# Game: Add the next 10 most significant events from history **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 6, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705 "2011-08-06T05:49:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/1 "2011-08-06T05:49:22Z")
The aim of this game is to construct a rough chronology of history, as understood by Straight Dopers. **The Rules** [ul] [li] _You are not allowed to consult any external sources (Wikipedia, friends etc.) while you are amending the list_[/li][li] Go to the last post in this thread that contains **The List** , hit “quote” and copy just the list portion (without the quote marks)[/li][li] Add 10 important historical events that are not already on the list. (An easy way to check you’ve added 10 is to preview post and check that the list size is divisible by 10)[/li][li] Do not include dates on any of the events (unless it’s unavoidable like The War of 1812)[/li][li] After a while, the timeline will inevitably get a bit confused, try to add the events at roughly the chronologically correct spot.[/li][/ul] **The List:** _(this initial list is largely to provide a nice range of events rather than the most significant ones)_ [ol] [li] Big Bang[/li][li] First Hydrogen atom[/li][li] Life develops on Earth[/li][li] First Homo-Sapiens[/li][li] Writing invented[/li][li] Jesus born[/li][li] The Crusades[/li][li] Movable type[/li][li] Internet is invented[/li][li] S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/2 "2011-08-06T06:12:12Z")
[ol] [li] Big Bang[/li][li] First Hydrogen atom[/li][li] First galaxies[/li][li] Sun forms[/li][li] Life develops on Earth[/li][li] Photosynthesis develops[/li][li] Life emerges on land[/li][li] Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise.[/li][li] First human ancestors make tools[/li][li] First human ancestors develop spoken language[/li][li] First Homo sapiens[/li][li] Agriculture invented[/li][li] First cities[/li][li] Writing invented[/li][li] Jesus born[/li][li] The Crusades[/li][li] Movable type[/li][li] Electricity discovered [/li][li] Internet is invented[/li][li] S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/3 "2011-08-06T07:02:29Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > [li] Jesus born[/li] Historic?? Significant??😕 ---
**Author:** ![sohvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sohvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sohvan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/4 "2011-08-06T07:17:40Z")
[ol] [li] Big Bang[/li][li] First Hydrogen atom[/li][li] First galaxies[/li][li] Sun forms[/li][li] Life develops on Earth[/li][li] Eating other creatures for energy develops[/li][li] Photosynthesis develops[/li][li] First multicellular lifeform[/li][li] Life emerges on land[/li][li] Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise.[/li][li] First human ancestors make tools[/li][li] Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire[/li][li] First human ancestors develop spoken language[/li][li] First Homo sapiens[/li][li] Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age[/li][li] Agriculture invented[/li][li] First professional army[/li][li] First cities[/li][li] Writing invented[/li][li] Iron mining and metallurgy[/li][li] Jesus born[/li][li] The Crusades[/li][li] Movable type[/li][li] Electricity discovered[/li][li] Germ theory of disease[/li][li] Transistor invented[/li][li] First nuclear weapon[/li][li] Internet is invented[/li][li] Cold War ends[/li][li] S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/5 "2011-08-06T07:43:25Z")
[ol] [li] Big Bang[/li][li] First Hydrogen atom[/li][li] First galaxies[/li][li] Sun forms[/li][li] Earth forms[/li][li] Moon is formed[/li][li] Life develops on Earth[/li][li] Eating other creatures for energy develops[/li][li] Photosynthesis develops[/li][li] First sexual reproduction[/li][li] First multicellular lifeform[/li][li] Life emerges on land[/li][li] Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise.[/li][li] Protohumans evolve from primates[/li][li] Humans develop intelligence[/li][li] First human ancestors make tools[/li][li] Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire[/li][li] First human ancestors develop spoken language[/li][li] First Homo sapiens[/li][li] Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age[/li][li] Animals domesticated[/li][li] Agriculture invented[/li][li] Wheel invented[/li][li] Bronze invented[/li][li] First professional army[/li][li] First cities[/li][li] Writing invented[/li][li] Iron mining and metallurgy[/li][li] Alphabet invented[/li][li] Abraham founds a religion[/li][li] Jesus born[/li][li] The Crusades[/li][li] Movable type[/li][li] Electricity discovered[/li][li] Germ theory of disease[/li][li] Transistor invented[/li][li] First nuclear weapon[/li][li] Internet is invented[/li][li] Cold War ends[/li][li] S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/6 "2011-08-06T07:44:59Z")
mmm ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/7 "2011-08-06T16:13:52Z")
