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=== 66 Million Years Ago ===
 
=== 66 Million Years Ago ===
* The Chicxulub impactor hits the Earth, leading to events causing the extinction of 75% of plant and animal species, including all non-avian dinosaurs
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* The Chicxulub impactor hit the Earth, leading to events causing the extinction of 75% of plant and animal species, including all non-avian dinosaurs  
 
 
=== 8000 BC ===
 
* Koelbjerg Man, the oldest known bog body, found in Denmark
 
 
 
=== 34th Century BC ===
 
* The first formal Sumerian writing system
 
  
 
=== 32nd Century BC ===
 
=== 32nd Century BC ===
* The reign of Iry-Hor, the earliest Egyptian pharoah to be known by name, and possibly the earliest living historical figure to be known by name.
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* The reign of Iry-Hor, the earliest Pharoah to be known by name, and possibly the earliest living historical figure to be known by name.
* King Narmer unites Upper and Lower Egypt
 
* The first formal Egyptian writing system
 
 
 
=== 30th Century BC ===
 
* Stonehence begins construction around 3000 BC; finished by 2000 BC
 
* The Pyramid of Djoser, the earliest Egyptian pyramid constructed (constructed 2630 BC–2611 BC)
 
  
 
=== 2000 BC ===
 
=== 2000 BC ===
 
* Rough date of the composition of the Epic of Gilgamesh
 
* Rough date of the composition of the Epic of Gilgamesh
* The Antikythera Mechanism
 
  
 
=== 17th Century BC ===
 
=== 17th Century BC ===
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=== 12th Century BC ===
 
=== 12th Century BC ===
 
* The traditional date of the sack of Troy in ancient Greek chronology
 
* The traditional date of the sack of Troy in ancient Greek chronology
* The beginnings of the invasions of the Sea Peoples, which continue on until the 9th century  
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* The beginnings of the invasions of the Sea Peoples, which continue on until the 9th century BC
  
 
=== 8th Century BC ===
 
=== 8th Century BC ===
 
* Rome is traditionally founded by Romulus and Remus
 
* Rome is traditionally founded by Romulus and Remus
 
* Homeric epics most likely composed at around this time
 
* Homeric epics most likely composed at around this time
 
=== 2nd Century ===
 
* The disappearance of the 9th Legion (Hispana) of the Roman Empire
 
 
=== 5th Century ===
 
* The end of the Western Roman Empire (476)
 
  
 
=== 6th Century ===
 
=== 6th Century ===
 
* The earliest poetical mention of the legendary Germanic figure ‘Wayland the Smith’
 
* The earliest poetical mention of the legendary Germanic figure ‘Wayland the Smith’
 
* The age of ‘King Arthur’ (ie, time period in which later writers thought he had lived)
 
* The age of ‘King Arthur’ (ie, time period in which later writers thought he had lived)
 
=== 7th Century ===
 
* Many scholars believe ‘Beowolf’ was composed around this time
 
 
=== 9th Century ===
 
* Tønsberg, oldest town in Norway, founded by vikings
 
  
 
=== 10th Century ===
 
=== 10th Century ===
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* The destruction of the Knight Templars
 
* The destruction of the Knight Templars
 
* An entry in the chronicles of the town of Hamelin, dating to 1364: “It is 100 years since our children left”
 
* An entry in the chronicles of the town of Hamelin, dating to 1364: “It is 100 years since our children left”
 
=== 15th Century ===
 
* The fall of Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire
 
* The creation of the Voynich Manuscript (between 1404 and 1438)
 
  
 
=== 16th Century ===
 
=== 16th Century ===
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* Spring-heeled Jack spotted in 1830s and 1840s in the United Kingdom
 
* Spring-heeled Jack spotted in 1830s and 1840s in the United Kingdom
 
* The crew of the brigantine Marie Celeste disappear, never to be seen again
 
* The crew of the brigantine Marie Celeste disappear, never to be seen again
* The London Beer Flood (1814)
 
  
 
=== The 20th Century ===
 
=== The 20th Century ===
 
* The Tunguska Event (1908)
 
* The Tunguska Event (1908)
 
* The USS Cyclops disappears (1918)
 
* The USS Cyclops disappears (1918)
* The Great Molasses Flood (1919)
 
 
* The crew of the schooner Carroll A. Deering disappear, never to be seen again (1921)
 
* The crew of the schooner Carroll A. Deering disappear, never to be seen again (1921)
* The disappearance of the Nazi “ghost train” (1945)
 
  
 
=== The Heroic Age ===
 
=== The Heroic Age ===

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