# 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:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/61 "2011-08-13T02:28:41Z")
Added: [ol] [li]_Iliad_ and _Odyssey_ written[/li][li]Herodotus writes history[/li][li]Thebes defeats Sparta at Leuctra, becomes dominant Greek power[/li][li]Vergil composes _Aeneid_[/li][li]St. Augustine writes _City of God_[/li][li]Battle of Tours- Muslim advance into Europe reversed[/li][li]Peasants’ Revolt in England[/li][li]Chaucer writes _Canterbury Tales_[/li][li]Wars of the Roses begin[/li][li]Thomas More writes _Utopia_[/li][/ol]Full list: Big Bang Cosmological inflation First Hydrogen atom Population III stars form First galaxies Population II stars form Sun forms Earth forms Moon is formed Earth form solid crust Plate Tectonics gets going Life develops on Earth Eating other creatures for energy develops Photosynthesis develops Great Oxygenation Event Eukaryotic lifeforms evolve First sexual reproduction First multicellular lifeform First exoskeleton First endoskeleton Life emerges on land The Great Dying First warm blooded animal First grass 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 Australia settled Global temperatures rise after the last Ice Age Animals domesticated Homo sapiens reaches America Agriculture invented Wheel invented Bronze invented First professional army First cities Decimal numbering invented Writing invented Rise of Sumerians Egypt united Civilization flourishes in Indus Valley Egyptian Pyramids Sargon of Akkad - First Empire Minoan civilization flourishes on Crete Mykean civilization in Greece Troy destroyed Iron mining and metallurgy Sea People ravish Eastern Mediterranean Alphabet invented Abraham founds a religion Kingdom of David and Solomon Greeks and Phoenicians start colonizing Mediterranean Iliad and Odyssey written Carthage founded First Olympic Games Rome founded Assyria dominates Middle East Fall of Assyria Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people Cyrus the Great - rise of Persia Buddha Siddhartha Gautama founds a religion Invention of coinage Lydia conquered by Persian Empire Egypt conquered by Persian Empire Rome becomes a Republic Ionian Greek city of Miletus revolts, sacked Marathon Thermopylae Salamis Platea Herodotus composes History Start of Peloponnesian War Pericles dies in plague Athenian Sicilian expedition Athens surrenders Socrates dies Plato and the Platonic Academy Thebes defeats Sparta at Leuctra, becomes dominant Greek power Philip becomes king of Macedon Aristotles of Stagira and the Lyceum Battle of Chaeronia- Macedon hegemon of Greece Philip assassinated, Alexander succeeds Thebes destroyed, Pindar’s house excepted Battle of the Granicus- Alexander wins Asia Minor A man, a sword, a knot, a cut: the Gordian Knot Battle of Issus Capture of Tyre Surrender of Egypt Battle of Guagamela Darius assassinated, Alexander succeeds as Persian Emperor To the strongest - Wars of the Diadochi Pyrrhus defeated by Rome 1st Punic War Archimedes takes a bath China united by the First Emperor of Qin Han Dynasty succeeds Quin 2nd Punic War 3rd Punic War Unsuccessful land reform attempted in Rome Marius foremost Roman strongman Sulla foremost Roman strongman 1st Triumvirate: Caesar-Pompey-Crassus Caesar defeats Pompey Caesar assassinated 2nd Triumvirate: Octavian (later ka Augustus)-Antony-Lepidus Battle Actium- Octavian wins control of Rome Roman Empire founded Vergil composes Aeneid Vesuvius buries Pompeii under ash Roman defeat Teutonberg Forest; permanent loss of Germany Jesus born Tiberius succeeds Augustus Caligula succeeds Tiberius Caligula assassinated, Claudius succeeds Roman conquest of Britain Nero starts persecution of Christians Nero deposed, four generals vie for power Vespasian wins power struggle, becomes Emperor Jewish revolt defeated, Temple of Jerusalem destroyed Titus succeeds Vespasian Domitian succeeds Titus Domitian assassinated, Nerva chosen Emperor by Senate Trajan Emperor, Tacitus writes Annals Hadrian succeeds Trajan, builds wall Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrain Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus corulers, then Marcus alone. Marcus writes Meditations; campaign vs Macromanni Commodus succeeds Marcus Aurelius Commodus assassinated, Pertinax chosen Emperor by Senate Pertinax assassinated by Praetorian Guard Han dynasty collapses Diocletian reforms the Roman Empire Constantine founds Constantinople Christianity becomes the state religion of Roman Empire St. Augustine composes City of God Fall of Roman Empire in the West Emperor Justinian attempts to reclaim the lost provinces Muhammed born Islamic conquest of the Middle East, Iran and North Africa Tang dynasty founded Battle of tours- Muslim advance into Europe reversed Paper invented First writings about tea making Carolingian renaissance in the West Viking attacks begin Holy Roman Empire created Poland converts to Christianity Russia converts to Christianity Great Schism between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches Lief Erikson discovers America Crab Supernova Norman conquest of England Good King Wenceslas looks out on the Feast of Steven The Crusades Magna Carta