1. 4241 B.C. – The Introduction of the Egyptian Calendar

2. 543 B.C. The Death of Buddha

3. 478 B.C. The Death of Confucius

4. 399 B.C. – The Death of Socrates

5. 44 B.C. – The Death of Caesar

6. ? B.C. – The Birth of Christ

7. A.D. 632 – The Death of Mohammed

8. 1294 – The Death of Roger Bacon

9. The Press of Johannes Gutenberg (At Mainz on the Rhine) Issues the First Printed Documents Bearing A Printed Date

10. 1492 – Columbus Discovers America

11. James Watt Brings the Steam Engine to Practical Utility

12. 1789 – The French Revolution

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