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Politics & Power

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged politics and power — dynasties, constitutions, revolutions and changes of regime. 1,610 of them, drawn from 184 nations, running from 3100 BCE to 2026. Indexed below by period; each period opens the full text, with the sources every entry was verified against and a link back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
1,610
Nations
184
Earliest
3100 BCE
Latest
2026
Densest period
The 1990s141 events
Africa
478
Europe
478
Asia
337
North America
146
South America
130
Oceania
41

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1 event · 1 nation

The 4th millennium BCE

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  1. c. 3100 BCE

    Memphis founded as royal capitalEgypt

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1 event · 1 nation

The 3rd millennium BCE

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  1. c. 2055 BCE

    Mentuhotep II reunifies EgyptEgypt

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4 events · 4 nations

The 2nd millennium BCE

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  1. early 2nd millennium BCE

    Mari and the palace of Zimri-LimSyria

  2. c. 1755 BCE

    Hammurabi issues his law codeIraq

  3. 17th century BCE

    Hattusa becomes the Hittite capitalTürkiye

  4. c. 1046 BCE

    Zhou conquest and the Mandate of HeavenChina

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1 event · 1 nation

The 10th century BCE

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  1. c. 960 BCE

    Ammon regains its independenceJordan

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1 event · 1 nation

The 8th century BCE

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  1. 8th century BCE

    Urartu at its heightArmenia

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7 events · 6 nations

The 6th century BCE

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  1. c. 7th–6th centuries BCE

    Etruscan ascendancy in central ItalyItaly

  2. c. 593–590 BCE

    Capital moves to MeroeSudan

  3. c. 547 BCE

    Fall of Lydia and CroesusTürkiye

  4. 539 BCE

    Conquest of Babylon and the Cyrus CylinderIran

  5. 539 BCE

    Persian rule under the AchaemenidsPalestine

  6. 509 BCE (traditional)

    Founding of the Roman RepublicItaly

  7. c. 508/507 BCE

    Cleisthenes founds Athenian democracyGreece

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1 event · 1 nation

The 5th century BCE

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  1. 1st millennium BCE onward

    Rise of Fijian chiefdomsFiji

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4 events · 4 nations

The 4th century BCE

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  1. 359–336 BCE

    Reign of Philip II of MacedonNorth Macedonia

  2. 327 BCE

    Alexander marries Roxana of BactriaUzbekistan

  3. 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander and the Hellenistic kingdomsGreece

  4. 305 BCE

    Ptolemy I founds the Ptolemaic dynastyEgypt

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2 events · 2 nations

The 3rd century BCE

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  1. c. 294–58 BCE

    Ptolemaic ruleCyprus

  2. 206 BCE

    Han dynasty consolidates the empireChina

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1 event · 1 nation

The 2nd century BCE

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  1. c. 110 BCE

    Rise of the Himyarite kingdomYemen

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8 events · 8 nations

The 1st century BCE

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  1. c. 2nd–1st century BCE

    Transition toward AksumEthiopia

  2. 96 BCE

    Cyrenaica passes to RomeLibya

  3. 95–55 BCE

    Reign of Tigranes the GreatArmenia

  4. 63 BCE

    Pompey creates the DecapolisJordan

  5. 58 BCE

    Rome annexes CyprusCyprus

  6. 50 BCE

    Gaul becomes RomanFrance

  7. c. 29 BCE

    Augustus refounds CarthageTunisia

  8. 27 BCE

    Augustus and the founding of the PrincipateItaly

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2 events · 2 nations

The 2nd century

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  1. Roman municipiumMalta

  2. Province renamed Syria PalaestinaPalestine

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2 events · 2 nations

The 3rd century

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  1. Mesopotamia under the SasaniansIraq

  2. Province of DardaniaKosovo

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2 events · 2 nations

The 4th century

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  1. 'I leave you free from both men'San Marino

  2. Byzantine rule beginsAlbania

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4 events · 4 nations

The 5th century

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  1. End of Roman BritainUnited Kingdom

  2. Dynasty of sixteen kingsHonduras

  3. End of the Armenian monarchyArmenia

  4. Fall of the Western Roman EmpireItaly

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2 events · 2 nations

The 6th century

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  1. Chenla supplants FunanCambodia

  2. Sui dynasty reunifies ChinaChina

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7 events · 5 nations

The 7th century

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  1. The Wari statePeru

  2. Prince Shotoku's Seventeen-Article ConstitutionJapan

  3. Medina as capital of the early caliphateSaudi Arabia

  4. The Taika ReformJapan

  5. The Baqt treatySudan

  6. Umayyad and Abbasid rule over the HejazSaudi Arabia

  7. Damascus, capital of the Umayyad CaliphateSyria

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8 events · 7 nations

The 8th century

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  1. Fragmentation of ChenlaCambodia

