✦ History

Explore the history of the world

9,768 events, 13,739 people, 1,565 states and organisations and 803 armies and fleets, on a map and a timeline.

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The world on October 13, 2023 Another year

Wars being fought

That year

Who led

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

By century

16th century 85 17th century 120 18th century 939 19th century 2750 20th century 3821 21st century 2053

On this day, October 13

Wars and revolutions

American Civil War April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 310 linked events World War II September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 276 linked events World War I July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 183 linked events American Revolutionary War April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 138 linked events Peninsular War May 2, 1808 – April 17, 1814 127 linked events French Revolutionary Wars April 20, 1792 – March 25, 1802 95 linked events Pacific War December 7, 1941 – September 2, 1945 87 linked events Napoleonic Wars May 18, 1803 – November 20, 1815 84 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

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Führer Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin President Napoleon Napoleon Emperor of the French Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin General Secretary of the Communist Party Donald Trump Donald Trump President Barack Obama Barack Obama President Elizabeth II Elizabeth II Queen George Washington George Washington President

States and armed groups

United States 1647 France 1466 United Kingdom 1253 Germany 666 Russian Empire 520 Spain 501 Ottoman Empire 494 Japan 451