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...
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...
