All events, in chronological order
377 events · 15 threads · 200 BC – AD 1999
2nd century BC
- Zarubintsy culturec. 200 BC – c. 200 · Eastern Europe
1st century
- Battle of the Teutoburg ForestSeptember 9 · Western and Central Europe
- Death of Augustus19 August 14 · Western and Central Europe
- Roman–Bosporan War45–49 · Eastern Europe
- Boudica’s revoltbetween 60 and 61 · Western and Central Europe
- Roman conquest of Britain43 – between 83 and 84 · Western and Central Europe
- Great Fire of Rome19 July 64 – c. 27 July 64 · Western and Central Europe
- Siege of JerusalemApril 70 – 8 September 70 · Middle East and Egypt
- Eruption of Vesuviusbetween 24 August and 1 November 79 · Western and Central Europe
- Inauguration of the Colosseum80 · Western and Central Europe
2nd century
- Trajan’s Dacian Wars101–106 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Trajan’s Parthian campaign114–117 · Middle East and Egypt
- Hadrian’s Wall122 – c. 128 · Western and Central Europe
- Ptolemy’s Almagestc. 150 · Middle East and Egypt
- Antonine Plague165–180 · Western and Central Europe
- Marcomannic Wars166–180 · Western and Central Europe
- The Goths settle in Oiumc. 180 – c. 230 · Eastern Europe
- Kyiv culturec. 200 – between 400 and 430 · Eastern Europe
3rd century
- Constitutio Antoniniana212 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Abritusbetween June and August 251 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Crisis of the Third CenturyMarch 235 – 20 November 284 · Western and Central Europe
- Aurelian Walls271–275 · Western and Central Europe
- Establishment of the Tetrarchy1 March 293 · Western and Central Europe
- Chernyakhov culturebetween 200 and 250 – between 400 and 430 · Eastern Europe
4th century
- Great Persecution24 February 303 – 313 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of the Milvian Bridge28 October 312 · Western and Central Europe
- Edict of MilanFebruary 313 · Western and Central Europe
- First Council of Nicaeabetween May and June 325 – between July and August 325 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Founding of Constantinople11 May 330 · Balkans and Anatolia
- The Huns conquer the Alans and the Greuthungic. 370 – 376 · Eastern Europe
- Vinitharius’ war with the Antes of Bozbetween 375 and 380 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Adrianople9 August 378 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Gothic War (376–382)376 – 3 October 382 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Edict of Thessalonica27 February 380 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Division of the Roman Empire17 January 395 · Western and Central Europe
- End of Roman rule in Britain383–410 · Western and Central Europe
5th century
- Crossing of the Rhine31 December 406 · Western and Central Europe
- Sack of Rome by the Visigoths24–27 August 410 · Western and Central Europe
- Vandal conquest of Roman AfricaMay 429 – 442 · Africa
- Battle of the Catalaunian Plains20 June 451 · Western and Central Europe
- Council of Chalcedon8 October – 1 November 451 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Vandal sack of Rome2–16 June 455 · Western and Central Europe
- Deposition of Romulus Augustulus4 September 476 · Western and Central Europe
- Theodoric takes Ravenna490 – 5 March 493 · Western and Central Europe
- Early Slavic cultures: Prague-Korchak, Penkovka and Kolochinc. 450 – c. 700 · Eastern Europe
6th century
- Baptism of Clovisbetween 496 and 508 · Western and Central Europe
- Benedict of Nursia founds Monte Cassinobetween 529 and 530 · Western and Central Europe
- Corpus Juris Civilis7 April 529 – 16 November 534 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Vandalic WarJune 533 – March 534 · Africa
- Construction of Hagia Sophia23 February 532 – 27 December 537 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Gothic War (535–554)535–554 · Western and Central Europe
- Plague of Justinian541–549 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Jordanes and Procopius describe the Sclaveni and the Antesbetween 550 and 554 · Balkans and Anatolia
- The Avars ravage the lands of the Antesbetween 560 and 562 · Eastern Europe
