Politics/Timelines: Difference between revisions

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431 BCE The Pelopponesian War[1] (431-404) between Athens and Sparta
410 CE Sack of Rome[2] the first invasion of imperial Rome - which survived further attacks until 610 CE in the form of its Eastern Empire[3]
529 CE Corpus Juris Civilis[4]] (Justinian's code of Roman Law)

1215 Magna Carta[5][6] - statement of civil rights and fundamental document of the English constitution.
1453 The fall of Constantinople

1643 English Civil War [7] (1643-6) Armed conflict between supporters of the parliament and the monarchy, ending in the execution of King Charles I.
1688 Glorious Revolution The largely bloodless events in England which led to the deposition of King James II.
1689 The Bill of Rights English legislation that restricted the powers of the monarchy and established the rights of a free Parliament.
1774 American Revolution The armed stuggle that gave the United States independence frm Britain.
1776 Declaration of Independence by the United States of America
1789 Storming of the Bastille and start of the French Revolution
1791 The United States Bill of Rights. The first ten amendments to the constitution, the first of which guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, and peaceable assembly.

German declaration of war on the United States

2001 9-11 Attack Terrorist attack on the United States, on September 11, 2001, using hijacked airliners as suicide weapons against major buildings.

Afghanistan War military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces [e]

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 *1917 '''Russian Revolution'''[http://depts.washington.edu/baltic/papers/russianrevolution.htm]
 *1922 '''March on Rome''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2371229.stm] The coup that brought [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] to power.
+*1929-33 [[Great Depression]]
 *1933 [[Adolf Hitler]] becomes Chancellor of Germany.
 *1939 '''[[World War 2|Second World War]]''' (1939-45)