Major Historical Events in World History - INI

[item.egyptian-civilization]
code=001
slug=egyptian-civilization
name=Birth of Egyptian Civilization
description=Around 3000 BCE, hieroglyphics were invented and civilization began in Egypt.
category=civilization
region=Egypt
year=-3000

[item.invention-of-abacus]
code=002
slug=invention-of-abacus
name=Invention of the Abacus
description=Around 2500 BCE, the Sumerians invented the abacus.
category=invention
region=Mesopotamia
year=-2500

[item.punic-wars]
code=003
slug=punic-wars
name=Punic Wars
description=Wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BCE to 146 BCE.
category=war
region=Mediterranean
year=-264

[item.crusades]
code=004
slug=crusades
name=The Crusades
description=Expeditions by Christians to reclaim the Holy Land from 1096 to 1291.
category=war
region=Middle East
year=1096

[item.magna-carta]
code=005
slug=magna-carta
name=Magna Carta
description=A charter in 1215 where the English king recognized rights to feudal nobles.
category=political
region=England
year=1215

[item.black-death]
code=006
slug=black-death
name=The Black Death
description=The plague pandemic that swept Europe from 1347 to 1351.
category=pandemic
region=Europe
year=1347

[item.fall-of-constantinople]
code=007
slug=fall-of-constantinople
name=Fall of Constantinople
description=In 1453, the Ottoman Empire captured the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
category=war
region=Turkey
year=1453

[item.printing-press]
code=008
slug=printing-press
name=Invention of the Printing Press
description=Around 1440, Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press.
category=invention
region=Germany
year=1440

[item.columbus-americas]
code=009
slug=columbus-americas
name=Columbus Reaches the Americas
description=In 1492, Columbus reached the American continent.
category=discovery
region=Americas
year=1492

[item.protestant-reformation]
code=010
slug=protestant-reformation
name=Protestant Reformation
description=In 1517, Luther posted his 95 Theses.
category=religious
region=Germany
year=1517

[item.scientific-revolution]
code=011
slug=scientific-revolution
name=Scientific Revolution
description=In 1543, Copernicus published his heliocentric theory.
category=discovery
region=Europe
year=1543

[item.american-independence]
code=012
slug=american-independence
name=American Revolutionary War
description=From 1775 to 1783, the 13 North American colonies gained independence from Britain.
category=revolution
region=North America
year=1776

[item.french-revolution]
code=013
slug=french-revolution
name=French Revolution
description=From 1789 to 1799, the monarchy was overthrown and a republic established in France.
category=revolution
region=France
year=1789

[item.steam-engine-watt]
code=014
slug=steam-engine-watt
name=Watt's Steam Engine
description=In 1769, James Watt invented the improved steam engine.
category=invention
region=Scotland
year=1769

[item.napoleon-emperor]
code=015
slug=napoleon-emperor
name=Napoleon Becomes Emperor
description=In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France.
category=political
region=France
year=1804

[item.meiji-restoration]
code=016
slug=meiji-restoration
name=Meiji Restoration
description=In 1868, the shogunate was overthrown in Japan and modern nation-building began.
category=revolution
region=Japan
year=1868

[item.german-unification]
code=017
slug=german-unification
name=German Unification
description=In 1871, the German Empire was established centered on Prussia.
category=political
region=Germany
year=1871

[item.telephone-invention]
code=018
slug=telephone-invention
name=Invention of the Telephone
description=In 1876, Bell obtained the patent for the telephone.
category=invention
region=USA
year=1876

[item.light-bulb-edison]
code=019
slug=light-bulb-edison
name=Edison's Light Bulb
description=In 1879, Edison invented the practical light bulb.
category=invention
region=USA
year=1879

[item.world-war-i]
code=020
slug=world-war-i
name=World War I
description=From 1914 to 1918, a global war broke out.
category=war
region=Europe
year=1914

[item.russian-revolution]
code=021
slug=russian-revolution
name=Russian Revolution
description=In 1917, the monarchy was overthrown and a Soviet regime established in Russia.
category=revolution
region=Russia
year=1917

[item.world-war-ii]
code=022
slug=world-war-ii
name=World War II
description=From 1939 to 1945, the largest war in human history took place.
category=war
region=Global
year=1939

[item.atomic-bomb]
code=023
slug=atomic-bomb
name=Development and Use of Atomic Bomb
description=In 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
category=invention
region=Japan
year=1945

[item.moon-landing]
code=024
slug=moon-landing
name=Apollo 11 Moon Landing
description=In 1969, humans first set foot on the Moon.
category=discovery
region=Space
year=1969

[item.fall-of-berlin-wall]
code=025
slug=fall-of-berlin-wall
name=Fall of the Berlin Wall
description=In 1989, the wall dividing East and West Germany collapsed.
category=political
region=Germany
year=1989

[item.world-wide-web]
code=026
slug=world-wide-web
name=World Wide Web
description=In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.
category=invention
region=Switzerland
year=1989