41 events with tag "crisis"
1336 BC
ID: 3655
Nefertiti disappears - either dies or falls from power, succession crisis begins
ID: 3655
931 BC
ID: 2750
Death of Solomon - Rehoboam succeeds, northern tribes gather at Shechem to negotiate
ID: 2750
500 BC
ID: 5917
Sibylline Books housed in Temple of Jupiter - consulted only in grave crises by special priests (quindecemviri), guide Rome through disasters
ID: 5917
133 BC
ID: 2674
Tiberius Gracchus murdered - tribune killed by senators for land reform proposal, first political violence in Forum, Republic's crisis begins
ID: 2674
40
ID: 3003
Caligula orders his statue in Temple - Jews prepare to die rather than allow, Caligula assassinated before implementation
ID: 3003
64
ID: 5923
Palladium saved from Great Fire - Vestals rescue sacred objects including Palladium from Temple of Vesta during Nero's fire
ID: 5923
180
ID: 5363
Marcus Aurelius debases coinage - silver mines exhausted, reduces silver content of denarius to 75%, inflation begins
ID: 5363
613
ID: 2850
Death of Theuderic II - dies of dysentery, Brunhilda tries to make great-grandson king, nobles revolt
ID: 2850
714
ID: 2860
Death of Pepin of Herstal - legitimate heirs are children, illegitimate son Charles Martel must fight for power
ID: 2860
732
ID: 2867
Abd al-Rahman invades with huge army - defeats Duke Odo, sacks Bordeaux, advances toward Tours and its rich abbey
ID: 2867
750
ID: 5837
Silver shortage across Europe - Roman mines exhausted, coins increasingly debased, barter economy expands
ID: 5837
819
ID: 2929
Louis marries Judith of Bavaria - second marriage produces Charles the Bald (823), disrupts succession plans
ID: 2929
878
ID: 2553
January 878
Guthrum attacks Chippenham at Twelfth Night - Alfred flees to Somerset marshes, darkest hour of Saxon England
ID: 2553
879
ID: 2943
Death of Louis the Stammerer - two posthumous sons, succession disputed, Vikings intensify raids
ID: 2943
942
ID: 3727
December 17, 942
William Longsword assassinated - killed by Arnulf of Flanders at peace meeting, leaves child heir Richard
ID: 3727
943
ID: 3728
Richard I becomes Duke at age 10 - Louis IV tries to annex Normandy, holds young duke captive at Laon
ID: 3728
962
ID: 3730
Pagan revolt in Normandy - Richard I suppresses Viking pagan uprising, enforces Christianity
ID: 3730
975
ID: 5854
July 8, 975
Death of Edgar triggers succession crisis - pro-monastic party backs Edward, anti-monastic nobles back Aethelred
ID: 5854
1035
ID: 3735
William the Bastard becomes Duke at age 7 - Robert dies on return from Jerusalem, anarchy threatens duchy
ID: 3735
1035
ID: 5886
Cnut's death creates succession crisis - Emma backs son Harthacnut but Harold Harefoot seizes throne
ID: 5886
1051
ID: 2572
Godwin family exiled - Edward the Confessor breaks free from Godwin control, Norman influence increases
ID: 2572
1066
ID: 2577
January 5, 1066
Death of Edward the Confessor - dies childless, allegedly names Harold as successor on deathbed
ID: 2577
1135
ID: 2605
December 1, 1135
Death of Henry I - dies in Normandy from 'surfeit of lampreys', Stephen seizes throne while Matilda in Anjou
ID: 2605
1254
ID: 2399
Henry III accepts Sicilian crown for son Edmund - ruinous papal scheme costs 135,000 marks, triggers constitutional crisis
ID: 2399
1349
ID: 3760
Black Death reaches Denmark - kills third of population, devastates economy and society
ID: 3760
1378
ID: 66
Great Western Schism begins - two rival popes elected
ID: 66
1386
ID: 2451
Wonderful Parliament - Lords Appellant challenge Richard II's favorites, threaten deposition
ID: 2451
1534
ID: 3539
Beginning of English Reformation creates philosophical crisis - Henry VIII's break with Rome shatters unified Christian worldview - Sets stage for individual reason as new authority
ID: 3539
1599
ID: 5898
Only 24 aurochs left in world - all in Jaktorow Forest Poland, 4 bulls and 20 cows, intense protection efforts
ID: 5898
1620
ID: 5899
Last aurochs bull dies - only one female remains alive in Jaktorow Forest, extinction inevitable
ID: 5899
1743
ID: 518
Moravian 'Sifting Time' crisis - antinomian excesses and sexual scandals in communities
ID: 518
1902
ID: 367
Bertrand Russell discovers Russell's Paradox in Frege's system, creating a crisis in the foundations of mathematics
ID: 367
1903
ID: 1154
Bertrand Russell discovers Russell's Paradox exposing crisis in mathematical foundations
ID: 1154
1948
ID: 4255
Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation faces severe financial difficulties - seeks buyer to continue UNIVAC development
ID: 4255
1984
ID: 2020
Philippine peso crisis tied to gold market manipulation
ID: 2020
1989
ID: 2063
Savings and Loan crisis devastates banking - over 1,000 institutions fail
ID: 2063
1999
ID: 3040
Y2K computer crisis avoided through mathematical date calculation corrections - demonstrates global dependence on mathematical computation
ID: 3040
2004
ID: 3101
STELLARWIND Crisis - DOJ officials threatened to resign; program restructured
ID: 3101
2005
ID: 3115
Iranian nuclear crisis escalates - German companies maintain trade relationships
ID: 3115
2011
ID: 3209
India AFP crisis: 60,000 new cases of acute flaccid paralysis during intensive polio vaccination
ID: 3209
2021
ID: 3347
Russian ultimatum on NATO expansion - German strategy forces US-Russian crisis
ID: 3347