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Photographs and museum images are public domain, CC0 or licensed for reuse under the terms linked below. Original vector illustrations were created for this website. Some headers use contextual photographs rather than official film, book or game artwork. Their actual subjects are described here. No endorsement is implied.

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• The original Xbox
  Xbox-console
  Evan-Amos · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first Moon landing
  Aldrin Apollo 11 original
  Neil Armstrong · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first iPhone
  IPhone (Original) von Apple mit 8GB
  Kaiser KurzydloVII · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The fall of Western Rome
  Roman Forum, Panorama (31458111547)
  Sonse · CC BY 2.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Columbus crosses the Atlantic
  Barcelona - Replica of Santa Maria Caravel
  Unknown author · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Nintendo is founded
  Historic hanafuda playing cards — a reference to Nintendo’s origins
  Unknown author (historic cards, Yale University Library collection) · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The printing press
  Gutenberg press
  International Printing Museum · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• Pluto is discovered
  Pluto in True Color - High-Res
  NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first powered flight
  First flight2
  John T. Daniels · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Toy Story
  Wooden toys — a thematic reference for Toy Story
  Bobjgalindo · CC BY 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Cleopatra’s reign begins
  Cleopatra VII statue fragment, 69-30 BC - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC09761
  Daderot · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• Wikipedia launches
  Printed encyclopedias — a reference to shared knowledge
  MichaelBdN · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Titanic sails
  RMS Titanic 3
  Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first Star Wars film
  A real star field — a thematic reference for Star Wars
  ESO/S. Brunier · CC BY 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Berlin Wall falls
  Berlin Wall Ebertstraße 1989
  joey zanotti · CC BY 2.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The euro enters circulation
  A European flag — a contextual reference for the euro
  User:Verdy p, User:-xfi-, User:Paddu, User:Nightstallion, User:Funakoshi, User:Jeltz, User:Dbenbenn, User:Zscout370 · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The Great Pyramid
  Great Pyramid of Giza
  kallerna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first email
  Computer keyboard — a reference to email
  Colin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first modern Olympics
  The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on 2 October 2018
  George E. Koronaios · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• YouTube
  Video camera — a reference to online video
  Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Instagram
  Camera — a reference to photo sharing
  Berthold Werner · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Facebook launches
  Network cables — a reference to social networking
  Matthäus Wander · CC BY 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Eiffel Tower opens
  EiffelTowerdayshootbyedwintan
  Edwintcg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Minecraft
  Natural cubic pyrite crystals — a thematic reference for Minecraft
  Bryan Barnes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first Harry Potter book
  Old library books — a thematic reference for Harry Potter
  Furkan Akkurt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first PlayStation
  PSX-Console-wController
  Evan-Amos · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first Walkman
  Original Sony Walkman TPS-L2
  Binarysequence · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The steam locomotive
  Richard Trevithick 1804 Pen y Darren locomotive (6636003439)
  Hugh Llewelyn · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first Pokémon games
  Original Game Boy hardware — a reference to the first Pokémon games
  Evan-Amos · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first dinosaurs
  Eoraptor skeleton, an early dinosaur
  Esv - Eduard Solà Vázquez · CC BY 3.0 · Original source · Used image
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• A helicopter flies on Mars
  Ingenuity photographed on Mars by Perseverance
  NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Galileo studies the sky
  Replica of a telescope attributed to Galileo
  "The authors that took this picture are Jim and Rhoda Morris." · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The Colosseum opens
  The Colosseum in Rome
  Joseolgon · CC BY 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first sharks
  Cladoselache fossil, a representative ancient shark
  James St. John · CC BY 2.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Magna Carta
  A surviving manuscript of Magna Carta
  Original authors were the barons and King John of England. Uploaded by Earthsound. · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Stonehenge’s stone circle
  The surviving stones of Stonehenge
  Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Woolly mammoths appear
  Museum reconstruction of a woolly mammoth
  HTO · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• James Webb launches
  The James Webb Space Telescope before launch
  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope from Greenbelt, MD, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Vikings raid Lindisfarne
  Replica Viking longship
  William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first trilobites
