959 Burmese crush Nationalist Chinese along China/Burma border
7/14/1959 Communists fight government in Kirkuk, Iraq
7/30/1959 Communist guerrillas attack Laotian army
8/13/1959 Cuban revolt at Cienfuegos put down
8/25/1959-1962 Chinese-Indian border War 9.4
11/12/1959-1963 Fighting between Tutsis & Hutus in Rwanda -Burundi 7 or 5-8K
12/12/1959 1,000 Argentine rebels try to invade Paraguay
1/1/1960 Violent rioting in Cameroun, Africa
1960-1978- Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. Allied with Castro and the PLO
1/2/1960 Anti-Jewish riots in West Germany
1/24/1960-2/1/1960 Anglo rightists rebel against French in Algeria
2/29/1960 Earthquake in Agada (Agadir), Morocco 12 5.8
3/21/1960 Negro demonstrators killed at Sharpeville, S. Africa 0.05
4/21/1960 Short-lived revolt in Western Venezuela
4/24/1960 Race riots in Biloxi, Mississippi as Negros try to swim at beaches
4/28/1960 Anti-government riots in Ankara & Istanbul, Turkey
5/27/1960 Bloodless military coup in Turkey 0
1960 Pop:3033M+/-6% Afr:275 Asia:1685 China:652 Ind:546 ME:86 Eur:395 NA:198 LA:217
5/21-23/1960 Earthquake in Southern Chile 5.5/5.7 1175 8.3/9.5
5/23/1960 Tsunami in Hawaii after earthquake in Southern Chile 0.061
1960-1961 Famine in the Congo Republic after Civil War 1965- Sahel, Africa 300
7/6/1960-1967 Civil War in the Congo (Zaire) (100K-110K) 105
8/9/-12/18/1960 Pathet Lao capture Vientiane, Laos
10/10/1960 @Caracas, Venezuela leftist riots
11/12/1960 Paratrooper revolt in Vietnam
11/13/1960 Unsuccessful leftist army revolt in Guatemala
11/14/1960 Nicaragua stops Costa Rican invaders
11/25-12/2/1960 Riots in Caracas, Venezuela
11/30/1960 Peronistas attempt to take over Argentina
12/1-3/1960 French shoot European rioters in Bone, Algeria 0.065
1960 Revolt against Portuguese in Guinea-Bissau
12/14-17/1960 Failed revolt against Haile Selassie in Ethiopia
12/28/1960 Riots in Ghent, Belgium
1960 Jordanian Civil War
1/24/1961 Portuguese exiles seize Portuguese ship Santa Maria
1/25/-2/3/1961 El Salvador's junta overthrown
2/5/1961 Rioting in Luanda, Angola
2/27/1961 Congolese troops brutally assault UN troops
4/15/1961 USA strafes 3 Cuban airbases
4/17-19/1961 Bay of Pigs: 1300 Invade Cuba 0.09
4/22-26/1961 Maurice Challe mutinies & captures Algiers, Algeria
5/5/1961 3.4K Portuguese troops try to stop Angolan terrorism in Angola
6/7/1961 Failed Communist coup in Bolivia
6/14/1961 Violence by German speakers in Bolzano province Italy
6/26/1961 Failed Venezuelan military revolt in Barcelona
7/5/1961 Algerian unrest 0.08
7/19-22/1961 French fight in Tunisia
8/12/1961 Failed bloodless coup in Argentina
9/13/1961 UN Troops fight Katangan rebels in Africa
9/29/1961 Rebels overthrow Syria
12/18/1961 Indonesian troops take over Netherlands New Guinea
12/18/1961 Indian troops take over Goa, Damao, & Diu
12/31/1961 Failed right-wing coup in Lebanon
1961-1/63-8/1994- Guatemalan Civil War 130
1961 Kurds rebel from Iraqis in Iraq
1961-1964 Civil War in Yemen Arab Republic
5/30/1961-1/12/1970 Nigerian Civil War
1/1/1962 Unsuccessful revolt in Beja, Portugal
1/4/1962- OAS in Algeria calls for revolt against France
1/22/1962 Failed army revolt in Ankara, Turkey
1/29/1962 Unsuccessful coup in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
