Economy, sport, epidemics, disasters caused by people, and movements that shaped everyday life.
Chronyas lists 32,669 events in this topic. These are among the most notable, grouped by era.
Ancient civilizations
- c. 601 BCEThe Lydians mint the first coins
- 5th century BCERise of Cynicism
- 245 CERise of Neoplatonism
- 27 February 380 CEChristianity becomes the state religion of Rome
Medieval world
- 7th centuryOrigins of chess
- 642 CEOrigins of sumo
- 7th centuryOrigins of chaturanga
- 1024The Song dynasty issues the first government paper money
- 1096Founding of University of Oxford
- from 12th century to 19th centuryFounding of Hanseatic League
- 1209Founding of University of Cambridge
- 1 August 1291Founding of Switzerland
- 1324Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca
- from 1346 to 1352Black Death
- 1496Introduction of złoty
Early modern world
- 24 August 1572St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
- 8 September 1636Founding of Harvard University
- 27 July 1694Founding of Bank of England
- 1698Founding of London Stock Exchange
- 1740Rise of Hasidic Judaism
Industrial era
- 12 May 1792Founding of New York Stock Exchange
- c. 1800sRise of nationalism
- 25 March 1807Britain abolishes the slave trade
- from 10 June 1815 to 24 August 1866Founding of German Confederation
- 1823Origins of rugby union
- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Committee of the Red Cross
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- 26 October 1863The Football Association is founded in London
- 17 May 1865Founding of International Telecommunication Union
- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 1869Founding of Goldman Sachs
- 1874Founding of Universal Postal Union
- 1878Founding of Manchester United F.C.
- 4 June 1880Introduction of Bulgarian lev
- 23 September 1889Founding of Nintendo
- 19 September 1893New Zealand becomes the first country where women vote
- 23 June 1894Founding of International Olympic Committee
- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 1896The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens
- 1 November 1897Founding of Juventus FC
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
- 1 January 1901Founding of Australia
- 6 March 1902Founding of Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1903Origins of Major League Baseball
- 1903Rise of Bolsheviks
- 21 May 1904Founding of FIFA
- 1907Rise of scouting
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
- 23 December 1913Founding of Federal Reserve System
Modern era
- 1915Armenian Genocide
- 9 July 1916Founding of CONMEBOL
- from January 1918 to December 19201918–1920 flu pandemic
- from 1919 to 1946Founding of League of Nations
- 1919Founding of International Labour Organization
- 1919Founding of International Astronomical Union
- 1920Origins of National Football League
- 7 September 1923Founding of Interpol
- 16 October 1923Founding of The Walt Disney Company
- 1924Origins of Allsvenskan
- 20 July 1924Founding of FIDE
- 1928Introduction of Estonian kroon
- 22 March 1928Founding of Muslim Brotherhood
- 1929Origins of Serie B
- from 13 July 1930 to 30 July 1930The first FIFA World Cup is played in Uruguay
- 11 December 1931Founding of Commonwealth of Nations
- from 1932 to 1933Holodomor
- 4 March 1933Roosevelt's New Deal begins
- from 3 August 1936 to 9 August 1936Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in Berlin
- 1937Nanjing Massacre
- 28 August 1937Founding of Toyota
- 1938Founding of Samsung Group
- November 1938Kristallnacht
- 1940Katyn massacre
- 15 May 1940Founding of McDonald's
- 1941Rise of Vietnamese Independence League
- 22 July 1944Founding of International Monetary Fund
- 5 September 1944Founding of Benelux
- 7 December 1944Founding of International Civil Aviation Organization
Contemporary world
- 1945Founding of United Nations Economic and Social Council
- 1945Founding of United Nations Secretariat
- 1945Founding of United Nations General Assembly
- 1945Founding of International Court of Justice
- 1 February 1945Founding of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 22 March 1945Founding of Arab League
- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations
- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations Security Council
- 16 November 1945Founding of UNESCO
- 27 December 1945Founding of World Bank
- 11 December 1946Founding of UNICEF
- 23 February 1947Founding of International Organization for Standardization
- 15 April 1947Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's colour line
- 1948Founding of Organization of American States
- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 16 April 1948Founding of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 4 April 1949Founding of NATO
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 23 March 1950Founding of World Meteorological Organization
