0144 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Rome defeats Carthage/ The Phoenician empire after a 3 year siege of Carthage killing 450,000, enslaving 50,000 131000
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Romans developed aqueducts
0144 BC-12-01 00:00:00 By 144 BC the Roman had developed an extensive aqueduct system to bring water to Rome. The Romans had developed hydraulic cement which did not dissolve in water, and this allowed them[…]
Ceasar Augustus made Emperor of Rome.
0027 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Ceasar Augustus prints coins during his reign with “Son of God” inscribed on them. 133000
The era of Jesus
0004 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Enter story info here 134000
Welcome to The Open Timeline
Take a voyage through time from the big bang to the present. Explore, search, comment, and even submit your own events. Register at Big History U to take part in writing history and earn points[…]
The sinking of the Lusitania
5/1/15 0:00 The Lusitania carried a healthy complement of American passengers when she departed New York for Liverpool on May 1, 1915, despite a published warning from the German authorities that appeared in U.S. newspapers[…]
Germany invades Luxembourg
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
6/28/14 0:00 heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, who was killed in Sarajevo along with his wife Duchess Sophie by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip. 223010
Boxer Rebellion – China
6/20/00 0:00 In 1900, the Boxer movement spread to the Beijing area, where the Boxers killed Chinese Christians and Christian missionaries and destroyed churches and railroad stations and other property. On June 20, 1900, the[…]
The Berlin wall falls
11/9/89 0:00 The Berlin Wall stood until November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. That night, ecstatic[…]