**Pre-1600** – When Baghdad was founded in 762, history underwent a radical change and the groundwork for a city that would become a lighthouse of knowledge and culture throughout the Islamic Golden Age was laid. She said: Prague had a dramatic and bloody occurrence known as the First Defenestration in 1419. Driven by religious fervour and societal discontent, radical Hussites threw seven city council members out of a window, hence signifying a central collision in the Bohemian Revolt. Further stretching the boundaries of European discovery, Christopher Columbus arrived at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras in 1502 on his unrelenting search for new territory. **1601–1900** – When Samuel de Champlain, supporting his local friends, shot and killed two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, the Beaver Wars took a terrible turn. This deed confirmed his affiliations and heightened the hostility between European immigrants and native people. A – With the first meeting of the Virginia General Assembly, the first instance of European-style representative government in the Americas, Jamestown, Virginia saw a major political change in 1619 that set a standard for later democratic institutions. One could say that Striking Gargano, Italy, in 1627, a terrible earthquake claimed about 5,000 lives and permanently changed the history and population of the area. A – As Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, started a siege to take control from the Spanish Army, the strategic fortitude of Schenkenschans became the focal point of the Eighty Years’ War in 1635. – Under the Earl of Leven, Scottish Covenanter forces—who epitomised the fierce and split character of this war—laid siege to the Royalist stronghold of Hereford in 1645. The Battle of Warsaw ended in 1656 with a noteworthy Swedish-Brandenburger triumph against the Polish-Lithuanian army, therefore changing the balance of power in the area. With his “Declaration of the People of Virginia” in 1676, Nathaniel Bacon highlighted the mounting colonists’ discontent and need for reform, hence sparking a rebellion against Governor William Berkeley’s rule. Regarding: Massachusetts saw the founding of the first Masonic Grand Lodge in 1733, so launching Freemasonry’s official organisation in what would become the United States. Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1729 and set the foundation for a major American port and cultural centre. She said: – Bartolomeo Rastrelli unveiled the magnificent Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her court in 1756, therefore highlighting the magnificence of Russian royal architecture. – A moving event in the Mexican War of Independence, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla’s death by Spanish officials in Chihuahua City, Mexico, underlines the costs paid in the struggle for freedom. In – Mountaineers made a historic first ascent of the Grand Combin, one of the highest mountains in the Alps, in 1859, so transforming mountaineering. In particular: – Aiming to create peace and define boundaries, U.S. officials signed the Treaty of Box Elder in 1863 alongside Shoshone chiefs like Chief Pocatello during the American Indian Wars. In particular: – Reflecting the empire’s attempts to quell Ukrainian cultural identity, the Valuev Circular of 1863 outlawed the publishing of religious, educational, and training publications in Ukrainian. Union forces tried to breach Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864 by detonating a large bomb under their trenches in the Battle of the Crater, therefore producing a sad and expensive defeat during the American Civil War. The deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the United States at the time, the sinking of the steamboat Brother Jonathan off the coast of Crescent City, California, resulted in the deaths of 225 passengers and 100 injuries from a violent riot by armed Confederate veterans against a Radical Republican conference in New Orleans in 1866, so highlighting the great divides and tensions of the Reconstruction era. Over 85 people perished in the Westfield boiler explosion in 1871, which highlighted the risks of steamboat travel during that time, claimed Staten Island Ferry. {1901–present} – With the death of Japan’s Emperor Meiji in 1912, an era came to an end and the Taishō period began under his son Yoshihito, therefore bringing about notable political and cultural changes. The Black Tom explosion in New York Harbour in 1916, brought on by saboteurs, highlighted American vulnerability to foreign attacks during World War I by causing four lives and extensive damage to military supplies. Uruguay became a force in international football when it triumphantly won the first FIFA World Cup hosted in Montevideo in 1930. Setting a new benchmark for animation, Walt Disney’s creative use of Technicolour in the 1932 short film Flowers and Trees not only delighted viewers but also won the first Academy Award for a cartoon short. Regarding: During World War II, the USS Indianapolis sank under a Japanese submarine, tragically losing 883 seamen; many of them perished from exposure and shark attacks over many terrible days until rescue. Reflecting the country’s religious and cultural beliefs, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a joint resolution in 1956 formally adopting “In God We Trust” as the national motto of the United States. Connecting the huge territory of Canada was a historic triumph when the Trans-Canada Highway opened in 1962, then the longest national highway in the world. Millions of Americans’s access to healthcare was changed when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act of 1965, therefore introducing Medicare and Medicaid. One of the best remembered events in English sports history is still England’s exciting triumph over West Germany in extra time to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium. For: Signing a continuous dedication to the Vietnam War effort, President Richard Nixon unexpectedly visited South Vietnam in 1969 and met with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military chiefs. In particular, – Using the first Lunar Rover, a major achievement in space exploration, astronauts David Scott and James Irwin landed on the Moon during the Apollo 15 trip in 1971. She said: The terrible death of 162 people in a mid-air collision between an All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 over Morioka, Japan, in 1971 underlines the need of better aviation safety precautions. Regarding: When President Richard Nixon was forced by the Supreme Court to reveal subpoenaed White House recordings, which resulted in his ultimate resignation, the Watergate affair reached a turning point in 1974. For decades detectives have been interested and perplexed by the unexplained disappearance of union leader Jimmy Hoffa from a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, restaurant parking lot in 1975. For Okinawa Prefecture, a major logistical and cultural change occurred in 1978 with the 730 traffic changeover from right-hand to left-hand driving. When Vanuatu declared its independence in 1980, a new country free from colonial control came into being. Israel’s Knesset passed the Jerusalem Law in 1980, therefore declaring Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel, a divisive and politically fraught statement. With up to 50,000 participants, mostly women and children, the large demonstrations in Łódź, Poland, in 1981 exposed the severe food shortages and unhappiness with the Communist government. Regarding: The murder of Conservative MP Ian Gow by the IRA in 1990 highlighted the ongoing bloodshed and conflict in Northern Ireland and Britain’s war on terrorism. In particular: – 2003 marked the end of an era for an automotive legend when the last ‘old model’ Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Mexico, therefore ending the manufacturing of a beloved vehicle that had grown to be a worldwide emblem. One could say: As the first animal to become de-extinct, albeit momentarily, before dying from lung problems soon after birth, the cloning of Celia, a Pyrenean ibex, in 2003 represented a turning point in genetic science. In particular, After 42 years of presenting musical talent, Top of the Pops’ last episode broadcast in 2006 closed the longest-running music show worldwide. She said: The terrible human cost of continuous conflict in the area was highlighted in 2006 when an Israeli airstrike claimed 28 Lebanese citizens—including 16 children—tragic deaths. – A royal event that drew public attention and honoured a union of sporting and royal legacy, Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest granddaughter, married former rugby player Mike Tindall in 2011. In 2012, a fire on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India, claimed the lives of 32 passengers and injured 27, therefore highlighting the difficulties with railway safety in the nation. One of the biggest blackouts in history, a power system collapse in Delhi in 2012 left over 300 million people in northern India without energy, so underscoring the structural weaknesses. A sad reminder of the threats natural disasters create, a landslip in Maharashtra, India, in 2014 claimed 20 lives and stranded 150 others. With the Perseverance rover scheduled for flight in 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA’s Mars 2020 project represents a major turning point in mankind’s exploration and comprehension of the Red Planet.