Our Defining Days
According to Hywel Williams the 50 defining events that have changed the course of world history are as follows:
1. The Battle of Salamis- 28th September 480 BC
2. The Assassination of Julius Caesar- 15th March 44BC
3. The Crucifixion of Jesus-Good Friday c.30AD
4. The Dedication of Constantinople- 11th May 330
5. A Confederacy of German Tribes Crosses the Rhine- 31st December 406
6. The Death of Muhummad- 7th December 632
7. The Battle of Tours- 11th October 732
8. The Coronation of Charlemagne- 25th December 800
9. Pope Urban ii Preaches the First Crusade- 27th November 1095
10. The Death of Genghis Khan- 25th August 1227
11. The Fall of Constantinople- 29th May 1453
12. Columbus Makes Landfall in the Bahamas- 12th October 1492
13. Magellan Sets Sail For South America- 20th September 1519
14. Luther Defies Charles V At the Diet of Worms- 18th April 1521
15. The Defeat of the Spanish Armada- 29th July 1588
16. Tokugawa Ieyasu Wins The Battle of Sekigahara- 21st October 1600
17. The Foundation of Jamestown, Virginia- 24th May 1607
18. The Defenestration of Prague- 23rd May 1618
19. Isaac Newton Matriculates at Cambridge University- 5th June 1661
20. The Ottomans Abandon the Siege of Vienna- 12th September 1683
21. The Peace of Utrecht- 11th April 1713
22. The Endeavor Leaves Plymouth- 26th August 1768
23. The US Declaration of Independence- 4th July 1776
24. The Fall of the Bastille- 14th July 1789
25. The Battle of Waterloo- 18th June 1815
26. Simon Bolivar Named President of Gran Colombia- 17th December 1819
27. Opening od the Liverpool- Manchester Railway- 15th September 1830
28. Parliament Passes the Emancipation Act- 23rd August 1833
29. Commodore Perry Anchors in Toyko Bay- 8th July 1853
30. Robert E. Lee Surrenders At Appomatox- 9th April 1865
31. The Battle of Sedan- 1st September 1870
32. Alexander Graham Bell Develops the Telephone- 7th March 1876
33. The Boxer Rebellion- 20th June 1900
34. E=MC2: The Special Theory of Relativity- 30th June 1905
35. The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo- 28th June 1914
36. The First Day of the Somme- 1st July 1916
37. The Storming of the Winter Palace- 7th November 1917
38. Operation Barbarossa- 22 June 1941
39. The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour- 7th December 1941
40. The Bombing of Hiroshima- 6th August 1945
41. The Treaties of Rome- 25th March 1957
42. Krushchev Agrees to Remove Missiles from Cuba- 28th October 1968
43. "I Have a Dream"- 28th August 1963
44. "The Eagle Has Landed"- 21st July 1969
45. The Last US Troops Leave Vietnam- 29th March 1973
46. Opec Raises the Price of Oil- 16th October 1973
47. The Rise to Power of William Henry Gates 111- 3rd February 1976
48. The Breaching of the Berlin Wall- 9th November 1989
49. Nelson Mandela Is Released From Prison- 11th February 1990
50. Nine Eleven- September 11th 2001
According to this American born and raised professor the above list is correct in detailing the 50 defining days that have changed the World. I would like to know did he ask the World what they thought the 50 defining days that have changed history were, or did he just pluck this list from a hat?
I feel the need to re-write this list somewhat on The Real 50 Defining Days That Have Changed the World, as Listed by the Billions of People That Actually Live in It.
Leave your suggestions and discussions below.