Contemporary
Euromaidan (2013–2014): Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity
President Viktor Yanukovych fled Kyiv and was removed by parliament on 22 February 2014; early elections followed and Ukraine signed the EU Association Agreement.
All Articles
Every Chronicle article on world history, newest first: battles, empires, disasters, discoveries and revolutions.
Contemporary
APA Removes Homosexuality from the DSM (1973): A Turning Point
The APA Board of Trustees voted to delete homosexuality as a mental disorder from the DSM-II, a decision upheld by a membership referendum in 1974.
Contemporary
Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner (1997): The First Mars Rover
Pathfinder proved a low-cost airbag landing on Mars, and Sojourner became the first wheeled rover to operate on another planet.
Contemporary
Operation Entebbe 1976: The Israeli Hostage Rescue in Uganda
Israeli commandos freed about 100 hostages; three hostages, one Israeli officer, all the hijackers present and dozens of Ugandan soldiers were killed.
Contemporary
Battle of Khe Sanh (1968): The 77-Day Siege of a Marine Base
The Marine base held and the siege was lifted in April 1968, but US forces dismantled and abandoned Khe Sanh in July 1968.
Ancient World
Caratacus: British Resistance to the Roman Conquest (AD 43-51)
Caratacus was defeated in Wales, handed to Rome by Cartimandua in AD 51 and pardoned by Claudius, but British resistance continued.
Ancient World
Fall of Meroë: Aksum's King Ezana and the End of Kush
The Meroitic kingdom of Kush ceased to exist as a unified state by the mid-4th century AD, and the Middle Nile passed to new post-Meroitic societies.
Ancient World
Emperor Guangwu and the Restoration of the Han Dynasty (AD 25)
Liu Xiu restored the Han dynasty with its capital at Luoyang, beginning the Eastern Han, which lasted until AD 220.
Ancient World
Iron Pillar of Delhi: The Rust-Resistant Gupta Monument
A forged wrought-iron pillar of the Gupta age that still stands largely free of corrosion after some 1,600 years.
Ancient World
Caesar Crosses the Rubicon (49 BC): The Die Is Cast
Caesar entered Italy with an army against the Senate's orders, starting a civil war that ended the Roman Republic's traditional order.
Ancient World
Sicilian Expedition (415-413 BC): Athens' Disaster at Syracuse
Total Athenian defeat: the army and fleet sent to Sicily were destroyed, and Athens never fully recovered its strength in the Peloponnesian War.
Ancient World
Ramesseum: Ramesses II's Temple and the Ozymandias Statue
Ramesses II gained a vast cult temple whose ruins and toppled colossus later inspired Shelley's sonnet Ozymandias.