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  1. 1513 Machiavelli writes The Prince 0 cit. Out of office and in exile, Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince, a cold study of how rulers actually win and hold power rather than how they ought to behave. It broke with medieval moral theory and helped found modern political thought. culture / politics ●●●
  2. 1614 Fama Fraternitatis published 0 cit. The Fama Fraternitatis, printed in 1614, is the first of the Rosicrucian manifestos and announces a hidden brotherhood dedicated to learning and reform. It tells the story of the order's founder and calls scholars to join a general renewal of knowledge. religion / science ●●●●
  3. September 1720 Collapse of the South Sea Bubble 0 cit. South Sea Company stock collapses after rising almost tenfold in months, ruining thousands of British investors. Parliament responds with the Bubble Act restricting new joint-stock companies. economy / politics ●●●●
  4. 3 July 1778 to 13 May 1779 War of the Bavarian Succession wikidata 0 cit. no story dispute between the Austrian Habsburg monarchy and an alliance of Saxony and Prussia ●●●●
  5. 1877 Edison invents the phonograph 0 cit. Thomas Edison built a machine that could record sound onto a tinfoil cylinder and play it back. For the first time, music and speech could be captured and heard again. technology ●●●●●
  6. 15 November 1884 to 1885 Berlin Conference partitions Africa 0 cit. European powers met to set rules for claiming African territory and drew borders without African representation. The conference formalized the Scramble for Africa and Leopold's private control of the Congo. politics ●●●●●
  7. 23 July 1900 First Pan-African Conference meets in London 0 cit. The Trinidadian barrister Henry Sylvester Williams convened the first Pan-African Conference, gathering delegates of African descent from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas. In his address to the meeting, W. E. B. Du Bois declared that the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line. The conference began an organized tradition of Pan-African gatherings. politics / society ●●●
  8. 31 March 1913 J.P. Morgan dies in Rome 0 cit. John Pierpont Morgan died in Rome in March 1913. Control of the bank passed to his son, J.P. Morgan Jr. economy ●●●
  9. 28 June 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 0 cit. Gavrilo Princip shoots the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie during a state visit. politics / war ●●●●●
  10. 19 August 1953 Operation Ajax overthrows Mossadegh 0 cit. The CIA and Britain's MI6 organized a coup that removed Iran's elected prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh after he nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The operation restored the Shah's power and the CIA later acknowledged its role. economy / politics ●●●●●
  11. 1 October 1960 Nigeria gains independence from Britain 0 cit. Nigeria, Africa's most populous territory, became independent from Britain as a federation of regions. Its size and mix of peoples made it a major test case for post-colonial nation-building. Regional and ethnic tensions would later erupt into the Biafran civil war. politics / society ●●
  12. c. 2 May 2010 European sovereign debt crisis 0 cit. Greece received the first of several bailouts as high public debt threatened to break up the eurozone, followed by rescues for Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and Cyprus. The crisis forced new bailout funds and tighter budget rules, and tested whether the single currency could survive without deeper political union. diplomacy / economy / politics ●●●