Explore pivotal moments that shaped the course of history, a curated collection of essential events that defined our past.
Read time ca. 7 minutes Charlemagne’s coronation by Pope Leo III, which occurred on 25 December 800, stands as one of the most
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Read time ca. 9 minutes When the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on 24 April 1990, it carried with it humanity’s most ambitious
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Read time ca. 9 minutes The creation of the Code of Hammurabi around 1754 BC is perhaps one of the most transformative moments
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Read time ca. 9 minutes With the start of the 1970s, there was a technological shift that started to reshape the then-modern world
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Read time ca. 10 minutes In 1867, Japan stood on the edge of transformation. For more than two and a half centuries, the
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Read time ca. 7 minutes One of the most transformative achievements for humanity that reshaped our lives is the internet, since it managed
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Read time ca. 8 minutes In a world where nearly everything moves, and this includes from groceries to grand adventures, trailers are the
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Read time ca. 5 minutes. As revolutionary movements swept across Europe in June 1848, there were representatives from Slavic nations who gathered in
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Read time ca. 6 minutes A group of French painters in the late 19th century sparked a revolution in the art world that
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Read time ca. 8 minutes Opera emerged in Italy at the end of the 16th century, blending music, theater, and visual spectacle into
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Read time ca. 3 minutes In 14th century Venice, wealthy merchants could purchase special trading privileges that granted them residency rights in foreign
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Read time ca. 8 minutes In 218 BC, during the early years of the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca undertook
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