| 12. feb. 1809 - 15. apr. 1865 |
(-55.2) - 1.0 |
Life of Abraham Lincoln |
Personalities |
| 12. feb. 1809 - 19. apr. 1882 |
(-55.2) - 18.1 |
Life of Charles Robert Darwin |
Personalities |
| 7. feb. 1812 - 9. jun. 1870 |
(-52.2) - 6.2 |
Life of Charles John Huffam Dickens |
Personalities |
| 8. jun. 1815 - 24. aug. 1866 |
(-48.9) - 2.4 |
German Confederation |
Germany |
| 13. dec. 1816 - 6. dec. 1892 |
(-47.3) - 28.7 |
Life of Werner von Siemens |
Personalities |
| 30. dec. 1819 - 20. sep. 1890 |
(-44.3) - 26.5 |
Life of Theodor Fontane |
Personalities |
| 15. dec. 1832 - 27. dec. 1923 |
(-31.3) - 59.8 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
| 17. mar. 1834 - 6. mar. 1900 |
(-30.1) - 35.9 |
Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler |
Personalities |
| 20. jun. 1837 - 22. jan. 1901 |
(-26.8) - 36.8 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Victoria |
Great Britain |
| 8. jul. 1838 - 8. mar. 1917 |
(-25.8) - 53.0 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
| 11. dec. 1843 - 27. maj 1910 |
(-20.3) - 46.2 |
Life of Robert Koch |
Personalities |
| 25. nov. 1844 - 4. apr. 1929 |
(-19.4) - 65.0 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
| 11. feb. 1847 - 18. okt. 1931 |
(-17.2) - 67.6 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
| 3. mar. 1847 - 1. aug. 1922 |
(-17.1) - 58.4 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
| 27. dec. 1847 - 29. aug. 1877 |
(-16.3) - 13.4 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Brigham Young |
Mormon History |
| 17. mar. 1849 - 23. nov. 1890 |
(-15.1) - 26.7 |
King of the Netherlands: Willem III |
Netherlands |
| 2. dec. 1852 - 4. sep. 1870 |
(-11.3) - 6.4 |
Emperor of France: Napoleon III |
France |
| 6. maj 1856 - 23. sep. 1939 |
(-7.9) - 75.5 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
| 4. mar. 1861 - 15. apr. 1865 |
(-3.1) - 1.0 |
President of the United States of America: Abraham Lincoln |
USA - Presidents |
| 12. apr. 1861 - 9. apr. 1865 |
(-3.0) - 1.0 |
American Civil War |
USA |
| 23. sep. 1861 - 12. mar. 1942 |
(-2.5) - 78.0 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
| 30. jul. 1863 - 7. apr. 1947 |
(-0.7) - 83.1 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| 16. okt. 1863 - 17. mar. 1937 |
(-0.5) - 73.0 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
| 15. apr. 1865 - 4. mar. 1869 |
1.0 - 4.9 |
President of the United States of America: Andrew Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| 9. jun. 1866 - 26. jul. 1866 |
2.2 - 2.3 |
Austro-Prussian War ('German War') |
Germany |
| 10. mar. 1867 |
2.9 |
First telephone voice transmission |
Technology |
| 1868 - 1878 |
4.2 - 14.3 |
Ten Years' War ('Great War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 4. mar. 1869 - 4. mar. 1877 |
4.9 - 12.9 |
President of the United States of America: Ulysses S. Grant |
USA - Presidents |
| 5. sep. 1869 - 1884 |
5.4 - 20.3 |
Construction period of Neuschwanstein Castle |
Monuments |
| 22. apr. 1870 - 21. jan. 1924 |
6.1 - 59.8 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
| 1870 |
6.2 |
Start of the 3rd French Republic |
France |
| 19. jul. 1870 - 10. maj 1871 |
6.3 - 7.1 |
Franco-Prussian War |
Germany |
| 18. jan. 1871 - 9. mar. 1888 |
6.8 - 24.0 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm I |
Germany |
| 4. maj 1871 - 20. mar. 1890 |
7.1 - 26.0 |
Chancellor of the German Empire: Otto von Bismarck |
Germany |
| 9. nov. 1871 |
7.6 |
Founding of the German Empire |
Germany |
| 30. nov. 1874 - 24. jan. 1965 |
10.7 - 100.9 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| 5. jan. 1876 - 19. apr. 1967 |
11.8 - 103.1 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| 4. mar. 1877 - 4. mar. 1881 |
12.9 - 16.9 |
President of the United States of America: Rutherford B. Hayes |
USA - Presidents |
| 1878 - 1881 |
14.3 - 17.3 |
Second Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1878 |
14.3 |
Establishment of Bell Telephone Company |
Companies |
| 31. dec. 1878 |
14.8 |
First two-stroke internal combustion gas engine |
Automobile History |
| 14. mar. 1879 - 18. apr. 1955 |
15.0 - 91.1 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| 1879 |
15.3 |
Discovery of plague vaccine |
Medicine |
| 1879 |
15.3 |
Anglo-Zulu War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1879 |
15.3 |