  Trilobite fossil at the Desert Museum in Saltillo
  Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Early flowers: Archaefructus
  Archaefructus fossil, an early flowering plant
  Jonathan Chen · CC BY 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Archaeopteryx lives
  Berlin Archaeopteryx fossil with feather impressions
  H. Raab (User: Vesta) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first land-plant fossils
  Cooksonia barrandei fossil, an early land plant
  Skot · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Earth forms
  Modern Earth photographed by the Apollo 17 crew
  NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Cambridge is founded
  King’s College Chapel at Cambridge, photographed across the River Cam
  Martinvl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Notre-Dame construction begins
  Notre-Dame de Paris viewed from the southeast across the Seine
  Uoaei1 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Marco Polo leaves for Asia
  Nineteenth-century mosaic portrait of Marco Polo
  Salviati · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Columbus crosses the Atlantic
  John Vanderlyn’s nineteenth-century painting of Columbus landing in the Caribbean
  John Vanderlyn · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first voyage around the world
  Victoria, the ship of the Magellan–Elcano expedition, illustrated on an Ortelius map
  Abraham Ortelius · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Newton publishes Principia
  Title page of Isaac Newton’s first edition of Principia
  Isaac Newton · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The US Declaration of Independence
  John Trumbull’s painting of the Declaration drafting committee presenting its work to Congress
  John Trumbull · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The Bastille is stormed
  Jean-Pierre Houël’s painting of the storming of the Bastille
  Jean-Pierre Houël · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first free human balloon flight
  A historical etching of the Montgolfier balloon’s human flight above Paris
  N. De Launay · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• London Underground opens
  An 1862 illustrated newspaper engraving of the Metropolitan Underground Railway stations
  Unknown (illegible) · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The Suez Canal opens
  Évremond de Bérard’s depiction of ships at the opening of the Suez Canal
  Évremond de Bérard (1824-1881) · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Brooklyn Bridge opens
  An 1883 lithograph of fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge on opening night
  Unknown artist · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Sputnik 1 launches
  Sputnik 1 replica on display at the U.S. Air Force museum
  U.S. Air Force · Public domain (U.S. federal government) · Original source · Used image
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• First human spaceflight
  Yuri Gagarin photographed during his visit to Helsinki in June 1961
  Anonymous / Hufvudstadsbladet / Finnish Heritage Agency · CC BY 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Hubble launches
  Hubble Space Telescope in orbit, photographed during its 1997 servicing mission
  NASA · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first Space Shuttle flight
  Space Shuttle Columbia on its launch pad before the first shuttle mission
  NASA/KSC · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• The first iPad
  First-generation Apple iPad showing the public-domain book Alice in Wonderland
  Evan-Amos · Public domain dedication · Original source · Used image
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• The Nintendo Switch
  Original Nintendo Switch in its dock with neon red and blue Joy-Con controllers in their grip
  Evan-Amos · Public domain dedication · Original source · Used image
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• Falcon Heavy first launches
  Falcon Heavy on launch pad LC-39A before its inaugural flight
  SpaceX · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first Pluto flyby
  Pluto photographed by New Horizons during the July 2015 flyby
  NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Curiosity lands on Mars
  Curiosity rover self-portrait on Mars, taken after landing in 2012
  NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Perseverance lands on Mars
  Perseverance rover at the Rochette rock on Mars in September 2021
  NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Artemis I launches
  Space Launch System and Orion launching on Artemis I at night
  NASA/Bill Ingalls · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon
  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter view of Chandrayaan-3 and its landing site, with the lander at center
  NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University · Public domain · Original source · Used image
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• An asteroid sample lands on Earth
  OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule and parachute after landing in Utah
  NASA/Keegan Barber (NASA Goddard Photo and Video) · CC BY 2.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The first black hole image
  The first Event Horizon Telescope image of the M87 black hole shadow
  EHT Collaboration · CC BY 4.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Hatshepsut’s seated statue
  Limestone seated statue of Pharaoh Hatshepsut
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (image); Unknown ancient maker (artwork) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• An early Greek marble youth
  Archaic Greek marble statue of a young man
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (image); Unknown ancient maker (artwork) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
  Met-provided web-large JPEG; no local edits.