- 14 December 1950Founding of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- from 18 April 1951 to 23 July 2002Founding of European Coal and Steel Community
- 3 June 1951Founding of Socialist International
- 1952Introduction of rupiah
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 6 May 1954Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
- 8 May 1954Founding of Asian Football Confederation
- 15 June 1954Founding of Union of European Football Associations
- from 21 July 1954 to 4 July 1976Rise of National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
- 29 September 1954Founding of CERN
- from 14 May 1955 to 1 July 1991Founding of Warsaw Pact
- 1 September 1955Founding of Non-Aligned Movement
- from 1 December 1955 to 20 December 1956Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
- 1957Founding of International Atomic Energy Agency
- 1957Founding of Council of the European Union
- 8 February 1957Founding of Confederation of African Football
- 1 January 1958Founding of European Commission
- 1959HIV/AIDS
- 20 April 1959Founding of European Court of Human Rights
- 1960Founding of Somalia
- 4 January 1960Founding of European Free Trade Association
- 9 May 1960The contraceptive pill is approved in the United States
- 14 September 1960Founding of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- 29 April 1961Founding of WWF International
- 18 September 1961Founding of CONCACAF
- 19 December 1961Founding of World Food Programme
- 27 September 1962Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
- 28 August 1963Martin Luther King delivers 'I Have a Dream'
- 1 October 1963Founding of Nigeria
- 1965Founding of United Nations Development Programme
- 19 July 1965Introduction of Ghana cedi
- 22 August 1966Founding of Asian Development Bank
- 8 August 1967Founding of ASEAN
- 25 September 1969Founding of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- from 1970 to 1998Rise of Red Army Faction
- 20 March 1970Founding of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
- January 1971Founding of World Economic Forum
- 4 February 1971Founding of Nasdaq
- 21 December 1971Founding of Médecins Sans Frontières
- from 16 October 1973 to 17 March 19741973 oil crisis
- 1974Introduction of ngultrum
- 9 December 1974Founding of European Council
- 1975Founding of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- 4 April 1975Founding of Microsoft
- 30 May 1975Founding of European Space Agency
- November 1975Founding of G7
- from 1976 to 2009Rise of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- 1 April 1976Founding of Apple Inc.
- 1978Founding of Human Rights Watch
- 18 December 1978Deng Xiaoping launches China's 'reform and opening up'
- 1980Rise of transhumanism
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 8 December 1985Founding of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- 26 April 1986Chernobyl disaster
- 10 December 1987Rise of Hamas
- 1988Founding of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 6 November 1989Founding of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- 1990Rise of K-pop
- 17 October 1990Founding of IMDb
- 8 December 1991Founding of Commonwealth of Independent States
- 1 November 1993Founding of European Union
- 17 December 1993Origins of Major League Soccer
- 19941994 Genocide against Tutsi
- 1994Rise of Houthis
- 1994Founding of Eurasian Economic Union
- 1994Rise of Taliban
- 1 January 1995Founding of World Trade Organization
- 25 September 1995Introduction of Georgian lari
- from 1997 to 2014Founding of G8
- from 2 July 1997 to 1 January 19991997 Asian financial crisis
- 29 August 1997Founding of Netflix
- 2 February 1998Rise of open source
- 1 June 1998Founding of European Central Bank
- 4 September 1998Founding of Google
- 1999The euro is launched
- 9 September 1999Founding of African Union
- 26 September 1999Founding of G20
- 2nd millenniumRise of consumerism
- 14 June 2001Founding of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- 11 September 2001September 11 attacks
- 1 July 2002Founding of International Criminal Court
- 2003Rise of Anonymous
- 24 November 2003Founding of Wikisource
- 4 February 2004Founding of Facebook
- 7 September 2004Founding of Wikimedia Commons
- 10 May 2006Founding of Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano
- 4 October 2006Founding of WikiLeaks
- c. 2007Great Recession
- 23 May 2008Founding of Union of South American Nations
- 16 June 2009Founding of BRICS
- 22 July 20112011 Norway attacks
- 13 July 2013Rise of Black Lives Matter
- 8 December 2013Introduction of Dogecoin
- 2015Rise of Wikipedia Asian Month
- 13 November 2015November 2015 Paris attacks
- October 2017Rise of MeToo movement
- from 15 November 2019 to 5 May 2023COVID-19 pandemic
- 4 August 20202020 Beirut explosions
- 13 July 2024Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania
- 3 January 20262026 United States strikes in Venezuela