[ol] [li] Big Bang[/li][li] First Hydrogen atom[/li][li] First galaxies[/li][li] Sun forms[/li][li] Earth forms[/li][li] Moon is formed[/li][li] Life develops on Earth[/li][li] Eating other creatures for energy develops[/li][li] Photosynthesis develops[/li][li] First sexual reproduction[/li][li] First multicellular lifeform[/li][li] Life emerges on land[/li][li] Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise.[/li][li] Protohumans evolve from primates[/li][li] Humans develop intelligence[/li][li] First human ancestors make tools[/li][li] Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire[/li][li] First human ancestors develop spoken language[/li][li] First Homo sapiens[/li][li] Toba supervolcano[/li][li] Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age[/li][li] Animals domesticated[/li][li] Agriculture invented[/li][li] Wheel invented[/li][li] Bronze invented[/li][li] First professional army[/li][li] First cities[/li][li] Writing invented[/li][li] Iron mining and metallurgy[/li][li] Alphabet invented[/li][li] Abraham founds a religion[/li][li] Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion[/li][li] Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world[/li][li] Jesus born[/li][li] Muhammed born[/li][li] The Crusades[/li][li] Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia[/li][li] Movable type[/li][li] Discovery & colonization of the Americas[/li][li] Electricity discovered[/li][li] Germ theory of disease[/li][li] Radio invented[/li][li] Automobile invented[/li][li] Transistor invented[/li][li] Television invented[/li][li] First nuclear weapon[/li][li] Internet is invented[/li][li] Cold War ends[/li][li] Facebook invented[/li][li] S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/8 "2011-08-06T18:53:52Z")
[ol] [li] Big Bang[/li][li] First Hydrogen atom[/li][li] First galaxies[/li][li] Sun forms[/li][li] Earth forms[/li][li] Moon is formed[/li][li] Life develops on Earth[/li][li] Eating other creatures for energy develops[/li][li] Photosynthesis develops[/li][li] First sexual reproduction[/li][li] First multicellular lifeform[/li][li] Life emerges on land[/li][li] Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise.[/li][li] Protohumans evolve from primates[/li][li] Humans develop intelligence[/li][li] First human ancestors make tools[/li][li] Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire[/li][li] First human ancestors develop spoken language[/li][li] First Homo sapiens[/li][li] Toba supervolcano[/li][li] Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age[/li][li] Animals domesticated[/li][li] Agriculture invented[/li][li] Wheel invented[/li][li] Bronze invented[/li][li] First professional army[/li][li] First cities[/li][li] Decimal numbering invented[/li][li] Writing invented[/li][li] Iron mining and metallurgy[/li][li] Alphabet invented[/li][li] Abraham founds a religion[/li][li] Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion[/li][li] Invention of coinage[/li][li] Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world[/li][li] Roman Empire founded[/li][li] Jesus born[/li][li] Muhammed born[/li][li] Paper invented[/li][li] The Crusades[/li][li] Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia[/li][li] Invention of gunpowder[/li][li] Movable type[/li][li] Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics[/li][li] Discovery & colonization of the Americas[/li][li] United States adopts its Constitution[/li][li] Steam engines developed[/li][li] Darwin discover Theory of Evolution[/li][li] Electricity discovered[/li][li] Invention of the telegraph[/li][li] Germ theory of disease[/li][li] Radio invented[/li][li] Automobile invented[/li][li] Transistor invented[/li][li] Television invented[/li][li] First nuclear weapon[/li][li] Internet is invented[/li][li] Cold War ends[/li][li] Facebook invented[/li][li] S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Swing\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Swing\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swing_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/9 "2011-08-06T19:29:44Z")
Big Bang First Hydrogen atom First galaxies Sun forms Earth forms Moon is formed Life develops on Earth Eating other creatures for energy develops Photosynthesis develops First sexual reproduction First multicellular lifeform Life emerges on land Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise. Protohumans evolve from primates Humans develop intelligence First human ancestors make tools Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire First human ancestors develop spoken language First Homo sapiens Toba supervolcano Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age Animals domesticated Agriculture invented Wheel invented Bronze invented First professional army First cities Decimal numbering invented Writing invented Iron mining and metallurgy Alphabet invented Abraham founds a religion Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion Invention of coinage Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world Roman Empire founded Jesus born Muhammed born Paper invented The Crusades Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia Invention of gunpowder Movable type Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics Discovery & colonization of the Americas X-Rays described United States adopts its Constitution Steam engines developed Darwin discover Theory of Evolution Electricity discovered Invention of the telegraph Germ theory of disease Radio invented Automobile invented Transistor invented Television invented First nuclear weapon DNA described by Watson and Crick First nuclear power station on-line Maser (precursor to laser) invented Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench Internet is invented First GMO (a recombinant bacteria) Cold War ends United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization Human genome sequenced Facebook invented First life form with completely synthetic genetic material S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+ ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/10 "2011-08-06T22:43:46Z")
Jesus born > [@Locrian](#): > > Historic?? Significant??😕 Confused about what? Accepted as historic even by many atheists, including me. And even if unhistoric, still significant not only to Christians but also to Muslims, IOW ~ 2 billion people. Does that take care of any confusion? ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/11 "2011-08-06T22:57:22Z")
