| Aug 28, 1749 - Mar 22, 1832 |
(-74.4) - 8.2 |
Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe |
Personalities |
| Dec 17, 1770 - Mar 26, 1827 |
(-53.1) - 3.2 |
Life of Ludwig von Beethoven |
Personalities |
| Jan 20, 1775 - Jun 10, 1836 |
(-49.0) - 12.4 |
Life of André Marie Ampère |
Personalities |
| Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 15, 1865 |
(-14.9) - 41.3 |
Life of Abraham Lincoln |
Personalities |
| Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 19, 1882 |
(-14.9) - 58.3 |
Life of Charles Robert Darwin |
Personalities |
| Feb 7, 1812 - Jun 9, 1870 |
(-11.9) - 46.4 |
Life of Charles John Huffam Dickens |
Personalities |
| Dec 13, 1816 - Dec 6, 1892 |
(-7.1) - 68.9 |
Life of Werner von Siemens |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1817 - Mar 4, 1825 |
(-6.8) - 1.1 |
President of the United States of America: James Monroe |
USA - Presidents |
| Dec 30, 1819 - Sep 20, 1890 |
(-4.0) - 66.7 |
Life of Theodor Fontane |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1825 - Mar 4, 1829 |
1.1 - 5.1 |
President of the United States of America: John Quincy Adams |
USA - Presidents |
| Mar 4, 1829 - Mar 4, 1837 |
5.1 - 13.1 |
President of the United States of America: Andrew Jackson |
USA - Presidents |
| May 27, 1832 - May 30, 1832 |
8.3 - 8.4 |
'Hambacher Fest' |
Germany |
| Dec 15, 1832 - Dec 27, 1923 |
8.9 - 100.0 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
| 1833 |
9.4 |
Establishment of Shell |
Companies |
| Mar 17, 1834 - Mar 6, 1900 |
10.2 - 76.2 |
Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1837 - Mar 4, 1841 |
13.1 - 17.1 |
President of the United States of America: Martin Van Buren |
USA - Presidents |
| 1837 |
13.4 |
Establishment of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) |
Companies |
| 1837 |
13.4 |
Establishment of the Colt's Manufacturing Company |
Companies |
| Oct 31, 1837 |
13.8 |
Establishment of Procter & Gamble |
Companies |
| Jul 8, 1838 - Mar 8, 1917 |
14.5 - 93.2 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
| 1839 - 1842 |
15.4 - 18.4 |
First Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Mar 4, 1841 - Apr 4, 1841 |
17.1 - 17.2 |
President of the United States of America: William Henry Harrison |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 4, 1841 - Mar 4, 1845 |
17.2 - 21.1 |
President of the United States of America: John Tyler |
USA - Presidents |
| Dec 11, 1843 - May 27, 1910 |
19.9 - 86.4 |
Life of Robert Koch |
Personalities |
| Nov 25, 1844 - Apr 4, 1929 |
20.9 - 105.3 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1845 - Mar 4, 1849 |
21.1 - 25.1 |
President of the United States of America: James K. Polk |
USA - Presidents |
| 1846 |
22.4 |
Establishment of the Associated Press |
Companies |
| 1846 |
22.4 |
Establishment of Carl Zeiss AG |
Companies |
| Feb 11, 1847 - Oct 18, 1931 |
23.1 - 107.8 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
| Mar 3, 1847 - Aug 1, 1922 |
23.1 - 98.6 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
| 1847 |
23.4 |
Establishment of Cartier |
Companies |
| 1847 |
23.4 |
Establishment of Siemens |
Companies |
| Mar 1, 1848 - Sep 30, 1849 |
24.1 - 25.7 |
Revolutions of 1848/1849 in the German Confederation |
Germany |
| Mar 31, 1848 - Apr 3, 1849 |
24.2 - 25.2 |
The National Assembly meets in the Church of St. Paul in Frankfurt |
Germany |
| Dec 1, 1848 |
24.9 |
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte is elected, start of the 2nd Republic |
France |
| Mar 4, 1849 - Jul 9, 1850 |
25.1 - 26.5 |
President of the United States of America: Zachary Taylor |
USA - Presidents |
| 1849 |
25.5 |
Establishment of Pfizer |
Companies |
| 1850 |
26.5 |
Establishment of the American Express Company |
Companies |
| Jul 9, 1850 - Mar 4, 1853 |
26.5 - 29.1 |
President of the United States of America: Millard Fillmore |
USA - Presidents |
| 1851 |
27.5 |
Establishment of Reuters |
Companies |
| 1851 |
27.5 |
Western Union established |
Companies |
| 1851 |
27.5 |
Establishment of The New York Times |
Companies |
| Dec 2, 1852 - Sep 4, 1870 |
28.9 - 46.6 |
Emperor of France: Napoleon III |
France |
| Mar 4, 1853 - Mar 4, 1857 |
29.1 - 33.1 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin Pierce |
USA - Presidents |
| 1853 |
29.5 |
Establishment of Levi Strauss & Co |
Companies |
| May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939 |
32.3 - 115.7 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1857 - Mar 4, 1861 |
33.1 - 37.1 |
President of the United States of America: James Buchanan |
