Dec 15, 1832 - Dec 27, 1923 |
(-78.9) - 12.2 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
Jul 8, 1838 - Mar 8, 1917 |
(-73.3) - 5.4 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
Nov 25, 1844 - Apr 4, 1929 |
(-66.9) - 17.5 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
Feb 11, 1847 - Oct 18, 1931 |
(-64.7) - 20.0 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
Mar 3, 1847 - Aug 1, 1922 |
(-64.6) - 10.8 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939 |
(-55.5) - 27.9 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
Sep 23, 1861 - Mar 12, 1942 |
(-50.1) - 30.4 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
Jul 30, 1863 - Apr 7, 1947 |
(-48.2) - 35.5 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
Oct 16, 1863 - Mar 17, 1937 |
(-48.0) - 25.4 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
Apr 22, 1870 - Jan 21, 1924 |
(-41.5) - 12.3 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965 |
(-36.9) - 53.3 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
Jan 5, 1876 - Apr 19, 1967 |
(-35.8) - 55.5 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955 |
(-32.6) - 43.5 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955 |
(-30.2) - 43.4 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963 |
(-27.7) - 52.2 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
Jun 15, 1888 - Nov 9, 1918 |
(-23.3) - 7.0 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945 |
(-22.5) - 33.5 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969 |
(-21.0) - 57.5 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966 |
(-9.8) - 55.2 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 4, 1913 |
(-2.6) - 1.4 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
Oct 23, 1911 |
0.0 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 4, 1921 |
1.4 - 9.4 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
Jun 14, 1914 - Jun 15, 1914 |
2.6 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
Jun 28, 1914 - Nov 11, 1918 |
2.7 - 7.1 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Aug 6, 1914 - Nov 25, 1918 |
2.8 - 7.1 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Sep 13, 1914 - Jul 9, 1915 |
2.9 - 3.7 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Oct 14, 1914 - Oct 24, 1914 |
3.0 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Apr 24, 1916 - Apr 30, 1916 |
4.5 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
1916 |
4.7 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
Mar 8, 1917 - Mar 12, 1917 |
5.4 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963 |
5.6 - 52.1 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
1917 - 1923 |
5.7 - 11.7 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Nov 7, 1917 |
6.0 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
Nov 9, 1918 |
7.0 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
Feb 11, 1919 - Feb 28, 1925 |
7.3 - 13.4 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
Feb 13, 1919 - Jun 20, 1919 |
7.3 - 7.7 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
May 6, 1919 - Aug 8, 1919 |
7.5 - 7.8 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1919 |
7.7 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
Aug 11, 1919 |
7.8 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
Sep 10, 1919 |
7.9 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
Mar 4, 1921 - Aug 2, 1923 |
9.4 - 11.8 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
Dec 6, 1921 |
10.1 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
Oct 28, 1922 |
11.0 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
Aug 2, 1923 - Mar 4, 1929 |
11.8 - 17.4 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
Aug 13, 1923 - Nov 23, 1923 |
11.8 - 12.1 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
Sep 13, 1923 |
11.9 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
May 12, 1925 - Aug 2, 1934 |
13.6 - 22.8 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
Jun 14, 1928 - Oct 9, 1967 |
16.7 - 56.0 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
1928 |
16.7 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968 |
17.2 - 56.5 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 4, 1933 |
17.4 - 21.4 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
Oct 25, 1929 |
18.0 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
Jan 22, 1930 - May 1, 1931 |
18.3 - 19.5 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
Mar 30, 1930 - May 30, 1932 |
18.4 - 20.6 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
Aug 5, 1930 - Aug 25, 2012 |
18.8 - 100.9 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
Apr 14, 1931 |
19.5 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
1931 |
19.7 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
Dec 11, 1931 |
20.1 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
Jun 1, 1932 - Nov 17, 1932 |
20.6 - 21.1 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
Dec 3, 1932 - Jan 28, 1933 |
21.1 - 21.3 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
Jan 30, 1933 - Apr 30, 1945 |
21.3 - 33.5 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
Feb 28, 1933 - Mar 23, 1933 |
21.4 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
Mar 4, 1933 - Apr 12, 1945 |
21.4 - 33.5 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
1935 |
23.7 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952 |
25.2 - 40.3 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
May 6, 1937 |
25.6 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
1937 |
25.7 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
Aug 27, 1939 |
27.9 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
Sep 1, 1939 - Sep 2, 1945 |
27.9 - 33.9 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