Big Bang First Hydrogen atom First galaxies Sun forms Earth forms Moon is formed Life develops on Earth Eating other creatures for energy develops Photosynthesis develops First sexual reproduction First multicellular lifeform Life emerges on land Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise. Protohumans evolve from primates Humans develop intelligence First human ancestors make tools Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire First human ancestors develop spoken language First Homo sapiens Toba supervolcano Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age Animals domesticated Agriculture invented Wheel invented Bronze invented First professional army First cities Decimal numbering invented Writing invented Iron mining and metallurgy Alphabet invented Abraham founds a religion Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion Invention of coinage Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world Roman Empire founded Jesus born Muhammed born Paper invented The Crusades Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia Invention of gunpowder Movable type Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics Discovery & colonization of the Americas X-Rays described United States adopts its Constitution Steam engines developed Darwin discover Theory of Evolution Electricity discovered Invention of the telegraph Germ theory of disease Radio invented Automobile invented Television invented First nuclear weapon (tested) Hiroshima Nagasaki USSR declares war on Japan Japan surrenders Lamb shift discovered Transistor invented (correction) Truman defeats Dewey Communists win Chinese Civil War Korean War begins Checkers speech Eisenhower defeats Stevenson DNA described by Watson and Crick First nuclear power station on-line Maser (precursor to laser) invented Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench Internet is invented First GMO (a recombinant bacteria) Cold War ends United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization Human genome sequenced Facebook invented First life form with completely synthetic genetic material S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+ ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/12 "2011-08-07T00:21:26Z")
Big Bang First Hydrogen atom First galaxies Sun forms Earth forms Moon is formed Life develops on Earth Eating other creatures for energy develops Photosynthesis develops First sexual reproduction First multicellular lifeform Life emerges on land Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise. Protohumans evolve from primates Humans develop intelligence First human ancestors make tools Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire First human ancestors develop spoken language First Homo sapiens Toba supervolcano Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age Animals domesticated Agriculture invented Wheel invented Bronze invented First professional army First cities Decimal numbering invented Writing invented Iron mining and metallurgy Alphabet invented Abraham founds a religion Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion Invention of coinage Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world Roman Empire founded Jesus born Muhammed born Paper invented The Crusades Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia Invention of gunpowder Movable type Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics Discovery & colonization of the Americas X-Rays described United States adopts its Constitution Steam engines developed Darwin discover Theory of Evolution Electricity discovered Invention of the telegraph Germ theory of disease Radio invented Automobile invented Television invented First nuclear weapon (tested) Hiroshima Nagasaki USSR declares war on Japan Japan surrenders Lamb shift discovered Transistor invented (correction) Truman defeats Dewey Communists win Chinese Civil War Korean War begins Checkers speech Eisenhower defeats Stevenson DNA described by Watson and Crick First nuclear power station on-line Maser (precursor to laser) invented Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench Internet is invented First GMO (a recombinant bacteria) Cold War ends United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization Human genome sequenced Facebook invented First life form with completely synthetic genetic material S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+ A man, a plan, a canal–Panama A man, a plan, a canal–Suez Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany German army defeated at Stalingrad Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday Archimedes takes a bath A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik Abe Lincoln lets his whiskers grow Bastille stormed A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/13 "2011-08-07T01:01:07Z")
**THE IDEA IS TO INSERT 10 EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGIClAL ORDER BETWEEN TWO EVENTS ON THE LIST, RIGHT? (not to add 10 unordered events to the end of the list)** Big Bang First Hydrogen atom First galaxies Sun forms Earth forms Moon is formed Life develops on Earth Eating other creatures for energy develops Photosynthesis develops First sexual reproduction First multicellular lifeform Life emerges on land Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise. Protohumans evolve from primates Humans develop intelligence First human ancestors make tools Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire First human ancestors develop spoken language First Homo sapiens Toba supervolcano Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age Animals domesticated Agriculture invented Wheel invented Bronze invented First professional army First cities Decimal numbering invented Writing invented Iron mining and metallurgy Alphabet invented Abraham founds a religion Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion Invention of coinage Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world Archimedes takes a bath Roman Empire founded Jesus born Muhammed born Paper invented The Crusades Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death Invention of gunpowder Movable type Discovery & colonization of the Americas Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics United States adopts its Constitution Bastille stormed Steam engines developed Darwin discover Theory of Evolution Electricity discovered Invention of the telegraph Germ theory of disease Abe Lincoln lets his whiskers grow A man, a plan, a canal–Suez Radio invented X-Rays described A man, a plan, a canal–Panama Automobile invented Television invented Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany German army defeated at Stalingrad First nuclear weapon (tested) Hiroshima Nagasaki USSR declares war on Japan Japan surrenders Lamb shift discovered Transistor invented Truman defeats Dewey Communists win Chinese Civil War Korean War begins Checkers speech Eisenhower defeats Stevenson DNA described by Watson and Crick First nuclear power station on-line Maser (precursor to laser) invented A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench Internet is invented First GMO (a recombinant bacteria) Cold War ends United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization Human genome sequenced Facebook invented First life form with completely synthetic genetic material S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+ ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/14 "2011-08-07T01:09:55Z")
**THE IDEA IS TO INSERT 10 EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGIClAL ORDER BETWEEN TWO EVENTS ON THE LIST, RIGHT? (not to add 10 unordered events to the end of the list)** Big Bang First Hydrogen atom First galaxies Sun forms Earth forms Moon is formed Life develops on Earth Eating other creatures for energy develops Photosynthesis develops First sexual reproduction First multicellular lifeform Life emerges on land Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise. Protohumans evolve from primates Humans develop intelligence First human ancestors make tools Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire First human ancestors develop spoken language First Homo sapiens Toba supervolcano Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age Animals domesticated Agriculture invented Wheel invented Bronze invented First professional army First cities Decimal numbering invented Writing invented Iron mining and metallurgy Alphabet invented Abraham founds a religion Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion Invention of coinage Lydia conquered by Persian Empire Ionian Greek city of Miletus revolts, sacked Marathon Thermopolae Salamis Platea Start of Peloponnesian War Pericles dies in plague Athenian Sicilian expedition Athens surrenders Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world Archimedes takes a bath Roman Empire founded Jesus born Muhammed born Paper invented The Crusades Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death Invention of gunpowder Movable type Discovery & colonization of the Americas Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics United States adopts its Constitution Bastille stormed Steam engines developed Darwin discover Theory of Evolution Electricity discovered Invention of the telegraph Germ theory of disease Abe Lincoln lets his whiskers grow A man, a plan, a canal–Suez Radio invented X-Rays described A man, a plan, a canal–Panama Automobile invented Television invented Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany German army defeated at Stalingrad First nuclear weapon (tested) Hiroshima Nagasaki USSR declares war on Japan Japan surrenders Lamb shift discovered Transistor invented Truman defeats Dewey Communists win Chinese Civil War Korean War begins Checkers speech Eisenhower defeats Stevenson DNA described by Watson and Crick First nuclear power station on-line Maser (precursor to laser) invented A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench Internet is invented First GMO (a recombinant bacteria) Cold War ends United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization Human genome sequenced Facebook invented First life form with completely synthetic genetic material S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+ ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/15 "2011-08-07T01:18:05Z")
1 Big Bang 2 First Hydrogen atom 3 First galaxies 4 Sun forms 5 Earth forms 6 Moon is formed 7 Life develops on Earth 8 Eating other creatures for energy develops 9 Photosynthesis develops 10 First sexual reproduction 11 First multicellular lifeform 12 Life emerges on land 13 Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise. 14 Protohumans evolve from primates 15 Humans develop intelligence 16 First human ancestors make tools 17 Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire 18 First human ancestors develop spoken language 19 First Homo sapiens 20 Toba supervolcano 21 Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age 22 Animals domesticated 23 Agriculture invented 24 Wheel invented 25 Bronze invented 26 First professional army 27 First cities 28 Decimal numbering invented 29 Writing invented 30 Iron mining and metallurgy 31 Alphabet invented 32 Abraham founds a religion 33 Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion 34 Invention of coinage 35 Lydia conquered by Persian Empire 36 Ionian Greek city of Miletus revolts, sacked 37 Marathon 38 Thermopolae 39 Salamis 40 Platea 41 Start of Peloponnesian War 42 Pericles dies in plague 43 Athenian Sicilian expedition 44 Athens surrenders 45 Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world 46 Archimedes takes a bath 47 Roman Empire founded 48 Jesus born 49 Muhammed born 50 Paper invented 51 The Crusades 52 Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia 53 A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death 54 Invention of gunpowder 55 Movable type 56 Discovery & colonization of the Americas 57 Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday 58 Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics 59 United States adopts its Constitution 60 Bastille stormed 61 Steam engines developed 62 Darwin discover Theory of Evolution 63 Electricity discovered 64 Invention of the telegraph 65 Germ theory of disease 66 Abe Lincoln lets his whiskers grow 67 A man, a plan, a canal–Suez 68 Radio invented 69 X-Rays described 70 A man, a plan, a canal–Panama 71 Automobile invented 72 Television invented 73 Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany 74 German army defeated at Stalingrad 75 First nuclear weapon (tested) 76 Hiroshima 77 Nagasaki 78 USSR declares war on Japan 79 Japan surrenders 80 Lamb shift discovered 81 Transistor invented 82 Truman defeats Dewey 83 Communists win Chinese Civil War 84 Korean War begins 85 Checkers speech 86 Eisenhower defeats Stevenson 87 DNA described by Watson and Crick 88 First nuclear power station on-line 89 Maser (precursor to laser) invented 90 A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik 91 Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench 92 Internet is invented 93 First GMO (a recombinant bacteria) 94 Cold War ends 95 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 96 Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization 97 Human genome sequenced 98 Facebook invented 99 First life form with completely synthetic genetic material 100 S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+ ---
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This’ll work a lot better with the automatic list tag. Restoring it, with my additions: [ol] [li]Big Bang[/li][li]Cosmological inflation[/li] [li]First Hydrogen atom[/li][li]Population III stars form[/li] [li]First galaxies[/li][li]Population II stars form[/li] [li]Sun forms[/li] [li]Earth forms[/li] [li]Moon is formed[/li] [li]Life develops on Earth[/li] [li]Eating other creatures for energy develops[/li] [li]Photosynthesis develops[/li][li]Eucaryotic lifeforms evolve[/li] [li]First sexual reproduction[/li] [li]First multicellular lifeform[/li] [li]Life emerges on land[/li] [li]Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise.[/li] [li]Protohumans evolve from primates[/li] [li]Humans develop intelligence[/li] [li]First human ancestors make tools[/li] [li]Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire[/li] [li]First human ancestors develop spoken language[/li] [li]First Homo sapiens[/li] [li]Toba supervolcano[/li] [li]Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age[/li] [li]Animals domesticated[/li] [li]Agriculture invented[/li] [li]Wheel invented[/li] [li]Bronze invented[/li] [li]First professional army[/li] [li]First cities[/li] [li]Decimal numbering invented[/li] [li]Writing invented[/li] [li]Iron mining and metallurgy[/li] [li]Alphabet invented[/li] [li]Abraham founds a religion[/li] [li]Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion[/li] [li]Invention of coinage[/li] [li]Lydia conquered by Persian Empire[/li] [li]Ionian Greek city of Miletus revolts, sacked[/li] [li]Marathon[/li] [li]Thermopolae[/li] [li]Salamis[/li] [li]Platea[/li] [li]Start of Peloponnesian War[/li] [li]Pericles dies in plague[/li] [li]Athenian Sicilian expedition[/li] [li]Athens surrenders[/li] [li]Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world[/li] [li]Archimedes takes a bath[/li] [li]Roman Empire founded[/li] [li]Jesus born[/li] [li]Muhammed born[/li] [li]Paper invented[/li] [li]The Crusades[/li] [li]Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia[/li] [li]A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death[/li] [li]Invention of gunpowder[/li] [li]Movable type[/li] [li]Discovery & colonization of the Americas[/li] [li]Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday[/li][li]Copernican model of the Solar System[/li] [li]Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics[/li] [li]United States adopts its Constitution[/li] [li]Bastille stormed[/li] [li]Steam engines developed[/li] [li]Darwin discover Theory of Evolution[/li] [li]Electricity discovered[/li] [li]Invention of the telegraph[/li] [li]Germ theory of disease[/li] [li]Abe Lincoln lets his whiskers grow[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a canal–Suez[/li] [li]Radio invented[/li] [li]X-Rays described[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a canal–Panama[/li] [li]Automobile invented[/li][li]Einstein’s miracle year[/li] [li]Television invented[/li][li] **WA-** (headline continued on page 2)[/li] [li]Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany[/li] [li]German army defeated at Stalingrad[/li] [li]First nuclear weapon (tested)[/li] [li]Hiroshima[/li] [li]Nagasaki[/li] [li]USSR declares war on Japan[/li] [li]Japan surrenders[/li] [li]Lamb shift discovered[/li] [li]Transistor invented[/li] [li]Truman defeats Dewey[/li] [li]Communists win Chinese Civil War[/li] [li]Korean War begins[/li] [li]Checkers speech[/li] [li]Eisenhower defeats Stevenson[/li] [li]DNA described by Watson and Crick[/li] [li]First nuclear power station on-line[/li] [li]Maser (precursor to laser) invented[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik[/li] [li]Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench[/li][li]Humans walk on another world[/li] [li]Internet is invented[/li] [li]First GMO (a recombinant bacteria)[/li] [li]Cold War ends[/li] [li]United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[/li] [li]Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization[/li] [li]Human genome sequenced[/li] [li]Facebook invented[/li] [li]First life form with completely synthetic genetic material[/li] [li]S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][li]Sun becomes a red giant[/li][li]Heat death of the Universe[/li][/ol] ---