- The Avars settle in the Carpathian Basinbetween 567 and 568 · Western and Central Europe
- Lombard invasion of Italy2 April 568 – 572 · Western and Central Europe
- Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons597 · Western and Central Europe
- Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv: the legendary founding of Kyivbetween 500 and 700 · Eastern Europe
7th century
- Avar campaign against the Antes602 · Eastern Europe
- Avar–Persian siege of Constantinople29 June – 7 August 626 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Rise of the Khazar Khaganatebetween 630 and 650 – c. 670 · Eastern Europe
- First Arab siege of Constantinople674–678 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Founding of the First Bulgarian Empirebetween 680 and 681 · Balkans and Anatolia
8th century
- Umayyad conquest of Hispania711–718 · Western and Central Europe
- Second Arab siege of Constantinoplebetween 15 July and 15 August 717 – 15 August 718 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of Covadongabetween 718 and 722 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Tours10 October 732 · Western and Central Europe
- Founding of Ladoga753 · Eastern Europe
- Donation of PepinApril 754 – 756 · Western and Central Europe
- Siege of Pavia and fall of the Lombard kingdomSeptember 773 – June 774 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Roncevaux Pass15 August 778 · Western and Central Europe
- Byzantine Iconoclasmbetween 726 and 730 – 11 March 843 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Second Council of Nicaea24 September – 23 October 787 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Saxon Wars772–804 · Western and Central Europe
- Viking raid on Lindisfarne8 June 793 · Western and Central Europe
- Coronation of Charlemagne25 December 800 · Western and Central Europe
- The Khazar rulers adopt Judaismbetween 740 and 861 · Eastern Europe
9th century
- Construction of Sarkelbetween 833 and 841 · Eastern Europe
- The “Rhos” at the court of Louis the Pious18 May 839 · Western and Central Europe
- Treaty of VerdunAugust 843 · Western and Central Europe
- Rus’ attack on Constantinople18 June – 4 August 860 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Calling of the Varangians862 · Eastern Europe
- First Christianization of the Rus’between 860 and 867 · Eastern Europe
- Christianization of Bulgaria864 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Great Heathen Army in England865–878 · Western and Central Europe
- Askold and Dir rule in Kyiv862–882 · Eastern Europe
- Mission of Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia863 – 6 April 885 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of EdingtonMay 878 · Western and Central Europe
- Oleg takes Kyiv882 · Eastern Europe
- Viking siege of Parisbetween 24 November and 25 November 885 – October 886 · Western and Central Europe
- Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basinbetween 894 and 895 – 907 · Western and Central Europe
- Golden Age of Bulgaria under Simeon I893 – 27 May 927 · Balkans and Anatolia
10th century
- Oleg’s campaign against Constantinople907 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Founding of Cluny Abbeybetween 909 and 910 · Western and Central Europe
- Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte911 · Western and Central Europe
- Rus’–Byzantine Treaty of 9112 September 911 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Great Rus’ raid on the Caspianbetween 913 and 914 · Middle East and Egypt
- The Pechenegs first come to the Rus’ land915 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Achelous20 August 917 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Ibn Fadlan’s embassy to the Volga Bulgars21 June 921 – 12 May 922 · Eastern Europe
- Abd al-Rahman III proclaims the Caliphate of Córdoba16 January 929 · Western and Central Europe
- First Althing at Þingvellir930 · Western and Central Europe
- Igor’s campaigns against Byzantium11 June 941 – 944 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Gnezdovo inscriptionbetween 925 and 960 · Eastern Europe
