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The political and military conflict from 1775 to 1783 in which thirteen British colonies in North America rejected British imperial rule and established the independent United States of America.

The first crewed mission to land on the Moon, carried out by the United States' Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969.

A period of widespread societal collapse and transition in the Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean, and Near East around 1200 BCE.

A global health crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in late 2019 and profoundly disrupted global society.

A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective allies, lasting from the aftermath of World War II until the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The opening of the border crossings between East and West Berlin on November 9, 1989, marking the symbolic end of the Cold War.

The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, and profoundly altered the course of modern history.

Successful 1791–1804 slave revolt that ended slavery and established Haiti as the first black republic.

A period of profound economic and social transformation characterized by the transition from agrarian economies to industrialized, machine-driven manufacturing.

A period of widespread societal collapse, state failure, and cultural disruption across the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East during the early 12th century BCE.

A political and social revolution in 1868 that ended the Tokugawa shogunate and initiated the rapid modernization of Japan.

A period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity, characterized by a revival of classical learning and wisdom.

A pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 that dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union.

A global conflict spanning from 1939 to 1945 that involved the vast majority of the world's countries, organized into the opposing Allies and Axis alliances.