• Temple of Dendur built
  Temple of Dendur and its gateway inside The Met
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (image); Unknown ancient maker (artwork) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Egypt’s blue hippo figurine
  Turquoise faience hippopotamus decorated with lotus plants
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (image); Unknown ancient maker (artwork) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Nauny’s Book of the Dead
  Painted papyrus showing scenes from Nauny Book of the Dead
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (image); Unknown ancient maker (artwork) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Andokides amphora
  Ancient Greek amphora attributed to Andokides
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (image); Andokides (artwork) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• A marble portrait of Augustus
  Roman marble portrait head of Emperor Augustus
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (image); Unknown ancient maker (artwork) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Prince Umar makes his astrolabe
  Brass astrolabe made by the Yemeni prince Umar ibn Yusuf
  ‘Umar ibn Yusuf ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Rasul al-Muzaffari; image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
  Met web-large JPEG downloaded without local alteration
• The Umbrian processional cross is made
  Medieval Umbrian silver and enamel processional cross
  Unidentified Italian maker; image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
  Met web-large JPEG downloaded without local alteration
• The Bowl with Dragons is made
  Luster-painted medieval ceramic bowl decorated with dragons
  Unidentified maker; image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
  Met web-large JPEG downloaded without local alteration
• Vredefort impact crater forms
  Satellite view of vredefort impact in the present-day landscape
  Lauren Dauphin / NASA Earth Observatory; Landsat data: USGS · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The ancient Pilbara Craton rocks form
  Satellite view of pilbara craton in the present-day landscape
  Joshua Stevens / NASA Earth Observatory; NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The Sudbury impact strikes Canada
  Satellite view of sudbury impact in the present-day landscape
  Joshua Stevens / NASA Earth Observatory; Landsat: USGS; SRTM · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The Popigai impact makes a diamond crater
  Satellite view of popigai impact in the present-day landscape
  Joshua Stevens / NASA Earth Observatory; NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• Manicouagan impact crater forms
  Satellite view of manicouagan impact in the present-day landscape
  Lauren Dauphin / NASA Earth Observatory; MODIS data: NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The Gosses Bluff impact strikes Australia
  Satellite view of gosses bluff impact in the present-day landscape
  Jesse Allen / NASA Earth Observatory; ASTER data and elevation imagery: Michael Abrams, MITI, ERSDAC, JAROS and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• Acraman impact crater forms
  Satellite view of acraman impact in the present-day landscape
  Jesse Allen / NASA Earth Observatory; NASA LAADS MODIS data · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• Pingualuit crater forms in the Arctic
  Satellite view of pingualuit impact in the present-day landscape
  Jesse Allen / NASA; Landsat data: University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The Bosumtwi impact strikes Ghana
  Satellite view of bosumtwi impact in the present-day landscape
  Michala Garrison / NASA Earth Observatory; Landsat data: USGS · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• India collides with Asia
  Satellite view of himalayas uplift in the present-day landscape
  NASA / ISS Expedition 53 crew, ISS053-E-357550 · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The Hermosa rock formation is deposited
  Satellite view of hermosa formation in the present-day landscape
  Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon / NASA Earth Observatory; Landsat data: USGS · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The Ambohiby volcanic complex forms
  Satellite view of ambohiby complex in the present-day landscape
  NASA / ISS Expedition 71 crew, ISS071-E-673752 · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• Brandberg granite pushes into the crust of Earth
  Satellite view of brandberg granite in the present-day landscape
  USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The sediments of Uluru begin to accumulate
  Satellite view of uluru sediments in the present-day landscape
  NASA / ISS Expedition 49 crew, ISS049-E-10638 · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The volcanic neck of Shiprock forms underground
  Satellite view of shiprock volcanic neck in the present-day landscape
  Jesse Allen / NASA Earth Observatory; Landsat data: USGS · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• Lake Baikal forms in Siberia
  Satellite view of lake baikal in the present-day landscape
  Jeff Schmaltz / MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The Zagros Mountains fold upward
  Satellite view of zagros folding in the present-day landscape
  NASA / ISS Expedition 66 crew, ISS066-E-182850 · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The Waterpocket Fold buckles upward
  Satellite view of waterpocket fold in the present-day landscape
  Lauren Dauphin / NASA Earth Observatory; Landsat data: USGS · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The sediments of Vasquez Rocks accumulate
  Satellite view of vasquez rocks in the present-day landscape
  Michala Garrison / NASA Earth Observatory; Landsat data: USGS · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• A continental collision raises the Appalachians
  Satellite view of appalachian collision in the present-day landscape
  NASA / ISS Expedition 33 crew, ISS033-E-22378 · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• The red Chugwater rock formation is deposited
  Satellite view of chugwater formation in the present-day landscape
  Wanmei Liang / NASA Earth Observatory; Landsat data: USGS · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• Ancient lava flows build Kauai
  Satellite view of kauai lava in the present-day landscape
  Robert Simmon / NASA; data: Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs, Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Lab, NASA JSC · Public domain (NASA) · Original source · Used image
  None by this project; NASA-published image may use false color or contrast enhancement
• Early insects evolve
  Original illustrative reference: Early insects evolve
  What Came First? — original vector illustration · Original artwork created for this website · Original source · Used image
  Original code-drawn illustration, not a documentary photograph or official product artwork.