  2. Decline of Aksum and AdulisEritrea

  3. Decline of AksumEthiopia

  4. Capital established at NaraJapan

  5. Uyghur khaganate in the Orkhon valleyMongolia

  6. Carantania under Frankish overlordshipSlovenia

  7. Abbasid Revolution and the rise of BaghdadIran

  8. Capital moved to Heian-kyo (Kyoto)Japan

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10 events · 9 nations

The 9th century

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  1. Charlemagne crowned EmperorFrance

  2. Coronation of CharlemagneGermany

  3. Charlemagne crowned emperor in RomeItaly

  4. Aghlabid dynastyTunisia

  5. Treaty of VerdunGermany

  6. Byzantine and Bulgarian borderlandKosovo

  7. Reign of Svatopluk ISlovakia

  8. The Placito FeretranoSan Marino

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6 events · 6 nations

The 10th century

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  1. Caliphate of Córdoba proclaimedSpain

  2. The Icelandic CommonwealthIceland

  3. Death of Harald Fairhair and fragmentationNorway

  4. The Sharifate of Mecca takes shapeSaudi Arabia

  5. Fatimids conquer Egypt and found CairoEgypt

  6. Mahmud of Ghazni and the Ghaznavid empireAfghanistan

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14 events · 14 nations

The 11th century

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  1. Quitu, Cara and Cañari chiefdomsEcuador

  2. Incorporation into the Kingdom of HungarySlovakia

  3. Brian Boru becomes High KingIreland

  4. Founding of the Ly dynastyVietnam

  5. Hammadid dynasty and Beni HammadAlgeria

  6. Polonnaruwa becomes the capitalSri Lanka

  7. Yaroslav the Wise and the Russkaya PravdaRussia

  8. Reign of Yaroslav the WiseUkraine

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15 events · 14 nations

The 12th century

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  1. The Shirvanshahs make Baku their capitalAzerbaijan

  2. Personal union with HungaryCroatia

  3. Merv as Seljuk capital under Sultan SanjarTurkmenistan

  4. Tbilisi recovered and made capitalGeorgia

  5. Lordship of the Bishop of UrgellAndorra

  6. Zagwe dynasty establishedEthiopia

  7. Testament of Boleslaw III and fragmentationPoland

  8. Fall of the Almoravid empireMauritania

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33 events · 29 nations

The 13th century

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  1. The Aymara lordshipsBolivia

  2. Malla dynasty rules the valleyNepal

  3. Founding of the Delhi SultanateIndia

  4. Rise of the Delhi SultanatePakistan

  5. Zenith under Dunama DibalemiChad

  6. Golden Bull of Sicily and the Kingdom of BohemiaCzechia

  7. Magna Carta sealed at RunnymedeUnited Kingdom

  8. Stefan the First-Crowned becomes kingSerbia

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34 events · 25 nations

The 14th century

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  1. Mandinka kingdoms of the riverGambia

  2. The Ajuran SultanateSomalia

  3. End of the Premyslid dynastyCzechia

  4. Henry of Luxembourg elected King of the RomansLuxembourg

  5. John the Blind becomes King of BohemiaLuxembourg

  6. Reign of Gediminas and the Gediminid dynastyLithuania

  7. Decline of MakuriaSudan

  8. Stjepan Kotromanić expands BosniaBosnia and Herzegovina

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28 events · 26 nations

The 15th century

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  1. Kaabu becomes an independent federationGuinea-Bissau

  2. Shift from Kanem to BornuNigeria

  3. The Serbian DespotateSerbia

  4. Rise of the Adal SultanateSomaliland

  5. Founding of the Consell de la TerraAndorra

  6. Venice secures DalmatiaCroatia

  7. The Triple AllianceMexico

  8. Medici ascendancy in FlorenceItaly

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40 events · 35 nations

The 16th century

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  1. The Teke (Anziku) kingdom inlandCongo

  2. The three jüz take shapeKazakhstan

  3. Reign of Moctezuma IIMexico

  4. Ottoman conquest of SyriaLebanon

  5. Ottoman conquestPalestine

  6. Ottoman suzerainty over the HejazSaudi Arabia

  7. Ottomans claim YemenYemen

  8. Ottoman suzerainty establishedAlgeria

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36 events · 30 nations

The 17th century

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  1. The frontier Captaincy GeneralChile

