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Timeline: World history
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- around 753 BC The founding of Rome According to legend, Romulus founds Rome on the Palatine Hill. The city will become the capital of a vast empire.
- 44 BC The death of Julius Caesar Julius Caesar is assassinated in Rome on the Ides of March by senators who fear his power.
- 476 The end of the Western Roman Empire The last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, is deposed: for many historians, the Middle Ages begin.
- 800 Charlemagne crowned emperor On Christmas Day, Charlemagne is crowned emperor in Rome by the pope.
- 1066 The Battle of Hastings William, Duke of Normandy, defeats King Harold and becomes King of England: William the Conqueror.
- 1215 Magna Carta In England, King John has to accept Magna Carta, which limits the king’s power for the first time.
- 1453 The fall of Constantinople The Ottomans take Constantinople (today’s Istanbul): the end of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1776 The American Declaration of Independence The thirteen American colonies declare their independence from Great Britain: the United States is born.
- 1789 The French Revolution On 14 July, the people of Paris storm the Bastille: the French Revolution begins.
- 1989 The fall of the Berlin Wall The wall that had split Berlin in two for 28 years is opened: Germany is reunified the following year.
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