What happened on this date

Ancient History

100

753 BC. This city still stands. 

Rome was founded

200

15 March, 44 BC. This salad is delicious, but the date is far more sombre.

Cesar assassinated. 

300

1754 BC. A stele important for the legal profession. Think Mesopotamia.

Code of Hammurabi. 

400

216. One guy vowed vengeance on the Romans, and gave them an exemplary beating.

Hannibal’s Battle of Cannae

500

2670 BC. This structure, the first of its kind, still stands.

Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara

First Millenium

100

1 AD (we celebrate the birth of this man yearly)

Jesus!

200

79 AD (big disaster with a lot of ash);

Mount Vesuvius eruption

300

622 (one important relocation marks the start of a year-counting practice)

Mohammad's emigration to Yathrib, later the starting point of the Hijra

400

862. A Scandinavian gets called up for a managerial position. He brings friends, helps initiate a rebranding.

Calling of the Varangians, a symbolic origin date for the state of Russia

500

325. A consensus is reached on the nature of one man.Important for Christianity. 

Council of Nicea

1001-1500

100

8.09.1380 

Dmitry of Don, Kulikovo

200

1453. That's why Moscow's the Third Rome.

Fall of Constantinople

300

1215. Another important legal document. Foundational, even. Think England.

Magna Carta

400

1455. A tech revolution, on par with the computers and AI. Really, not a joke.

Gutenberg's printing

500

1480. One person refuses to pay tribute after a few centuries. 

End of the Tatar Yoke

1501-1900

100

1861. A lot of people become emancipated

The Emancipation Manifesto

200

2.11.1721. A new empire is proclaimed

The Russian Empire

300

1512. One man spends years painting a ceiling. The world is in awe to this day.

Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo. 

400

1812. 'The X deserved to win; the Y deserved to be invincible'.

Borodino.

500

1789. Some guys decide that enough is enough and usher in a new era. Heads will roll.

French Revolution

1901-today

100

1914. One man is assassinated, the world explodes.

WWI

200

1945. Need I give you a hint?

End of WWII

300

12 April 1961. A young man travels very far and puts the world in awe

Gagarin!

400

2016. One country decides to go it alone.

Brexit

500

29 May 1913. A ballet premier has people nearly riot in protest to its novelty.

Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps), choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris