15-dec.-1832 - 27-dec.-1923 |
(-77.4) - 13.6 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
8-jul.-1838 - 8-mrt.-1917 |
(-71.9) - 6.8 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
11-dec.-1843 - 27-mei-1910 |
(-66.5) - 0.0 |
Life of Robert Koch |
Personalities |
25-nov.-1844 - 4-apr.-1929 |
(-65.5) - 18.9 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
11-feb.-1847 - 18-okt.-1931 |
(-63.3) - 21.5 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
3-mrt.-1847 - 1-aug.-1922 |
(-63.2) - 12.2 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
6-mei-1856 - 23-sep.-1939 |
(-54.0) - 29.4 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
23-sep.-1861 - 12-mrt.-1942 |
(-48.7) - 31.9 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
30-jul.-1863 - 7-apr.-1947 |
(-46.8) - 36.9 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
16-okt.-1863 - 17-mrt.-1937 |
(-46.6) - 26.9 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
22-apr.-1870 - 21-jan.-1924 |
(-40.1) - 13.7 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
30-nov.-1874 - 24-jan.-1965 |
(-35.5) - 54.8 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
5-jan.-1876 - 19-apr.-1967 |
(-34.4) - 57.0 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
14-mrt.-1879 - 18-apr.-1955 |
(-31.2) - 45.0 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
6-aug.-1881 - 11-mrt.-1955 |
(-28.8) - 44.9 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
21-jan.-1884 - 12-dec.-1963 |
(-26.3) - 53.6 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
15-jun.-1888 - 9-nov.-1918 |
(-21.9) - 8.5 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
20-apr.-1889 - 30-apr.-1945 |
(-21.1) - 35.0 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
14-okt.-1890 - 28-mrt.-1969 |
(-19.6) - 58.9 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
5-dec.-1901 - 15-dec.-1966 |
(-8.4) - 56.6 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
4-mrt.-1909 - 4-mrt.-1913 |
(-1.2) - 2.8 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
30-mei-1911 |
1.1 |
One in seven families in the US owns a car |
Automobile History |
30-mei-1911 |
1.1 |
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis |
Automobile History |
23-okt.-1911 |
1.5 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
4-mrt.-1913 - 4-mrt.-1921 |
2.8 - 10.8 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
14-jun.-1914 - 15-jun.-1914 |
4.1 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
28-jun.-1914 - 11-nov.-1918 |
4.1 - 8.5 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
6-aug.-1914 - 25-nov.-1918 |
4.2 - 8.6 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
13-sep.-1914 - 9-jul.-1915 |
4.4 - 5.2 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
14-okt.-1914 - 24-okt.-1914 |
4.4 - 4.5 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
24-apr.-1916 - 30-apr.-1916 |
6.0 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
1916 |
6.1 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
8-mrt.-1917 - 12-mrt.-1917 |
6.8 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
29-mei-1917 - 22-nov.-1963 |
7.1 - 53.6 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
1917 - 1923 |
7.1 - 13.2 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
7-nov.-1917 |
7.5 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
9-nov.-1918 |
8.5 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
11-feb.-1919 - 28-feb.-1925 |
8.8 - 14.8 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
13-feb.-1919 - 20-jun.-1919 |
8.8 - 9.1 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
6-mei-1919 - 8-aug.-1919 |
9.0 - 9.3 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1919 |
9.1 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
11-aug.-1919 |
9.3 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
10-sep.-1919 |
9.3 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
4-mrt.-1921 - 2-aug.-1923 |
10.8 - 13.2 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
6-dec.-1921 |
11.6 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
28-okt.-1922 |
12.5 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
2-aug.-1923 - 4-mrt.-1929 |
13.2 - 18.8 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
13-aug.-1923 - 23-nov.-1923 |
13.3 - 13.6 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
13-sep.-1923 |
13.4 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
12-mei-1925 - 2-aug.-1934 |
15.0 - 24.2 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
14-jun.-1928 - 9-okt.-1967 |
18.1 - 57.5 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
1928 |
18.2 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
