Events that changed the world

The first circumnavigation of the globe, completed between 1519 and 1522 by the expedition initially led by Ferdinand Magellan, is one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of …

The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire between 1519 and 1521 was one of the most consequential events in world history. It marked the collapse of one of the most …

The Copernican model of heliocentrism, which proposed that the Sun rather than the Earth was the center of the universe, stands as one of the most significant turning points in …

The Scientific Revolution, which unfolded roughly between the mid-16th and early 18th centuries, marks one of the most pivotal eras in human history. It was during this period that science, …

The arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas on October 12, 1492, marks one of the most pivotal events in world history. It ushered in the age of European exploration, …

The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, the last vestige of the Roman Empire, and signaled the rise of the Ottoman Empire as a …

The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. Sweeping through Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa in the mid-14th …

The Mongol invasions of the 13th and 14th centuries represent one of the most transformative and devastating chapters in world history. Under the leadership of Genghis Khan and his successors, …