2/17/1962 Congolese troops kill 19 Belgian Catholic missionaries
9/1/1962 Earthquake in northwest Iran 12.23 7.1
1962 Earthquake in Italy
1962-1965 Cancer U.S. 1966 1192
-2/26/1962 Irish Republican Army lays down its arms & disbands
3/2/1962 General Ne Win's coup in Burma
3/13-19/1962 Student riots in Guatemala
3/28/1962 Coup in Syria 0
3/29/1962 Coup in Argentina 0
1962 Haile Salasse conquers Eritrea.
4/3/1962 Pro-Egyptian revolt in Aleppo, Syria
4/19/1962 Chinese troops in eastern Kashmir
5/4-5/1962 Failed revolt of sailors in Carpano, Venezuela
7/8/1962 Indian troops advance in Xinjiang, China
7/18/1962 Successful military coup in Peru
7/22-8/2/1962 Revolt in Algeria
9/18-23/1962 General Juan Carlos Ongania takes control in Argentina
9/27/1962 Military revolt in Yemen succeeds
10/8/1962 Terrorists strike in Venezuela
10/10-12/1962 Cuban exile group Alpha 66 raid Isabela de Sagua, Cuba
10/20-11/20/1962 Chinese defeat Indian & approach the plain of Assam
10/20/1962 Renewed fighting in the Congo
11/25/1962 Brief revolt in Guatemala
11/6/1962 U.A.R. planes attack Saudi Arabia
12/8-12/1962 @Brunei Failed revolt against Brits
12/12/1962 Failed revolt in Cordoba, Argentina
12/15/-19/1962 Violent strikes in British Guiana
12/17/1962 Coup against Mamadou Dia of Senegal
1/5/1963 Unsuccessful Communist coup in Peru 800 arrested
1/13/1963 Military coup in Togo
2/8/1963 Baathists overthrow Qassim in Iraq 2
2/12-10/10/1964 Venezuelan terrorists
3/8/1963 Baathists seize power in Syria
1963 Volcano in Indonesia 1.2
11/1963-1965 Volcano created the island of Surtsey, Iceland within weeks 0
1963 Earthquake in Barce, Libya 0.3
1963 Earthquake in Taiwan 0.1
7/26/1963 Earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia 1.1 6.0
3/30-6/9/1963 Pathet Lao attack neutral troops in Laos
4/9/1963 Portuguese Guinea aircraft bomb Senegal
5/8-8/21/1963 South Viet troops persecute protesting Buddhists 0.007
5/28/1963 Yemeni Royalists fight Republican government
6/9/1963 Egyptian planes bomb Qizan, Saudi Arabia
6/10/1963 Riots in Georgetown, British Guiana
6/10/1963-1966 Iraq fights Kurdish guerrillas
6/12/1963 Bombing in Quebec; Le Front de Liberation Quebecois
7/17/1963 Rebels conquer part of Portuguese Guinea
1963 Coup in South Vietnam
8/13-15/1963 Revolution of the Glorious 3 Days in Congo
9/29-10/12/1963 Front of Socialist Forces rebel in Algeria
10/3/1963 Colonel Osvaldo Lopez in coup overthrows Ramon Villeda Morales
10/14-30/1963 Moroccan troops invade Algeria
10/28/1963 Colonel Christophe Soglo overthrows in a coup Maga in Dahomey
12/10/1963 Terrorism in Federation of South-Arabia
12/21/1963-4/25/1964 Greek & Turk Cypriots fight
1/9/1964 Riots in Panama; 4 US & 20 Panamanians killed 0.024
1/12/1964 Revolt in Zanzibar
1/12/1964 @Calcutta fighting between Hindus & Muslims
1/21/1964 1/3 of Kwilu Province in revolt from Congo
1/25/1964 Troop mutinies in Kenya, Tanganyika, & Uganda
3/27/1964 Earthquake and tsunami in Anchorage, Alaska, USA 0.1 8.5/9.2
2/1964-7/27/1964 Sugar workers strike in British Guiana 0.2
2-3/30//1964 Fighting between Ethiopia & Somalia
2/19/1964 French defeat rebels in Gabon
1963-10/29/1964 Indonesia & Malaysia fight
1964-1965 Revolt in Malawi
4/2/1964 Military coup in Brazil
4/6/1964 Maldives revolt from British
4/27-5/19/1964 Pathet Lao breaks truce & fights in Laos
9/28/1964 Mountain tribes rebel in South Vietnam
11/13/1964 Israel & Syria fight
11/25/1964 Riots in Saigon, South Vietnam
1965 Pop:3360M+/-9% Afr:330 Asia:1872 China:698 Ind:656 ME:101 Eur:424 NA:213 LA:249
1/26-2/17//1965 Tamils in south India rebel against Hindi being official language
2/4/1965 Right-wing revolt in Laos defeated
3/4/1965 2,000 Soviet students attack US embassy in Moscow
4/16/1965 Failed coup in Bulgaria
4/25/1965 Successful coup in the Dominican Republic
5/17/1965 Riots in La Paz, Bolivia
1965 Hurricane hits New Orleans, USA. City flooded
5/21/1965 Students riot in Colombia
1965 Typhoon hits Bangladesh 37
7/13/1965 Fighting between Sudanese troops & southern rebel
7/30/1965 Riots in Honduras
8/12/1965 Riots in Watts area of Los Angeles, California 0.035
8/12/1965 Syria & Israel have border skirmishes
9/15/1965 Failed coup in Iraq
9/20/1965 Miners have failed revolt in Bolivia
9/30/1965 30th of September Movement Revolt in Indonesia
10/19/1965 Failed revolt in Burundi
10/22/1965 Anti-French riots in Martinique
10/29/1965 Israel raids two villages in Lebanon
10/31/1965-1967 Communists try to rebel in Indonesia 300
12/19/1965 Revolt again in the Dominican Republic
1965-6/25/75 Mozambique Independence
1965 India & Pakistan fight over the Rann (Bay) of Kutch
1965-1975 Guerrilla fighting in Chad
1965-1975 Angolans revolt against Portuguese 120
4/24/1965 Revolt in Dominican Republic
1/1/1965 Colonel Jean Bedel Bokassa takes over Central African Republic
1/3/1966 Irish & Northern Ireland fishing trawlers fight
1/6-8/1966 Mutinous army units in Dominican Republic
1/16-21/1966 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa killed in Nigerian Coup
2/17/1966 Students riot in Bogota, Colombia
2/23/1966 Violent riots in Indonesia
3/10/1966 Clashes between Hindus & Sikhs in India
3/12/1966 Food riots in West Bengal, India
3/15/1966 Riots in Watts area of Los Angeles, 2 dead 20 injured
4/9/1966 Indian & Pakistani troops fight near the Bay of Cutch
4/26/1966 Mt. Kelud erupts in Java, Indonesia 1
1966-1973 Syphilis N. Amer-Europe est. 1970 11
1966-1973 Influenza N. Amer-Europe est. 1970 97
5/5/1966 Spanish students battle police in Madrid
5/5/1966 Israeli students clash with police in Jerusalem
5/23-25/1966 Failed revolt in Buganda, Uganda
5/28/1966 Ibo & Hausas fight in Nigeria
6/3 or 7/10/1966-1976 Chinese Cultural Revolution 10000
6/7/1966 Students riot in Colon & Panama City, Panama
6/7/1966 Riots in East Pakistan (future Bangladesh) for more independence
6/13-15/1966 Riots in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
7/15/1966 Riots in West Side, Chicago
7/29/1966 Successful coup in Nigeria
8/3/1966 Omaha, Atlanta, & Minneapolis have racial violence
8/9/1966 Violent whites try to stop Negro voter registration in Granada, Mississippi
8/19/1966 Earthquake in Varto, Eastern Turkey 2.5 6.9 IX
9/8/12966 Two failed coups in Syria
10/1/1966 Nigerian mutinous troops & civilians attack Ibos
10/22/1966 Laotian air force coup fails
10/30/1966 Failed military coup in Venezuela
11/3/1966 Official state of siege in Guatemala with violence from left & right
11/7/1966 A few people killed in demonstration in New Delhi against killing cows
11/21/1966 Failed coup in Togo
11/28/1966 Successful coup in Burundi against King Ntare V
12/4/1966 8 killed in 3 days of rioting in Macau against police brutality
1966 Arif Abdul Razzak fails in coup in Iraq
Civil War in Aden
1967 Israelis kill 1K Egyptian POWs 1
6/8/1967 Israel attacked the USS Liberty in international waters, wounding 172. 0.034