• Ancestors of modern corals appear
  Original illustrative reference: Ancestors of modern corals appear
  What Came First? — original vector illustration · Original artwork created for this website · Original source · Used image
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• Sail-backed Dimetrodon lives
  Original illustrative reference: Sail-backed Dimetrodon lives
  What Came First? — original vector illustration · Original artwork created for this website · Original source · Used image
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• Armored Dunkleosteus swims
  Original illustrative reference: Armored Dunkleosteus swims
  What Came First? — original vector illustration · Original artwork created for this website · Original source · Used image
  Original code-drawn illustration, not a documentary photograph or official product artwork.
• Tiktaalik bridges fins and limbs
  Original illustrative reference: Tiktaalik bridges fins and limbs
  What Came First? — original vector illustration · Original artwork created for this website · Original source · Used image
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• Giant Arthropleura crawls on land
  Original illustrative reference: Giant Arthropleura crawls on land
  What Came First? — original vector illustration · Original artwork created for this website · Original source · Used image
  Original code-drawn illustration, not a documentary photograph or official product artwork.
• Brasilodon has mammal-like teeth
  Original illustrative reference: Brasilodon has mammal-like teeth
  What Came First? — original vector illustration · Original artwork created for this website · Original source · Used image
  Original code-drawn illustration, not a documentary photograph or official product artwork.
• Walking whale Ambulocetus lives
  Original illustrative reference: Walking whale Ambulocetus lives
  What Came First? — original vector illustration · Original artwork created for this website · Original source · Used image
  Original code-drawn illustration, not a documentary photograph or official product artwork.
• Early ichthyosaurs enter the seas
  Original illustrative reference: Early ichthyosaurs enter the seas
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• Giant hornless rhino Paraceratherium lives
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• Oxygen rises in the atmosphere
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• Sturtian ice spreads across Earth
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• The supercontinent Rodinia assembles
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• Animal diversity surges in the Cambrian explosion
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• The end-Ordovician extinction strikes
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• Late Devonian extinctions reshape the seas
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• The Great Dying devastates life
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• The end-Triassic extinction strikes
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• The Atlantic Ocean begins opening
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• The Isthmus of Panama connects two continents
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• The stone portrait of Gudea is carved
  Head of Gudea, Neo-Sumerian, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Jomon deep pot is made
  Deep Pot (Fuka-bachi), Japan, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• An Olmec stone face is carved
  Face, Olmec, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• The winged bull of Nimrud is carved
  Human-headed winged bull (lamassu), Assyrian, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Sumerian barley-account tablet is written
  Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars, Sumerian, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Cycladic marble harpist is carved
  Marble seated harp player, Cycladic, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Han dynasty dancer figurine is made
  Female Dancer, China, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• An Indus buffalo seal is carved
  Stamp seal: buffalo with incense burner (?), Indus, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• An Egyptian lion-and-prince plaque is made
  Lion Subduing a Prince of Kush, , in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Gandharan Maitreya statue is carved
  Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future), Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Sasanian noblemans seal is carved
  Stamp seal: standing noble holding a flower, Sasanian, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Shang bronze wine container is cast
  Rectangular wine container (fangyi), China, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Parthian human-head spout is made
  Spout in the form of a man's head, Parthian, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Hittite goddess-and-child figurine is made
  Seated goddess with a child, Hittite, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• An Etruscan gold jewelry set is made
  Set of jewelry, Etruscan, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Cypriot silver-gilt bowl is made
  Silver-gilt bowl, Cypriot, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• Phoenician cage-and-ball earrings are made
  Pair of gold earrings with cage and ball pendants, Phoenician, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• A Bactrian bird-demon axe is made
  Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• An Egyptian senet game box is made
  Game Box for Playing Senet and Twenty Squares, , in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• The mummy mask of Khonsu is made
  Mummy Mask of Khonsu, , in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• Göbekli Tepe’s stone enclosures are built
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• People settle at Çatalhöyük
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• Newgrange’s passage tomb is built
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• The city of Mohenjo-daro is built
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• Construction begins on the Parthenon
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• China’s first emperor is buried with his terracotta army
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• Vesuvius buries Pompeii
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• Hadrian’s Wall construction begins
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• The Pont du Gard aqueduct is built
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• Darius founds Persepolis
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• Sanchi’s earliest Buddhist monuments are built
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• The first Ajanta cave temples are cut
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• Ashoka raises a pillar at Lumbini
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• Caral grows into an early Andean city
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• Cleisthenes reforms Athenian democracy
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• Early Lydian coins enter use
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• Cai Lun presents his papermaking process
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• Artists paint the animals of Lascaux
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• The Elamite city of Chogha Zanbil is founded
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• Athens defeats Persia at Marathon
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• The Julian calendar takes effect
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• An Assyrian king sends an Amarna letter
