World History Important Days, Dates, Years & Events - 1
Year(AD) | Days |
29 | Crucifxation of Jesus Christ. |
43 | Roman conquest of Britain. |
570 | Birth of prophet Muhammad at Mecca. |
622 | Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (hijira), Beginning of Hijira Era (Muhammadan calendar) on July 15. |
800 | Charlemagne crowned Roman Emperor at St. Peter’s. |
871 | Accession of Alfred the Great to the thrones of Britain. |
901 | Death of King Alfred the Great. |
1066 | Battle of Hastings; Norman invasion of England. William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandly, defeated the English king Harold II at Hastings. |
1215 | Magna Carta or the Great Charter signed by King John II at Runnymede in England on June 15. |
1280 | Gunpowder invented by Roger Bacon. |
1338 | The Hundred Years War broke out; it lasted upto 1453. |
1431 | Joan of Arc, a brave French peasant girl, obtained victory over the English at Orleans. She was burnt alive at the stakes. |
1443 | The Black death i.e., plague broke out in England. |
1453 | The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks compelled the Greek scholars to flee to Italy and other West European countries, where they spread the knowledge of Greek philosophy and literature. This was the beginning of Renaissance in Europe. |
1486 | Bartholomew Diaz rounded the cope of Good Hope. |
1492 | Columbus sailed on his first expedition to the West Indies which later led to the discovery of America (The New World). |
1498 | Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese, discovered the sea route to India via the Cape of Good Hope |
1571 | Beginning of reformation |
1529 – 36 | Reformation in England under Henry VIII. |
1564 | Birth of Shakespeare |
1571 | Battle of Lapanto; Turks defeated by the Christian League. |
1577 | Drake, the famous English Admiral; started his voyage round the world for the first time and phindered Spanish ships and ports in South America. |
1588 | Admiral Drake defeated the Spanish ‘Armada’; England became the ‘Mistress of the Seas’. |
1600 | Establishment of the British East India Company in India (31st December). |
1605 | Gunpowder plot in England to blow up the English parliament |
1616 | Shakespeare passes away |
1649 | Trial and execution of Charles I, beginning of Commonwealth |
1649 – 60 | The Commonwealth and the Protectorate in England. |
1660 | Restoration of monarchy in England. |
1665 | The great plague in London |
1679 | Habeas Corpus Act. |
1688 | The Glorious or Bloodless Revolution in England. Despotic rule of the Stuarts ended, and the Parliament rule began. Establishment of parliamentary supremacy and abolition of the Divine Rights of Kings. |
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