Laste-1960's-2011 Basque ETA guerillas in Spain .829
1967 Khymer Peasants revolt in Cambodia
1967-1976 45 quakes in Greece and Turkey
8/1967-5/1969 Disease in Guayaquil, Ecuador 0.4
1967 Earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela 0.266
8/31/1968 Earthquake in Dashta Bayaz, NE Iran 12 7.4
1968 Mexico massacres students in Tlatelolco.
1968 Coup in Mali; Traore succeeds Keita
1968-1969 Famine in Biafra, Nigeria after Biafran War
1968 Cambodian tribal uprising
1968 USSR invades Czechoslovakia
7/17/1968 Baaths have successful coup in Iraq
1968-1998 Time of "troubles" in Northern Ireland 3.6
3/2/1-9/1969 @Isle of Damasky USSR & China fight 1,000's 3
1969 Earthquake in Southern tip of Sinai, Egypt 7.1
8/1969 Belfast Protestant & Catholic policemen fight each other
1969-2000 Leftists and righists fight in Colombia 40
1969 Malaysian riots 0.2
7/14/1969 Soccer War between Honduras & El Salvador 4
1970 Pop:3722M+/-6% Afr:375 Asia:2112 China:839 Ind:714 ME:106 Eur:453 NA:226 LA:283
5/1970 Hekla erupts in Iceland
9/1970 Jordanians kill 5K to 10K Palestinians in Jordan 7.5
1970-1975 Khymer Rouge in Cambodia 3000
11/13/1970 Typhoon hits Bangladesh 500
3/28/1970 Earthquake in Gediz, Western Turkey 1.7355 7.3 IX
5/31/1970 Earthquake in Off Coast of Chimbote, Peru 7 230 7.7
1970's 300K Ethiopians fight Somalis in Ogadan Desert
1/1971-7/1979 Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda 280
3/1971-9/1971 Revolt in Sri Lanka
3/26/1971-12/16/1971 War between India & Pakistan
1971 Earthquake in San Fernando, California, USA 0.064
1972 Civil War in Rwanda 5-8
12/23/1972 Earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua 5 6.2
1973-1990 Augusto Pinochet rule Chile. 35K tortured
1973-1994- Nagaland rebels fight India
3/1973-1975 Kurds rebel in Iraq
4/1972-5/1973 Burundian Tutsi massacre Hutu (180-210) 195
5/1972 Revolt against French in Madagascar
1972-1982 Measles in the world 1982 15000
1972-1973 Drought and famine in Senegal
1973-1974 Famine in Mali 100
1973-1974 Famine in Ethiopia 200
2/6/1973 Earthquake in Luhuo, Suchang China 5 7.9
10/6/1973 Yom Kippur War
1974-1978 Cancer N. Amer-Europe est. 1976 6181
1974 Hurricane hits Honduras, H. Fifi 4
7/15-22/1974 Civil strife in Cyprus
1974 Haile Salassie overthrown in Ethiopia
Mar 22, 1974-1978 Red Terror Campaign (=Qay shibir) in Ethiopia
10-7501974-1981 Saharan War with Morocco
1974-1990- Timorese Civil War in Indonesia (90K-100K-200K) 145
1974-1978 Syphilis N. Amer-Europe est. 1976 4
1974-1978 Influenza N. Amer-Europe est. 1976 127
1974-1985 11-year war of independence against Portugal in Guinea-Bissau
12/28/1974 Earthquake in Pakistan 5.2 6.3
1975 Pop:4122M+/-9% Afr:427 Asia:2364 China:921 Ind:800 ME:126 Eur:470 NA:238 LA:321
1975-1983 Lebanese Civil Wars 100-300
War between Libya & Chad
1975-5/1991-2000 Civil War in Angola MPLA vs. UNITA 350-500
- 3/1978 Civil War in Zimbabwe 6
9/6/1975 Earthquake in Lice, Turkey 2.3485 6.7 VIII
1975 Earthquake in Liaoning, China <10 7.3
1975 Drought and famine in Somalia >30
1976 Bloody coup in Thailand
1976 Military Coup in Argentina 5
2/4/1976 Earthquake in Guatemala 22.8 1.4 7.5
5/6/1976 Earthquake in NE Italy 0.946 6.5
6/26/1976 Earthquake in Irian Jaya, New Guinea 0.443 7.1
1976 16 priests and 1,000's of Catholics murdered in Guatemala
10/1976 Volcano, de Fuego, Guatemala
7/4/1976 Earthquake in north Bali, Indonesia 0.5 5.6
7/28/1976 Earthquake in Tangshan, China (some est. 1.1M) 255-655K 8.1
8/17/1976 Earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines 8 7.8
11/24/1976 Earthquake in Caldiran, Eastern Turkey 3.84 7.5 X