15-jan.-1929 - 4-apr.-1968 |
18.7 - 57.9 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
4-mrt.-1929 - 4-mrt.-1933 |
18.8 - 22.8 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
25-okt.-1929 |
19.5 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
22-jan.-1930 - 1-mei-1931 |
19.7 - 21.0 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
30-mrt.-1930 - 30-mei-1932 |
19.9 - 22.1 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
5-aug.-1930 - 25-aug.-2012 |
20.3 - 102.4 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
14-apr.-1931 |
20.9 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
1931 |
21.2 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
11-dec.-1931 |
21.6 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
1-jun.-1932 - 17-nov.-1932 |
22.1 - 22.5 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
3-dec.-1932 - 28-jan.-1933 |
22.6 - 22.7 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
30-jan.-1933 - 30-apr.-1945 |
22.7 - 35.0 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
28-feb.-1933 - 23-mrt.-1933 |
22.8 - 22.9 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
4-mrt.-1933 - 12-apr.-1945 |
22.8 - 35.0 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
1935 |
25.2 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
11-dec.-1936 - 6-feb.-1952 |
26.6 - 41.8 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
6-mei-1937 |
27.0 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
1937 |
27.2 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
27-aug.-1939 |
29.3 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
1-sep.-1939 - 2-sep.-1945 |
29.3 - 35.3 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
14-mei-1940 |
30.0 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
7-dec.-1941 |
31.6 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
12-apr.-1945 - 20-jan.-1953 |
35.0 - 42.7 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
25-apr.-1945 |
35.0 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
8-mei-1945 |
35.0 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
6-aug.-1945 - 9-aug.-1945 |
35.3 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
14-okt.-1946 |
36.5 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
14-okt.-1947 |
37.5 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
21-dec.-1948 |
38.6 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
23-mei-1949 |
39.1 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
1949 |
39.2 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
15-sep.-1949 - 16-okt.-1963 |
39.4 - 53.5 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
7-okt.-1949 |
39.4 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
11-okt.-1949 - 7-sep.-1960 |
39.5 - 50.4 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
17-jun.-1950 |
40.1 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
1950 - 1953 |
40.2 - 43.2 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
22-jan.-1952 |
41.7 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
6-feb.-1952 - Heden |
41.8 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
20-jan.-1953 - 20-jan.-1961 |
42.7 - 50.7 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
17-jun.-1953 |
43.1 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
24-feb.-1955 - 5-okt.-2011 |
44.8 - 101.5 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
4-okt.-1957 |
47.4 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
5-okt.-1958 |
48.4 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
1959 - 30-apr.-1975 |
49.2 - 65.0 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1960 - 1973 |
50.2 - 63.2 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
20-jan.-1961 - 22-nov.-1963 |
50.7 - 53.6 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
12-apr.-1961 |
51.0 |
First human in space |
Technology |
25-mei-1961 - 24-jul.-1975 |
51.1 - 65.3 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
13-aug.-1961 |
51.3 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
11-okt.-1962 - 8-dec.-1965 |
52.5 - 55.6 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
16-okt.-1962 - 28-okt.-1962 |
52.5 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
16-okt.-1963 - 1-dec.-1966 |
53.5 - 56.6 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
22-nov.-1963 - 20-jan.-1969 |
53.6 - 58.7 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
1966 - 1973 |
56.2 - 63.2 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
1-dec.-1966 - 21-okt.-1969 |
56.6 - 59.5 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
1967 |
57.2 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
20-jan.-1969 - 9-aug.-1974 |
