Timeline of Recent history

Timeline
This is a timeline of the .


 * terrorists crash planes into the twin towers of the in, and  in . A fourth plane is downed on the outskirts of  Nearly 3,000 people die in the attacks.
 * hit the western state of, India, leaving at least 30,000 dead.
 * The is declared by President Bush, in response to.
 * The and topples the . The result is a
 * founded.
 * During an the government effectively  for twelve months which  and President 's resignation from office.
 * President of the  is impeached.
 * introduces the first.
 * China became a member of the World Trade Organization.


 * in the n state of leave 1,044 dead.
 * Israel starts in the West Bank in response to a wave of.
 * Construction of the begins.
 * Chechen rebels in Moscow.
 * America demands.
 * is established. ends.
 * Independence of.
 * begins.
 * win the in Korea & Japan
 * begins.
 * win the in Korea & Japan


 * The United States and topples, triggering  and an.
 * begins.
 * The is completed.
 * ends with more than 5 million dead.
 * ends.
 * is.
 * in
 * The last is made in Brazil, after 65 years in production.


 * and incorporates most of former Eastern Bloc.
 * formed by.
 * formed.
 * The is the deadliest American battle since Vietnam, killing 95 troops.
 * in.
 * occurs in, leading to the deaths of 230,000.
 * First surface images of 's moon.
 * occurs in, leading to the deaths of 230,000.
 * First surface images of 's moon.
 * First surface images of 's moon.


 * end military campaign in Northern Ireland.
 * on.
 * becomes Germany's first woman.
 * in.
 * ends.
 * in triggered by the.
 * ends.
 * kills 1,836 people in the (particularly in, ).
 * 80,000 are killed in in.
 * The comes into effect.
 * becomes.
 * becomes Pope.
 * discovers.
 * formed by, and.
 * formed by, and.


 * Independence of.
 * ends the.
 * becomes President of, and thus Africa's first elected female head of state.
 * The creates, and excludes  from the list.
 * The, the Yangtze , becomes.
 * is launched.
 * Former Russian security agent in the UK.
 * The, the Yangtze , becomes.
 * is launched.
 * Former Russian security agent in the UK.


 * in crushed by ruling junta.
 * and help trigger.
 * becomes.
 * ends.
 * Introduction of the.
 * Introduction of the.


 * Stock markets around the world.
 * End of Monarchy in.
 * is elected as.
 * kills 133,000 in . begins.
 * , to mixed reaction.
 * - Iraqi forces crack down on 's Mahdi forces in Basra and Sadr City.
 * The is completed as the world's largest and most powerful.
 * The is completed as the world's largest and most powerful.
 * The is completed as the world's largest and most powerful.


 * is launched.
 * ends; continues.
 * ends.
 * begin in Iran.
 * ends.
 * rebellion begins in Nigeria.
 * in, the world's tallest , is completed.
 * officially ends.
 * Formation of economic bloc.
 * ratified.


 * After the, becomes.
 * is elected as the.
 * A in  kills 230,000.
 * The threat of  triggers the  and 's.
 * The occurs in the.
 * the island of.
 * is released from house arrest.
 * triggered by of  on December 17, 2010 in.
 * The President of Poland,, is among 96 killed when their airplane in Smolensk on April 10.
 * The located in  opened to the public and stood as the, standing at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).
 * is elected as the first female president of.
 * The is introduced.
 * is launched
 * is elected as the first female president of.
 * The is introduced.
 * is launched


 * Independence of.
 * Snapchat launched.
 * ,  follow, as well as , and protests in several other Arab countries.
 * begins.
 * inspires worldwide protests.
 * A in  triggers a tsunami and the.
 * The, the world's longest, opens in China.
 * ends with the arrest of former president.
 * Bombings occur.
 * reaches.
 * ,  kill roughly 2500 people.
 * by in Pakistan.
 * Bombings occur.
 * reaches.
 * ,  kill roughly 2500 people.
 * by in Pakistan.


