World History is an important portion of UPSC IAS Mains examination Syllabus. Majorly, the events from the 18th century are incorporated in the General Studies Mains syllabus. UPSC aspirants should have a detailed and thorough understanding of World history which will additionally help them in International Relations in General Studies Paper-II.
Here we are giving the timeline of important events in World History till 1950.
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| B.C.3000 | Construction of the Great Pyramids |
| B.C 776 | First Olympiad in Greece |
| B.C 753 | Establishment of Rome |
| B.C 490 | Battle of Marathon
Greeks defeated the Persians |
| B.C 360 | The period of Aristotle and Plato |
| B.C 332 | Egypt conquered by Alexander |
| B.C 323 | Death of Alexander at Babylon |
| B.C 214 | Construction of  the Great Wall of China begins |
| B.C 4 | Birth of Jesus Christ |
| A.D. 29 | Crucifixion of Jesus Christ |
| 375 | Huns’ invasion of Europe |
| 570 | Birth of Prophet Mohammed at Mecca |
| 632 | Death of Mohammed
Beginning of Hijri Era |
| 1280 | Invention of gunpowder by Roger Bacon |
| 1338 | Hundred Years’ War |
| 1348 | Black Death Plague |
| 1453 | Turks captured Constantinople |
| 1453 | Renaissance in Europe |
| 1492 | Discovery of America by Columbus |
| 1498 | Vasco-de-Gama discovered the sea route to India |
| 1588 | Spanish Armada defeated |
| 1600 | British East India Company established in India |
| 1660 | Monarchy reinstated in England |
| 1665 | The Great Plague of England |
| 1668 | Glorious Revolution in England |
| 1704 | Battle of Blenheim |
| 1707 | Union of England and Scotland |
| 1776 | Declaration of American Independence |
| 1789 | French Revolution
George Washington elected the first President of America |
| 1805 | Battle of Trafalgar |
| 1815 | Battle of Waterloo |
| 1832 | Reforms Bill passed in England |
| 1837 | Queen Victoria’s succession to the throne of England |
| 1861 | American Civil War started |
| 1863 | Slavery abolished in the USA |
| 1865 | Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
| 1869 | Opening of the Suez Canal for traffic |
| 1895 | X-rays were discovered by Roentgen |
| 1896 | Marconi invented wireless |
| 1904 | Russia-Japan war |
| 1905 | Discovery of the Theory of Relativity by Einstein |
| 1911 | Chinese Revolution |
| 1912 | Republic of China established |
| 1914 | Beginning of World War I |
| 1917 | Russian Revolution |
| 1918 | End of World War I |
| 1919 | Treaty of Versailles signed |
| 1920 | Formation of the League of Nations |
| 1923 | Turkey declared Republic |
| 1933 | Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War broke out |
| 1939 | World War II begins |
| 1941 | Russia invaded by Hitler
Pearl Harbour invaded by Japan |
| 1945 | Establishment of UNO
End of World War II Death of President Roosevelt First dropping of the Atom Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| 1946 | Civil War in China |
| 1948 | Ceylon  and Burma get independence |
| 1949 | The Communists capture power in China
Indonesia gets independence |
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