58.7 - 64.3 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
20-jul.-1969 |
59.2 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
21-okt.-1969 - 7-mei-1974 |
59.5 - 64.0 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
31-okt.-1969 |
59.5 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
21-jul.-1972 |
62.2 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
1973 - 1976 |
63.2 - 66.2 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
16-mei-1974 - 1-okt.-1982 |
64.1 - 72.4 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
9-aug.-1974 - 20-jan.-1977 |
64.3 - 66.7 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
20-nov.-1975 |
65.6 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
1-apr.-1976 |
65.9 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1976 - 1989 |
66.2 - 79.2 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
20-jan.-1977 - 20-jan.-1981 |
66.7 - 70.8 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
16-apr.-1977 |
67.0 |
Introduction of the Apple II |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
27-dec.-1979 - 15-feb.-1989 |
69.7 - 78.8 |
Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
22-sep.-1980 - 20-aug.-1988 |
70.4 - 78.3 |
First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
20-jan.-1981 - 20-jan.-1989 |
70.8 - 78.8 |
President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan |
USA - Presidents |
2-apr.-1982 - 14-jun.-1982 |
71.9 - 72.1 |
Falklands War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1-okt.-1982 - 27-okt.-1998 |
72.4 - 88.5 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl |
Germany - Chancellors |
19-jan.-1983 |
72.7 |
Introduction of the Apple Lisa |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1983 |
73.2 |
Discovery of HIV |
Medicine |
24-jan.-1984 |
73.8 |
Introduction of the Macintosh |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
20-jan.-1989 - 20-jan.-1993 |
78.8 - 82.8 |
President of the United States of America: George H. W. Bush |
USA - Presidents |
18-okt.-1989 - 3-dec.-1989 |
79.5 - 79.6 |
Egon Krenz - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
2-aug.-1990 - 28-feb.-1991 |
80.3 - 80.9 |
Second Gulf War ('Operation Desert Shield', 'Operation Desert Storm') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
3-okt.-1990 |
80.5 |
German reunification |
Germany |
8-dec.-1991 |
81.6 |
Signing of the Belavezha Accords, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved |
Russia |
1992 - 1996 |
82.2 - 86.2 |
Afghan Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
20-jan.-1993 - 20-jan.-2001 |
82.8 - 90.8 |
President of the United States of America: Bill Clinton |
USA - Presidents |
4-aug.-1993 |
83.3 |
Introduction of the Apple Newton |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1-nov.-1993 |
83.5 |
Founding of the European Union (EU) |
European Union |
1994 - 1996 |
84.2 - 86.2 |
First Chechen War ('War in Chechnya') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
17-jan.-1995 |
84.8 |
Kobe earthquake |
Disasters |
1998 - 1999 |
88.2 - 89.2 |
Kosovo War ('Kosovo Conflict') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1998 - 2003 |
88.2 - 93.2 |
Second Congo War ('Great War of Africa') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
15-aug.-1998 |
88.3 |
Introduction of the Apple iMac |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
27-okt.-1998 - 22-nov.-2005 |
88.5 - 95.6 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Gerhard Schröder |
Germany - Chancellors |
1-jan.-1999 |
88.7 |
ECU as an internal accounting unit in the European Community |
European Union |
20-jan.-2001 - 20-jan.-2009 |
90.8 - 98.8 |
President of the United States of America: George W. Bush |
USA - Presidents |
11-sep.-2001 |
91.4 |
September 11 attacks ('9/11') |
USA |
7-okt.-2001 - Heden |
91.5 |
Afghanistan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
23-okt.-2001 |
91.5 |
Apple iPod introduced |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1-jan.-2002 |
91.7 |
Introduction of the Euro |
European Union |
20-mrt.-2003 - 1-mei-2003 |
92.9 - 93.0 |
Third Gulf War ('Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
26-dec.-2004 |
94.7 |
Indian Ocean tsunami |
Disasters |
6-jun.-2005 |
95.1 |
Apple switches to Intel CPU architecture |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
22-nov.-2005 - Heden |
95.6 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Angela Merkel |
Germany - Chancellors |
9-jan.-2007 |
96.7 |
Introduction of the Apple iPhone |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
20-jan.-2009 - Heden |
98.8 |
President of the United States of America: Barack Obama |
USA - Presidents |