✦ History

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Events

Sri Lankan Civil War 1983-07-23 - 2009-05-18
Human Genome Project 1990-10-01 - 2003-04-14
North American Free Trade Agreement 1994-01-01 - 2020-07-01
Second Congo War 1998-08-02 - 2003-07-18
Second Chechen War 1999-08-26 - 2009-04-16
Second Intifada 2000-09-28 - 2005-02-08
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 2001-10-07 - 2021-08-30
First Ivorian Civil War 2002-09-19 - 2007-03-04
2002–2004 SARS outbreak 2002-11 - 2004-05
War in Darfur 2003-02-26 - 2020-08-31
Iraq War 2003-03-20 - 2011-12-18
Battle of Basra (2003) 2003-03-21 - 2003-04-06
Battle of Umm Qasr 2003-03-21 - 2003-03-25
Battle of Nasiriyah 2003-03-23 - 2003-03-29
Battle of Karbala (2003) 2003-03-23 - 2003-04-06
Battle of Najaf (2003) 2003-03-24 - 2003-04-04
Operation Northern Delay 2003-03-26 - 2003-03-26
Battle of Baghdad (2003) 2003-04-03 - 2003-04-12
Launch of Facebook 2004-02-04
2004 Madrid train bombings 2004-03-11
First Battle of Fallujah 2004-04-04 - 2004-05-01
2004 enlargement of the European Union 2004-05-01
Battle of Najaf (2004) 2004-08-05 - 2004-08-27
Beslan school siege 2004-09-01 - 2004-09-03
Second Battle of Fallujah 2004-11-07 - 2004-12-23
Orange Revolution 2004-11-22 - 2005-01-23
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2004-12-26
Tulip Revolution 2005-03-22 - 2005-04-11
Andijan massacre 2005-05-13
7 July 2005 London bombings 2005-07-07
Hurricane Katrina 2005-08-23 - 2005-08-31
Battle of Ramadi (2006) 2006-06-17 - 2006-11-15
Launch of the iPhone 2007-01-09
2008 financial crisis 2007-08-09 - 2009-06-30
Treaty of Lisbon 2007-12-13
Cyclone Nargis 2008-05-02
2008 Sichuan earthquake 2008-05-12
Russo-Georgian War 2008-08-07 - 2008-08-16
2008 Summer Olympics 2008-08-08 - 2008-08-24
2008 United States presidential election 2008-11-04
2008 Mumbai attacks 2008-11-26 - 2008-11-29
2009 swine flu pandemic 2009-01 - 2010-08-10
Eurozone crisis 2009
Launch of Bitcoin 2009-01-03
2009 Iranian presidential election protests 2009-06-13 - 2010-02-11
Boko Haram insurgency 2009-07-26
2010 Haiti earthquake 2010-01-12
Deepwater Horizon oil spill 2010-04-20 - 2010-09-19
Arab Spring 2010-12-17 - 2012-12
Tunisian revolution 2010-12-17 - 2011-01-14
2011 South Sudanese independence referendum 2011-01-09 - 2011-01-15
Egyptian revolution of 2011 2011-01-25 - 2011-02-11
Libyan civil war (2011) 2011-02-15 - 2011-10-23
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 2011-03-11
Fukushima nuclear disaster 2011-03-11
Syrian civil war 2011-03-15 - 2024-12-08
Killing of Osama bin Laden 2011-05-02
Occupy Wall Street 2011-09-17 - 2011-11-15
Mali War 2012-01-16
Discovery of the Higgs boson 2012-07-04
Euromaidan 2013-11-21 - 2014-02-22
Western African Ebola epidemic 2013-12-26 - 2016-06-09
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation 2014-02-20 - 2014-03-26
Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-02-20
Fall of Mosul 2014-06-04 - 2014-06-10
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 2014-07-17
Yemeni civil war 2014-09-16
2014 Scottish independence referendum 2014-09-18
2015 European migrant crisis 2015
Charlie Hebdo shooting 2015-01-07
April 2015 Nepal earthquake 2015-04-25
Obergefell v. Hodges 2015-06-26
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 2015-07-14
November 2015 Paris attacks 2015-11-13
Paris Agreement 2015-12-12
Panama Papers 2016-04-03
Brexit 2016-06-23 - 2020-01-31
2016 United States presidential election 2016-11-08
Colombian peace agreement 2016-11-24
2017 Catalan independence referendum 2017-10-01
Me Too movement 2017-10-15
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal 2018-03-17
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit 2018-06-12
Prespa agreement 2018-06-17
Christchurch mosque shootings 2019-03-15
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests 2019-03-15 - 2020-06-30
Notre-Dame de Paris fire 2019-04-15
COVID-19 pandemic 2019-12-01 - 2023-05-05
George Floyd protests 2020-05-26
2020 Beirut explosion 2020-08-04
2020–2021 Belarusian protests 2020-08-09 - 2021-03-25

People

Ilir Meta age 33
President - Albania
Jeanine Áñez age 35
President - Bolivia
Kurmanbek Bakiyev age 53
President - Kyrgyzstan
Andry Rajoelina age 28
President - Madagascar
Peter Mutharika age 62
President - Malawi
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco age 79
Prince - Monaco
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj age 39
President - Mongolia
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani age 51
Emir - Qatar
Adama Barrow age 38
President - The Gambia
Fernando Lugo age 51
President - Paraguay
Kgalema Motlanthe age 53
President - South Africa
Mathieu Kérékou age 69
President - Benin
