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This dimension groups historical events by the specific year in which they occurred. Wikipedia notes that historians rely on "primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations," evidence that in most cases pins an event to one specific year. Browsing by event year lets a visitor compare events that happened at the same time.

20th century
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1911 Revolution

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1959 Tibetan uprising

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1973 Chilean Coup d'Etat

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1999 war in Dagestan

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Algerian War of Independence

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Arab Revolt

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Armenian Genocide

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Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 to 1998

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Balkan Wars

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Battle of the Somme

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Battle of Verdun

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Bengal Famine of 1943

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Black Monday (1987)

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Bretton Woods Conference

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Cambodian Genocide

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Chernobyl Disaster

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Congo Crisis

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Cuban Revolution

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Cultural Revolution

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Dersim massacre

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Dot-com Bubble

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Easter Rising

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Falklands War

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February 28 incident

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Gallipoli Campaign

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Great Chinese Famine

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Great Depression

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Green Revolution

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Gwangju Uprising

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Herero and Namaqua Genocide

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Holodomor

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Iranian Revolution

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Iran-Iraq War

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Korean War

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Kronstadt rebellion

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Latin American Debt Crisis

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Mau Mau Uprising

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Mexican Revolution

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Nigerian Civil War

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Partition of India

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Prague uprising

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Russian Revolution

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Russo-Japanese War

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Rwandan Genocide

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Salt March

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Second Sino-Japanese War

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Six-Day War

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Smallpox Eradication (1967 to 1980)

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Soviet-Afghan War

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Soweto uprising

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Spanish Civil War

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Spanish Flu

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Suez Crisis

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The Digital Revolution

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall

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The World Wars

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Treaty of Versailles

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Turkish War of Independence

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Vietnam War

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Weimar Republic Hyperinflation

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World War I

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World War II

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Sources
South Sea Bubble (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
Contains: The South Sea Bubble
Tulip Mania (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
Contains: Tulip Mania
Magna Carta (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
Contains: Magna Carta
Hong Kong and the Opium Wars (The National Archives, UK)
The National Archives (UK)Contains: Opium WarsView the Source
The Corn Laws (The National Archives, UK)
The National Archives (UK)Contains: Repeal of the Corn LawsView the Source
Ruhrbesetzung, 11 Januar 1923 (Bundesarchiv)
Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archives)Contains: Weimar Republic HyperinflationView the Source
Asian Financial Crisis (Federal Reserve History)
Federal Reserve HistoryContains: Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 to 1998View the Source
Why Mexico Had No Choice but to Nationalize Banks (Christian Science Monitor, 1982)
Christian Science MonitorContains: Latin American Debt CrisisView the Source
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