- Rus’–Byzantine Treaty of 944between 944 and 945 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Drevlian uprising and death of Igor945 · Eastern Europe
- Olga’s revenge on the Drevlians945–946 · Eastern Europe
- Constantine VII describes the Rus’ route to Constantinoplebetween 948 and 952 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Lechfeld10–12 August 955 · Western and Central Europe
- Olga’s visit to Constantinople and her baptism9 September – 18 October 957 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Imperial coronation of Otto I2 February 962 · Western and Central Europe
- Baptism of Poland14 April 966 · Western and Central Europe
- Sviatoslav’s campaign against the Khazars964 – between 968 and 969 · Eastern Europe
- Pecheneg siege of Kyiv968 · Eastern Europe
- Sviatoslav’s invasion of Bulgariabetween 967 and 968 – July 971 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Siege of Dorostolon23 April 971 – July 971 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Death of Sviatoslav at the Dnieper rapids972 · Eastern Europe
- Feud of the Sviatoslavichi977 – between 978 and 980 · Eastern Europe
- Vladimir’s pagan pantheonbetween 978 and 980 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of the Gates of Trajan17 August 986 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Vladimir’s choice of faith986–987 · Eastern Europe
- Hugh Capet becomes King of the FranksMay 987 – 3 July 987 · Western and Central Europe
- Baptism of Rus’988 · Eastern Europe
- Vladimir’s siege of Chersonesus (Korsun)between 988 and 989 · Eastern Europe
- Building of the Church of the Tithes989–996 · Eastern Europe
- Christianization of Icelandbetween 999 and 1000 · Western and Central Europe
- Leif Erikson reaches Vinlandc. 1000 · North America
- Coronation of Stephen I of Hungarybetween 25 December 1000 and 1 January 1001 · Western and Central Europe
- The first Rus’ coinsbetween 988 and 1000 – 1015 · Eastern Europe
12th century
- Construction of Angkor Thom and the Bayon1181 – c. 1218 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Founding of Cusco in Inca traditionc. 1200 · Latin America
- Rock-hewn churches of Lalibelac. 1181 – c. 1221 · Africa
13th century
- Sack of Constantinople12–13 April 1204 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of Adrianople14 April 1205 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Kurultai of 12061206 · Central and Northern Asia
- Founding of the Delhi Sultanate1206 · South Asia
- Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa16 July 1212 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Bouvines27 July 1214 · Western and Central Europe
- Fall of Zhongdubetween April and June 1215 · East Asia
- Magna Carta15 June 1215 · Western and Central Europe
- Fourth Council of the Lateran11–30 November 1215 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Lipitsabetween 21 April and 22 April 1216 · Eastern Europe
- Albigensian Crusade1209–1229 · Western and Central Europe
- Siege of BukharaFebruary 1220 · Central and Northern Asia
- Siege of SamarkandMarch 1220 · Central and Northern Asia
- Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire1219–1221 · Central and Northern Asia
- Battle of the Indusbetween 24 November and 9 December 1221 · South Asia
- Battle of the Kalka River31 May 1223 · Eastern Europe
- Death of Genghis Khanbetween 18 August and 25 August 1227 · East Asia
- Treaty of Jaffa18 February 1229 · Middle East and Egypt
- Karakorum becomes the Mongol capital1235 · Central and Northern Asia
- Battle of Kirinac. 1235 · Africa
- Siege of Ryazan16–21 December 1237 · Eastern Europe
- Siege of Vladimir3 February – between 7 February and 8 February 1238 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of the Sit Riverbetween 25 February and 4 March 1238 · Eastern Europe
- Siege of KozelskMarch–May 1238 · Eastern Europe
- Reign of Razia Sultan in DelhiNovember 1236 – April 1240 · South Asia
- Mongol invasion of Europe1236–1242 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of the Neva15 July 1240 · Eastern Europe