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Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to make the f\*cking tags accomodate the ten items I want to insert into the list between previous #s 63 and 64. All software eats sh\*t. All of it. [ol] [li]Big Bang[/li][li]Cosmological inflation[/li] [li]First Hydrogen atom[/li][li]Population III stars form[/li] [li]First galaxies[/li][li]Population II stars form[/li] [li]Sun forms[/li] [li]Earth forms[/li] [li]Moon is formed[/li] [li]Life develops on Earth[/li] [li]Eating other creatures for energy develops[/li] [li]Photosynthesis develops[/li][li]Eucaryotic lifeforms evolve[/li] [li]First sexual reproduction[/li] [li]First multicellular lifeform[/li] [li]Life emerges on land[/li] [li]Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise.[/li] [li]Protohumans evolve from primates[/li] [li]Humans develop intelligence[/li] [li]First human ancestors make tools[/li] [li]Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire[/li] [li]First human ancestors develop spoken language[/li] [li]First Homo sapiens[/li] [li]Toba supervolcano[/li] [li]Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age[/li] [li]Animals domesticated[/li] [li]Agriculture invented[/li] [li]Wheel invented[/li] [li]Bronze invented[/li] [li]First professional army[/li] [li]First cities[/li] [li]Decimal numbering invented[/li] [li]Writing invented[/li] [li]Iron mining and metallurgy[/li] [li]Alphabet invented[/li] [li]Abraham founds a religion[/li] [li]Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion[/li] [li]Invention of coinage[/li] [li]Lydia conquered by Persian Empire[/li] [li]Ionian Greek city of Miletus revolts, sacked[/li] [li]Marathon[/li] [li]Thermopolae[/li] [li]Salamis[/li] [li]Platea[/li] [li]Start of Peloponnesian War[/li] [li]Pericles dies in plague[/li] [li]Athenian Sicilian expedition[/li] [li]Athens surrenders[/li] [li]Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world[/li] [li]Archimedes takes a bath[/li] [li]Roman Empire founded[/li] [li]Jesus born[/li] [li]Muhammed born[/li] [li]Paper invented[/li] [li]The Crusades[/li] [li]Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia[/li] [li]A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death[/li] [li]Invention of gunpowder[/li] [li]Movable type[/li] [li]Discovery & colonization of the Americas[/li] [li]Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday[/li][li]Copernican model of the Solar System[/li] [li]Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics[/li] Leibniz invents modern calculus notation James II of Great Britain deposed Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg Battle of Blenheim War of the Austrian Succession begins French and Indian War ends Bunker Hill 7/4/1776 Saratoga Yorktown [li]United States adopts its Constitution[/li] [li]Bastille stormed[/li] [li]Steam engines developed[/li] [li]Darwin discover Theory of Evolution[/li] [li]Electricity discovered[/li] [li]Invention of the telegraph[/li] [li]Germ theory of disease[/li] [li]Abe Lincoln lets his whiskers grow[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a canal–Suez[/li] [li]Radio invented[/li] [li]X-Rays described[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a canal–Panama[/li] [li]Automobile invented[/li][li]Einstein’s miracle year[/li] [li]Television invented[/li][li] **WA-** (headline continued on page 2)[/li] [li]Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany[/li] [li]German army defeated at Stalingrad[/li] [li]First nuclear weapon (tested)[/li] [li]Hiroshima[/li] [li]Nagasaki[/li] [li]USSR declares war on Japan[/li] [li]Japan surrenders[/li] [li]Lamb shift discovered[/li] [li]Transistor invented[/li] [li]Truman defeats Dewey[/li] [li]Communists win Chinese Civil War[/li] [li]Korean War begins[/li] [li]Checkers speech[/li] [li]Eisenhower defeats Stevenson[/li] [li]DNA described by Watson and Crick[/li] [li]First nuclear power station on-line[/li] [li]Maser (precursor to laser) invented[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik[/li] [li]Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench[/li][li]Humans walk on another world[/li] [li]Internet is invented[/li] [li]First GMO (a recombinant bacteria)[/li] [li]Cold War ends[/li] [li]United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[/li] [li]Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization[/li] [li]Human genome sequenced[/li] [li]Facebook invented[/li] [li]First life form with completely synthetic genetic material[/li] [li]S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][li]Sun becomes a red giant[/li][li]Heat death of the Universe[/li][/ol] ---
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_fixed for **colonial** _ (just add a [li] to the start of each line)[/li] [ol] [li]Big Bang[/li][li]Cosmological inflation[/li] [li]First Hydrogen atom[/li][li]Population III stars form[/li] [li]First galaxies[/li][li]Population II stars form[/li] [li]Sun forms[/li] [li]Earth forms[/li] [li]Moon is formed[/li] [li]Life develops on Earth[/li] [li]Eating other creatures for energy develops[/li] [li]Photosynthesis develops[/li][li]Eucaryotic lifeforms evolve[/li] [li]First sexual reproduction[/li] [li]First multicellular lifeform[/li] [li]Life emerges on land[/li] [li]Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise.[/li] [li]Protohumans evolve from primates[/li] [li]Humans develop intelligence[/li] [li]First human ancestors make tools[/li] [li]Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire[/li] [li]First human ancestors develop spoken language[/li] [li]First Homo sapiens[/li] [li]Toba supervolcano[/li] [li]Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age[/li] [li]Animals domesticated[/li] [li]Agriculture invented[/li] [li]Wheel invented[/li] [li]Bronze invented[/li] [li]First professional army[/li] [li]First cities[/li] [li]Decimal numbering invented[/li] [li]Writing invented[/li] [li]Iron mining and metallurgy[/li] [li]Alphabet invented[/li] [li]Abraham founds a religion[/li] [li]Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion[/li] [li]Invention of coinage[/li] [li]Lydia conquered by Persian Empire[/li] [li]Ionian Greek city of Miletus revolts, sacked[/li] [li]Marathon[/li] [li]Thermopolae[/li] [li]Salamis[/li] [li]Platea[/li] [li]Start of Peloponnesian War[/li] [li]Pericles dies in plague[/li] [li]Athenian Sicilian expedition[/li] [li]Athens surrenders[/li] [li]Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world[/li] [li]Archimedes takes a bath[/li] [li]Roman Empire founded[/li] [li]Jesus born[/li] [li]Muhammed born[/li] [li]Paper invented[/li] [li]The Crusades[/li] [li]Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia[/li] [li]A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death[/li] [li]Invention of gunpowder[/li] [li]Movable type[/li] [li]Discovery & colonization of the Americas[/li] [li]Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday[/li][li]Copernican model of the Solar System[/li] [li]Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics[/li][li] Leibniz invents modern calculus notation[/li][li]James II of Great Britain deposed[/li][li]Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg[/li][li]Battle of Blenheim[/li][li]War of the Austrian Succession begins[/li][li]French and Indian War ends[/li][li]Bunker Hill[/li][li]7/4/1776[/li][li]Saratoga[/li][li]Yorktown[/li][li]United States adopts its Constitution[/li] [li]Bastille stormed[/li] [li]Steam engines developed[/li] [li]Darwin discover Theory of Evolution[/li] [li]Electricity discovered[/li] [li]Invention of the telegraph[/li] [li]Germ theory of disease[/li] [li]Abe Lincoln lets his whiskers grow[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a canal–Suez[/li] [li]Radio invented[/li] [li]X-Rays described[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a canal–Panama[/li] [li]Automobile invented[/li][li]Einstein’s miracle year[/li] [li]Television invented[/li][li] **WA-** (headline continued on page 2)[/li] [li]Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany[/li] [li]German army defeated at Stalingrad[/li] [li]First nuclear weapon (tested)[/li] [li]Hiroshima[/li] [li]Nagasaki[/li] [li]USSR declares war on Japan[/li] [li]Japan surrenders[/li] [li]Lamb shift discovered[/li] [li]Transistor invented[/li] [li]Truman defeats Dewey[/li] [li]Communists win Chinese Civil War[/li] [li]Korean War begins[/li] [li]Checkers speech[/li] [li]Eisenhower defeats Stevenson[/li] [li]DNA described by Watson and Crick[/li] [li]First nuclear power station on-line[/li] [li]Maser (precursor to laser) invented[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik[/li] [li]Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench[/li][li]Humans walk on another world[/li] [li]Internet is invented[/li] [li]First GMO (a recombinant bacteria)[/li] [li]Cold War ends[/li] [li]United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[/li] [li]Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization[/li] [li]Human genome sequenced[/li] [li]Facebook invented[/li] [li]First life form with completely synthetic genetic material[/li] [li]S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][li]Sun becomes a red giant[/li][li]Heat death of the Universe[/li][/ol] ---
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[ol] [li]Big Bang[/li][li]Cosmological inflation[/li] [li]First Hydrogen atom[/li][li]Population III stars form[/li] [li]First galaxies[/li][li]Population II stars form[/li] [li]Sun forms[/li] [li]Earth forms[/li] [li]Moon is formed[/li] [li]Life develops on Earth[/li] [li]Eating other creatures for energy develops[/li] [li]Photosynthesis develops[/li][li]Eucaryotic lifeforms evolve[/li] [li]First sexual reproduction[/li] [li]First multicellular lifeform[/li] [li]Life emerges on land[/li] [li]Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise.[/li] [li]Protohumans evolve from primates[/li] [li]Humans develop intelligence[/li] [li]First human ancestors make tools[/li] [li]Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire[/li] [li]First human ancestors develop spoken language[/li] [li]First Homo sapiens[/li] [li]Toba supervolcano[/li] [li]Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age[/li] [li]Animals domesticated[/li] [li]Agriculture invented[/li] [li]Wheel invented[/li] [li]Bronze invented[/li] [li]First professional army[/li] [li]First cities[/li] [li]Decimal numbering invented[/li] [li]Writing invented[/li] [li]Iron mining and metallurgy[/li] [li]Alphabet invented[/li] [li]Abraham founds a religion[/li] [li]Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion[/li] [li]Invention of coinage[/li] [li]Lydia conquered by Persian Empire[/li] [li]Ionian Greek city of Miletus revolts, sacked[/li] [li]Marathon[/li] [li]Thermopolae[/li] [li]Salamis[/li] [li]Platea[/li] [li]Start of Peloponnesian War[/li] [li]Pericles dies in plague[/li] [li]Athenian Sicilian expedition[/li] [li]Athens surrenders[/li] [li]Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world[/li] [li]Archimedes takes a bath[/li] [li]Roman Empire founded[/li] [li]Jesus born[/li] [li]Muhammed born[/li] [li]Paper invented[/li] [li]The Crusades[/li] [li]Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia[/li] [li]A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death[/li] [li]Invention of gunpowder[/li] [li]Movable type[/li] [li]Discovery & colonization of the Americas[/li] [li]Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday[/li][li]Copernican model of the Solar System[/li] [li]Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics[/li][li] Leibniz invents modern calculus notation[/li][li]James II of Great Britain deposed[/li][li]Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg[/li][li]Battle of Blenheim[/li][li]War of the Austrian Succession begins[/li][li]French and Indian War ends[/li][li]Bunker Hill[/li][li]7/4/1776[/li][li]Saratoga[/li][li]Yorktown[/li][li]United States adopts its Constitution[/li] [li]Bastille stormed[/li] [li]Steam