War: c. 8000 BCE - 2011
...The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 Edwardian era 1900s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1902 1902 Joseph Conrad publishes a collection of stories including Heart of Darkness , a sinister tale based partly on his own journey up the Congo ‘Heart of Darkness’ The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 Edwardian era 1900s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Great Britain - from...
Communism: 1800 - 1991
...Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1867 1867 The first volume of Das Kapital is completed by Marx in London and is published in Hamburg Kapital, Das The Oxford Companion to the Book 1 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English German literature Politics Protest and rebellion Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Germany Britain 1887 1887 Lenin's elder brother Alexander, while still a student, is executed for his part in a plot to assassinate the tsar,...
Persecution and repression: 213 BCE - 2011
...America United States 1876 1876 William Gladstone's pamphlet Bulgarian Horrors , protesting at massacre by the Turks, sells 200,000 copies within a month Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English Turks Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles British prime ministers - from 1830 Europe Rulers and politicians Britain 1881 1881 The first pogroms, or officially sanctioned attacks on Jews and...
Protest and rebellion: c. 650 BCE - 2011
...1790 1790 Anglo-Irish politician Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France , a blistering attack on recent events across the Channel Burke, Edmund (1729–97) World Encyclopedia 1 18th century French Revolution Britain 1750-1900 Literature French literature English literature Literature in English Politics Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Ireland Wars and Revolutions Britain 1791 1791 Wolfe Tone is one of the founders in Belfast of the Society of United Irishmen United Irishmen, Society of Brewer's Dictionary of Irish...
Conquest and colonization: c. 1520 BCE - 2005
...empire European empires from 1415 Europe Empires North America United States 1616 1616 John Smith publishes A Description of New England , an account of his exploration of the region in 1614 Smith, John (1580–1631) World Encyclopedia 1 17th century Literature American literature English literature Literature in English Politics Exploration British Isles American Indians British colonial America British empire European empires from 1415 Europe Society Empires Britain North America United States 1619 1619 Jan Pieterszoon Coen destroys the town of Jakarta, on...
British prime ministers - from 1830: 1830 - 2010
...and politicians Britain 1876 1876 William Gladstone's pamphlet Bulgarian Horrors , protesting at massacre by the Turks, sells 200,000 copies within a month Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English Persecution and repression Turks Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Rulers and politicians Britain 1876 1876 India becomes the 'jewel in the crown' of Queen Victoria when Benjamin...
Politics: c. 3100 BCE - 2011
...work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain 1792 1792 Thomas Paine moves hurriedly to France, to escape a charge of treason in England for opinions expressed in his Rights of Man Rights of Man, The A Dictionary of British History 1 rev 18th century French Revolution Britain 1750-1900 Literature French literature English literature Literature in English Protest and rebellion Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe...
Rulers and politicians: 1066 - 2011
...prime ministers - from 1830 Europe Britain 1866 1866 Walt Whitman laments the assassinated President Lincoln in his poem 'O Captain! My Captain!', published in Sequel to Drum-Taps O Captain! My Captain! The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 19th century Literature American literature Literature in English Poetry US presidents North America United States 1866 1866 Russell's government falls, and Lord Derby returns for the third time, but again briefly, as Britain's prime minister Derby, Edward Stanley, 14th earl of (1799–1869) A Dictionary...
Democracy and dissent: 508 BCE - 2011
...North America United States 1835 1835 Alexis de Tocqueville publishes in French the first two volumes of his extremely influential study Democracy in America Tocqueville, Alexis, Comte de (1805–59) A Dictionary of World History 2 19th century Literature American literature French literature Literature in English Politics Europe France North America United States c. 1837 1837 The Whig party in Britain begin referring to themselves as Liberals Whigs World Encyclopedia 1 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Politics Great Britain - from 1707...
Dynasties and royalty: c. 3100 BCE - 2011
...Caesar’) The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 3 1st century BCE Politics Europe Italy 44 BCE 44 BCE Octavian, an 18-year-old student in Apollonia, hears that he has been named by his uncle, Julius Caesar, as his successor and heir Augustus (63 bc – ad 14) World Encyclopedia 1 1st century BCE Politics Europe Greece Italy 37 BCE 37 BCE Herod, appointed king of Judaea by the senate in Rome, establishes his rule over Palestine Herod ( c. 73 bc –4 bc ) The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 3 1st century BCE Politics Judaism Asia West Asia...
Terrorism and assassination: 133 BCE - 2011
...dramatized by Verdi Gustavus III A Dictionary of Opera Characters 2 18th century Politics Europe Sweden 1792 1792 During four September days, thugs are encouraged to massacre some 1400 aristocrats and priests held in Paris prisons Septembermorde The Oxford Companion to German Literature 3 18th century French Revolution Politics Europe France Wars and Revolutions 1793 1793 25-year-old Charlotte Corday gains access to prominent republican Jean-Paul Marat and stabs him in his bath 18th century French Revolution Politics Europe France Wars and Revolutions 1793...
US presidents: 1775 - 2011
...and Revolutions North America United States 1866 1866 Walt Whitman laments the assassinated President Lincoln in his poem 'O Captain! My Captain!', published in Sequel to Drum-Taps O Captain! My Captain! The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 19th century Literature American literature Literature in English Poetry Rulers and politicians North America United States 1867 1867 Secretary of state William Seward negotiates a price of $7.2 million for the purchase of Alaska from Russia, in a deal that some consider 'Seward's Folly' Seward's Folly A...
Weapons: c. 15,000 years ago - 2007
...the standard firing mechanism for muskets flintlock noun Oxford Dictionary of English 3 17th century Europe France 1688 1688 Sébastien de Vauban's socket bayonet is introduced in the French army Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre, seigneur de (1633–1707) The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French 1 17th century Europe France 1807 1807 A Scottish clergyman, Alexander Forsyth, invents the percussion cap to help in his pursuit of wildfowl percussion cap noun Oxford Dictionary of English 3 19th century Britain 1750-1900 Technology Inventions and discoveries Great...
Battles: 1469 BCE - 1954
...Cimbri The Oxford Classical Dictionary 3 rev 2nd century BCE Migration Europe Italy Society 82 BCE 82 BCE Sulla takes Rome for the second time, after a battle at the Colline Gate, and then publishes his lethal 'proscriptions' proscriptions The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 3 1st century BCE Protest and rebellion War Rome Europe Italy 53 BCE 53 BCE Crasssus is killed at Carrhae, in Turkey, when the Parthians defeat his army, largely thanks to their brilliance as mounted archers Crassus, Marcus Licinius The Concise Oxford Dictionary of...