- Siege of Kyiv5 September – between 19 November and 6 December 1240 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Legnica9 April 1241 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Mohi11 April 1241 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle on the Ice5 April 1242 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Köse Dağbetween 26 June and 3 July 1243 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Yaroslav II receives a yarlyk from Batu1243 · Eastern Europe
- Death of Yaroslav II in Karakorum30 September 1246 · Central and Northern Asia
- Battle of al-Mansurah8–11 February 1250 · Middle East and Egypt
- Mamluks seize power in Egypt2 May 1250 · Middle East and Egypt
- Seventh Crusade1248–1254 · Middle East and Egypt
- Alexander Nevsky becomes Grand Prince of Vladimir1252 · Eastern Europe
- Coronation of Daniel of Galicia1253 · Eastern Europe
- Eruption of Samalasbetween May and October 1257 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Siege of Baghdad29 January – 10 February 1258 · Middle East and Egypt
- Mongol census of Rus’1257–1259 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Ain Jalut3 September 1260 · Middle East and Egypt
- Reconquest of Constantinople25 July 1261 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Death of Alexander Nevsky14 November 1263 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Wesenberg18 February 1268 · Eastern Europe
- “Summa Theologica” by Thomas Aquinas1265–1274 · Western and Central Europe
- Yekuno Amlak founds the Solomonic dynasty1270 · Africa
- Proclamation of the Yuan dynasty1271 · East Asia
- Formation of the Principality of Moscowbetween 1263 and 1283 · Eastern Europe
- First Mongol invasion of JapanNovember 1274 · East Asia
- Battle of Yamen19 March 1279 · East Asia
- Second Mongol invasion of JapanJune–August 1281 · East Asia
- Sicilian Vespers30 March 1282 · Western and Central Europe
- Travels of Marco Polo1271–1295 · East Asia
- Great Drought and the Ancestral Puebloan departure from Mesa Verde1276–1299 · North America
- Fall of Acre18 May 1291 · Middle East and Egypt
- Mongol invasion of Javabetween December 1292 and January 1293 – August 1293 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Founding of Majapahit10 November 1293 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Death of Kublai Khan18 February 1294 · East Asia
- Alauddin Khalji becomes Sultan of Delhi21 October 1296 · South Asia
14th century
- Battle of Aljubarrota14 August 1385 · Western and Central Europe
- Treaty of Windsor9 May 1386 · Western and Central Europe
15th century
- Portuguese conquest of Ceuta21 August 1415 · Africa
- Discovery and settlement of Madeirabetween 1418 and 1419 – 1425 · Africa
- Construction of Machu Picchubetween 1420 and 1450 · Latin America
- Tumu Crisis1 September 1449 · East Asia
- Fall of Constantinople29 May 1453 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of Castillon17 July 1453 · Western and Central Europe
- Gutenberg Biblebetween 1454 and 1455 · Western and Central Europe
- Reign of Pachacuti — birth of the Inca Empire1438–1471 · Latin America
- Siege of Belgrade (1456)4–22 July 1456 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Accession of Ivan III27 March 1462 · Eastern Europe
- Founding of the Kazakh Khanatebetween 1465 and 1471 · Central and Northern Asia
- Sonni Ali takes Timbuktubetween 1468 and 1469 · Africa
- Afanasy Nikitin’s Journey Beyond the Three Seasbetween 1466 and 1468 – between 1472 and 1474 · South Asia
- Wars of the Roses22 May 1455 – between 1485 and 1487 · Western and Central Europe
- Đại Việt crushes Champa: the fall of VijayaNovember 1470 – March 1471 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Ōnin War1467–1477 · East Asia
- Marriage of Ivan III and Sophia Palaiologina12 November 1472 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Otlukbeli11 August 1473 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Construction of the Kremlin’s Dormition Cathedral1475 – August 1479 · Eastern Europe
- Muscovite–Novgorodian War (1477–1478)9 October 1477 – 15 January 1478 · Eastern Europe
- Great Stand on the Ugra River8 October – 11 November 1480 · Eastern Europe
- Founding of São Jorge da Mina (Elmina)January 1482 · Africa
- Muscovite campaign across the Urals against Pelym and Yugra9 May – 1 October 1483 · Central and Northern Asia
