World History Index Of Events

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Wang Mang (ca. 45 B.C.-23 A.D.) - There was a brief interlude in the Han Dynasty as a man by the name of Wang Mang usurp...

War and Peace (1869) - Many consider War and Peace to be the greatest novel ever written. The story is set during ...

War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) - The Habsburg Dynasty reached its height in the 15th and 16th centuries; but ...

Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) - A civil war over the crown of England between two branches of the ruling Plantagenet fam...

George Washington (1732-1799) - George Washington is considered the father of his country. He did more to turn the...

Westminster Abbey - Westminster Abbey was England's response to the great cathedrals of France in the Middle Ages. &...

William the Conqueror (ca. 1028-1087) - William I the Conqueror became Duke of Normandy upon his father's death in 1...

World War I (1914-1918) - Throughout most of history, war had routinely been considered an instrument by which problems ...

World War II (1939-1945) - 1939: The deadliest conflict in human history officially began on September 1, 1939 when Nazi...

Wu Zetian (ca. 624-705) - Wu Zetian, also known as Empress Wu has the distinction of being the only female ruler in Chin...

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