39 events with tag "empire"
1350 BC
ID: 3609
Ashur-uballit I establishes Assyrian independence from Mitanni - beginning of Middle Assyrian Empire
ID: 3609
1115 BC
ID: 3615
Tiglath-Pileser I reaches Mediterranean - Assyrian Empire at greatest extent of Middle period
ID: 3615
671 BC
ID: 3621
Esarhaddon conquers Egypt - Assyrian Empire reaches maximum extent
ID: 3621
663 BC
ID: 4641
Ashurbanipal sacks Thebes in Egypt - furthest extent of Assyrian power
ID: 4641
550 BC
ID: 3624
Cyrus defeats Astyages - overthrows Median Empire, founds Achaemenid Persian Empire
ID: 3624
547 BC
ID: 5907
Croesus receives fatal prophecy - 'if you attack Persia, a great empire will fall' - attacks and destroys his own empire
ID: 5907
478 BC
ID: 236
Delian League founded - Athens leads alliance against Persia, beginning of Athenian Empire
ID: 236
404 BC
ID: 259
Athens surrenders to Sparta - Long Walls demolished, Athenian Empire ends, Thirty Tyrants installed
ID: 259
331 BC
ID: 293
Battle of Gaugamela - Alexander defeats Darius's million-man army, becomes Lord of Asia
ID: 293
323 BC
ID: 298
Death of Alexander in Babylon at 32 - fever or poison, empire fragments, body preserved in honey
ID: 298
322 BC
ID: 3673
Chandragupta Maurya overthrows Nanda dynasty - with help of Chanakya, founds Mauryan Empire from Magadha
ID: 3673
321 BC
ID: 303
Chandragupta Maurya founds Mauryan Empire - unites India, possibly inspired by Alexander
ID: 303
247 BC
ID: 4659
Arsaces I founds Parthian Empire - nomadic Parni tribe conquers Parthia, breaks from Seleucids
ID: 4659
221 BC
ID: 4700
Qin Shi Huang unifies China - ends Warring States, standardizes writing, currency, measurements
ID: 4700
171 BC
ID: 4660
Mithridates I expands Parthian Empire - conquers Media, Mesopotamia, creates rival to Rome
ID: 4660
123 BC
ID: 4662
Mithridates II 'the Great' rules - Parthian Empire reaches greatest extent, controls Silk Road
ID: 4662
31 BC
ID: 2714
September 2, 31 BC
Battle of Actium - Agrippa defeats Antony and Cleopatra's fleet, they flee to Egypt, Octavian master of Roman world
ID: 2714
27 BC
ID: 2718
January 16, 27 BC
Octavian becomes Augustus - Senate grants title and proconsular power, First Settlement creates Principate, Roman Empire begins
ID: 2718
14
ID: 2736
August 19, 14
Death of Augustus at Nola - dies peacefully at 75, 'Did I play my part well in the comedy of life?', Tiberius succeeds
ID: 2736
15
ID: 5357
Roman mining census - Empire operates over 100 major mines, producing iron, copper, tin, lead, gold, silver, mercury
ID: 5357
200
ID: 5334
Roman mining techniques spread empire-wide - drainage wheels, Archimedes screws, fire-setting, and hydraulic mining used from Britain to Egypt
ID: 5334
226
ID: 4673
Ardashir I crowned Shahanshah - 'King of Kings', establishes Sassanid Persian Empire
ID: 4673
286
ID: 2532
Carausius declares himself Emperor of Britain - Roman naval commander creates independent British Empire for seven years
ID: 2532
297
ID: 5062
Diocletian issues edict against Manichaeans - orders leaders burned alive with their scriptures, followers executed or sent to mines
ID: 5062
806
ID: 2917
Divisio Regnorum - Charlemagne plans division of empire among three sons, but two die before him
ID: 2917
814
ID: 2923
January 28, 814
Death of Charlemagne - dies at 71 after 46-year reign, buried in Aachen chapel, Louis inherits intact empire
ID: 2923
888
ID: 2949
January 888
Death of Charles the Fat - dies weeks after deposition, five kingdoms emerge from Carolingian Empire
ID: 2949
1016
ID: 3720
Cnut becomes King of England - Danish prince conquers England, later rules Denmark and Norway as North Sea Empire
ID: 3720
1025
ID: 4774
Death of Basil II - Byzantine Empire at medieval peak, stretches from Danube to Syria
ID: 4774
1035
ID: 2569
November 12, 1035
Death of Cnut the Great - ruled England, Denmark, Norway, and parts of Sweden, empire divides among sons
ID: 2569
1122
ID: 184
Concordat of Worms - ends Investiture Controversy, Pope gains spiritual authority, Emperor temporal
ID: 184
1204
ID: 5109
Venice gains 'Quarter and Half-Quarter' of Byzantine Empire - controls three-eighths of former Byzantine territories, becomes imperial power
ID: 5109
1206
ID: 4735
Temujin proclaimed Genghis Khan - unites Mongol tribes, begins creating largest land empire in history
ID: 4735
1370
ID: 5553
Louis I the Great becomes King of Poland too, Hungary reaches greatest territorial extent
ID: 5553
1405
ID: 4754
Death of Timur - dies invading China in winter, empire fragments, estimated 17 million killed in campaigns
ID: 4754
1405
ID: 5114
Venice conquers Padua and Verona - begins major mainland expansion, becomes territorial state beyond maritime empire
ID: 5114
1438
ID: 74
Pachacuti founds Inca Empire - beginning American highland civilization
ID: 74
1727
ID: 5700
Coffee smuggled to Brazil from French Guiana - hidden in bouquet, becomes world's largest producer by 1850
ID: 5700
1911
ID: 4725
Xinhai Revolution - Wuchang Uprising ends 2000 years of imperial rule
ID: 4725