USA - Presidents |
| 1859 |
35.5 |
Construction period of Big Ben |
Monuments |
| Mar 4, 1861 - Apr 15, 1865 |
37.1 - 41.3 |
President of the United States of America: Abraham Lincoln |
USA - Presidents |
| Mar 17, 1861 |
37.2 |
Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed as King of Italy, the first king of a united Italy |
Italy |
| Sep 23, 1861 - Mar 12, 1942 |
37.7 - 118.2 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
| Jul 30, 1863 - Apr 7, 1947 |
39.5 - 123.3 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| Oct 16, 1863 - Mar 17, 1937 |
39.8 - 113.2 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
| Apr 15, 1865 - Mar 4, 1869 |
41.3 - 45.1 |
President of the United States of America: Andrew Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 9, 1866 - Jul 26, 1866 |
42.4 - 42.5 |
Austro-Prussian War ('German War') |
Germany |
| Mar 10, 1867 |
43.2 |
First telephone voice transmission |
Technology |
| 1868 - 1878 |
44.5 - 54.5 |
Ten Years' War ('Great War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Mar 4, 1869 - Mar 4, 1877 |
45.1 - 53.1 |
President of the United States of America: Ulysses S. Grant |
USA - Presidents |
| Sep 5, 1869 - 1884 |
45.6 - 60.5 |
Construction period of Neuschwanstein Castle |
Monuments |
| Apr 22, 1870 - Jan 21, 1924 |
46.3 - 100.1 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
| 1870 |
46.5 |
Start of the 3rd French Republic |
France |
| Jul 19, 1870 - May 10, 1871 |
46.5 - 47.3 |
Franco-Prussian War |
Germany |
| Jan 18, 1871 - Mar 9, 1888 |
47.0 - 64.2 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm I |
Germany |
| Nov 9, 1871 |
47.8 |
Founding of the German Empire |
Germany |
| Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965 |
50.9 - 141.1 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| Jan 5, 1876 - Apr 19, 1967 |
52.0 - 143.3 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1877 - Mar 4, 1881 |
53.1 - 57.2 |
President of the United States of America: Rutherford B. Hayes |
USA - Presidents |
| 1878 - 1881 |
54.5 - 57.5 |
Second Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1878 |
54.5 |
Establishment of Bell Telephone Company |
Companies |
| Dec 31, 1878 |
55.0 |
First two-stroke internal combustion gas engine |
Automobile History |
| Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955 |
55.2 - 131.3 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| 1879 |
55.5 |
Anglo-Zulu War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1879 |
55.5 |
Discovery of cholera vaccine |
Medicine |
| 1879 |
55.5 |
Discovery of plague vaccine |
Medicine |
| Dec 20, 1880 - Mar 23, 1881 |
56.9 - 57.2 |
First Boer War ('First South African War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Mar 4, 1881 - Sep 19, 1881 |
57.2 - 57.7 |
President of the United States of America: James A. Garfield |
USA - Presidents |
| Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955 |
57.6 - 131.2 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| Sep 19, 1881 - Mar 4, 1885 |
57.7 - 61.2 |
President of the United States of America: Chester A. Arthur |
USA - Presidents |
| 1882 |
58.5 |
Establishment of Peugeot |
Companies |
| 1882 |
58.5 |
Britain occupies Egypt |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963 |
60.0 - 140.0 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| 1884 |
60.5 |
First controlled flight of a Zeppelin |
Aviation History |
| Nov 15, 1884 - Feb 26, 1885 |
60.9 - 61.1 |
Berlin Conference ('Congo Conference') |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| Mar 4, 1885 - Mar 4, 1889 |
61.2 - 65.2 |
President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland |
USA - Presidents |
| 1886 |
62.5 |
Establishment of Johnson & Johnson |
Companies |
| 1886 |
62.5 |
Establishment of the Coca Cola Company |
Companies |
| Oct 28, 1886 |
62.8 |
Construction period of the Statue of Liberty |
Monuments |
| 1887 - 1889 |
63.5 - 65.5 |
Construction period of the Eiffel Tower |
Monuments |
| 1887 |
63.5 |
Huang He flood |
Disasters |
| Mar 9, 1888 - Jun 15, 1888 |
64.2 - 64.4 |
German Emperor: Friedrich III |
Germany |
| Jun 15, 1888 - Nov 9, 1918 |
64.4 - 94.9 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
| 1888 |
64.5 |
First commercially manufactured automobile by Karl Benz |
Automobile History |
| Mar 4, 1889 - Mar 4, 1893 |
65.2 - 69.2 |
President of the United States of America: Benjamin Harrison |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945 |
65.3 - 121.3 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| 1890 |
