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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. 1614 Fama Fraternitatis published ai_extracted 1 cit. Levenda describes the publication of the Fama Fraternitatis in 1614, announcing the existence of the Rosicrucian order and sparking the 'Rosicrucian Furore' across Europe. ●●
  4. 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 ●●●●
  5. 1720 Collapse of the South Sea Bubble ai_extracted 1 cit. It was upon these solid foundations that Britain’s “credit” rested, despite early uncertainties, considerable political opposition, and a financial near-disaster like the collapse of the famous South ●●
  6. 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 ●●●●●
  7. 1877 Edison invents the phonograph ai_extracted 1 cit. have been vinyl, but in this case it was copper, plated with gold. This analog means of capturing, preserving, and reproducing sound was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison, who called it phonography. ●●
  8. 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 ●●●●●
  9. 1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa ai_extracted 1 cit. Following on a series of congresses that since 1 8 1 5 had tried to regulate the political order of Europe (chapters 8 and n), the Berlin Confer ence... ●●
  10. 1900 First Pan-African Conference meets in London ai_extracted 1 cit. Racializing ideologies were also challenged on the empires' global scale when, for instance, the first pan-African Conference met in London in 1900, b... ●●
  11. 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 ●●●
  12. 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 ●●●
  13. 1913 J.P. Morgan dies in Rome ai_extracted 1 cit. Six weeks after the report was issued and just past midnight on March 31, 1913, Morgan died at the Grand Hotel in Rome. His partners attributed the death of the great titan to... ●●
  14. 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 ●●●●●
  15. 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 ●●●●●
  16. 1953 Operation Ajax overthrows Mossadegh ai_extracted 1 cit. The United States Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated Operation Ajax, overthrowing Iran's democratic government and installing a long dictatorship. ●●
  17. 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 ●●
  18. 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 ●●●