1976 Earthquake in U.S.S.R. 5?
1977-1988 Ethiopians fight Somali rebels
1977-1981 9 quakes in Greece and Turkey
3/4/1977 Earthquake in Bucharest, Romania 1.541 7.5
8/19/1977 Earthquake in Indonesia 0.2 8
11/23/1977 Earthquake in NW Argentina 0.1 8.2
1978 Burundian Tutsi massacre Hutu in Africa 33
@Kahramanmaras buildings burned and 111 Turkish Alevis killed 0.11
1978 Iraqis crack down on Communists in Iraq
1978 Drought and famine in Senegal
9/16/1978 Earthquake in Iran 25 7.7
1979-1999- Civil War in Senegal. Rebels granted amnesty, but still more fighting.
1978-1979 Vietnam invades Cambodia
1978 Cancer U.S. 391
11/18/1978 @Jonestown 911 cultists died in Guyana 0.9
1979-1982 Syphilis N. Amer-Europe est. 1981 2
1979-1982 Influenza N. Amer-Europe est. 1981 30
8/11/1979 Flooding in Morvi India 10
8/1979 Coup in Equatorial Guinea
1979 Colombia, Ecuador Earthquake in 0.6 7.9
9/12/1979 Earthquake in Irian Java, Indonesia 0.1 8.1
12/20/1979-1989 Afghan War between USSR & Afghans 1300
1978-12/16/1979 Iranian Revolution c.200
1979-1982 Cancer N. Amer-Europe est. 1981 3915
1979 Riots in Liberia 0.04
1979 Shiite revolts in East Baghdad slums
1979-3/29/79 Brief war between two Yemens
1/18/1979 Central African Republic rebel soldiers kill students 0.1
1979 @Mecca Wahabi (Sunni) revolt at the Great Mosque
1979/1980 Shiite riots & demonstrations in Saudi Arabia
1980's- Muslims rebel in Mindanao, Philippines
-1992- Civil War in Mozambique
Polisario Unrest in Morocco & Algeria
Falkland Islands War between UK & Argentina
250K China fight 68K Vietnamese 70
1977-1979 Civil War in Nicaragua 30
Kurdish unrest in Iraq
1979 Idi Amin overthrown in Uganda
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini overthrows the Shah of Iran
1979 U.S. President Carter sends senior military personeel to tell reign in the Shah's resistance to Khomeini
1980 Pop:4483M+/-6% Afr:491 Asia:2593 China:1007 Ind:894 ME:141 Eur:480 NA:251 LA:361
1980-2000 Worldwide death from drought (Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2005 p.58) 563.701
1980-2000 Worldwide death from storms (Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2005 p.58) 251.384
1980-2000 Worldwide death from floods (Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2005 p.58) 170.010
1980-2000 Worldwide death from earthquakes (Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2005 p.58) 158.551
1980-2000 Worldwide death from volcanoes (Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2005 p.58) 25.050
1980-2000 Worldwide death from extreme temperature (Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2005 p.58) 19.249
1980-2000 Worldwide death from landslides (Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2005 p.58) 18.200
1980-2006 Avg US 32,300 /year deaths from handguns
4/12/1980 Violent coup in Liberia Samuel K. Doe kills Tolbert
5/18/1980-2004 major, Mt. St. Helens, in Washington State, USA 0.057
8/1980 Hekla erupts in Iceland
10/10/1980 Earthquake in el-Asnam, Algeria 4 7.3/7.5
11/23/1980 Earthquake in Southern Italy 4.8 7.2-10-20B
1972-1992 Civil War in El Salvador under D'Aubuisson (57K vs. 9K) (70-75K) 75
Civil War in Ethiopia
1980-1992- Shining Path Rebels under Abimaal Guzman in Peru $22B 27-30
1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War 1M Iranians 550K Iraqis 1550
1980-1990 Iraqis kill 100K kurds and raze 4.5K villages (Dal. Morn. News 2/21/0)3 100K
AIDS San Francisco to 6/90 5.7
1980-1990 12M/yr kids die by Vaccinable diseases according to 120000
1980-1991 870K/yr Bangladesh children 1/3 diarrhea
1981- U.S. president Ronald Reagan helps set up contras in Nicargua.