signed Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia Invention of gunpowder Teutonic Order settled in Prussia Kublai Khan’s two expeditions vs Japan fail Hundreds’ Year War between France and England English victories at Crecy, Poitiers Peasants’ Revolt in England Wycliffe questions Papal supremacy Ming dynasty replaces Yuan/Mongol dynasty A rat, no cat, an epidemic–the Black Death Chaucer writes Canterbury Tales Henry V wins at Agincourt on St. Crispin’s Day Wars of the Roses begin Gutenbery invents movable type Joan of Arc in action Byzantium falls to Ottomans Discovery & colonization of the Americas Michaelangelo paints Sistene Chapel ceiling Erasmus calls for reform of RC church corruption Thomas More writes Utopia Martin Luther vandalizes a Church door Henry VIII takes England out of Roman Catholic church Calvin in Geneva Scandinavian countries leave the RC church Copernican model of the Solar System Netherlands revolt against Spain begins Queen Elizabeth I takes the throne Shakespeare gets a pen for his birthday Spanish Armada Lost Colony of Roanoke Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion The Maunder Minimum The Gunpowder Plot Trial of Galileo Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England Restoration of British monarchy Isaac Newton creates modern physics and mathematics Leibniz invents modern calculus notation Chin/Manchu dynasty replaces Ming Ottoman Empire expansion stopped at Vienna Haley explains the motion of comets James II of Great Britain deposed Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg Battle of Blenheim War of the Austrian Succession begins Catherine the Great succeeds murderd husband Peter George Washington, as Virginia militia officer, first comes under enemy fire French and Indian War ends Ben Franklin begins “Poor Richard’s Almanack” Stamp Act imposed in America First Continental Congress meets British troops fire on Minutemen at Lexington and Concord Bunker Hill 7/4/1776 Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” published Washington wins at Trenton, Princeton Ludwig van Beethoven begins piano lessons Saratoga U.S., France form alliance Articles of Confederation adopted Yorktown United States adopts its Constitution George Washington becomes first U.S. President U.S. adopts Bill of Rights Whiskey Rebellion Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” published Washington’s Farewell Address Bastille stormed Metric system first introduced Reign of Terror in France 3rd Partition of Poland-Lithuania Napolean’s Egyptian fiasco; Battle of the Nile Napoleon takes power Battle of Austerlitz President John Adams signs Alien & Sedition Acts John Marshall named Chief Justice Battle of Trafalgar - death of Nelson Louisiana Purchease Napoleon invades Russia USS Constitution wins naval glory as “Old Ironsides” Washington, D.C. burned by British troops Battle of Lake Erie - Perry: “We have met the enemy…” Treaty of Ghent Battle of New Orleans Napoleon deposed, exiled, returns Waterloo Congress of Vienna Steam engines developed France invades Algeria Belgium becomes independent Queen Victoria takes British throne Major electoral reform in Great Britain Spring of Nations threatens established order in Europe Darwin discovers Theory of Evolution Electricity discovered Invention of the telegraph Germ theory of disease Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” published Abraham Lincoln is elected President Lincoln lets his whiskers grow Confederate States of America founded Confederates fire on Ft. Sumter USS Monitor and CSS Virginia in first ironclad duel Monitor-Merrimack 1st ironclad warship battle Battle of Antietam Emancipation Proclamation Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Chancellorsville Gettysburg Address USS Kearsarge defeats CSS Alabama off Cherbourg, France Lee surrenders at Appomattox President Andrew Johnson impeached by House but not convicted by Senate A man, a plan, a canal–Suez Maxwell’s laws of electromagnetism Battle of Little Big Horn Election of 1876 - Hayes “defeats” Tilden End of Reconstruction Gladstone and Disraeli alternate as British prime minister Radio invented Michelson-Morley experiment McKinley elected 1st term Spanish-American War Theodore Roosevelt and Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill Quantum theory discovered X-Rays described McKinley assassinated; Roosevelt becomes U.S. President A man, a plan, a canal–Panama Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. appointed to U.S. Supreme Court Russian-Japanese War, Japanese victory shocks the World. Automobile invented RMS Titanic sinks Woodrow Wilson elected President Einstein’s miracle year Sarajevo World War I breaks out General Relativity discovered Battle of Jutland Russian Revolution Tsar and his family murdered Versailles Peace Treaty League of Nations established Prohibition in USA Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesburg, Ohio” published Henry Ford introduces the assembly line and mass production James Joyce publishes “Ulysses” Lenin dies Stalin rises to power in USSR Hitler writes “Mein Kampf” Scopes Monkey Trial Sinclair Lewis’s “The Jungle” published Quantum Mechanics discovered Cosmological Red Shift discovered Great