66.5 |
Establishment of General Electric |
Companies |
| 1890 |
66.5 |
Establishment of Daimler |
Companies |
| Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969 |
66.8 - 145.3 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1893 - Mar 4, 1897 |
69.2 - 73.2 |
President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland |
USA - Presidents |
| 1896 - 1897 |
72.5 - 73.5 |
Matabele Wars ('Ndebele Matabele War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1896 |
72.5 |
Establishment of IBM (International Business Machines Corp., formerly 'Computing Tabulating Recording Corp. (CTR)') |
Companies |
| Mar 4, 1897 - Sep 14, 1901 |
73.2 - 77.7 |
President of the United States of America: William McKinley |
USA - Presidents |
| Oct 11, 1899 - May 31, 1902 |
75.8 - 78.4 |
Second Boer War ('Second South African War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Sep 8, 1900 |
76.7 |
Galveston hurricane; destruction of the city of Galveston, Texas |
Disasters |
| Sep 14, 1901 - Mar 4, 1909 |
77.7 - 85.2 |
President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| Oct 19, 1901 |
77.8 |
First motorized zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966 |
77.9 - 143.0 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| Jun 16, 1903 |
79.4 |
Establishment of Ford Motor Company |
Companies |
| Dec 16, 1903 |
79.9 |
First controlled powered human flight by the Wright brothers |
Aviation History |
| 1904 - 1908 |
80.5 - 84.5 |
Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Apr 18, 1906 |
82.3 |
San Francisco earthquake of 1906 |
Disasters |
| 1907 |
83.5 |
First helicopter flight |
Aviation History |
| Sep 16, 1908 |
84.7 |
Establishment of General Motors |
Companies |
| Sep 27, 1908 |
84.7 |
Introduction of the Ford Model T |
Automobile History |
| Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 4, 1913 |
85.2 - 89.2 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
| 1909 |
85.5 |
Discovery of antibiotics |
Medicine |
| May 30, 1911 |
87.4 |
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis |
Automobile History |
| May 30, 1911 |
87.4 |
One in seven families in the US owns a car |
Automobile History |
| Oct 23, 1911 |
87.8 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
| Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 4, 1921 |
89.2 - 97.2 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 14, 1914 - Jun 15, 1914 |
90.4 - 90.5 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
| Jun 28, 1914 - Nov 11, 1918 |
90.5 - 94.9 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Aug 6, 1914 - Nov 25, 1918 |
90.6 - 94.9 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Sep 13, 1914 - Jul 9, 1915 |
90.7 - 91.5 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 14, 1914 - Oct 24, 1914 |
90.8 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Apr 24, 1916 - Apr 30, 1916 |
92.3 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
| 1916 |
92.5 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
| Mar 8, 1917 - Mar 12, 1917 |
93.2 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
| May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963 |
93.4 - 139.9 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| 1917 - 1923 |
93.5 - 99.5 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Nov 7, 1917 |
93.9 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
| Nov 9, 1918 |
94.9 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
| Feb 11, 1919 - Feb 28, 1925 |
95.1 - 101.2 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
| Feb 13, 1919 - Jun 20, 1919 |
95.1 - 95.5 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
| May 6, 1919 - Aug 8, 1919 |
95.3 - 95.6 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1919 |
95.5 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| Aug 11, 1919 |
95.6 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
| Sep 10, 1919 |
95.7 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
| Mar 4, 1921 - Aug 2, 1923 |
97.2 - 99.6 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
| Dec 6, 1921 |
97.9 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
| Oct 28, 1922 |
98.8 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
| Aug 2, 1923 - Mar 4, 1929 |
99.6 - 105.2 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
| Aug 13, 1923 - Nov 23, 1923 |
99.6 - 99.9 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
| Sep 13, 1923 |
99.7 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
Charles Troy
Georgia Ann Love
Birth