Timelines_of_modern_history
Timelines of modern history
Timeline
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,[1] to the present.
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
- For a timeline of events from 2001 onward, see Timeline of the 21st century
- Timeline of Australian history
- Timeline of British history
- Timeline of British diplomatic history
- Timeline of Canadian history
- Timeline of Chinese history
- Timeline of Cuban history
- Timeline of Finnish history
- Timeline of French history
- Timeline of German history
- Timeline of Greek history
- Timeline of Indian history
- Timeline of Italian history
- Timeline of Japanese history
- Timeline of Mexican history
- Timeline of Polish history
- Timeline of Israeli history
- Timeline of Portuguese history
- Timeline of Russian history
- Timeline of Spanish history
- Timeline of Swedish history
- Timeline of Turkish history
- Timeline of United States history
- List of years in literature
- Timeline of geopolitical changes (1500–1899)
- Timeline of geopolitical changes (1900–1999)
- Timeline of geopolitical changes (2000–present)
- List of firsts in aviation
Exploration
Wars
- Encyclopedia Britannica "The Middle-Ages" Retrieved October 14, 2020
- 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