Ismail Omar Guelleh age 55
President - Djibouti
Arnold Rüütel age 74
President - Estonia
Moshe Katsav age 57
President - Israel
Ibrahim Rugova age 58
President - Kosovo
Amadou Toumani Touré age 54
President - Mali
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim age 43
President - Mauritius
Ram Baran Yadav age 55
President - Nepal
Stevo Pendarovski age 39
President - North Macedonia
Desi Bouterse age 57
President - Suriname
Xanana Gusmão age 56
President - Timor-Leste
Jigme Singye Wangchuck age 47
King - Bhutan
László Sólyom age 61
President - Hungary
Valdis Zatlers age 47
President - Latvia
Bingu wa Mutharika age 69
President - Malawi
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré age 45
President - Burkina Faso
Álvaro Uribe Vélez age 50
President - Colombia
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga age 65
President - Latvia
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca age 44
President - Malta
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz age 46
President - Mauritania
Nicolae Timofti age 54
President - Moldova
Danilo Türk age 51
President - Slovenia
Tupou VI of Tonga age 43
King - Tonga
Edgar Lungu age 46
President - Zambia
Iván Duque age 26
President - Colombia
Guðni Jóhannesson age 34
President - Iceland
Raimonds Vējonis age 36
President - Latvia
Joaquim Chissano age 63
President - Mozambique
Sam Nujoma age 73
President - Namibia
Haitham bin Tarik Al Said age 47
Sultan - Oman
Abdoulaye Wade age 76
President - Senegal
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan age 84
President - United Arab Emirates
Thomas Klestil age 70
President - Austria
Mokgweetsi Masisi age 41
President - Botswana
Mauricio Funes age 43
President - El Salvador
Manuel Zelaya age 50
President - Honduras
Pál Schmitt age 60
President - Hungary
Sooronbay Jeenbekov age 44
President - Kyrgyzstan
Egils Levits age 47
President - Latvia
Filipe Nyusi age 44
President - Mozambique
Mahamadou Issoufou age 51
President - Niger
Arif Alvi age 53
President - Pakistan
Vojislav Koštunica age 58
President - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Maithripala Sirisena age 51
President - Sri Lanka
Milorad Dodik age 43
President - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rosen Plevneliev age 38
President - Bulgaria
Tassos Papadopoulos age 69
President - Cyprus
João Bernardo Vieira age 63
President - Guinea-Bissau
Askar Akayev age 58
President - Kyrgyzstan
Festus Mogae age 63
President - Botswana
Seretse Khama Ian Khama age 50
President - Botswana
Jorge Carlos Fonseca age 52
President - Cape Verde
Juan Orlando Hernández age 34
President - Honduras
Charles Taylor age 55
President - Liberia
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom age 65
President - Maldives
Branko Crvenkovski age 40
President - North Macedonia
Simonetta Sommaruga age 42
President - Switzerland
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete age 52
President - Tanzania
Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma age 67
President - Togo
Moncef Marzouki age 57
President - Tunisia
Kais Saied age 45
President - Tunisia
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud age 47
President - Somalia
Mulatu Teshome age 46
President - Ethiopia
Hage Geingob age 61
President - Namibia
Tony Tan Keng Yam age 63
President - Singapore
Micheline Calmy-Rey age 57
President - Switzerland
Alfred Moisiu age 73
President - Albania
Zillur Rahman age 74
President - Bangladesh
François Bozizé age 56
President - Central African Republic
Abdulla Yameen age 43
President - Maldives
Mohamed Nasheed age 35
President - Maldives
Thein Sein age 57
President - Myanmar
Than Shwe age 70
President - Myanmar
Doris Leuthard age 39
President - Switzerland
Luis Lacalle Pou age 29
President - Uruguay
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed age 40
President - Somalia
Bakir Izetbegović age 46
President - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Girma Wolde-Giorgis age 78
President - Ethiopia
Lansana Conté age 68
President - Guinea
René Préval age 60
President - Haiti
Andris Bērziņš age 58
President - Latvia
Hilda Heine age 51
President - Marshall Islands
Vladimir Voronin age 61
President - Moldova
Jorge Sampaio age 63
President - Portugal
George Tupou V of Tonga age 54
King - Tonga
Eduardo Duhalde age 61
President - Argentina
Ricardo Lagos age 65
President - Chile
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos age 76
President - Greece
Umaro Sissoco Embaló age 30
President - Guinea-Bissau
Fatmir Sejdiu age 51
President - Kosovo
Chan Santokhi age 44
President - Suriname
Michael Sata age 65
President - Zambia
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski age 64
President - Peru