- Battle of Bosworth Field22 August 1485 · Western and Central Europe
- Dedication of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan1487 · Latin America
- Voyage of Bartolomeu Dias around the southern tip of Africabetween July and August 1487 – December 1488 · Africa
- Construction of the Moscow Kremlin walls and towers1485–1495 · Eastern Europe
- Fall of Granada2 January 1492 · Western and Central Europe
- Columbus’s landfall on San Salvador12 October 1492 · Latin America
- First voyage of Christopher Columbus3 August 1492 – 15 March 1493 · Western and Central Europe
- Treaty of Tordesillas7 June 1494 · Western and Central Europe
- Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supperc. 1495 – 1498 · Western and Central Europe
- Askia Muhammad’s pilgrimage to Meccabetween 1495 and 1497 – between 1497 and 1498 · Africa
- Expulsion and forced conversion of the Jews of Portugal5 December 1496 – October 1497 · Western and Central Europe
- John Cabot’s voyage to North AmericaMay 1497 – 6 August 1497 · North America
- Sudebnik of 1497September 1497 · Eastern Europe
- Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut20 May 1498 · South Asia
- Vasco da Gama’s first voyage to India8 July 1497 – between August and September 1499 · Western and Central Europe
- Discovery of Brazil by Cabral’s expedition22 April 1500 · Latin America
- Battle of Vedrosha14 July 1500 · Eastern Europe
- Voyages of the Corte-Real brothers to Newfoundland1500–1502 · North America
- Shaybani Khan destroys the Timurid Empire1500 – 27 May 1507 · Central and Northern Asia
16th century
- Ismail I proclaimed shah in Tabriz1501 · Middle East and Egypt
- Waldseemüller mapApril 1507 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Diu3 February 1509 · South Asia
- Annexation of Pskov by Moscow13 January 1510 · Eastern Europe
- Portuguese conquest of Goa25 November 1510 · South Asia
- Portuguese conquest of Hormuz25 September 1507 – 1 April 1515 · Middle East and Egypt
- Capture of Malacca25 July – between 10 August and 24 August 1511 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Balboa reaches the Pacific Ocean25–29 September 1513 · Latin America
- Capture of Smolensk (1514)between 30 July and 1 August 1514 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Chaldiran23 August 1514 · Middle East and Egypt
- Battle of Orsha8 September 1514 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Ridaniya22 January 1517 · Middle East and Egypt
- Ninety-five Theses31 October 1517 · Western and Central Europe
- Election of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor28 June 1519 · Western and Central Europe
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec EmpireFebruary 1519 – 13 August 1521 · Latin America
- Accession of Suleiman the Magnificent30 September 1520 · Balkans and Anatolia
- First circumnavigation of the globe10 August 1519 – 8 September 1522 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Mactan27 April 1521 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Fall of Tenochtitlan13 August 1521 · Latin America
- First Battle of Panipat21 April 1526 · South Asia
- Letters of Afonso I of Kongo on the slave trade1526 · Africa
- Battle of Mohács29 August 1526 · Western and Central Europe
- Sack of Rome (1527)6 May 1527 · Western and Central Europe
- Siege of Vienna (1529)27 September – 15 October 1529 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Cajamarca16 November 1532 · Latin America
- Capture of Baghdad by Suleiman Ibetween November and December 1534 · Middle East and Egypt
- Jacques Cartier’s second voyage — up the Saint Lawrence River19 May 1535 – 16 July 1536 · North America
- Ethiopian–Adal WarMarch 1529 – 21 February 1543 · Africa
- Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War: the beginning of Burma’s unification1534 – May 1541 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Hernando de Soto’s expedition into the interior of North America30 May 1539 – September 1543 · North America
- Publication of Copernicus’s De revolutionibus1543 · Western and Central Europe
- Portuguese on Tanegashima — the first Europeans in Japan1543 · East Asia
- Coronation of Ivan IV as tsar16 January 1547 · Eastern Europe
