Time Machine

Travel Through History

Pick any year and discover what was happening around the world. Enter a year or use the timeline below.

CE
-100-10+10+100

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44 BCECaesar assassinated79 CEVesuvius erupts1066Norman Conquest1492Columbus sails1776US Independence1789French Revolution1865Civil War ends1914WWI begins1945WWII ends1969Moon landing1989Berlin Wall falls
1860 CE

1 Event This Year

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Pony Express Begins

The legendary mail service launched, with riders covering nearly 2,000 miles in just 10 days. It lasted only 18 months before the telegraph made it obsolete.