Misplaced Pages

Timelines of modern history

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

(Redirected from Timeline of modern history)

For earlier events, see Timeline of the Middle Ages.

The following are timelines of modern history, from the end of the Middle Ages, c. 1400 – c. 1500, to the present.

General timelines

Early modern period

For a timeline of events prior to 1501, see 15th century § Events
For a timeline of events from 1501 to 1600, see 16th century § Significant events
For a timeline of events from 1601 to 1700, see Timeline of the 17th century
For a timeline of events from 1701 to 1800, see Timeline of the 18th century

Late modern period

For a timeline of events from 1801 to 1900, see Timeline of the 19th century
For a timeline of events from 1901 to 1945, see Timeline of the 20th century
- For 1914–1918, see Timeline of World War I
- For 1939–1945 see Timeline of World War II

Contemporary period

For a timeline of events from 1945 to 2000, see Timeline of the 20th century § 1945
- Timeline of the Cold War
For a timeline of events from 2001 onward, see Timeline of the 21st century

Future

Timelines of the future

By country

Topical timelines

Exploration

Wars

See also

List of timelines

References

Encyclopedia Britannica "The Middle-Ages" Retrieved October 14, 2020

Further reading

Langer, William. An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free
Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online