 * , the declares  an independent state.
 * i President steps down.
 * leads to the death of US ambassador.
 * ,, departs; succeeds him.
 * The is discovered.
 * Vladimir Putin is elected president of Russia for the third time.
 * kills 209 people in North America, while kills over 1,600 in the.
 * Skydiver becomes the first person to.
 * in the.
 * agrees to extend the until 2020.
 * launches against the -governed.
 * The US rover, Curiosity, takes a selfie on Mars
 * The US rover, Curiosity, takes a selfie on Mars


 * The French military intervenes in the.
 * and becomes Pope.
 * in.
 * The in.
 * releases classified documents concerning.
 * becomes a member of the.
 * The protest begins in.
 * is blamed on President.
 * kills nearly 6,150 people in the and.
 * . becomes.
 * End of.
 * . becomes.
 * End of.


 * occurs in West Africa, infecting nearly 30,000 people and resulting in the deaths of 11,000+.
 * protest in Ukraine sparks a and the overthrow of, leading to Russia's  and the.
 * disappears from radar while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8. There were 239 people on board.
 * A in Thailand overthrows the caretaker government.
 * King of Spain abdicates; his son becomes.
 * crashes into the Java Sea, while is shot down over Ukraine and  is downed in.
 * over 130 students in.
 * launches on the  in response to , leading to the deaths of 71 Israelis and 2100 Palestinians.
 * begins, leading to  by a US-led coalition.
 * begins.
 * The 's  probe becomes the first to successfully land on.
 * The of African-American teenager Michael Brown by police leads to  in.


 * Five countries form the.
 * in.
 * perpetrates in, and allies itself with.
 * perpetrates a in, killing 148.
 * , triggering by.
 * kills over 10,000 people.
 * claims responsibility for the in, the , , the  in , multiple bombings in  and a massacre in , as well as  over Egypt. They also inspire a.
 * in the.
 * The heads of and , while the  and  resume diplomatic relations.
 * to lower.
 * is found on.
 * First close-up images of and.


 * is linked to a cluster of cases of.
 * The lifts sanctions on  in recognition of its dismantling of its.
 * claims responsibility for, at 's  and car ramming attacks in  and.
 * The, the world's longest , is completed.
 * The people of the vote narrowly to ;  becomes.
 * is.
 * The n government signs a with  despite losing.
 * The, , is impeached.
 * The government of Turkey begins a in reaction to a.
 * becomes, and initiates.
 * , the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, at an art exhibition in Ankara.
 * Detection of s by confirmed.
 * kills 29 people.
 * A shooter at a gay nightclub in.


 * Tensions between and the  escalate as the country  and conducts . The UN responds with a wave of export sanctions.
 * A at an  concert in  kills 22 people and injures over 500.
 * (ISIL) launch in, destroy the  in  , and , but are declared defeated in Iraq by the end of the year.
 * A targeting  in  is declared  by the.
 * A on October 14 kills 500+ people and injures 316. It is one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in modern history.
 * kills 90 and becomes the costliest hurricane in US history, while kills 134, and  kills 94.
 * Two earthquakes strike Mexico on and, killing more than 350.
 * from Iraq and, respectively. Catalonia is not recognised, and.
 * is ousted in a, while is declared guilty of genocide.
 * The city of is  protesting the removal of  statues throughout the US. During the event, a white supremacist rams his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, injuring 19 and killing one.
 * against  lead to a  from within  and other areas of primarily the English-speaking world.
 * in London kills 72 and injures 70.
 * , the first known, is identified.
 * , the first known, is identified.


 * , while 70 die in, triggering a against.
 * The first monkeys are d, and first genetically modified humans reported, in China.
 * resigns as ; becomes President.  becomes.
 * Four people are poisoned, one to death, in and, England in a suspected Russian assassination attempt. The British government responds by leading the international expulsion of 153 Russian diplomats.
 * occurs in 900 locations worldwide in response to the.
 * The becomes.
 * becomes the first opposition party to assume power in since independence.
 * The first summit between and the first ever crossing of the  by a North Korean leader occur.
 * Twenty-year formally ends.
 * becomes 's largest sustained period of civil unrest since 1968.
 * strike, killing nearly 3000 people.
 * Exiled  journalist is  inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, triggering a diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia.
 * triggers martial law in.
 * and reach a historic agreement in the, in which the former is renamed in 2019 to the 'Republic of North Macedonia'.
 * China's votes to abolish presidential, allowing  to . Xi is also the , the  without term limits.
 * strikes south central with a magnitude of 7.0.
 * Start of the global movement.