  Amarna letter: Royal Letter from Ashur-uballit, the king of Assyria, to the king of Egypt, , in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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• Hagia Sophia is inaugurated
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• The Battle of Hastings
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• Borobudur is built
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• Bologna University’s traditional founding
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• Teaching is documented at Oxford
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• Nasrid construction of the Alhambra begins
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• The Dome of the Rock is completed
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• Charlemagne is crowned emperor
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• Mansa Musa makes his pilgrimage to Mecca
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• Zheng He’s first voyage begins
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• The Yuan dynasty begins
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• Tenochtitlan’s traditional founding
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• Angkor Wat is built
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• Great Zimbabwe is built
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• The Leaning Tower of Pisa is begun
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• London’s White Tower is built
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• Al-Azhar Mosque is completed
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• Baghdad is founded
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• Córdoba’s Great Mosque is begun
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• The Song dynasty begins
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• The Hundred Years’ War begins
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• The Taj Mahal is built
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• Louis XIV starts expanding Versailles
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• The new Saint Peter’s Basilica is begun
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• Jamestown is founded
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• The Mayflower sails for America
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• Shakespeare’s First Folio is published
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• Don Quixote Part One is published
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• The Royal Society holds its first meeting
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• The warship Vasa sinks
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• Captain Cook’s first Pacific voyage begins
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• The English East India Company is chartered
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• Mercator publishes his world map
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• Luther publishes his Ninety-five Theses
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• The Thirty Years’ War begins
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• The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove
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• Qing rule replaces the Ming in China
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• The Encyclopédie’s first volume appears
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• Linnaeus publishes Systema Naturae
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• Saint Petersburg’s construction begins
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• Jenner tests cowpox vaccination
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• The Tokugawa shogunate is established
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• The Chola Shiva Nataraja statue is cast
  Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance; South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900–1200s).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900–1200s)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Wade Cup is made
  The Wade Cup with Animated Script; Iran, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194).
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• The Paris table fountain is made
  Table Fountain; France, Paris.
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• Claus de Werve carves a mourner for Philip the Bold
  Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364–1404); Netherlands, active Dijon, 15th century.
  Artwork: Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, 1380–1439); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Chimú litter backrest is carved
  Backrest of a Litter; Central Andes, North Coast, Chimú people, late Intermediate period.
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Central Andes, North Coast, Chimú people, late Intermediate period); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Raft Cup attributed to Zhu Bishan is made
  Raft Cup; China, Yuan (1271-1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
  Artwork: attributed to Zhu Bishan (Chinese, c. 1300–after 1362); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Egyptian Virgin and Child icon is woven
  Icon of the Virgin and Child; Egypt, Byzantine period.
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• The Yuan lion-handled jar is made
  Jar with Lion-Head Handles; China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Veracruz ballgame palma is carved
  Ballgame Palma; Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Mexico, Gulf Coast, Classic Veracruz style (600-1100)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Chenghua Children at Play wine cup is made
  Wine Cup with Children at Play; China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465-1487).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465-1487)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Great Perfection of Wisdom sutra repository is made
  Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra; Japan, Heian period (794–1185).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Japan, Heian period (794–1185)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Tang phoenix-and-butterfly mirror is cast
  Mirror with Phoenixes, Birds, Butterflies, and Floral Sprays; China, Tang dynasty (618-907).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (China, Tang dynasty (618-907)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• Maya artists carve the Panel with Royal Woman
  Panel with Royal Woman; Guatemala or Mexico, Usumacinta River region, Maya style.
  Artwork: K’in Lakam Chahk sculpted by; and Jun Nat Omootz; image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Waka’ Maya stela is carved
  Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief); Mesoamerica, Guatemala, Department of the Petén, El Perú (also known as Waka'), Maya (250-900), Classic period (200-1000).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Mesoamerica, Guatemala, Department of the Petén, El Perú (also known as Waka'), Maya (250-900), Classic period (200-1000)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• Pollaiuolo engraves Battle of the Nudes
  Battle of the Nudes; Italy.
  Artwork: Antonio del Pollaiuolo (Italian, 1431/32–1498); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Stroganoff Ivory is carved
  Ivory Plaque with Enthroned Mother of God ("The Stroganoff Ivory"); Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period.
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• Countess Gertrude’s ceremonial cross is made
  Ceremonial Cross of Countess Gertrude; Germany, Lower Saxony?, 11th century.
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Germany, Lower Saxony?, 11th century); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Green Tara painting is created
  Green Tara; Central Tibet.
