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Alexander the Great becomes king of Macedon
Source image by Unknown author Unknown author.
Charlemagne is crowned emperor
Source image by Charlemagne. Autorité émettrice de monnaie indéterminé. Atelier monétaire. Émetteur.
Magna Carta is sealed at Runnymede
Source image by Original authors were the barons and King John of England . Uploaded by Earthsound ..
Martin Luther circulates the Ninety-five Theses
Source image by Lucas Cranach the Elder.
The Spanish Armada campaign takes place
Source image by Robert Adams, Augustine Ryther.
The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted
Source image by John Trumbull.
The American Civil War begins
Source image by Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives.
The German Empire is proclaimed
Source image by Deutsches_Reich1.png : kgberger derivative work: Wiggy! ( talk ).
The Russian Revolution overturns the imperial government
Source image by unknown; photo retake by George Shuklin.
The United Nations is founded
Source image by See File history below for details. Denelson83 , Zscout370 ve Madden.
The Soviet Union formally dissolves
Source image by Special:Contributions/Saul ip . Derivative work by Σ ( talk ).
Earth forms
Source image by Woudloper Derivative work: Hardwigg Simon Villeneuve (French translation).
Eukaryotic cells appear in the fossil record
Source image by Respectively: Claire Fackler, CINMS, NOAA, User:Wiedehopf20 , Frank Fox, Patrick De Wever, CDC/ Dr. Stan Erlandsen, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Naveed A. Khan and Julia Walochnik, Koeh-034.jpg: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Urmas Tartes.
Cambrian diversification begins
Source image by Scotese, Christopher R.; Vérard, Christian; Burgener, Landon; Elling, Reece P.; Kocsis, Ádám T..
The first dinosaurs appear
Source image by No machine-readable author provided. Eamezaga assumed (based on copyright claims)..
Non-avian dinosaurs go extinct
Source image by The original uploader was Fredrik at English Wikipedia ..
Homo sapiens appears
Source image by Homo-Stammbaum, Version Stringer.jpg : Chris Stringer derivative work: Conquistador.
Early agriculture develops in Southwest Asia
Source image by Painter of the burial chamber of Sennedjem.
Copernicus publishes De revolutionibus
Source image by derivative work of Johannes Petreius 1543 edition of File:Nicolai_Copernici_torinensis_De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium.djvu.
Newton publishes the Principia
Source image by The original uploader was Zhaladshar at English Wikisource ..
Henri Becquerel discovers spontaneous radioactivity
Source image by Paul Nadar / Adam Cuerden.
Einstein publishes special relativity
Source image by Lucien Chavan [ 1 ] (1868 - 1942), a friend of Einstein's when he was living in Berne..
Alexander Fleming observes penicillin’s antibacterial effect
Source image by Science Museum London / Science and Society Picture Library.
Double-helix structure of DNA is published
Source image by 84user adapting file originally uploaded by Richard Wheeler ( Zephyris ) at en.wikipedia.
Human Genome Project draft sequence announced
Source image by U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome Project.
CRISPR-Cas9 demonstrated as a programmable gene-editing tool
Source image by Deposition authors: Nishimasu, H., Ishitani, R., Nureki, O.; Visualization author: Synpath.
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Gutenberg’s movable-type printing system is operating in Mainz
Source image by International Printing Museum.
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Newcomen’s atmospheric steam engine enters practical use
Source image by Andy Dingley (scanner).
Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
Source image by The Committee of The Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Alexander Graham Bell receives a US telephone patent
Source image by Unknown author Unknown author.
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Edison demonstrates a practical incandescent lighting system
Source image by KMJ , alpha masking by Edokter.
Karl Benz patents the Benz Patent-Motorwagen
Source image by Supplied by Benz to William Worby Beaumont and used in his book Motor Vehicles and Motors (1900).
The World Wide Web is proposed at CERN
Source image by Original: Hell Pé Vector: Bibi Saint-Pol.
Linus Torvalds announces a new free operating-system kernel project
Source image by Krd (photo) Von Sprat (crop/extraction).
Halley correctly predicts the return window of the comet later named for him
Source image by NASA/W. Liller.
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space
Source image by Александр Моклецов / СовИнформБюро.
Voyager 1 launches
Source image by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
First confirmed exoplanet around a Sun-like star is announced
Source image by ESO/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org).
First long-duration crew arrives at the International Space Station
Source image by NASA.
Dante completes the Divine Comedy
Source image by Domenico di Michelino / After Alesso Baldovinetti.
Shakespeare’s Hamlet is written around this time
Source image by J. Gurney & Son, N.Y..
Mozart dies while working on the Requiem
Source image by Wikimedia Commons contributors.
Niépce creates the earliest surviving camera photograph
Source image by Nicéphore Niépce.