7/11/1981 Earthquake in central Iran 6.8
37/28/1981 Earthquake in Kerman, Iran 7.3
1.51981 Failed Shiite coup in Bahrain
1981-1/6/90 AIDS World (Cases, not deaths) [263.051]
1982-1992- Sikhs fight in India 1992 2.3
1982 At the Sabra and Shatila camps just outside of Beirut, Maronite Phalangists kill 800 Palestinian refugees
3/1982-8/1983 In Guatemala massacres against guerilla land under Efrain Rios Montt, dictator
1982 Yemen 3 500
1982 Mexico 1.7
12/13/1982 Earthquake in Yemen
310/30/1983 Earthquake in Erzincan, eastern Turkey 1.3/1.4 7.1
1983-1986 Influenza N. Amer-Europe est. 1985 32
1983-1986 Syphilis N. Amer-Europe est. 1985 0.73
1983-2003- Civil War in Sudan 3,000
1983-1995- Sri Lanka Civil War (1993-1995 16K) 34
1983-1986 Cancer N. Amer-Europe est. 1985 5332
10/1983 USA invades Grenada
1984 Severe famine in Ethiopia
1984-1992- Kurdistan Workers Party revolt in SE Turkey; 140Kvs.10K 30-40
1985 Pop:4899M+/-9% Afr:566 Asia:2831 China:1063 Ind:1003 ME:160 Eur:492 NA:263 LA:405
1985-2004 600 disasters according to Emering Infectious Diseases 4/2006
3-4/1985 Cholera Somalia 0.761
9/19/1985 Earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico 6-9-12 8.1
11/13/1985 Armero / Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia. Lahars killed 23K, including 3/4 of the town of Armero 23
4/17/1986 USA bombs Libya
4/25/1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster
8/24/1986 Volcanic eruption in Northwest Cameroun 1.7
10/10/1986 Earthquake in El Salvador. 7.5 1.5
US Invasion of Panama
Unrest in Philippines (10K Communist guerrillas)
Drug War in Colombia
1987 Cancer N. Amer - Europe est. 1481
1987 Iranians fight in Mecca, Saudi Arabia 0.4
1987-1993 Palestinians fight Isralies, mostly Palestinians die. 1.5
1987 Influenza N. Amer - Europe est. 2
3/5/1987 Earthquake in Ecuador 7.0 1
12/1987 Intifada in the Israeli occupied territories
1988 Peace in Nicaragua
1988 11-month Civil war in Guinea-Bissau
1988 Ethiopia and Kenya fight over their border.
1988 Cancer N. Amer - Europe est. 1499
1988 Influenza N. Amer - Europe est. 6.24
1988-3/16/19 Azerbajani/Armenian Unrest In USSR 1
Revolution in Romania
1988 Burmese junta seizes power 1,000's 3
1988 French & Kanaks fight in New Caledonia
3/16/1988 Iraqis kill 5K Kurdish civilians with chemical weapons 5
1988-1994- Bodo rebels in Assam terrorize non-Bodo 1
12/7/1988 Earthquake in Spitak, NW Armenia, Russia 25 130K injured 2.5% USSR GDP 6.8/6.9 14.2-20.5B (World Vision Magazine April-May 1989 p.20)
1989 Pop:5203M+/-9% Afr:647 Asia:3013 China:1096 Ind:1095 ME:190 Eur:497 NA:271 LA:458
1989-2003 Liberian Civil War 250
1989 solar storm causes blackouts in Quebec
1989 Colorectal cancer USA 57
1989 Prostate cancer USA 26
1989 Breast Cancer USA 40
1989 Ovarian cancer USA 12
1989 Melanoma skin cancer USA 6
1989 Flu & pneumonia USA 70
10/17 5:04 pm 1989 Earthquake in Loma Prieta (San Francisco), California USA 0.067 3.575 injured $5.9-12B 7.1
2/1989 Soldiers shoot rioters in Venezuela after transport fares increased
3/1989 Riots in Tibet suppressed 100 wounded 0.012
1989 Fighting between Senegalese & Mauritanians
-1989-1994- Muslim guerrillas fight in Kashmir 16
11/9/1989 Berlin wall falls
1990 Pop:5293M+/-9% Afr:653 Asia:3043 China:1106 Ind:1099 ME:203 Eur:500 NA:273 LA:461
1990 Prostate cancer USA 36
12/89-11/90 Civil War in Liberia 150
South African Unrest (1990 0.6K) >0.6
12/16/1989-1990 Freedom for Romania >0.3
In Trinidad, Jamaat al Muslimeen Muslim group tries to rebel 0.024
-1991 New Khymer Civil War
1990 Malaria World 110M new cases/yr 1500
1990 AIDS USA 9K Texas 47
20th Century Lassa fever virus Africa
1990 Heart Disease USA 730
1990- Famine in Sudan and Ethiopia
6/21 12:31 am 1990 Earthquake in Zanjan, NW Iran 35-40 dam burst, villages buried 7.5/7.7
7/16/1990 Earthquake in Luzon, Philippines 0.5-2.0 7.7 1K injured, U.S. mil. helps
8/2/1990-1991 First Persian Gulf War (147 U.S. battlefield deaths [Defense Dept.])
