Ancient World
Tutankhamun: The Boy King and His Tomb (c. 1332 BC)
Tutankhamun's reign ended the Amarna religious experiment; the discovery of his tomb in 1922 became the most famous find in the history of archaeology.
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Every Chronicle article on world history, newest first: battles, empires, disasters, discoveries and revolutions.
Ancient World
Battle of the Eclipse (585 BC): Medes and Lydians Make Peace
The fighting stopped, a peace treaty was sealed by a royal marriage, and the Halys River became the border between Lydia and Media.
Prehistory
Arthropleura: The Giant Millipede of the Carboniferous Period
The largest known land arthropod lived for over 50 million years before dying out in the early Permian.
Modern Era
Japanese American Internment (1942–1945): Executive Order 9066
About 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of them US citizens, were confined without trial; the US government formally apologised and paid compensation in 1988.
Modern Era
Second Battle of the Marne (1918): The Turning of the Tide
Allied victory; the German offensive failed, the Marne salient was abandoned and the strategic initiative passed to the Allies.
Modern Era
Founding of the Indian National Congress (1885) in Bombay
Seventy-two delegates founded the Indian National Congress, which grew from a moderate annual forum into the main organisation of India's independence movement.
Modern Era
New York City Draft Riots (1863): Four Days of Violence
The riots were suppressed by police and federal troops after four days; at least 119 people died and the draft resumed in August 1863.
Modern Era
War of the Currents (1886-1893): Edison vs Tesla and Westinghouse
Alternating current became the standard for generating and distributing electric power, while Edison's direct-current system was gradually confined to special uses.
Modern Era
Repeal of the Corn Laws (1846): Free Trade and Peel's Fall
The Importation Act 1846 phased out duties on foreign grain by 1849, split the Conservative Party and brought down Peel's government.
Middle Ages
Ollantaytambo: Inca Town and Temple in the Sacred Valley
Ollantaytambo became a royal estate and ceremonial centre of the Inca, and its town plan survives as one of the best-preserved in the Andes.
Middle Ages
Jingkang Incident (1127): The Fall of Kaifeng and Northern Song
Jin victory; Kaifeng fell, two Song emperors were taken captive and the Song court re-formed in the south as the Southern Song.
Middle Ages
Nizam al-Mulk and the Nizamiyya Madrasas of the Seljuks
Nizam al-Mulk built a Persian-run administration for the Seljuks and a network of endowed madrasas that spread across the Islamic world.