| 15 dec. 1832 - 27 dec. 1923 |
(-64.1) - 26.9 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
| 17 mrt. 1834 - 6 mrt. 1900 |
(-62.9) - 3.1 |
Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler |
Personalities |
| 8 jul. 1838 - 8 mrt. 1917 |
(-58.6) - 20.1 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
| 11 dec. 1843 - 27 mei 1910 |
(-53.2) - 13.3 |
Life of Robert Koch |
Personalities |
| 25 nov. 1844 - 4 apr. 1929 |
(-52.2) - 32.2 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
| 11 feb. 1847 - 18 okt. 1931 |
(-50.0) - 34.7 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
| 3 mrt. 1847 - 1 aug. 1922 |
(-49.9) - 25.5 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
| 6 mei 1856 - 23 sep. 1939 |
(-40.7) - 42.6 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
| 23 sep. 1861 - 12 mrt. 1942 |
(-35.4) - 45.1 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
| 30 jul. 1863 - 7 apr. 1947 |
(-33.5) - 50.2 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| 16 okt. 1863 - 17 mrt. 1937 |
(-33.3) - 40.1 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
| 22 apr. 1870 - 21 jan. 1924 |
(-26.8) - 27.0 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
| 30 nov. 1874 - 24 jan. 1965 |
(-22.2) - 68.0 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| 5 jan. 1876 - 19 apr. 1967 |
(-21.1) - 70.2 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| 14 mrt. 1879 - 18 apr. 1955 |
(-17.9) - 58.2 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| 6 aug. 1881 - 11 mrt. 1955 |
(-15.5) - 58.1 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| 21 jan. 1884 - 12 dec. 1963 |
(-13.0) - 66.9 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| 15 jun. 1888 - 9 nov. 1918 |
(-8.6) - 21.8 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
| 20 apr. 1889 - 30 apr. 1945 |
(-7.8) - 48.3 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| 14 okt. 1890 - 28 mrt. 1969 |
(-6.3) - 72.2 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| 4 mrt. 1893 - 4 mrt. 1897 |
(-3.9) - 0.1 |
President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland |
USA - Presidents |
| 1896 - 1897 |
(-0.6) - 0.4 |
Matabele Wars ('Ndebele Matabele War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 4 mrt. 1897 - 14 sep. 1901 |
0.1 - 4.6 |
President of the United States of America: William McKinley |
USA - Presidents |
| 11 okt. 1899 - 31 mei 1902 |
2.7 - 5.3 |
Second Boer War ('Second South African War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 8 sep. 1900 |
3.6 |
Galveston hurricane; destruction of the city of Galveston, Texas |
Disasters |
| 14 sep. 1901 - 4 mrt. 1909 |
4.6 - 12.1 |
President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 19 okt. 1901 |
4.7 |
First motorized zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| 5 dec. 1901 - 15 dec. 1966 |
4.8 - 69.9 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| 16 jun. 1903 |
6.4 |
Establishment of Ford Motor Company |
Companies |
| 16 dec. 1903 |
6.9 |
First controlled powered human flight by the Wright brothers |
Aviation History |
| 1904 - 1908 |
7.4 - 11.4 |
Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 18 apr. 1906 |
9.2 |
San Francisco earthquake of 1906 |
Disasters |
| 1907 |
10.4 |
First helicopter flight |
Aviation History |
| 16 sep. 1908 |
11.6 |
Establishment of General Motors |
Companies |
| 27 sep. 1908 |
11.6 |
Introduction of the Ford Model T |
Automobile History |
| 4 mrt. 1909 - 4 mrt. 1913 |
12.1 - 16.1 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
| 1909 |
12.4 |
Discovery of antibiotics |
Medicine |
| 30 mei 1911 |
14.3 |
One in seven families in the US owns a car |
Automobile History |
| 30 mei 1911 |
14.3 |
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis |
Automobile History |
| 23 okt. 1911 |
14.7 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
| 4 mrt. 1913 - 4 mrt. 1921 |
16.1 - 24.1 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
| 14 jun. 1914 - 15 jun. 1914 |
17.4 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
| 28 jun. 1914 - 11 nov. 1918 |
17.4 - 21.8 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 6 aug. 1914 - 25 nov. 1918 |
17.5 - 21.8 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 13 sep. 1914 - 9 jul. 1915 |
17.6 - 18.4 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 14 okt. 1914 - 24 okt. 1914 |
17.7 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 24 apr. 1916 - 30 apr. 1916 |
19.2 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
| 1916 |
19.4 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
| 8 mrt. 1917 - 12 mrt. 1917 |
20.1 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
| 29 mei 1917 - 22 nov. 1963 |
20.3 - 66.8 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| 1917 - 1923 |
20.4 - 26.4 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 7 nov. 1917 |
20.8 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
| 9 nov. 1918 |
21.8 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
| 11 feb. 1919 - 28 feb. 1925 |
22.0 - 28.1 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
| 13 feb. 1919 - 20 jun. 1919 |
22.0 - 22.4 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
| 6 mei 1919 - 8 aug. 1919 |
22.2 - 22.5 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1919 |
22.4 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| 11 aug. 1919 |
22.5 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
| 10 sep. 1919 |
22.6 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
| 4 mrt. 1921 - 2 aug. 1923 |
24.1 - 26.5 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
| 6 dec. 1921 |
24.8 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
| 28 okt. 1922 |
25.7 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
| 2 aug. 1923 - 4 mrt. 1929 |
26.5 - 32.1 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
| 13 aug. 1923 - 23 nov. 1923 |
26.5 - 26.8 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
| 13 sep. 1923 |
26.6 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
| 12 mei 1925 - 2 aug. 1934 |
28.3 - 37.5 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
| 14 jun. 1928 - 9 okt. 1967 |
31.4 - 70.7 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| 1928 |
31.4 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
| 15 jan. 1929 - 4 apr. 1968 |
32.0 - 71.2 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| 4 mrt. 1929 - 4 mrt. 1933 |
32.1 - 36.1 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