Martín Vizcarra age 39
President - Peru
Choummaly Sayasone age 67
President - Laos
Michel Suleiman age 54
President - Lebanon
George Abela age 54
President - Malta
Hifikepunye Pohamba age 67
President - Namibia
Girija Prasad Koirala age 78
President - Nepal
Ernest Bai Koroma age 49
President - Sierra Leone
Mohamed Ghannouchi age 61
President - Tunisia
Levy Mwanawasa age 54
President - Zambia
Gotabaya Rajapaksa age 53
President - Sri Lanka
Nino Burjanadze age 38
President - Georgia
Jean-Bertrand Aristide age 49
President - Haiti
Ferenc Mádl age 72
President - Hungary
Juan Carlos Varela age 39
President - Panama
Alejandro Toledo age 57
President - Peru
Hwang Kyo-ahn age 45
President - South Korea
Željko Komšić age 39
President - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iajuddin Ahmed age 72
President - Bangladesh
Luis Guillermo Solís age 44
President - Costa Rica
Danilo Medina age 51
President - Dominican Republic
Émile Lahoud age 67
President - Lebanon
Marc Ravalomanana age 53
President - Madagascar
Hery Rajaonarimampianina age 44
President - Madagascar
Lazarus Chakwera age 47
President - Malawi
Ueli Maurer age 52
President - Switzerland
Benjamin Mkapa age 64
President - Tanzania
Ricardo Martinelli age 50
President - Panama
Haris Silajdžić age 57
President - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan age 42
President - Sudan
Catherine Samba-Panza age 48
President - Central African Republic
Leonel Fernández age 49
President - Dominican Republic
Salvador Sánchez Cerén age 58
President - El Salvador
George William Vella age 60
President - Malta
Win Myint age 51
President - Myanmar
Baron Waqa age 43
President - Nauru
Mamadou Tandja age 64
President - Niger
S. R. Nathan age 78
President - Singapore
Didier Burkhalter age 42
President - Switzerland
Taur Matan Ruak age 46
President - Timor-Leste
Fouad Mebazaa age 69
President - Tunisia
Rupiah Banda age 66
President - Zambia
Azali Assoumani age 44
President - Comoros
Alfredo Palacio age 64
President - Ecuador
Frank Bainimarama age 48
President - Fiji
Rose Francine Rogombe age 60
President - Gabon
Joseph Michel Martelly age 42
President - Haiti
Khaltmaagiin Battulga age 40
President - Mongolia
Boris Trajkovski age 46
President - North Macedonia
Alain Berset age 30
President - Switzerland
Carlos Mesa age 49
President - Bolivia
Évariste Ndayishimiye age 34
President - Burundi
Irfaan Ali age 22
President - Guyana
Porfirio Lobo Sosa age 55
President - Honduras
Anote Tong age 50
President - Kiribati
Anerood Jugnauth age 72
President - Mauritius
Armando Guebuza age 60
President - Mozambique
Evaristo Carvalho age 61
President - São Tomé and Príncipe
Pedro Pires age 68
President - Cape Verde
Rolandas Paksas age 46
President - Lithuania
Eddie Fenech Adami age 69
President - Malta
Julius Maada Bio age 38
President - Sierra Leone
Ronald Venetiaan age 66
President - Suriname
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf age 46
President - Switzerland
Federico Franco age 40
President - Paraguay
Jioji Konrote age 55
President - Fiji
Malam Bacai Sanhá age 55
President - Guinea-Bissau
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani age 46
President - Mauritania
Nambaryn Enkhbayar age 44
President - Mongolia
Thomas Remengesau Jr. age 47
President - Palau
Paula-Mae Weekes age 44
President - Trinidad and Tobago
Nicanor Duarte age 46
President - Paraguay
Luis Abinader age 35
President - Dominican Republic
László Kövér age 43
President - Hungary
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah age 76
Emir - Kuwait
Htin Kyaw age 56
President - Myanmar
Marcus Stephen age 33
President - Nauru
Rudolf Schuster age 69
President - Slovakia
Hans-Rudolf Merz age 60
President - Switzerland
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed age 38
President - Somalia
Fouad Siniora age 59
President - Lebanon
Vlad Filat age 33
President - Moldova
James Michel age 58
President - Seychelles
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez age 75
President - Uruguay
Iolu Abil age 61
President - Vanuatu
Mireya Moscoso age 56
President - Panama
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed age 68
President - Somalia
Carlos Alvarado Quesada age 23
President - Costa Rica
Nicholas Liverpool age 68
President - Dominica
Bharrat Jagdeo age 39
President - Guyana
Taneti Maamau age 42
President - Kiribati
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih age 38
President - Maldives
Pascal Couchepin age 60
President - Switzerland
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga age 84
King - Tonga
Ange-Félix Patassé age 66
President - Central African Republic
Glafcos Clerides age 83
President - Cyprus
Josefa Iloilo age 82
President - Fiji