Country → Year → Event
Choose a country, then one of its years, then an event recorded in that year.
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World History Events
Search world history through simple cascaded routes. Start broad with Country and Year, Person or Category, or continue to a specific Event. Results are sorted by event, then year, month, day and name2.
Political events
Battles and campaigns
Successions
Appointments
Discoveries
Event chronology
Country → Event
Choose a country and browse all of its event names in alphabetic groups.
Country → Name2 → Name1 → Event
Name1 is required after Name2. The exact Name2 + Name1 combination then loads only that person's events.
Country → General → Event
Choose Country, General 1, General 2 and Event through a strict cascade.
Historical events in photographs
Four moments that changed the modern world
These photographs add visual context to the event archive. Use the event search below to follow dates, countries, people and related records.
17 December 1903
First powered flight
Orville Wright flew the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, while Wilbur ran alongside. The first flight lasted 12 seconds and covered about 120 feet.
28 June 1919
Treaty of Versailles
The peace treaty signed in the Hall of Mirrors formally ended the state of war between Germany and the principal Allied powers after the First World War.
6 May 1937
Hindenburg disaster
The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire while attempting to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, bringing the era of large passenger zeppelins to a dramatic end.
28 August 1963
March on Washington
Hundreds of thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., for jobs and freedom, creating one of the defining public demonstrations of the American civil rights movement.
Cascaded event search
Choose how much detail you want
Follow each route from left to right. For a person search, Name2 must be followed by Name1 before Event becomes available. Event lists also provide a one-word choice, such as Battle, when several events begin with the same first word.
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Search by country and year
Choose the broad year search, or continue to a specific event in that year.
Country→Year
Broad search
Country → Year
Selecting Year immediately shows every matching record.
Step 1 — choose a country.
Step 2 — choose a year to show all records.
Country→Year→Event
Specific event
Country → Year → Event
Continue one step further to a specific event.
Step 1 — choose a country.
Step 2 — choose a year.
Step 3 — choose an event. Repeated first words such as Battle also appear as broader choices.
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Search directly by country and event
Use this when you know the event but do not need to choose a year first.
Country→Event
Country → Event
Browse every event recorded for the selected country.
Step 1 — choose a country.
Step 2 — choose an event. Repeated first words such as Battle also appear as broader choices.
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Search by historical person
Choose Country, Name2 and Name1 in order. Event is then built only from that exact person combination.
Country→Name2→Name1→Event
Required cascade
Person event search
Complete each step. Name1 is mandatory after Name2.
How this works
Select Name2, then select Name1. Only then is Event enabled. If two or more matching events begin with the same word, that word appears at the top of the Event list. For example, Battle can return Battle of Hastings and Battle of Waterloo.
Next: select Country.
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Choose the person's country.
2
Choose the surname or main name. Name1 is required next.
3
Choose the matching given name. Use (blank) only when the database Name1 is blank.
4
Grouped words appear first when available.
Grouped first-word choices such as Battle appear at the top, followed by the full A-Z event list.
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Search by historical category
Stop at General 2 for the full category, or continue to one event. Each step queries only the selected category path.
Country→General 1→General 2
Broad search
Country → General 1 → General 2
Selecting General 2 immediately shows every matching record in that category.
Step 1 — choose a country.
Step 2 — choose the broad category.
Step 3 — alphabetically grouped detailed category.
Country→General 1→General 2→Event
Specific event
Country → General 1 → General 2 → Event
Continue to Event for one event inside the selected category.
Step 1 — choose a country.
Step 2 — choose the broad category.
Step 3 — alphabetically grouped detailed category.
Step 4 — choose an event. Repeated first words such as Battle also appear as broader choices.
Choose a Country to begin. Category dropdown requests are narrowed at each step and cached, so General 1, General 2 and Event choices load much faster.
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Search world history by event
World History Events is designed for event-centred research. It searches the existing historical database and presents matching records in a consistent event-first sequence.
The primary order is event, followed by year, month, day and name2. Each final Event selection retrieves matching database rows for its cascade. Name1, place and description are displayed as supporting context for each result. In the person route, Name1 is mandatory after Name2, and the exact Name2 + Name1 pair determines the Event list.
The page provides broad and event-specific cascades. Search by Country → Year, Country → Year → Event, Country → Event, Country → Name2 → Name1, Country → Name2 → Name1 → Event, Country → General 1 → General 2, or Country → General 1 → General 2 → Event. Event, Name2 and General 2 lists are divided into alphabetic groups.
Political events
- Successions, reigns and appointments
- Government changes and legislation
- Diplomacy, treaties and state formation
Military events
- Battles, sieges and campaigns
- Conquests, occupations and surrenders
- Fortifications and defensive works
Society and culture
- Religious and institutional events
- Scientific discoveries and inventions
- Cultural works and public milestones