1/16/1991-2/28/91 Persian Gulf War 700K vs. 550 K (50-100k killed) 75
10/1990-7/92 Massacres in Rwanda 500
1990- Severe persecution in Sudan by Muslims
Unrest in Burma
2/1/1991 Earthquake in Pakistan/Afghanistan 0.07 10K homeless 7.2
-9/30/91 AIDS 195,718 sick USA 126.159
1991 Eritrean and Ethiopian rebels free Eritrea.
4/21/1991 Earthquake in Limon, Costa Rica 0.07 10K homeless 7.2
6/3/1991 Mt. Fugendake erupts in Japan 0.041
1991 Hugo Chavez leads failed coup in Venezuela. He is imprisoned.
1991 Flooding in China
6/15/1991 Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo on Luzon Island in The Philippines. now 500 ft shorter .338
10/20/1991 Earthquake in Almora, Uttar Pradesh, India NE of New Delhi 0.341-1.6`6 6.1/7.1
1991-1992 Measles outbreak in the Philippines after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo
11/1991- Civil War in Somalia 30
1991 Russian crackdown in Lithuania
1991 Iraqi crackdown on Kurds
1991- Kurd & Shiite unrest in Iraq
1991 @Al Hillah, Iraq graves of 3K Saddam had killed during Shi'ite uprising 3
7/1991-7/1992- South Ossetians vs. Georgians 0.7 1.5K wounded
c.5/5/1991 Typhoon hits Bangladesh 138
6/25/1991-1/3/1992 Serbian-Croatian War 10
1991 Troops on shooting spree in Zaire
1/3/1992-1/1994 Bosnian War up to 200 Combined two 1.8/2.2M homeless
3/1992-7/1992- Trans-Dniester fighting 0.6
3/14/1992 Earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey 0.8 180K homeless
3/16/1992 Earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey 6
1992-2000 Fighting in the Casamance region of Senegal
10/12/1992 Earthquake in 20 miles southwest of Cairo, Egypt 0.37 3.3 injured 5.9
12/1992 Earthquake in Maumere, Indonesia 1.5 80% bldgs 7.5
3/1992-1994- Islamic Fundamentalist terrorists in Egypt .7K injured 0.385
1992- Famine in Somalia 6000
c.1992 Fighting in Togo
c.1992 Taureg rebel in Niger & Mali
Spr/1992-1994- After the government canceled electiin Islamists were expected to win, terrorists in Algeria govt says 26,536 killed, 21k injured 74,80-100
1992 Qatar & Bahrain dispute
1992 Yemen & Saudi Arabia
1992 Iran & U.A.E. fight over Abu Mura
6/1992-8/22/1994 Bosnian government troops defeat Muslim renegade Fikret Abdic
10/1/1992 Saudis overrun Qatari post 0.002
10/1992 Abkhazia wants to secede from Georgia 0.2
10/6/1992 Iraqi & Turkish Kurds fight each other
12/6/1992 Hindus & Muslims fight in India 4.6 wounded 1.21
12/12/1992 Earthquake in Indonesia 02.2K
12/13/1992 Muslims kill Filipino villagers 0.040
12/13/1992 Topossa & Dongira kill Turkana in Kenya 0.089
12/21/92 Troops on shooting spree in Zaire
12/21/1992 Soldiers fight in Afghanistan 10
1/30/1993- Unrest in Togo
6/12/1993 Riots in Lagos, Nigeria after military refuses to honor vote 0.2
7/13/1993 Earthquake in 50m W. of Hokkaido, Japan .038+.1 7.8
8/8/1993 Earthquake in Guam 0 71 injuries 8.1
7/1993 Demonstration in Nigeria 0.1
9/30/1993 Earthquake in India 6.4 <22
10/1993-8/1994- NE Indian Bodo people kill Muslim settlers 0.08
1993-11/1994- Revolt in Angola 80
10/8/1993 Russian Parliament building stormed 0.142
12/20/1993- Zapatista Revolt in Southern Mexico
1/1/1994-12/31/1994 Shiite-Sunni violence in Pakistan 0.8
1/17/1994 4:30 am Northridge earthquake 20 m NW Los Angeles USA 6.7 Scale
2/1994-2/1494- Fighting in Ghana 0.2
1994 Mt. Merapi volcano erupts in Indonesia 0.06
2/20/1994 Continued terrorism in Nicaragua
2/20/1994 Palestinian infighting in the Gaza strip
4/20/1994 Fighting in Natal, South Africa 0.15
c.1994 Mass Bosnian Muslim grave found 7
4/20/1994 Civil War in United Yemen 1K wounded 0.8
-1994- Khmer Rouge still fighting Cambodian government
1994 Earthquake on the Kuril Islands, Russia, Hokkaido, Japan#9;$11.7B
6/6/1994 Earthquake in SW Colombia 1
7/1994 Burmese army raids Mon village of Halockhani houses burned 0
7/1994- Terrorists try to derail Mideast peace process
8/19/1994 Earthquake in NW Algeria 0.15 286 injuries 9K homeless aftershock 5.1
1994 Earthquake in Northridge (Los Angeles), California USA 20-40B
11/3/1994- Revolt in Malakand, Province, Pakistan 0.005
11/6/1994 Iran launches missile attack against Mujahedeen
12/10/1994 Farah Aidid & Alili Mahdi Mohamed fight in Mogadishu, Somalia 0.015
12/11/1994 Russian troops invade Chechen 1.3K Russian 20K Chech. 21.3
1/17/1995 Earthquake in Kobe and West Japan 5.5-6.5 7.2 $131B
5/28/1995 Earthquake in Sakhalin Islan, east Russia 7.5 2
1995 Ecuador-Peru border dispute 0.023
6/2005 Chechen rebel Shamil Basayev takes 1,000 taken hostage, 100 kill in a hospital in Budyonnovsk southern Russia 0.1
1995 Caste fighting in India 0.032
-1995-2006- Mainland China persecutes Christians
-1995-2006- Mainland China persecutes Fa Lun Gong
1996 Russian swithdraw from Chechnya
1996 Meningitis in Nigeria affects 100K. Pfizer did a Trovan study to combat it. > 12K
2/28/1997 Earthquake in northwest Iran 6.1 > 1K
5/10/1997 Earthquake in eastern Iran 7.1 > <1.56K
1997 Civil in Republic of Congo >10K
1997-1998 Ethiopia and Eritrean over their undefined border.
