Australia becomes a commonwealth. Queen Victoria dies. U.S. president McKinley assassinated.

• 1901

• 1907

• 1899

• 1905

Bank of England issues first £1-note. John Adams inaugurated as 2nd president of the U.S.A.

• 1797

• 1794

• 1805

• 1801

Iceland declares independence from Denmark. D-Day on June 6th. Battle of Monte Cassino begins.

• 1944

• 1943

• 1945

• 1946

Battle of Trafalgar. Napoleon defeats Russians at Austerlitz. Premier of Beethoven’s “Eroica”.

• 1805

• 1818

• 1825

• 1815

Battle of Verdun. Battle of the Somme. Easter Rebellion in Ireland. Charlie Chaplin earns $10,000 a week.

• 1916

• 1917

• 1914

• 1915

Battle of Waterloo. Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents miner’s safety lamp. Battle of New Orleans.

• 1815

• 1821

• 1818

• 1809

Battleship Potemkin mutiny. First movie theater opens in Pittsburgh. Einstein proposes Theory of Relativity.

• 1905

• 1910

• 1915

• 1920

Beatles break up. Computer floppy disks introduced. Aswan High Dam completed.

• 1970

• 1967

• 1968

• 1969

Benazir Bhutto is assassinated. Live Earth concerts are held. British child Madeleine McCann disappears.

• 2007

• 2008

• 2009

• 2010

Berlin Wall comes down. U.S. troops invade Panama. George H.W. Bush inaugurated as 41st U.S. President.

• 1989

• 1988

• 1990

• 1991