  2. Promulgation of the Leges StatutaeSan Marino

  3. Reign of the paramount chief Roi MataVanuatu

  4. Tokugawa shogunate foundedJapan

  5. Union of the CrownsUnited Kingdom

  6. The French crown becomes co-princeAndorra

  7. The House of Liechtenstein raised to princely rankLiechtenstein

  8. Honoré II takes the title of PrinceMonaco

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60 events · 53 nations

The 18th century

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  1. Yatenga becomes independent of OuagadougouBurkina Faso

  2. Zande and Bandia kingdoms expandCentral African Republic

  3. Local Afar and Issa politiesDjibouti

  4. Dispersed Sotho chiefdomsLesotho

  5. Decline of the confederacyMalawi

  6. A centralised Tutsi-led stateRwanda

  7. Death of Charles II and end of the Spanish HabsburgsSpain

  8. The Casa de la VallAndorra

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18 events · 18 nations

The 1800s

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  1. Majeerteen and Hobyo sultanatesSomalia

  2. Act of UnionIreland

  3. Napoleon's Act of MediationSwitzerland

  4. Louisiana PurchaseUnited States

  5. Napoleon crowned EmperorFrance

  6. The name Vietnam adoptedVietnam

  7. Muhammad Ali takes powerEgypt

  8. Dissolution of the Holy Roman EmpireAustria

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22 events · 18 nations

The 1810s

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  1. Bernadotte chosen as heirSweden

  2. First cry of independenceEl Salvador

  3. Christophe crowned King Henry IHaiti

  4. Belgrano raises the flagArgentina

  5. Helsinki made the capitalFinland

  6. Constitution of CádizSpain

  7. The Treaty of KielNorway

  8. The Constitution of EidsvollNorway

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15 events · 14 nations

The 1820s

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  1. Collapse of central authorityArgentina

  2. Buenos Aires proclaims sovereigntyFalkland Islands

  3. The General Treaty of PeaceUnited Arab Emirates

  4. Reign of Minh MangVietnam

  5. Congress of CucutaColombia

  6. Haitian unification of the islandDominican Republic

  7. Union with Gran ColombiaEcuador

  8. Federal Republic of Central AmericaHonduras

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24 events · 22 nations

The 1830s

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  1. Dar al-Kuti founded under WadaiCentral African Republic

  2. Breakup of Gran ColombiaColombia

  3. Morazán leads the federationHonduras

  4. First constitution swornUruguay

  5. The Constitution of 1833Chile

  6. Treaty of Amity and Commerce with the United StatesOman

  7. Slavery Abolition ActUnited Kingdom

  8. Slavery Abolition Act takes effectBahamas

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24 events · 23 nations

The 1840s

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  1. Reign of Pedro II beginsBrazil

  2. Reign of Mswati II beginsEswatini

  3. Fall of Bashir Shihab IILebanon

  4. Said bin Sultan moves his capital to ZanzibarTanzania

  5. First British lieutenant governorFalkland Islands

  6. A prince visits at lastLiechtenstein

  7. The Althing restoredIceland

  8. Geledi at the height of its powerSomalia

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11 events · 11 nations

The 1850s

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  1. Decline as the slave trade is suppressedCongo

  2. Bornu's enduring influenceNiger

  3. Montenegro becomes a secular principalityMontenegro

  4. The National ConstitutionArgentina

  5. The Perpetual Maritime TruceUnited Arab Emirates

  6. Eureka StockadeAustralia

  7. Tewodros II reunifies EthiopiaEthiopia

  8. Death of Said and the split of the empireOman

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38 events · 35 nations

The 1860s

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  1. Treaty of ManaguaNicaragua

  2. The Mount Lebanon MutasarrifateLebanon

  3. Cession of Menton and RoquebruneMonaco

  4. Zanzibar separated from OmanOman

  5. Emancipation of the serfsRussia

  6. Lincoln made an honorary citizenSan Marino

  7. First written constitutionTunisia

  8. The Kingdom of Italy claims RomeVatican City

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18 events · 17 nations

The 1870s

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  1. Rebuilding and the party systemParaguay

  2. The era of Guzman BlancoVenezuela

  3. Liberal revolutionGuatemala

  4. Ottoman garrison establishedQatar

  5. Abolition of slaveryPuerto Rico

  6. Zanzibar bans the seaborne slave tradeTanzania

  7. Constitution on the settlement millenniumIceland

  8. The Roman QuestionVatican City

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13 events · 12 nations

The 1880s

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  1. Suppression of the LeagueKosovo