Discovery of cholera vaccine |
Medicine |
| 10. okt. 1880 - 25. jul. 1887 |
16.5 - 23.3 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: John Taylor |
Mormon History |
| 20. dec. 1880 - 23. mar. 1881 |
16.7 - 17.0 |
First Boer War ('First South African War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 4. mar. 1881 - 19. sep. 1881 |
16.9 - 17.5 |
President of the United States of America: James A. Garfield |
USA - Presidents |
| 6. aug. 1881 - 11. mar. 1955 |
17.4 - 91.0 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| 19. sep. 1881 - 4. mar. 1885 |
17.5 - 20.9 |
President of the United States of America: Chester A. Arthur |
USA - Presidents |
| 1882 |
18.3 |
Britain occupies Egypt |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 1882 |
18.3 |
Establishment of Peugeot |
Companies |
| 21. jan. 1884 - 12. dec. 1963 |
19.8 - 99.8 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| 1884 |
20.3 |
First controlled flight of a Zeppelin |
Aviation History |
| 15. nov. 1884 - 26. feb. 1885 |
20.6 - 20.9 |
Berlin Conference ('Congo Conference') |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 4. mar. 1885 - 4. mar. 1889 |
20.9 - 24.9 |
President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland |
USA - Presidents |
| 1886 |
22.3 |
Establishment of Johnson & Johnson |
Companies |
| 1886 |
22.3 |
Establishment of the Coca Cola Company |
Companies |
| 28. okt. 1886 |
22.6 |
Construction period of the Statue of Liberty |
Monuments |
| 1887 - 1889 |
23.3 - 25.3 |
Construction period of the Eiffel Tower |
Monuments |
| 1887 |
23.3 |
Huang He flood |
Disasters |
| 9. mar. 1888 - 15. jun. 1888 |
24.0 - 24.2 |
German Emperor: Friedrich III |
Germany |
| 15. jun. 1888 - 9. nov. 1918 |
24.2 - 54.6 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
| 1888 |
24.3 |
First commercially manufactured automobile by Karl Benz |
Automobile History |
| 4. mar. 1889 - 4. mar. 1893 |
24.9 - 28.9 |
President of the United States of America: Benjamin Harrison |
USA - Presidents |
| 7. apr. 1889 - 2. sep. 1898 |
25.0 - 34.4 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Wilford Woodruff |
Mormon History |
| 20. apr. 1889 - 30. apr. 1945 |
25.1 - 81.1 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| 1890 |
26.3 |
Establishment of Daimler |
Companies |
| 1890 |
26.3 |
Establishment of General Electric |
Companies |
| 14. okt. 1890 - 28. mar. 1969 |
26.6 - 105.1 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| 23. nov. 1890 - 4. sep. 1948 |
26.7 - 84.5 |
Queen of the Netherlands: Wilhelmina |
Netherlands |
| 4. mar. 1893 - 4. mar. 1897 |
28.9 - 32.9 |
President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland |
USA - Presidents |
| 6. apr. 1893 |
29.0 |
Dedication of the Salt Lake Temple |
Mormon History |
| 1896 |
32.3 |
Establishment of IBM (International Business Machines Corp., formerly 'Computing Tabulating Recording Corp. (CTR)') |
Companies |
| 1896 - 1897 |
32.3 - 33.3 |
Matabele Wars ('Ndebele Matabele War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 4. mar. 1897 - 14. sep. 1901 |
32.9 - 37.5 |
President of the United States of America: William McKinley |
USA - Presidents |
| 13. sep. 1898 - 10. okt. 1901 |
34.5 - 37.5 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Lorenzo Snow |
Mormon History |
| 11. okt. 1899 - 31. maj 1902 |
35.5 - 38.2 |
Second Boer War ('Second South African War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 8. sep. 1900 |
36.5 |
Galveston hurricane; destruction of the city of Galveston, Texas |
Disasters |
| 22. jan. 1901 - 6. maj 1910 |
36.8 - 46.1 |
King of the United Kingdom: Edward VII |
Great Britain |
| 14. sep. 1901 - 4. mar. 1909 |
37.5 - 44.9 |
President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 17. okt. 1901 - 19. nov. 1918 |
37.6 - 54.7 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph F. Smith Sr. |
Mormon History |
| 19. okt. 1901 |
37.6 |
First motorized zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| 5. dec. 1901 - 15. dec. 1966 |
37.7 - 102.8 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| 16. jun. 1903 |
39.2 |
Establishment of Ford Motor Company |
Companies |
| 16. dec. 1903 |
39.7 |
First controlled powered human flight by the Wright brothers |
Aviation History |
| 1904 - 1908 |
40.3 - 44.3 |
Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 18. apr. 1906 |