Depression begins Antimatter discovered FDR elected for first time Television invented WA- (“Onion” headline continued on page 2) Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany Reichstag Fire FDR 1st Inaugural Night of the Long Knives Kirov assassinated, Stalin’s Purges begin Baldwin chosen UK PM Edward VIII Abdication Crisis Germany reoccupies Rhineland FDR reelected Italy invades Ethiopia Spanish Civil War starts Japan invades China proper Anschluss Chamberlain UK PM Munich Crisis Germany occupies Czechoslovakia Germany invades Poland, triggering WWII Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact Finland vs USSR Winter War Germany invades Denmark and Norway Churchill becomes British PM Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemboug, France Dunkirk Battle of Britain Germany invades Yugoslavia, Greece Germany invades USSR German victory Battle of Kiev Seige of Leningrad begins USSR Moscow area counterattack = 1st German retreat of the war Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Wannsee Conference Singapore falls Battle of the Coral Sea Corregidor falls Battle of Midway Guadalcanal campaign begins El Alamein Operation Torch = US N. African campaign begins German army defeated at Stalingrad US/UK Sicilian invasion Battle of Kursk D-Day landings, Normandy Battle of Leyte Battle of the Bulge FDR dies; Truman becomes U.S. President Nazi Germany surrenders First nuclear weapon (tested) Hiroshima Nagasaki USSR declares war on Japan Japan surrenders Lamb shift discovered Quantum ElectroDynamics developed Transistor invented Cosmic Microwave Background radiation hypothesized George Orwell’s “1984” published Truman defeats Dewey Communists win Chinese Civil War Truman approves development of H-bomb Korean War begins Queen Elizabeth II takes British throne Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” published Checkers speech Eisenhower beats Stevenson the first time USS Nautilus sails to the North Pole J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is published DNA described by Watson and Crick Suez Canal Crisis Eisenhower defeats Stevenson again First nuclear power station on-line Maser (precursor to laser) invented Arthur C. Clarke’s “Childhood’s End” published A man, a plan, a rocket–Sputnik Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” published Year of Africa, many European colonies granted independence U-2 spyplane shootdown sours U.S.-Soviet relations John F. Kennedy becomes U.S. President Kennedy, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev meet in Vienna Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” published John Lennon meets Paul McCartney Peace Corps established Kennedy sets goal of landing on Moon Descent to bottom of the Marianas Trench Integration of Ole Miss Cuban Missile Crisis MLK “I have a dream” speech Kennedy signs Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Kennedy assassinated in Dallas Beatles come to USA Star Trek premieres Cosmic Microwave Background radiation discovered Humans walk on another world Apollo 13 crew returns safely Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal Ford pardons Nixon Word processors begin to supplant typewriters U.S. Bicentennial Carter defeats Ford for U.S. Presidency Iranian Revolution Seizure of U.S. Embassy in Tehran Three Mile Island meltdown Mount Saint Helens blows off its top. Ronald Reagan elected U.S. President Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to U.S. Supreme Court Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer IBM PC introduced Chernobyl melt down Internet is invented First GMO (a recombinant bacteria) Cold War ends Fall of Berlin Wall Gulf War I Collapse of Soviet Union Maastricht Treaty signed, European Community becomes European Union United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Online porn fuels critical Internet commercialization Human genome sequenced Supreme Court rules in Bush v. Gore 9-11 terrorist attacks U.S. invades Afghanistan EURO introduced as a common European currency U.S. and allies invade Iraq Facebook invented Ten new countries join European Union President George W. Bush reelected Hurricane Katrina Romania and Bulgaria join European Union First life form with completely synthetic genetic material Barack Obama becomes 44th U.S. President U.S. Federal stimulus package passes Australia fire storms. Rescue worker giving Koala water is hero. Christchurch New Zealand earthquake. Christchurch New Zealand earthquake again. Japan earthquake Fukushima melt down Christchurch New Zealand earthquake once again. U.S. healthcare reform bill passes Pentagon policy of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” repealed S&P downgrades US Debt from AAA to AA+ British youth rioting Voyager probes pass the heliopause Sun becomes a red giant Heat death of the Universe ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705/62 "2011-08-13T02:36:40Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > Added:… > [li]Monitor-Merrimack 1st ironclad warship battle…[/li] I’d already done that. Yours is right below mine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-add-the-next-10-most-significant-events-from-history/591705.md?page=3)