Wars
editAntiquity
edit- The Greco-Persian Wars (492–448 BC)
- The Battle of Thermopylae (11 August 480 BC)
- The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC)
- The Sicilian Expedition (415–413 BC)
- The Macedonian Wars
- The First Macedonian War (214 – 205 BC)
- The Second Macedonian War (200 – 196 BC)
- The Roman-Syrian War (or, The Seleucid War) (192 – 188 BC)
- The Third Macedonian War (172 – 168 BC)
- The Fourth Macedonian War (150 – 148 BC)
- The Punic Wars
- The First Punic War (264 – 241 BC)
- The Mercenary War (240 – 238 BC)
- The Second Punic War (or, The War Against Hannibal) (218 – 201 BC)
- The Third Punic War (149 – 146 BC)
The United States
edit- The Boston Massacre (05/03/1770)
- The American Revolutionary War (1775–83)
- The Battle of Princeton (03/01/1777)
- The Battle of Monmouth (28/06/1778)
- The Whiskey Rebellion (1791–94)
- The American Civil War (1861–65)
- New York Draft Riots (July 1863)
Modern
edit- The Korean War (1950–53)
- The Vietnam War (1959–75)
- The Cold War (1947–91)
Revolutions
edit- The Peasants War (1524–25), Germany, Alsace, modern Switzerland & Austria.
- The Glorious Revolution (1688), England.
- The American Revolution (1763–76), Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain (The United States).
- The Boston Massacre (5 March 1770)
- The French Revolution (1789–99), France.
- The Tennis Court Oath (1789)
- The Storming of the Bastille (1789)
- The Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901), China.
- The Russian Revolution of 1905, Russia.
- Bloody Sunday (22 January 1905)
- Battleship Potemkin uprising (1905)
- The Mexican Revolution (1910–20), Mexico.
- The Russian Revolution (1917), Russia.
- The Iranian Revolution (1978), Iran.
21st century
edit- The Orange Revolution (2004), Ukraine
- The Tulip Revolution (2005), Kyrgyzstan.
- The Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 (2010), Kyrgyzstan.
- The Jasmine Revolution (2010–11), Tunisia.
Plagues
editAntiquity & Middle Ages
edit- The Plague of Cyprian (251–270)
- The Plague of Justinian (541–542)
- The Plague of Emmaus (639)
- The Black Death (14th century)
Modern
edit- The Influenza epidemic of 1918
- The AIDS pandemic (1980s – )
Natural Disasters
edit- The Extreme weather events of 535–536
- The Loma Prieta earthquake (17/10/1989)
- The Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (26/12/2004)
- Hurricane Katrina (23–30/08/2005)
- The 2008 Sichuan earthquake (12/05/2008)
- The 2010 Haiti earthquake (12/01/2010)
- The 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami (11/03/2011)
Banking Panics & Economic Depressions
edit- The Panic of 1837
- The Panic of 1907
- The Great Depression (1929–42)
- The late-2000s recession (2007– )