engines developed[/li] [li]Darwin discover Theory of Evolution[/li] [li]Electricity discovered[/li] [li]Invention of the telegraph[/li] [li]Germ theory of disease[/li] [li]Abe Lincoln lets his whiskers grow[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a canal–Suez[/li] [li]Radio invented[/li] [li]X-Rays described[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a canal–Panama[/li] [li]Automobile invented[/li][li]Einstein’s miracle year[/li] [li]Television invented[/li][li] **WA-** (headline continued on page 2)[/li] [li]Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany[/li][li] Reichstag Fire[/li][li] FDR 1st Inaugural[/li][li] Night of the Long Knives[/li][li] Baldwin chosen UK PM[/li][li] Edward VIII Abdication Crisis[/li][li] Germany reoccupies Rhineland[/li][li] FDR reelcted[/li][li] Italy invades Ethiopia[/li][li] Japan invades China proper[/li][li] Anschluss[/li] [li]German army defeated at Stalingrad[/li] [li]First nuclear weapon (tested)[/li] [li]Hiroshima[/li] [li]Nagasaki[/li] [li]USSR declares war on Japan[/li] [li]Japan surrenders[/li] [li]Lamb shift discovered[/li] [li]Transistor invented[/li] [li]Truman defeats Dewey[/li] [li]Communists win Chinese Civil War[/li] [li]Korean War begins[/li] [li]Checkers speech[/li] [li]Eisenhower defeats Stevenson[/li] [li]DNA described by Watson and Crick[/li] [li]First nuclear power station on-line[/li] [li]Maser (precursor to laser) invented[/li] [li]A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik[/li] [li]Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench[/li][li]Humans walk on another world[/li] [li]Internet is invented[/li] [li]First GMO (a recombinant bacteria)[/li] [li]Cold War ends[/li] [li]United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[/li] [li]Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization[/li] [li]Human genome sequenced[/li] [li]Facebook invented[/li] [li]First life form with completely synthetic genetic material[/li] [li]S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+[/li][li]Sun becomes a red giant[/li][li]Heat death of the Universe[/li][/ol] ---
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Big Bang Cosmological inflation First Hydrogen atom Population III stars form First galaxies Population II stars form Sun forms Earth forms Moon is formed Life develops on Earth Eating other creatures for energy develops Photosynthesis develops Eucaryotic lifeforms evolve First sexual reproduction First multicellular lifeform Life emerges on land Asteroid wipes out dinosaurs, allows mammals to rise. Protohumans evolve from primates Humans develop intelligence First human ancestors make tools Human ancestors learn how to create and use fire First human ancestors develop spoken language First Homo sapiens Toba supervolcano Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age Animals domesticated Agriculture invented Wheel invented Bronze invented First professional army First cities Decimal numbering invented Writing invented Iron mining and metallurgy Alphabet invented Abraham founds a religion Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion Invention of coinage Lydia conquered by Persian Empire Ionian Greek city of Miletus revolts, sacked Marathon Thermopolae Salamis Platea Start of Peloponnesian War Pericles dies in plague Athenian Sicilian expedition Athens surrenders Alexander the Great conquers most of the known world Archimedes takes a bath Roman Empire founded Jesus born Muhammed born Paper invented The Crusades Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death Invention of gunpowder Movable type Discovery & colonization of the Americas Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday Spanish Armada Copernican model of the Solar System Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics Leibniz invents modern calculus notation James II of Great Britain deposed Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg Battle of Blenheim War of the Austrian Succession begins French and Indian War ends Bunker Hill 7/4/1776 Saratoga Yorktown United States adopts its Constitution George Washington becomes first U.S. President Bastille stormed Reign of Terror in France Napoleon takes power in France Steam engines developed Darwin discover Theory of Evolution Electricity discovered Invention of the telegraph Germ theory of disease Abraham Lincoln is elected President Lincoln lets his whiskers grow Confederates fire on Ft. Sumter Battle of Antietam Battle of Gettysburg Lee surrenders at Appomattox A man, a plan, a canal–Suez Radio invented X-Rays described A man, a plan, a canal–Panama Automobile invented Einstein’s miracle year Television invented WA- (headline continued on page 2) Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany Reichstag Fire FDR 1st Inaugural Night of the Long Knives Baldwin chosen UK PM Edward VIII Abdication Crisis Germany reoccupies Rhineland FDR reelcted Italy invades Ethiopia Japan invades China proper Anschluss German army defeated at Stalingrad First nuclear weapon (tested) Hiroshima Nagasaki USSR declares war on Japan Japan surrenders Lamb shift discovered Transistor invented Truman defeats Dewey Communists win Chinese Civil War Korean War begins Checkers speech Eisenhower defeats Stevenson DNA described by Watson and Crick First nuclear power station on-line Maser (precursor to laser) invented A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench Humans walk on another world Internet is invented First GMO (a recombinant bacteria) Cold War ends United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Online porn fuels critical internet commercialization Human genome sequenced Facebook invented First life form with completely synthetic genetic material S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+ Sun becomes a red giant Heat death of the Universe [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705.md?page=2)