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A timeline (or several) relating to Politics.

(See also the History of political thought timeline)


The ancient world

  • 431 BCE The Pelopponesian War[1] (431-404) between Athens and Sparta
  • 529 CE Corpus Juris Civilis[2]] (Justinian's code of Roman Law)

The middle ages

  • 1215 Magna Carta[3][4] - statement of civil rights and fundamental document of the English constitution.
  • 1453 The fall of Constantinople

The Enlightenment

  • 1642 English Civil War [5] (1642-6) Armed conflict between supporters of the parliament and the monarchy, followed by the execution of King Charles I.
  • 1648 Treaty of Westphalia[6]. *1688 Glorious Revolution The largely bloodless events in England which led to the deposition of King James II.
  • 1689 The Bill of Rights English legislation that restricted the powers of the monarchy and established the rights of a free Parliament.
  • 1774 American Revolution The armed stuggle that gave the United States independence frm Britain.
  • 1776 Declaration of Independence by the United States of America
  • 1789 Storming of the Bastille and start of the French Revolution
  • 1791 The United States Bill of Rights. The first ten amendments to the constitution, the first of which guarantees, against the federal government but not individual states, freedom of religion, speech, press, and peaceable assembly.

The 19th and 20th centuries

The 21st century

  • 2001 9-11 Attack Terrorist attack on the United States, on September 11, 2001, using hijacked airliners as suicide weapons against major buildings.
Afghanistan War military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces [e]

Notes

  1. fighting between China and Japan started in 1931 and gradually escalated, and is usually regarded as becoming a war in 1937; a separate war started in Europe in 1939, and the two wars became one in 1941