42.1 |
San Francisco earthquake of 1906 |
Disasters |
| 1907 |
43.3 |
First helicopter flight |
Aviation History |
| 16. sep. 1908 |
44.5 |
Establishment of General Motors |
Companies |
| 27. sep. 1908 |
44.5 |
Introduction of the Ford Model T |
Automobile History |
| 4. mar. 1909 - 4. mar. 1913 |
44.9 - 49.0 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
| 1909 |
45.3 |
Discovery of antibiotics |
Medicine |
| 6. maj 1910 - 20. jan. 1936 |
46.1 - 71.8 |
King of the United Kingdom: George V |
Great Britain |
| 30. maj 1911 |
47.2 |
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis |
Automobile History |
| 30. maj 1911 |
47.2 |
One in seven families in the US owns a car |
Automobile History |
| 23. okt. 1911 |
47.6 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
| 4. mar. 1913 - 4. mar. 1921 |
49.0 - 57.0 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
| 14. jun. 1914 - 15. jun. 1914 |
50.2 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
| 28. jun. 1914 - 11. nov. 1918 |
50.3 - 54.6 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 6. aug. 1914 - 25. nov. 1918 |
50.4 - 54.7 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 13. sep. 1914 - 9. jul. 1915 |
50.5 - 51.3 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 14. okt. 1914 - 24. okt. 1914 |
50.6 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 24. apr. 1916 - 30. apr. 1916 |
52.1 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
| 1916 |
52.3 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
| 8. mar. 1917 - 12. mar. 1917 |
53.0 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
| 29. maj 1917 - 22. nov. 1963 |
53.2 - 99.7 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| 1917 - 1923 |
53.3 - 59.3 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 7. nov. 1917 |
53.6 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
| 9. nov. 1918 |
54.6 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
| 23. nov. 1918 - 14. maj 1945 |
54.7 - 81.2 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Heber J. Grant |
Mormon History |
| 11. feb. 1919 - 28. feb. 1925 |
54.9 - 60.9 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
| 13. feb. 1919 - 20. jun. 1919 |
54.9 - 55.2 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
| 6. maj 1919 - 8. aug. 1919 |
55.1 - 55.4 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1919 |
55.3 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| 11. aug. 1919 |
55.4 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
| 10. sep. 1919 |
55.5 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
| 4. mar. 1921 - 2. aug. 1923 |
57.0 - 59.4 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
| 6. dec. 1921 |
57.7 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
| 28. okt. 1922 |
58.6 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
| 2. aug. 1923 - 4. mar. 1929 |
59.4 - 65.0 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
| 13. aug. 1923 - 23. nov. 1923 |
59.4 - 59.7 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
| 13. sep. 1923 |
59.5 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
| 12. maj 1925 - 2. aug. 1934 |
61.1 - 70.4 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
| 14. jun. 1928 - 9. okt. 1967 |
64.2 - 103.6 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| 1928 |
64.3 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
| 15. jan. 1929 - 4. apr. 1968 |
64.8 - 104.1 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| 4. mar. 1929 - 4. mar. 1933 |
65.0 - 69.0 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
| 25. okt. 1929 |
65.6 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
| 22. jan. 1930 - 1. maj 1931 |
65.8 - 67.1 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
| 30. mar. 1930 - 30. maj 1932 |
66.0 - 68.2 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
| 5. aug. 1930 - 25. aug. 2012 |
66.4 - 148.5 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| 14. apr. 1931 |
67.1 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
| 1931 |
67.3 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
| 11. dec. 1931 |
67.7 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
| 1. jun. 1932 - 17. nov. 1932 |
68.2 - 68.7 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
| 3. dec. 1932 - 28. jan. 1933 |
