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  1. Battle of Vienna Stops Ottoman Advance War & conflict
  2. Roman Defeat at Teutoburg Forest Ends Empire's Expansion War & conflict
  3. Elias Howe patents the modern sewing machine, sparking the textile revolution Technology
  4. Vasco da Gama Returns, Completing First Sea Route to India Exploration
  5. Li Yuan's Victory at Huoyi Opens the Road to the Tang Dynasty War & conflict
  6. Sima Yi’s Death Ends a Three Kingdoms Powerbroker People
  7. Theodosius I Crushes Eugenius at the Battle of the Frigidus War & conflict
  8. Battle of the Frigidus: Theodosius Secures Christian Empire War & conflict
  9. Fall of Rome: Odoacer Dethrones Last Western Emperor Politics & state
  10. Mamluks Halt Mongol Advance at Ain Jalut War & conflict
  11. Britain Adopts Gregorian Calendar Politics & state
  12. Sikh Holy Scripture Installed Religion & philosophy
  13. Massive Caldera Earthquake Triggers Pacific Tsunamis Natural disaster
  14. Roman Siege Ends: Jerusalem Temple Destroyed War & conflict
  15. Ottoman Victory at Mohács Decimates Hungary War & conflict
  16. Third Crusade: Siege of Acre Begins War & conflict
  17. Visigoths End Three-Day Sack of Rome War & conflict
  18. Seljuks Crush Byzantines at Manzikert, Claim Anatolia War & conflict
  19. Galileo Demonstrates First Telescope Technology
  20. Visigoths Sack Rome for the First Time in 800 Years War & conflict
  21. Odoacer Proclaimed King of Italy, Ending Western Roman Empire Politics & state
  22. British East India Company Founds Madras (Chennai) Politics & state
  23. Portugal Conquers Ceuta, Launching Age of Discovery War & conflict
  24. Arab Conquests Establish Islamic Rule in Levant War & conflict
  25. Octavian Seizes Consulship, Ending Roman Republic Politics & state
  26. Henry of Navarre Marries Margaret of Valois Politics & state
  27. Spanish Capture Antwerp, Shifting European Power War & conflict
  28. Principality of Transylvania Established Politics & state
  29. Battle of Yarmouk Begins, Shaping Islamic Expansion War & conflict
  30. Taira Clan Flees with Emperor Antoku in Genpei War Politics & state
  31. Louis XVI Arrested, Declared Enemy of the People Politics & state
  32. Columbus Reaches Canary Islands on First Voyage Exploration
  33. Great Famine Grips Europe Natural disaster
  34. Magellan's Fleet Departs for First Circumnavigation Exploration
  35. Soviet Union Declares War on Japan War & conflict
  36. U.S. Marines Launch First Major Pacific Offensive at Guadalcanal War & conflict
  37. Atomic Bomb Destroys Hiroshima War & conflict
  38. Enola Gay departs for Hiroshima, ushering in the nuclear age War & conflict
  39. Britain declares war on Germany, entering World War I War & conflict
  40. Columbus Departs for the Americas Exploration
  41. Iraq Invades Kuwait, Triggering the Gulf War War & conflict
  42. Vasco da Gama Reaches India Exploration
  43. Nixon Announces Resignation on Live Television Politics & state
  44. NASA Formally Established Technology
  45. Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia War & conflict
  46. Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, Triggering World War I War & conflict
  47. Apollo 11 Moon Landing — Humanity's Giant Leap Exploration
  48. Louise Brown: First Test-Tube Baby Born Science & discovery
  49. Apollo 11 crew splashes down: first humans return from the Moon Exploration
  50. Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia sparks path to World War I War & conflict
  51. First Color Television Broadcast Succeeds Technology
  52. First Battle of Bull Run Begins War & conflict
  53. Operation Valkyrie Assassination Attempt War & conflict
  54. Apollo-Soyuz: The First Space Handshake Technology
  55. USS Indianapolis Sunk by Japanese Torpedoes War & conflict
  56. Potsdam Conference Reshapes Post-War World Politics & state
  57. Trinity: The First Atomic Bomb Science & discovery
  58. Apollo and Soyuz Dock in Orbit Technology
  59. Mariner 4 Sends First Close-Up Mars Images to Earth Science & discovery
  60. World's First Commercial Telephone Exchange Opens Technology