Zama 175 100 B.C. Birth of Julius Cæsar 184 55 B.C. } 54 B.C. } Conquest of Britain 186 44 B.C. Death of Julius Cæsar 190 27 B.C. Augustus and the Empire 191 4 B.C. Birth of Christ 197 Nero 203 Titus 206 79 A.D. Pompeii destroyed 208 179 A.D. Marcus Aurelius 210 323 A.D. Constantine 215 476 A.D. Downfall of Rome 227 622 A.D. The Hegira 244 732 A.D. Tours 249 800 A.D. Charlemagne 257 900 A.D. King Alfred the Great 264 1000 A.D. First Discovery of America 269 1066 A.D. William the Conqueror 286 1100 A.D. The Crusades 292 1215 A.D. King John; Magna Charta 311 1300 A.D. Marco Polo 318 1338 A.D. Beginning of One Hundred Years’ War; Crécy; Black Death; Joan of Arc 327 1440 A.D. Invention of Printing 333 1453 A.D. Fall of Constantinople 335 1492 A.D. Columbus; Discovery of America 337 1497 A.D. Vasco da Gama 348 1500 A.D. The Renaissance 359 The Reformation 365 Charles V 367 King Henry VIII 369 Elizabeth 372 1588 A.D. Spanish Armada 375 1600 A.D. Shakspere 380 1640 A.D. Charles I and Oliver Cromwell 390 Cardinal Richelieu 395 Louis XIV 397 1700 A.D. Peter the Great 402 1750 A.D. Frederick the Great 407 1776 A.D. American Revolution 412 1789 A.D.