- Founding of Salvador and the Governorate General of Brazil29 March 1549 · Latin America
- Altan Khan’s raid on Beijing1550 · East Asia
- Capture of Kazan23 August – 2 October 1552 · Eastern Europe
- Annexation of the Astrakhan Khanate26 August 1556 · Eastern Europe
- Portuguese settle in Macau1557 · East Asia
- Garcia de Orta’s Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India10 April 1563 · South Asia
- Publication of The Lusiads1572 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Alcácer Quibir4 August 1578 · Africa
- Cortes of Tomar: Philip II becomes King of PortugalApril 1581 · Western and Central Europe
17th century
- Bento de Góis’s journey from India to Chinabetween October 1602 and February 1603 – 11 April 1607 · Central and Northern Asia
- Dutch capture of Malacca3 August 1640 – 14 January 1641 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Restoration of Portuguese independence1 December 1640 · Western and Central Europe
- Insurrection of Pernambuco: the Dutch expelled from Brazil15 May 1645 – 26 January 1654 · Latin America
- Gold rush in Minas Geraisbetween 1692 and 1698 · Latin America
18th century
- Lisbon earthquake1 November 1755 · Western and Central Europe
- Mutiny on the Bounty28 April 1789 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- First inauguration of George Washington30 April 1789 · North America
- Storming of the Bastille14 July 1789 · Western and Central Europe
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen26 August 1789 · Western and Central Europe
- Billings–Sarychev expedition25 October (5 November) 1785 – March 1794 · Central and Northern Asia
- Syrym Datuly’s uprising1783–1797 · Central and Northern Asia
- Siege of Izmail11 (22) December 1790 · Eastern Europe
- Treaty of Jassy29 December 1791 (9 January 1792) · Balkans and Anatolia
- Execution of Louis XVI21 January 1793 · Western and Central Europe
- Second Partition of Poland12 (23) January 1793 · Eastern Europe
- Adam Laxman’s embassy to Japan13 (24) September 1792 – 8 (19) September 1793 · East Asia
- Macartney Embassy to China14 September 1793 · East Asia
- Siege of Toulon29 August – 19 December 1793 · Western and Central Europe
- Kościuszko Uprising24 March – 16 November 1794 · Western and Central Europe
- Third Partition of Poland13 (24) October 1795 · Eastern Europe
- Abdication of the Qianlong Emperor9 February 1796 · East Asia
- Edward Jenner’s cowpox vaccination14 May 1796 · Western and Central Europe
- Mungo Park’s first expedition to the Niger2 December 1795 – 10 June 1797 · Africa
- Death of Catherine the Great6 (17) November 1796 · Eastern Europe
- Italian campaign of 1796–179710 April 1796 – 17 October 1797 · Western and Central Europe
- Haitian Revolutionbetween 21 August and 22 August 1791 – 1 January 1804 · Latin America
- Battle of the Pyramids21 July 1798 · Middle East and Egypt
- Battle of the Nile1–3 August 1798 · Middle East and Egypt
- Siege and capture of Corfu24 October (4 November) 1798 – 20 February (3 March) 1799 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Fall of Seringapatam and death of Tipu Sultan5 April – 4 May 1799 · South Asia
- Suvorov’s Italian campaign3 (14) April 1799 – 31 August (11 September) 1799 · Western and Central Europe
- Suvorov’s Swiss campaign10 (21) September 1799 – 27 September (8 October) 1799 · Western and Central Europe
- Coup of 18 Brumaire9–10 November 1799 · Western and Central Europe
- White Lotus Rebellionbetween 1794 and 1796 – 1804 · East Asia
- French invasion of Egypt and Syria19 May 1798 – 2 September 1801 · Middle East and Egypt
- Voltaic pile20 March 1800 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Marengo14 June 1800 · Western and Central Europe
19th century
- Assassination of Paul I12 (24) March 1801 · Eastern Europe
- Ranjit Singh proclaimed Maharaja of the Punjab12 April 1801 · South Asia
- Catholic persecution of 1801 in Korea22 February – 10 December 1801 · East Asia
- Gia Long unifies Vietnam and founds the Nguyễn dynasty1 June 1802 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Louisiana Purchase30 April – 20 December 1803 · North America
- Battle of Assaye23 September 1803 · South Asia
