8th century BCExternal Timeline A graphical timeline is available atTimeline of the Roman Kingdom752 BC: Latins move into Italy753 BC: Traditional date for the founding of Rome by Romulus, Romulus kil ...
November 2: Executive Directory takes on executive power.1796March 9: Marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte and Joséphine de BeauharnaisMay 10: Battle of Lodi (Napoleon in Italy)June 4: Beginning of the Sie ...
September 20:National Convention. French Army stops advance of Coalition troops at Valmy.September 21: Abolition of royalty and proclamation of the First French Republic.September 22: First day of the ...
October 1: Legislative Assembly meets - many young, inexperienced, radical deputies.November 9 All émigrés are ordered by the Assembly to return under threat of deathNovember 11 Louis vetoes the rul ...
May 5: Meeting of the Estates-General - voting to be by Estate, not by headMay 28: The Third Estate (Tiers Etat) begins to meet on its own, calling themselves "communes" (commons)June 4: The Dauphin o ...
Events preceding but pertinent to the French RevolutionThe Enlightenment, which led to many European writers criticising the Monarchy and espousing democratic, liberalist, nationalist and socialist id ...
1914Dates Events June 28 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, who is killed in Sarajevo along with his wife, Duchess Sophie. DetailsJuly 5 Aus ...
Several instances of evacuations (including both emergency evacuations and forced migrations) occurred during and after World War II.This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expandin ...
This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II. Because of length it is subdivided into pages by year, as well as events preceding the war:Timeline of events preceding Wor ...
1957–1960Date Significance USSR Mission US MissionAugust 21, 1957 First intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) R-7 Semyorka October 4, 1957 First artificial satelliteFirst signals from space Spu ...
1940s1945February 8: The Yalta Conference occurs, deciding the post-war status of Germany. The Allies of World War II (the USA, the USSR, Great Britain and France) divide Germany into four occupation ...