| 25 okt. 1929 |
32.7 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
| 22 jan. 1930 - 1 mei 1931 |
33.0 - 34.2 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
| 30 mrt. 1930 - 30 mei 1932 |
33.2 - 35.3 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
| 5 aug. 1930 - 25 aug. 2012 |
33.5 - 115.6 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| 14 apr. 1931 |
34.2 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
| 1931 |
34.4 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
| 11 dec. 1931 |
34.9 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
| 1 jun. 1932 - 17 nov. 1932 |
35.3 - 35.8 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
| 3 dec. 1932 - 28 jan. 1933 |
35.8 - 36.0 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
| 30 jan. 1933 - 30 apr. 1945 |
36.0 - 48.3 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| 28 feb. 1933 - 23 mrt. 1933 |
36.1 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
| 4 mrt. 1933 - 12 apr. 1945 |
36.1 - 48.2 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 1935 |
38.4 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 11 dec. 1936 - 6 feb. 1952 |
39.9 - 55.0 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| 6 mei 1937 |
40.3 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
| 1937 |
40.4 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
| 27 aug. 1939 |
42.6 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
| 1 sep. 1939 - 2 sep. 1945 |
42.6 - 48.6 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 14 mei 1940 |
43.3 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
| 7 dec. 1941 |
44.9 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
| 12 apr. 1945 - 20 jan. 1953 |
48.2 - 56.0 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| 25 apr. 1945 |
48.2 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| 8 mei 1945 |
48.3 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| 6 aug. 1945 - 9 aug. 1945 |
48.5 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| 14 okt. 1946 |
49.7 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| 14 okt. 1947 |
50.7 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| 21 dec. 1948 |
51.9 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| 23 mei 1949 |
52.3 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
52.4 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| 15 sep. 1949 - 16 okt. 1963 |
52.6 - 66.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 7 okt. 1949 |
52.7 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| 11 okt. 1949 - 7 sep. 1960 |
52.7 - 63.6 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| 17 jun. 1950 |
53.4 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
53.4 - 56.4 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 22 jan. 1952 |
55.0 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| 6 feb. 1952 - Heden |
55.0 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| 20 jan. 1953 - 20 jan. 1961 |
56.0 - 64.0 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| 17 jun. 1953 |
56.4 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| 24 feb. 1955 - 5 okt. 2011 |
58.1 - 114.7 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| 4 okt. 1957 |
60.7 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| 5 okt. 1958 |
61.7 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 1959 - 30 apr. 1975 |
62.4 - 78.3 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
63.4 - 76.4 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| 20 jan. 1961 - 22 nov. 1963 |
64.0 - 66.8 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| 12 apr. 1961 |
64.2 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| 25 mei 1961 - 24 jul. 1975 |
64.3 - 78.5 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| 13 aug. 1961 |
64.5 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| 11 okt. 1962 - 8 dec. 1965 |
65.7 - 68.9 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| 16 okt. 1962 - 28 okt. 1962 |
65.7 - 65.8 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
| 16 okt. 1963 - 1 dec. 1966 |
66.7 - 69.9 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 22 nov. 1963 - 20 jan. 1969 |
66.8 - 72.0 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| 1966 - 1973 |
69.4 - 76.4 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
| 1 dec. 1966 - 21 okt. 1969 |
69.9 - 72.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 1967 |
70.4 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
| 20 jan. 1969 - 9 aug. 1974 |
72.0 - 77.5 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
| 20 jul. 1969 |
72.5 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
| 21 okt. 1969 - 7 mei 1974 |
72.7 - 77.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 31 okt. 1969 |
72.8 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
| 21 jul. 1972 |
75.5 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
| 1973 - 1976 |
76.4 - 79.4 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| 16 mei 1974 - 1 okt. 1982 |
77.3 - 85.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 9 aug. 1974 - 20 jan. 1977 |
77.5 - 80.0 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
| 20 nov. 1975 |
78.8 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
| 1 apr. 1976 |
79.2 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1976 - 1989 |
79.4 - 92.4 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| 20 jan. 1977 - 20 jan. 1981 |
80.0 - 84.0 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
| 16 apr. 1977 |
80.2 |
Introduction of the Apple II |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 27 dec. 1979 - 15 feb. 1989 |
82.9 - 92.1 |
Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 22 sep. 1980 - 20 aug. 1988 |
83.7 - 91.6 |
First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 20 jan. 1981 - 20 jan. 1989 |
84.0 - 92.0 |
President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan |
USA - Presidents |
| 2 apr. 1982 - 14 jun. 1982 |
85.2 - 85.4 |
Falklands War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1 okt. 1982 - 27 okt. 1998 |
85.7 - 101.8 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 19 jan. 1983 |
86.0 |
Introduction of the Apple Lisa |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1983 |
86.4 |
Discovery of HIV |
Medicine |
| 24 jan. 1984 |
87.0 |
Introduction of the Macintosh |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
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