✦ History

Explore the history of the world

1,319 events, 10,761 people, 1,219 states and organisations and 803 armies and fleets, on a map and a timeline.

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The world on October 8, 1942 Another year

Wars being fought

That year

Who led

Everyone alive that day See it on the map Armies and fleets Places

By century

18th century 82 19th century 390 20th century 735 21st century 112

On this day, October 8

Wars and revolutions

World War I July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 79 linked events American Civil War April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 73 linked events World War II September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 71 linked events Napoleonic Wars May 18, 1803 – November 20, 1815 37 linked events American Revolutionary War April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 35 linked events French Revolutionary Wars April 20, 1792 – March 25, 1802 34 linked events Chinese Civil War August 1, 1927 – December 7, 1949 25 linked events War of 1812 June 18, 1812 – February 17, 1815 24 linked events

Campaigns on the map

Armies and fleets where they stood, day by day.

American Civil War May 27, 1861 402 recorded positions World War I August 4, 1914 343 recorded positions American Revolutionary War April 19, 1775 289 recorded positions Napoleonic Wars March 30, 1805 194 recorded positions French Revolutionary Wars July 30, 1792 176 recorded positions War of 1812 June 18, 1812 148 recorded positions Russo-Japanese War February 8, 1904 116 recorded positions Pacific War December 7, 1941 114 recorded positions

People all people

Napoleon Napoleon Emperor of the French Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Führer Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin General Secretary of the Communist Party Mao Zedong Mao Zedong Chairman Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower President Michel Ney Michel Ney 1769–1815 Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant President Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek President

States and armed groups

United States 462 United Kingdom 292 France 268 Russian Empire 120 Germany 102 Japan 92 Soviet Union 82 Confederate States of America 81