68.7 - 68.9 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
| 30. jan. 1933 - 30. apr. 1945 |
68.9 - 81.1 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| 28. feb. 1933 - 23. mar. 1933 |
69.0 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
| 4. mar. 1933 - 12. apr. 1945 |
69.0 - 81.1 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 1935 |
71.3 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 20. jan. 1936 - 11. dec. 1936 |
71.8 - 72.7 |
King of the United Kingdom: Edward VIII |
Great Britain |
| 11. dec. 1936 - 6. feb. 1952 |
72.7 - 87.9 |
King of the United Kingdom: George VI |
Great Britain |
| 11. dec. 1936 - 6. feb. 1952 |
72.7 - 87.9 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| 6. maj 1937 |
73.1 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
| 1937 |
73.3 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
| 27. aug. 1939 |
75.4 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
| 1. sep. 1939 - 2. sep. 1945 |
75.5 - 81.5 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 14. maj 1940 |
76.2 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
| 7. dec. 1941 |
77.7 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
| 12. apr. 1945 - 20. jan. 1953 |
81.1 - 88.9 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| 25. apr. 1945 |
81.1 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| 8. maj 1945 |
81.2 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| 21. maj 1945 - 4. apr. 1951 |
81.2 - 87.1 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: George Albert Smith |
Mormon History |
| 6. aug. 1945 - 9. aug. 1945 |
81.4 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| 14. okt. 1946 |
82.6 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| 14. okt. 1947 |
83.6 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| 4. sep. 1948 - 30. apr. 1980 |
84.5 - 116.2 |
Queen of the Netherlands: Juliana |
Netherlands |
| 21. dec. 1948 |
84.8 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| 23. maj 1949 |
85.2 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
85.3 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| 15. sep. 1949 - 16. okt. 1963 |
85.5 - 99.6 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 7. okt. 1949 |
85.6 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| 11. okt. 1949 - 7. sep. 1960 |
85.6 - 96.5 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| 17. jun. 1950 |
86.3 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
86.3 - 89.3 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 9. apr. 1951 - 18. jan. 1970 |
87.1 - 105.9 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: David O. McKay |
Mormon History |
| 22. jan. 1952 |
87.9 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| 6. feb. 1952 - I dag |
87.9 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| 20. jan. 1953 - 20. jan. 1961 |
88.9 - 96.9 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| 17. jun. 1953 |
89.3 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| 4. jul. 1954 |
90.3 |
FIFA World Cup Champion 1954: Germany |
Germany |
| 24. feb. 1955 - 5. okt. 2011 |
91.0 - 147.6 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| 4. okt. 1957 |
93.6 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| 5. okt. 1958 |
94.6 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 8. jan. 1959 - 28. apr. 1969 |
94.8 - 105.1 |
President of France: Charles de Gaulle |
France |
| 1959 - 30. apr. 1975 |
95.3 - 111.1 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
96.3 - 109.3 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| 20. jan. 1961 - 22. nov. 1963 |
96.9 - 99.7 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| 12. apr. 1961 |
97.1 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| 25. maj 1961 - 24. jul. 1975 |
97.2 - 111.4 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| 13. aug. 1961 |
97.4 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| 11. okt. 1962 - 8. dec. 1965 |
98.6 - 101.8 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| 16. okt. 1962 - 28. okt. 1962 |
98.6 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
| 16. okt. 1963 - 1. dec. 1966 |
99.6 - 102.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 22. nov. 1963 - 20. jan. 1969 |
99.7 - 104.9 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
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