May 14, 1940 |
28.6 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
Dec 7, 1941 |
30.1 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
Apr 12, 1945 - Jan 20, 1953 |
33.5 - 41.3 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
Apr 25, 1945 |
33.5 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
May 8, 1945 |
33.6 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9, 1945 |
33.8 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
Oct 14, 1946 |
35.0 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
Oct 14, 1947 |
36.0 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
Dec 21, 1948 |
37.2 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
May 23, 1949 |
37.6 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
1949 |
37.7 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
Sep 15, 1949 - Oct 16, 1963 |
37.9 - 52.0 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
Oct 7, 1949 |
38.0 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
Oct 11, 1949 - Sep 7, 1960 |
38.0 - 48.9 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
Jun 17, 1950 |
38.7 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
1950 - 1953 |
38.7 - 41.7 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Jan 22, 1952 |
40.3 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
Feb 6, 1952 - Today |
40.3 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961 |
41.3 - 49.3 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
Jun 17, 1953 |
41.7 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
Feb 24, 1955 - Oct 5, 2011 |
43.4 - 100.0 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
Oct 4, 1957 |
46.0 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
Oct 5, 1958 |
47.0 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
1959 - Apr 30, 1975 |
47.7 - 63.6 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1960 - 1973 |
48.7 - 61.7 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963 |
49.3 - 52.1 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
Apr 12, 1961 |
49.5 |
First human in space |
Technology |
May 25, 1961 - Jul 24, 1975 |
49.6 - 63.8 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
Aug 13, 1961 |
49.8 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
Oct 11, 1962 - Dec 8, 1965 |
51.0 - 54.2 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
Oct 16, 1962 - Oct 28, 1962 |
51.0 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
Oct 16, 1963 - Dec 1, 1966 |
52.0 - 55.1 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
Nov 22, 1963 - Jan 20, 1969 |
52.1 - 57.3 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
1966 - 1973 |
54.7 - 61.7 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
Dec 1, 1966 - Oct 21, 1969 |
55.1 - 58.0 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
1967 |
55.7 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974 |
57.3 - 62.8 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
Jul 20, 1969 |
57.8 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
Oct 21, 1969 - May 7, 1974 |
58.0 - 62.6 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
Oct 31, 1969 |
58.1 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
Jul 21, 1972 |
60.8 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
1973 - 1976 |
61.7 - 64.7 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
May 16, 1974 - Oct 1, 1982 |
62.6 - 71.0 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
Aug 9, 1974 - Jan 20, 1977 |
62.8 - 65.3 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
Nov 20, 1975 |
64.1 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
Apr 1, 1976 |
64.5 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1976 - 1989 |
64.7 - 77.7 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981 |
65.3 - 69.3 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
Apr 16, 1977 |
65.5 |
Introduction of the Apple II |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
Dec 27, 1979 - Feb 15, 1989 |
68.2 - 77.4 |
Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Sep 22, 1980 - Aug 20, 1988 |
69.0 - 76.9 |
First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Jan 20, 1981 - Jan 20, 1989 |
69.3 - 77.3 |
President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan |
USA - Presidents |
Apr 2, 1982 - Jun 14, 1982 |
70.5 - 70.7 |
Falklands War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Oct 1, 1982 - Oct 27, 1998 |
71.0 - 87.1 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl |
Germany - Chancellors |
Jan 19, 1983 |
71.3 |
Introduction of the Apple Lisa |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1983 |
71.7 |
Discovery of HIV |
Medicine |
Jan 24, 1984 |
72.3 |
Introduction of the Macintosh |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
Jan 20, 1989 - Jan 20, 1993 |
77.3 - 81.3 |
President of the United States of America: George H. W. Bush |
USA - Presidents |
Oct 18, 1989 - Dec 3, 1989 |
78.0 - 78.2 |
Egon Krenz - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
Aug 2, 1990 - Feb 28, 1991 |
78.8 - 79.4 |
Second Gulf War ('Operation Desert Shield', 'Operation Desert Storm') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Oct 3, 1990 |
79.0 |
German reunification |
Germany |
Dec 8, 1991 |
80.2 |
Signing of the Belavezha Accords, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved |
Russia |
1992 - 1996 |
80.7 - 84.7 |
Afghan Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
Jan 20, 1993 - Jan 20, 2001 |
81.3 - 89.3 |
President of the United States of America: Bill Clinton |
USA - Presidents |
Aug 4, 1993 |
81.8 |
Introduction of the Apple Newton |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
Nov 1, 1993 |
82.1 |
Founding of the European Union (EU) |
European Union |