2/4/1998 Earthquake in Afghanistan 6.1 > 4.5K
5/8/1998 Earthquake in Takhar province, Afghanistan > 3K
1998-2000 Muslims and Christians fight in the Maluku Islands in Indonesia 2.5
1998-2000 Revolts in Indonesia in Aceh and Irian Jaya
1998-2003 Civil War in the Congo (Zaire). Laurent Kabila overthrows Joseph Kabila. 3M died, mainly hunger and disease. 1.7M died in the eastern part
1999 War in Kosovo between Albanians and Serbs. Massive bombing in 1999 > 1.2K
1/25/1999 Earthquake in Colombia 6.2 > 1.2K
8/17/1999 Earthquake in Turkey 7.4 13K $6.5-12B
9/21/1999 Earthquake in Taiwan, caused semiconductor shortages. 7.6 $9.2-14B
1999-2001- Thousands of people killed in the Moluccas in Indonesia 5-8 $9.2-14B
11/1999 Earthquake in Turkey $10B
2000 Pop:6146M+/-13% Afr:877 Asia:3561 China:1284 Ind:1296 ME:258 Eur:512 NA:298 LA:550
1901-2000 One billion people died from smoking-related illnesses 1,000,000
9/28/2000 Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and the Intifada starts
1/26/2001 Earthquake in Gujarat, India 7.9 <10K
2/18/2001 Dayaks in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) kill Madurese settlers 2
9/11/2001 Airplane bombing of the World Trade Center, as well as the Pentagon
2001-2004- Clashes in Plateau province, Nigeria 1
Dec 2001 Ebola plague in central Africa
10/2002- Revolt in the Ivory Coast hundreds dead
10/2002 Fighting in Medellin, Colombia 0.025
10/14/2002 Muslim fundamentalists set off bomb in nightclub in Bali. 300 injured 0.188
2002-10/18-2002 Tension between Pakistan and India over Kashmir 0
2003 @BAM, India 6.6 earthquake 26
Mar 2004 Pakistani troops fight in south Waziristan 0.075
29 Mar 2004 Attempted coup in Kinshasa Congo (very small number killed)
Chechen rebel Shamil Bayasev directed Beslan school siege with 331 victims killed .331
deaths, wouneded, and kidnapped by terrorists. (10% were Americans)#&9;9.321
2004 Earthquake in Niigata, Japan $28B
2004-2011- Muslims insurgents in South Thailand kill 3,500 including 115 teachers and burnin down 200 schools.#&9;3.5
2004-2011 @Australia drought
8/2004 Hamas suicide bombers of two buses in Beersheba. 100 wounded 0.016
9/29/2004 Hamas rocket attack form Gaza kills 2 preschool children 0.002
26 Dec 2004 Earthquake just west of Sumatra, Indonesia moves Malay Peninsula by 9 ft and sends tsunami. 170K killed in Aceh 230K
1/13/2005 Hamas attacks the Karni Crossing between the Gaza strip and Israel, killing 6 civilians 0.006
2005 SARS in China. A few cases in Canada
2005 Earthquake under Lake Tanganyika in Africa. Felt 600 miles away in Nairobi Kenya
8 Oct 2005 Earthquake in Pakitan, India 7.6
2005 Earthquake in Kashmir in Pakistan and India 73K Pakistan
Aound 2005-2012- Iraq War. Cost $ trillion, 100K Iraqis killed, 4.481K US killed, 32.226K US wounded 104
Around 2005-2009- Shi'ite Houthi tribe revolt in Yemen
2005 Hurricane Wilma hits east Texas up to Tyler, Texas, USA
2005 Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, USA. Dikes break and city flooded