Lumière brothers hold a famous paid public film screening
Source image by Unknown author Unknown author.
Star Wars is released
Source image by File by User:KAMiKAZOW , original logo by Suzy Rice.
The Simpsons premieres as a half-hour series
Source image by 20th Television Animation.
The Fellowship of the Ring film is released
Source image by Jeff Hitchcock ( photos · photo sets ).
The Beatles release Please Please Me
Source image by Dezo Hoffmann, Distributed by Capitol Records.
Queen releases Bohemian Rhapsody
Source image by Koh Hasebe; Distributed by Elektra Records.
Michael Jackson releases Thriller
Source image by Matthew Rolston; Distributed by Epic Records.
Wikipedia launches
Source image by Wikipedia users; see history of Main Page at Wikipedia:Main Page history.
Magellan-Elcano expedition begins first circumnavigation
Source image by Magellan_Elcano_Circumnavigation-fr.svg : Sémhur derivative work: Uxbona ( talk ).
James Cook maps Australia’s east coast for Britain
Source image by Nathaniel Dance-Holland.
Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Source image by Photograph by user:Jonathan Bowen.
Maradona scores the “Hand of God” goal
Source image by Eduardo Forte Or Ricardo Alfieri Jr Or Gerardo Horovitz Or Marcelo Figueras.
Dead Sea Scrolls begin to be discovered
Source image by Photograph: the Israel Antiquities Authority 1993; photographer not named..
Ray Tomlinson sends an early network email using @ addressing
Source image by Andreu Veà, WiWiW.org.
Facebook announces acquisition of Instagram
Source image by Instagram / Wikimedia Foundation.
First image of a black hole shadow is released
Source image by Event Horizon Telescope , uploader cropped and converted TIF to JPG.
The Treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian Empire
Source image by Anonymous Unknown author.
Bartolomeu Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope
Source image by Bartolomeu_Dias,_South_Africa_House.JPG : RedCoat ( en:User:RedCoat10 ) derivative work: Biser Todorov ( talk ).
Balboa reaches the Pacific from the Americas
Source image by Anonymous ( Spain ) Unknown author after a 18th-century engraving.
Jacques Cartier explores the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Source image by Théophile Hamel / After François Nicholas Riss.
La Salle claims the Mississippi basin for France
Source image by Charles André Waltner (1846-1925).
Vitus Bering sails through the Bering Strait
Source image by Институт Археологии РАН (Institute of Archaeology in Russian Academy of Sciences ).
The first untethered crewed balloon flight takes off
Source image by Unidentified painter.
The voyage of HMS Beagle begins
Source image by Conrad Martens (1801 - 21 August 1878).
Louis Blériot flies across the English Channel
Source image by Unknown author Unknown author.
Lindbergh completes a solo nonstop Atlantic flight
Source image by Ad Meskens , zie ook: vliegtuigen.
Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Atlantic
Source image by Underwood & Underwood (active 1880 – c. 1950) [1].
Climbers make the first ascent of K2
Source image by Uncredited but provided to Conefrey by Centro Documentazione Museo Nationale della Montagna ..
The wreck of Titanic is located
Source image by Courtesy of NOAA/Institute for Exploration/University of Rhode Island (NOAA/IFE/URI)..
Peter the Great founds Saint Petersburg
Source image by Florstein ( Telegram: WikiPhoto.Space ).
The Boston Tea Party takes place
Source image by Original uploader was Cornischong at lb.wikipedia.
The United States Constitution is signed
Source image by Constitutional Convention of 1787.
The Paris Commune takes power
Source image by https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/barricade-de-la-chaussee-menilmontant-18-mars-1871.
The Russo-Japanese War begins
Source image by Original uploader and author was Dustandshadow at en.wikipedia.
The Treaty of Versailles is signed
Source image by David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clemenceau.
Early photosynthesis evolves
Source image by Williams B, Johnston I, Covshoff S, Hibberd J.
The earliest insects appear
Source image by Evolution insect mouthparts coloured.png : Xavier Vázquez derivative work: Siga.
The earliest known snakes appear
Source image by Jeffrey A. Wilson, Dhananjay M. Mohabey, Shanan E. Peters, Jason J. Head.
Tycho Brahe observes a new supernova
Source image by NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Warren & J.Hughes et al..
The moons of Mars are discovered
Source image by NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona.
TIROS-1 becomes the first successful weather satellite
Source image by Wikimedia Commons contributor.
Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk
Source image by This image or video was catalogued by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: S74-20824 ..
Salyut 1 becomes the first space station
Source image by Salyut_program_insignia.jpg : derivative work: AmishSexy ( talk ).
New Horizons flies past Pluto
Source image by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) , Applied Physics Laboratory.
Vesalius publishes De humani corporis fabrica
Source image by Wikimedia Commons contributor.
