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American civil war

American civil war: 1860 - 1866  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
Lincoln becomes the Republican presidential candidate, benefiting from a Democratic party split on the issue of slavery
American Revolution

American Revolution: 1754 - 1789  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
Benjamin Franklin's chopped-up snake, urging union of the colonies with the caption 'Join or Die', is the first American political cartoon
American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War: 1775 - 1783  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
General Gage sends a detachment of British troops to seize weapons held by American Patriots at Concord
Cold war

Cold war: 1944 - 1990  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
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History, Military History
November - Tito and his partisans, with Soviet assistance, liberate Belgrade
Crimean War

Crimean War: 1768 - 1856  

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Timeline
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2012
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History, Military History
A border incident at Balta, in the southern Ukraine, sparks a war between Russia and Turkey that will last six years
Crusades

Crusades: 1095 - 1303  

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Timeline
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2012
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History, Military History
Pope Urban II preaches the first crusade, urging the Christians of Europe to march east to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims
English Civil War

English Civil War: 1625 - 1661  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
The English parliament attempts to clip the wings of the new king, Charles I, by placing an annual limit on his power to raise taxes
First World War

First World War: c. 1895 - 1921  

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Timeline
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2012
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History, Military History
General Alfred von Schlieffen devises plans for a potential two-pronged attack against France and Russia in a swift war
French and Indian War

French and Indian War: 1749 - 1763  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
A French official travels down the Ohio valley, placing markers to claim it for France
French Revolution

French Revolution: 1785 - 1799  

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2012
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History, Military History
The French queen Marie Antoinette is wrongly implicated in a scandal involving a diamond necklace
French Revolutionary Wars

French Revolutionary Wars: 1791 - 1802  

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Timeline
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History, Military History
Louis XVI and his family attempt to flee from Paris to the border but are captured at Varennes
Greco-Persian Wars

Greco-Persian Wars: c. 545 BCE - 448 BCE  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
Cyrus annexes the Greek territory of Ionia as part of his empire, giving Persia a presence on the Aegean
Hundred Years' War

Hundred Years' War: 1328 - 1475  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
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History, Military History
When Charles IV dies, for the first time in more than 400 years of the Capetian dynasty there is no son or brother to inherit the French crown
Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars: 1799 - 1815  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
Napoleon contrives a military coup that ends the Directory and gives him sweeping powers as First Consul
Peloponnesian Wars

Peloponnesian Wars: 460 BCE - 404 BCE  

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Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
Simmering hostilities between the allies of Sparta and Athens develop into endemic conflict among the Greek city states of the Peloponnese
Punic Wars

Punic Wars: 264 BCE - 146 BCE  

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Timeline
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2012
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History, Military History
A clash in Sicily, between Rome and Carthage, leads to the First Punic War
Second World War

Second World War: 1933 - 1955  

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Timeline
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2012
Subject:
History, Military History
President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler chancellor of the German republic
Wars and Revolutions

Wars and Revolutions: c. 545 BCE - 1866  

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Timeline
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2012
Subject:
History, Military History
Cyrus annexes the Greek territory of Ionia as part of his empire, giving Persia a presence on the Aegean
Wars since 1900

Wars since 1900: c. 1895 - 1990  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
General Alfred von Schlieffen devises plans for a potential two-pronged attack against France and Russia in a swift war

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