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1st Century AD Anno 1 - 100
World Population Growth: 188.24 - 195.06 million ▲

70 - 80 AD
The building of the Roman Colosseum

Rome, Italy

37 - 41 AD
Caligula - The mad Emperor of Rome

Rome, Italy

25 - 220 AD
The invention of paper

Eastern region, China

10 - 70 AD
The invention of the Aeolipile (Steam turbine)

Alexandria, Egypt

87 - 106 AD
Decebalus - The last King of Dacia

S-W region, Romania

2nd Century AD Anno 101 - 200
World Population Growth: 195.06 - 202.31 million ▲

122 – 132 AD
Hadrian's Wall in Britannia

Northern Region, England, UK

5th Century AD Anno 401 - 500
World Population Growth: 208.91 - 210.43 million ▲

Fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD)

395 – 410 AD
Alaric I - First King of the Visigoths

S-W France, Spain

434 - 453 AD
Attila the Hun - King of the Hunnic Empire

Hungary, Greece, Spain, Italy

476 - 493 AD
Odoacer - First King of Italy

Rome, Italy

428 - 477 AD
Geiseric - Founder of the Vandal Kingdom

Tunisia, Algeria, Mediterranean

475 – 526 AD
Theoderic the Great - King of the Ostrogoths

Ukraine, Belarus

477 – 495 AD
Founding of the Shaolin Temple

Mt. Song, Henan, China

8th Century AD Anno 701 - 800
World Population Growth: 225.84 - 240.49 million ▲

742 – 814 AD
Charlemagne - The Father of Europe

Northern region, France

9th Century AD Anno 801 - 900
World Population Growth: 240.49 - 268.75 million ▲

802 – 839 AD
Egbert of Wessex - First King of England

England, UK

846 – 930 AD
Rollo - First ruler of Normandy

Northern region, France

850 – 932 AD
Harald Fairhair - First King of Norway

Western region, Norway

850 AD
Invention of Gunpowder

Eastern region, China

11th Century AD Anno 1001 - 1100
World Population Growth: 295.04 - 352.61 million ▲

1043 - 1099 AD
El Cid - Champion of Spain

Vivar del Cid, Spain

1028 - 1087 AD
William the Conqueror - First Norman King of England

Falaise, France

12th Century AD Anno 1101 - 1200
World Population Growth: 352.61 - 393.08 million ▲

1157 - 1199 AD
Richard I - The Lionheart

Oxford, England

1162 – 1227 AD
Genghis Khan - Founder of the Mongol Empire

Northern region, Mongolia

13th Century AD Anno 1201 - 1300
World Population Growth: 393.08 - 392.40 million ▼

1270 - 1305 AD
Sir William Wallace - Hero of Scotland

Elderslie, Scotland

14th Century AD Anno 1301 - 1400
World Population Growth: 392.40 - 389.77 million ▼

1346 - 1353 AD
The Black Death - The Worst Catastrophe in Human History

Europe

15th Century AD Anno 1401 - 1500
World Population Growth: 389.77 - 461.37 million ▲

1412 - 1431 AD
Joan of Arc - Heroine of France

Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France

1452 - 1519 AD
Leonardo Da Vinci - Genius of the Renaissance

Florence, Italy

1431 - 1476 AD
Vlad Dracula - The Impaler

Sighisoara, Romania

1450 AD
The construction of Machu Picchu

Cusco, Peru

1440 AD
The invention of the Printing Press

Mainz, Germany

1432 - 1481 AD
Mehmed II - The Conqueror

Edirne, Turkey

16th Century AD Anno 1501 - 1600
World Population Growth: 461.37 - 553.96 million ▲

1564 - 1616 AD
William Shakespeare - World's greatest dramatist

Stratford-upon-Avon, England

1533 - 1584 AD
Ivan the Terrible - First Tsar of Russia

Moscow, Russia

1503 AD
The painting of "Mona Lisa"

Florence, Italy

1560 - 1614 AD
Elizabeth Bathory - The Blood Countess

Nyírbátor, Hungary

1564 - 1642 AD
Galileo Galilei - The Father of modern science

Pisa, Italy

17th Century AD Anno 1601 - 1700
World Population Growth: 553.96 - 603.17 million ▲

1632 - 1653 AD
The building of the Taj Mahal

Agra, India

1692 - 1693 AD
The Witch Trials of Salem

Salem, MA, USA

1607 AD
Settlement of Jamestown - First settlement in North America

Jamestown, VA, USA

18th Century AD Anno 1701 - 1800
World Population Growth: 603.17 - 989.82 million ▲

19th Century AD Anno 1801 - 1900
World Population Growth: 989.82 million - 1.65 billion ▲

20th Century AD Anno 1901 - 2000
World Population Growth: 1.65 billion - 6.14 billion ▲

1912 - 1954 AD
Alan Turing - The Founder of Computer Science

Wilmslow, England