  Artwork: attributed to Aniko (Nepalese, active in Tibet mid- to late 1200s); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Great Mongol Shahnama’s dragon scene is painted
  Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto); Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama; Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The Gigaku mask of a young Persian boy is carved
  Gigaku Mask of Young Persian Boy (Taikōji); Japan, Nara period (710–94).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Japan, Nara period (710–94)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The chrysanthemum cosmetics box is made
  Cosmetics Box with Chrysanthemums; Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Frans Hals paints Tieleman Roosterman
  Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman; Netherlands.
  Artwork: Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581–1666); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Andrea del Sarto paints The Sacrifice of Isaac
  The Sacrifice of Isaac; Italy, Florence.
  Artwork: Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486–1530); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Cranach paints Hunting near Hartenfels Castle
  Hunting near Hartenfels Castle; Germany.
  Artwork: Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Poussin paints The Holy Family on the Steps
  The Holy Family on the Steps; France.
  Artwork: Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Caravaggio paints The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew
  The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew; Italy, Naples.
  Artwork: Caravaggio (Italian, 1571–1610); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• La Tour paints Saint Peter Repentant
  Saint Peter Repentant; France.
  Artwork: Georges de La Tour (French, 1593–1652); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Gentileschi paints Danaë
  Danaë; Italy.
  Artwork: Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Rubens paints Isabella Brant
  Portrait of Isabella Brant; Flanders.
  Artwork: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The Qianlong Golden Pheasants vase is made
  Vase with Golden Pheasants; China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Velázquez paints the Jester Calabazas
  Portrait of the Jester Calabazas; Spain.
  Artwork: Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Lawrence paints Catherine Grey, Lady Manners
  Portrait of Catherine Grey, Lady Manners; England, 18th century.
  Artwork: Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The Safavid royal silk carpet is woven
  Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread; Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The Benin ancestral commemorative head is cast
  Ancestral Commemorative Head (uhunmwun-elao); Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild.
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The Yongzheng amphora vase is made
  Amphora Vase; China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng mark and period (1723–35).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng mark and period (1723–35)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Hilliard paints Sir Anthony Mildmay
  Sir Anthony Mildmay, Knight of Apethorpe, Northamptonshire; England, 16th century.
  Artwork: Nicholas Hilliard (English, c. 1547–1619); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The Japanese Horse Stable screens are painted
  Horse Stable; Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573).
  Artwork: Unrecorded maker (Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The Milan foot-tournament half armor is made
  Half Armor for the Foot Tournament; Italy, Milan.
  Artwork: Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Sesson Shūkei paints Dragon and Tiger
  Dragon and Tiger; Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) to Momoyama period (1573–1615).
  Artwork: Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The Chelsea Hen and Chicks tureen is made
  Hen and Chicks Covered Tureen on Stand; England, London, Chelsea.
  Artwork: Chelsea Porcelain Factory (Britain, London, 1745–84); image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Jacopo de’ Barbari makes View of Venice
  View of Venice; Italy, early 16th Century.
  Artwork: Jacopo de' Barbari (Italian, c. 1460/70–c. 1516); Anton Kolb (German, 1474–1566) published by; image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• The Delft Nautilus Cup is made
  Nautilus Cup; Netherlands, Holland, Delft.
  Artwork: Cornelis Jansz van der Burch (Dutch, active in Delft, d. 1615) made by; image: Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Original source · Used image
  None; museum-provided web image.