2005-2006 14K people per year die in the U.S. from drug-resistant infections 14
2006 Avian/Bird flu in China, Vietnam, Turkey
Apr 2006 Mumps outbreak in the USA
15 Apr 2006 Failed rebel attack on Chad.
27 May 2006 Earthquake in Bantul, Indonesia. 6.3/6.4 Mag, 20K homeless. 20 miles south of Mt. Merapi 5.862
6 Jun 2006 Mt. Merapi volcano erupts in Indonesia 0
2 Dec 2006 Typhoon Durien kills more than 300 in the Philippines 0.3
1967-2007 almost 1,400 Indians killed in Naxalite conflict in just 2007. 1.4
2008 66K new cases per year of 30 types of non-hodgkins lymphoma cancer. 332K Americans currently have it. 19
28 May 2008 @Sichuan, China 7.9 Magnitude earthquake 70-90
4 Sep 2008 7.0 Earthquake off of Padang, Indonesia displaces 25K people. 0.075
2009-2013- @northern Nigeria, Boko Haram kill 3,000 3
13 Jan 2010 7.0 Earthquake in Haiti
28 Feb 2010 Earthquake in Constitucion, Chile 0.08 8.8
2010 Blood cancer deaths in the United states (according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 53.24
2010 U.S. drones kill up to 2,100 mainly militants in North Waziristan, Pakistan 2.1
2010 Mt. Merapi volcanin in central Java 0.350
19 May 2011 5.9 Earthquake in western Turkey. 0.12K injured 0.002
18 Sep 2011 6.9 Earthquake in Indonesia
23 Oct 2011 7.2 Earthquake in Turkey
5 Nov 2011 5.6 earthquake in Spark, Oklahoma
2011 Boko Haram group kills over 500 in Nigeria 0.5
1/21/2011 Boko Haram group kills over 162 in Kano, Nigeria 0.162
Mar 2011 to Apr 2013 civil war in Syria. Tool according tot he UN Human rights. 92.901
2011 Women in Pakistan known to be killed in honor killings (Source http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/05/pakistan-parents-killed-d_0_n_2078365.html 11/6/2012) 0.943
2/9/2012 Guibulnjan volcano reupts in the Philippines
11 Apr 2012 8.6 earthquake in western India
14 Apr 2013 7.7 Earthquake in Ya'an, Sichuan, China 0.189
20 Apr 2013 @Lushang County, Sichuan, China 6.6 Mag earthquake 0.156
24 May 2013 8.2 Earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk
2013 Boko Haram group kills many in Nigeria and west Africa. 2.2
1/1/2013-12/31/2014 People murdered in New York City (Huff. Post 7/7/2014) 0.350
1/1/2013-12/31/2014 People murdered in Chicago, Illinois (Huff. Post 7/7/2014) 0.415
14 Feb 2014 6.1 earthquake in Verapuz, el Salvador 0.260
2013 Houthis (a group of Zaydite Muslims) on north Yemen want to secede
1/1/2014-7/7/2014 1.1K people shot in Chicago, Illinois (Huff. Post 7/7/2014)
2014 ISIS kills many in Iraq and Syria 6.073
2014 Boko Haram group kills many in Nigeria and west Africa. 6.664
5 May 2015 7.5 earthquake in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
2018 $117B USD to fight terrorism 0
1/1/2014-12/31/2014 13K terrorist attacks, half of which were in Afghanistan and Pakistan (U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper March 2015) 31
1/1-11/4/2021 Islamic militants overrun villages in Niger in West Africa. 0.632
2025 Pop:8197M+/-20% Afr:1643 Asia:4486 China:1492 Ind:1683 ME:402 Eur:526 NA:347 LA:787
Total known died from war 13,548M
Possible Years of Peace Since 1790 BCE
| 1789-1777 BCE | 13 |
| 1759-1751 BCE | 9 |
| 1748-1702 BCE | 47 |
| 1699-1651 BCE | 49 |
| 1649-1641 BCE | 9 |
| 1639-1601 BCE | 38 |
| 999-952 BCE | 48 |
| 949-927 BCE | 23 |
| 925-919 BCE | 7 |
| 917-912 BCE | 6 |
| 893-890 BCE | 4 |
| 885 BCE | 1 |
| 868-867 BCE | 2 |
| 864-861 BCE | 4 |
| 637-634 BCE | 4 |
| 629-628 BCE | 2 |
| 618-617 BCE | 2 |
| 602 BCE | 1 |
| 592 BCE | 1 |
| 590 BCE | 1 |
| 586 BCE | 1 |
| 573-571 BCE | 3 |
| 569 BCE | 1 |
| 566-561 BCE | 6 |
| 544 BCE | 1 |
| 542-541 BCE | 2 |
| 538-536 BCE | 3 |
| 532 BCE | 1 |
| 530-529 BCE | 2 |
| 527-526 BCE | 2 |
| 523 BCE | 1 |
| 520 BCE | 1 |
| 518-514 BCE | 5 |
| 117-116 BCE | 2 |
| 98-97 BCE | 2 |
| 95 BCE | 1 |
| TOTAL | 306 |
| 91 CE | 1 |
| 93 CE | 1 |
| 95-100 CE | 6 |
| 103-104 CE | 2 |
| 109-112 CE | 3 |
| 118-122 CE | 5 |
| 124-131 CE | 8 |
| 136-138 CE | 3 |
| 140-141 CE | 2 |
| 143-146 CE | 7 |
| TOTAL | 36 |
There were 182 possible years of peace in the last 3,600 years. Since 800 B.C. it is 80 possible years.
In 1968 Will and Ariel Durant estimated that only 268 out of 3,421 years have been free from war.
by Steven M. Morrison, PhD.