Home›The Contemporary World›ParticipantsBrowse ByParticipantsThis dimension names the people, groups or nations that took part in a historical event. Wikipedia notes that historiography is studied by topic, citing examples such as "the historiography of the United Kingdom, of WWII, of the pre-Columbian Americas," topics that are always defined by who was actually involved. Browsing this way collects every event that shares the same participant.FactsParticipantsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested1945 CE 1ParticipantsFilter Results17 entriesEvent TypeAllMilitary Conflict (15)Natural Disaster (1)Political Event (4)Group TreeAllEvents of the Early Cold War and Decolonization, 1945 to 1969 (8)Events of the Late Cold War and After, 1970 to 1999 (9)EraAllThe African Independence Era (2)The Cold War (6)The Contemporary Period (10)LocationAllAfrica (5)Asia (8)Bengal (2)Cuba (1)Europe (1)Iran (1)Latin America (1)North America (1)Punjab (2)South America (3)The Korean Peninsula (1)Event Era (Year)All1947 (2)1950 (1)1953 (1)1954 (2)1956 (1)1959 (1)1960 (1)1962 (1)1966 (1)1967 (1)1973 (2)1976 (1)1979 (2)1980 (3)1982 (1)1994 (1)Participating StatesAllEgypt (1)France (1)Israel (1)Jordan (1)Soviet Union (1)Syria (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (1)Age at DeathAll12 (1)35 (1)52 (1)65 (1)74 (1)78 (1)79 (2)82 (1)83 (1)85 (1)89 (1)90 (2)91 (2)Birth YearAll1869 (1)1889 (1)1890 (2)1893 (1)1900 (1)1908 (1)1915 (1)1918 (1)1920 (1)1924 (1)1925 (1)1926 (1)1931 (2)1957 (1)1963 (1)Death YearAll1948 (1)1961 (1)1964 (1)1969 (1)1970 (1)1973 (1)1976 (2)1989 (1)2006 (1)2016 (1)2022 (1)How Their Life EndedAllAssassination (1)Execution (1)Natural (10)Suicide (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAugusto PinochetParticipants1 entryCharles de GaulleParticipants1 entryChun Doo-hwanParticipants1 entryFidel CastroParticipants2 entriesGamal Abdel NasserParticipants2 entriesHector PietersonParticipants1 entryHo Chi MinhParticipants1 entryJawaharlal NehruParticipants1 entryJose Lopez PortilloParticipants1 entryKim Dae-jungParticipants1 entryMahatma GandhiParticipants1 entryMao ZedongParticipants3 entriesMikhail GorbachevParticipants1 entryPatrice LumumbaParticipants1 entryPaul KagameParticipants1 entryRuhollah KhomeiniParticipants2 entriesSalvador AllendeParticipants1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Contemporary historytier 2WikipediaContemporary history, lead section, span sentenceQuote, Contemporary history, lead section, span sentenceContemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from about 1945 to the present.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.