• Howe patents his sewing machine
  Original illustrative reference: Howe patents his sewing machine
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• Morse sends “What hath God wrought”
  Original illustrative reference: Morse sends “What hath God wrought”
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• Bell receives his telephone patent
  Original illustrative reference: Bell receives his telephone patent
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• Edison invents the phonograph
  Original illustrative reference: Edison invents the phonograph
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• The Remington Model 1 goes on sale
  Original illustrative reference: The Remington Model 1 goes on sale
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• The Statue of Liberty is dedicated
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• The Washington Monument is dedicated
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• Röntgen discovers X-rays
  Original illustrative reference: Röntgen discovers X-rays
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• Nobel patents dynamite in Sweden
  Original illustrative reference: Nobel patents dynamite in Sweden
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• Mendeleev presents his periodic table
  Original illustrative reference: Mendeleev presents his periodic table
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• Laennec invents the stethoscope
  Original illustrative reference: Laennec invents the stethoscope
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• On the Origin of Species is published
  Original illustrative reference: On the Origin of Species is published
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• Louis Braille creates his raised-dot system
  Original illustrative reference: Louis Braille creates his raised-dot system
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• Basketball is invented
  Original illustrative reference: Basketball is invented
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• Coca-Cola is first served
  Original illustrative reference: Coca-Cola is first served
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• Riveted blue jeans are patented
  Original illustrative reference: Riveted blue jeans are patented
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• Niépce makes the oldest surviving camera photograph
  Original illustrative reference: Niépce makes the oldest surviving camera photograph
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• The Penny Black becomes valid for postage
  Original illustrative reference: The Penny Black becomes valid for postage
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• The saxophone is patented
  Original illustrative reference: The saxophone is patented
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• Volta invents the battery
  Original illustrative reference: Volta invents the battery
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• Otis installs its first passenger elevator
  Original illustrative reference: Otis installs its first passenger elevator
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• The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated
  Original illustrative reference: The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated
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• Hoover Dam is dedicated
  Original illustrative reference: Hoover Dam is dedicated
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• The Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrians
  Original illustrative reference: The Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrians
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• Einstein develops special relativity
  Original illustrative reference: Einstein develops special relativity
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• The point-contact transistor is invented
  Original illustrative reference: The point-contact transistor is invented
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• The first laser operates
  Original illustrative reference: The first laser operates
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• Fleming discovers penicillin
  Original illustrative reference: Fleming discovers penicillin
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• The DNA double-helix model is published
  Original illustrative reference: The DNA double-helix model is published
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• Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
  Original illustrative reference: Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
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• LEGO files its stud-and-tube brick patent
  Original illustrative reference: LEGO files its stud-and-tube brick patent
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• The Rubik’s Cube is invented
  Original illustrative reference: The Rubik’s Cube is invented
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• Barbie makes her debut
  Original illustrative reference: Barbie makes her debut
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• Pac-Man reaches Japanese arcades
  Original illustrative reference: Pac-Man reaches Japanese arcades
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• Tetris is created
  Original illustrative reference: Tetris is created
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• Concorde makes its first flight
  Original illustrative reference: Concorde makes its first flight
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• The Tokaido Shinkansen opens
  Original illustrative reference: The Tokaido Shinkansen opens
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• The Ford Model T is introduced
  Original illustrative reference: The Ford Model T is introduced
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• Hillary and Norgay summit Everest
  Original illustrative reference: Hillary and Norgay summit Everest
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• Amundsen’s team reaches the South Pole
  Original illustrative reference: Amundsen’s team reaches the South Pole
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• Baird demonstrates television
  Original illustrative reference: Baird demonstrates television
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• Microwave ovens are introduced
  Original illustrative reference: Microwave ovens are introduced
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• “Portrait of Dora Wheeler” is painted
  Painting: Portrait of Dora Wheeler, by William Merritt Chase.
  William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Eakins paints the Biglin brothers rowing
  Painting: The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, by Thomas Eakins.
  Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “Twilight in the Wilderness” is painted
  Painting: Twilight in the Wilderness, by Frederic Edwin Church.
  Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “Adeline Ravoux” is painted
  Painting: Adeline Ravoux, by Vincent van Gogh.
  Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Cole paints Schroon Mountain
  Painting: View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, by Thomas Cole.
  Thomas Cole (American, born England,1801–1848) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “Cupid and Psyche” is painted
  Painting: Cupid and Psyche, by Jacques-Louis David.
  Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Audubon paints Peregrine Falcons
  Painting: Peregrine Falcons (Duck Hawks), by John James Audubon.
  John James Audubon (American, born Haiti, 1785–1851) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Turner paints the burning Parliament
  Painting: The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, by Joseph Mallord William Turner.
  Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Gauguin paints In the Waves
  Painting: In the Waves (Dans les Vagues), by Paul Gauguin.
  Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “The Power of Music” is painted
  Painting: The Power of Music, by William Sidney Mount.
  William Sidney Mount (American, 1807–1868) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “View of Florence” is painted
  Painting: View of Florence, by Thomas Cole.
  Thomas Cole (American, born England,1801–1848) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead” is painted
  Painting: Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead, by John Constable.
  John Constable (British, 1776–1837) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “Vale of Kashmir” is painted
  Painting: Vale of Kashmir, by Robert S. Duncanson.
  Robert S. Duncanson (American, 1821–1872) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “The Age of Bronze” is created
  Sculpture: The Age of Bronze, by Auguste Rodin.
  Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Bailly’s carved sideboard is made
  Furniture and woodwork: Sideboard, by Joseph Alexis Bailly.
  Joseph Alexis Bailly (American, 1825–1883) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Canova creates Terpsichore
  Sculpture: Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry), by Antonio Canova.
  Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757–1822) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “The Sleeping Faun” is created
  Sculpture: The Sleeping Faun, by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer.
  Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (American, 1830–1908) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “The Brierwood Pipe” is painted
  Painting: The Brierwood Pipe, by Winslow Homer.
  Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Tiffany’s tall clock is made
  Furniture and woodwork: Tall Clock, by Tiffany & Co..
  Tiffany & Co. (America, New York, est. 1837) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• A Benin ancestral altar tusk is carved
  Sculpture: Ancestral Altar Tusk, by Unrecorded maker guild).
  Unrecorded maker (Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Denis paints a yacht blessing
  Painting: Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River, by Maurice Denis.
  Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “Stag at Sharkey's” is painted
  Painting: Stag at Sharkey's, by George Bellows.
  George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Sloan paints A Woman’s Work
  Painting: A Woman's Work, by John Sloan.
  John Sloan (American, 1871–1951) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Rousseau paints a tiger fighting a buffalo
  Painting: Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo, by Henri Rousseau.
  Henri Rousseau (French, 1844–1910) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Monet paints Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
  Painting: Water Lilies (Agapanthus), by Claude Monet.
  Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Bugatti’s tea table is made
  Furniture and woodwork: Tea Table, by Carlo Bugatti.
  Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856–1940) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “Violette Heymann” is created
  Drawing: Violette Heymann, by Odilon Redon.
  Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• “Wrestlers in a Circus” is painted
  Painting: Wrestlers in a Circus, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
  Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Homer paints a morning after a sea storm
  Painting: Early Morning After a Storm at Sea, by Winslow Homer.
  Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Gauguin paints The Call
  Painting: The Call, by Paul Gauguin.
  Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Cassatt draws After the Bath
  Drawing: After the Bath, by Mary Cassatt.
  Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Lalique’s Frogs and Lily Pads vase is made
  Glass: Frogs and Lily Pads (Grenouilles et Nénuphars) Vase, by René Lalique.
  René Lalique (French, 1860–1945) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Max Bohm paints Lucy
  Painting: Lucy, by Max Bohm.
  Max Bohm (American, 1868–1923) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Mondrian paints red, yellow and blue
  Painting: Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue, by Piet Mondrian.
  Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872–1944) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Imperial Red Cross Easter Egg is made
  Miscellaneous: Imperial Red Cross Easter Egg, by Peter Carl Fabergé; Henrik Wigström; House of Fabergé.
  Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920); Henrik Wigström (Russian, 1862–1923); House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• The Tiffany Peony floor lamp is made
  Furniture and woodwork: Peony Floor Lamp with a Bamboo Base, by Clara Wolcott Driscoll; Tiffany Studios.
  Clara Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944); Tiffany Studios (United States, New York, 1902–32) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Fabergé’s Kremlin Tower Clock is made
  Timepiece: Kremlin Tower Clock, by House of Fabergé.
  House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Chae paints a government official
  Painting: Portrait of a Government Official, by Chae Yongshin.
  Chae Yongshin (Korean, 1850–1941) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Klee creates God of War
  Drawing: God of War, by Paul Klee.
  Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940) · CC0 1.0 · Original source · Used image
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• Gwen John paints Interior
  Painting: Interior, by Gwen John.
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• Demuth draws Amaryllis
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• Ravilious makes a Submarine lithograph
  Print: Submarine Series: Introductory Lithograph, by Eric Ravilious.
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• Spotify launches
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• Discord launches
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• Steam launches
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• Gmail enters public beta
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• Fortnite Battle Royale goes free
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• The first Android phone is announced
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• Twitch launches
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• AirPods are announced
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• Apple Watch goes on sale
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• The first Raspberry Pi goes on sale
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• Tesla Model S deliveries begin
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• Threads launches
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• GitHub launches
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• Ethereum’s live network launches
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• Burj Khalifa is inaugurated
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• The Shard’s viewing deck opens
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• The Higgs boson discovery is announced
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• Juno arrives at Jupiter
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• Zoom 1.0 launches
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• Google Chrome enters public beta
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• TikTok launches internationally
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• Bluesky opens without invites
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• Signal launches on iPhone
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• Snapchat launches under its own name
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• Duolingo launches publicly
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• The Human Genome Project is completed
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• CRISPR gene-editing scissors are published
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• Gravitational waves are first detected
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• AlphaGo defeats Lee Sedol
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• The Millau Viaduct is inaugurated
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• Taipei 101 opens
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• The Svalbard seed vault opens
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• The Gotthard Base Tunnel is inaugurated
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• Crew Dragon first launches with astronauts
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• The Marmaray tunnel opens
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• Parker Solar Probe launches
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• DART hits an asteroid
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• NASA’s Lucy mission launches
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• Gaia launches
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• Euclid launches
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• Philae lands on a comet
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• TESS launches
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