- Haitian Declaration of Independence1 January 1804 · Latin America
- Napoleonic Code (French Civil Code)21 March 1804 · Western and Central Europe
- Coronation of Napoleon2 December 1804 · Western and Central Europe
- Rezanov’s embassy to Japan26 September (8 October) 1804 – April 1805 · East Asia
- First Russian circumnavigation26 July (7 August) 1803 – 7 (19) August 1806 · Eastern Europe
- Balmis Expedition30 November 1803 – 14 August 1806 · Latin America
- Premiere of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony7 April 1805 · Western and Central Europe
- Muhammad Ali becomes ruler of EgyptMay 1805 · Middle East and Egypt
- Lewis and Clark Expedition14 May 1804 – 23 September 1806 · North America
- Battle of Trafalgar21 October 1805 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Austerlitz20 November (2 December) 1805 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Blaauwberg and the capture of the Cape Colony8–18 January 1806 · Africa
- Jihad of Usman dan Fodio21 February 1804 – 1808 · Africa
- Battle of Jena–Auerstedt14 October 1806 · Western and Central Europe
- Slave Trade Act 180725 March 1807 · Western and Central Europe
- Treaties of Tilsit25 June (7 July) 1807 · Western and Central Europe
- Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil29 November 1807 – 8 March 1808 · Latin America
- Rum Rebellion26 January 1808 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Finnish War9 (21) February 1808 – 5 (17) September 1809 · Western and Central Europe
- First Serbian Uprising14 February 1804 – 7 October 1813 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of Wagram5–6 July 1809 · Western and Central Europe
- Continental System21 November 1806 – 11 April 1814 · Western and Central Europe
- Cry of Dolores16 September 1810 · Latin America
- Peninsular War2 May 1808 – 17 April 1814 · Western and Central Europe
- British conquest of Java4 August – 18 September 1811 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Treaty of Bucharest16 (28) May 1812 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Founding of Fort RossMarch – 30 August (11 September) 1812 · North America
- Battle of Borodino26 August (7 September) 1812 · Eastern Europe
- Fire of Moscow (1812)2 (14) September 1812 – 6 (18) September 1812 · Eastern Europe
- French invasion of Russia24 June – 14 December 1812 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of the Berezina14 (26) November 1812 – 17 (29) November 1812 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of Leipzig4 (16) October 1813 – 7 (19) October 1813 · Western and Central Europe
- War of 181218 June 1812 – 17 February 1815 · North America
- Treaty of Gulistan12 (24) October 1813 · Middle East and Egypt
- Battle of Paris18 (30) March 1814 – 19 (31) March 1814 · Western and Central Europe
- Napoleon’s abdication and exile to Elba6 April – between 3 May and 4 May 1814 · Western and Central Europe
- Congress of ViennaSeptember 1814 – 9 June 1815 · Western and Central Europe
- Napoleon’s return from Elba26 February – 20 March 1815 · Western and Central Europe
- Eruption of Mount Tambora5–11 April 1815 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Hundred Days20 March – 8 July 1815 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Waterloo18 June 1815 · Western and Central Europe
- Holy Alliance14 (26) September 1815 · Western and Central Europe
- Year Without a Summer1816 · North America
- Liberal Revolution of 182024 August 1820 · Western and Central Europe
- Death of Napoleon on Saint Helena5 May 1821 · Africa
- Independence of Brazil7 September 1822 · Latin America
- British Ultimatum of 189011 January 1890 · Western and Central Europe
20th century
- 5 October 1910 revolution — Portugal becomes a republic5 October 1910 · Western and Central Europe
- Salazar’s Estado Novo: the Constitution of 193319 March 1933 · Western and Central Europe
- Indian annexation of Goa18–19 December 1961 · South Asia
- Portuguese Colonial War4 February 1961 – 25 April 1974 · Africa
- Carnation Revolution25 April 1974 · Western and Central Europe
- Independence of Angola11 November 1975 · Africa
- Handover of Macau to China20 December 1999 · East Asia