William Harvey publishes his account of blood circulation
Source image by Harvey, William (1578-1657). Auteur du texte.
Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction
Source image by Federal Aviation Administration.
Maxwell publishes a theory of electromagnetism
Source image by Gravure of engraving by Stodart based on photograph by Fergus..
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Robert Koch identifies the tuberculosis bacillus
Source image by Unknown author Unknown author.
Heinrich Hertz demonstrates radio waves
Source image by Robert Krewaldt, Kaiserplatz 16, Bonn.
Hubble publishes evidence for cosmic expansion
Source image by w:en:User:ScienceApologist.
Chicago Pile-1 achieves a self-sustaining reaction
Source image by Melvin A. Miller of the Argonne National Laboratory.
CERN announces observation of the Higgs boson
Source image by CERN for the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations.
The Jacquard loom enters use
Source image by Michel Marie Carquillat (tisseur) d'après Claude Bonnefond.
Morse sends a long-distance telegraph message
Source image by Wikimedia Commons contributor.
Henry Bessemer patents his steelmaking process
Source image by Wikimedia Commons contributor.
Nikolaus Otto develops a practical four-stroke engine
Source image by UtzOnBike (3D-model & animation: Autodesk Inventor).
Thomas Edison demonstrates the phonograph
Source image by Levin C. Handy (per http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.04326 ).
The Home Insurance Building opens in Chicago
Source image by Chicago Architectural Photographing Company.
Tesla demonstrates high-frequency alternating current
Source image by Photographer: Dickenson V. Alley Restored by Lošmi.
Willis Carrier designs modern air conditioning
Source image by 100th Anniversary Press Kit - Carrier Corp.
Ford introduces the moving assembly line
Source image by Unknown author Unknown author.
ENIAC is publicly unveiled
Source image by The original uploader was TexasDex at English Wikipedia ..
Dolly becomes the first cloned adult mammal
Source image by Toni Barros from São Paulo, Brasil.
Symbolics.com becomes the first registered dot-com
Source image by Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island.
eBay begins as AuctionWeb
Source image by Lippincott Studio/Adrian Frutiger (typeface)..
Valve launches Steam
Source image by DemonDays64 , modification of Valve Corporation file.
Dalí paints The Persistence of Memory
Source image by Roger Higgins, World Telegram staff photographer.
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony premieres
Source image by User Boris Fernbacher on de.wikipedia.
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake premieres
Source image by Atelier E. Bieber, Hamburg (probably by Leonard Berlin (1841-1931)).
Elvis Presley first appears on The Ed Sullivan Show
Source image by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ6-2067 Location: NYWTS -- BIOG.
Bob Dylan goes electric at Newport
Source image by Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe.
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis premieres
Source image by Boris Konstantinovitch Bilinsky (1900–1948).
The first Academy Awards ceremony is held
Source image by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Akira Kurosawa releases Rashomon
Source image by Courtesy of Daiei, (c) 1950. The author of this picture is Daiei Motion Picture Company (Daiei Kabushiki-gaisha). (Today as Kadokawa Herald Pictures, Inc.)..
Alfred Hitchcock releases Psycho
Source image by Designed by Macario Gómez Quibus . "© Shamley Productions, Inc.".
Dr. No launches the James Bond film series
Source image by Кинокомпания «United Artists».
Twin Peaks premieres on television
Source image by Pacific Title and Art Studio (original) / nclm (re-creation).
Toy Story becomes the first fully computer-animated feature
Source image by Edo-biscuit.
Parasite wins the Academy Award for Best Picture
Source image by Kinocine PARKJEAHWAN4wiki.
The first official international football match is played
Source image by Unknown author Unknown author.
The first modern World Series is played
Source image by From en.wikipedia ; description page is (was) here.
The league that becomes the NBA is founded
Source image by New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer.
The first Formula One World Championship season begins
Source image by Unknown author Unknown author.
Dick Fosbury wins Olympic gold with the Fosbury Flop
Source image by Unknown author Unknown author.
Title IX becomes law in the United States
Source image by unknown (Congressional Portrait File, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-122137).
Nadia Comăneci scores the first Olympic perfect 10
Source image by Unknown (agerpres archives).
Tiger Woods wins his first Masters Tournament
Source image by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess.
Serena Williams wins her first major singles title
Source image by Fergal Carr from New York, United States.
Karl Mauch visits Great Zimbabwe
Source image by Andrew Moore from Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Staffordshire Hoard is discovered
Source image by David Rowan, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
The remains of Richard III are found
Source image by Richard Buckley, Mathew Morris, Jo Appleby, Turi King, Deirdre O'Sullivan, Lin Foxhall.
Mozart’s Don Giovanni premieres in Prague
Source image by Possibly Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni.
Emily Dickinson’s first poetry collection is published
Source image by Unknown photographer.
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