  2. Kingdom of Romania proclaimedRomania

  3. Capital moves to SuvaFiji

  4. Treaty of AnconPeru

  5. Parliamentarism and the consular disputeNorway

  6. Taiwan made a Qing provinceTaiwan

  7. The Constitution of 1886Colombia

  8. The Home Rule billsIreland

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16 events · 15 nations

The 1890s

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  1. First free election in Central AmericaCosta Rica

  2. First republican constitutionBrazil

  3. Founding of the KatipunanPhilippines

  4. The Durand Line drawnAfghanistan

  5. Women win the voteNew Zealand

  6. Founding of IMRONorth Macedonia

  7. Incorporation of the Mosquito CoastNicaragua

  8. The three kings' mission to BritainBotswana

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25 events · 24 nations

The 1900s

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  1. The Platt AmendmentCuba

  2. Women win the federal voteAustralia

  3. Treaty of VereenigingSouth Africa

  4. Diplomatic relations with the United StatesBulgaria

  5. Separation of PanamaColombia

  6. Hay-Bunau-Varilla TreatyPanama

  7. Separate Crown ColonySeychelles

  8. Batlle y Ordonez becomes presidentUruguay

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37 events · 29 nations

The 1910s

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  1. The Stolen GenerationsAustralia

  2. Treaty of PunakhaBhutan

  3. Cuyamel and the Zemurray coupHonduras

  4. Montenegro proclaimed a kingdomMontenegro

  5. Monaco's first constitutionMonaco

  6. The great reformsUruguay

  7. Imam Yahya wins highland autonomyYemen

  8. Conference of London and the bordersAlbania

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43 events · 35 nations

The 1920s

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  1. Sovietisation of ArmeniaArmenia

  2. Azerbaijan SSR establishedAzerbaijan

  3. The Schleswig plebiscitesDenmark

  4. Aland Autonomy ActFinland

  5. The Treaty of TrianonHungary

  6. International recognition of the unionMoldova

  7. The Svalbard (Spitsbergen) TreatyNorway

  8. Treaty of TrianonRomania

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52 events · 45 nations

The 1930s

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  1. The first military coupArgentina

  2. Revolution of 1930Brazil

  3. Trujillo seizes powerDominican Republic

  4. The Salt MarchIndia

  5. Founding of the Indochinese Communist PartyVietnam

  6. Land Apportionment ActZimbabwe

  7. Hernandez Martinez seizes powerEl Salvador

  8. Dictatorship of Jorge UbicoGuatemala

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77 events · 64 nations

The 1940s

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  1. Treaty of Craiova returns Southern DobrujaBulgaria

  2. Western non-recognitionEstonia

  3. Native Land Trust Board establishedFiji

  4. Second Vienna AwardHungary

  5. Creation of the Moldavian SSRMoldova

  6. The Lahore ResolutionPakistan

  7. Second Vienna Award and Southern DobrujaRomania

  8. British military administration beginsEritrea

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77 events · 63 nations

The 1950s

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  1. The People's United Party foundedBelize

  2. Exile and return of Seretse KhamaBotswana

  3. The énosis plebisciteCyprus

  4. Constitution and the RepublicIndia

  5. Annexation of the West BankJordan

  6. Founding of the Pathet LaoLaos

  7. First multiparty electionTürkiye

  8. Renamed an "overseas province"Guinea-Bissau

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109 events · 72 nations

The 1960s

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  1. Inauguration of BrasiliaBrazil

  2. Ghana becomes a republicGhana

  3. Camp Boiro and the one-party stateGuinea

  4. Lancaster House conferencesKenya

  5. Founding of SWAPONamibia

  6. Founding of the MLSTPSão Tomé and Príncipe

  7. Sharpeville massacreSouth Africa

  8. Assassination of Prince Louis RwagasoreBurundi

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113 events · 79 nations

The 1970s

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  1. Awami League wins the electionBangladesh

  2. Lon Nol coup and the Khmer RepublicCambodia

  3. Election of Salvador AllendeChile

  4. The Gambia becomes a republicGambia

  5. The Cooperative RepublicGuyana

  6. Constitution suspended after lost electionLesotho

  7. Qaboos accedes in a palace coupOman

  8. Hafez al-Assad seizes powerSyria

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92 events · 70 nations

The 1980s

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  1. Death of Seretse KhamaBotswana

  2. Coup brings Saye Zerbo to powerBurkina Faso

  3. Bissau coup ends the unionCape Verde

  4. The 1980 ConstitutionChile

  5. Nino Vieira seizes powerGuinea-Bissau

  6. Samuel Doe's coup ends settler ruleLiberia

  7. Kim Jong Il designated successorNorth Korea

  8. Birth of SolidarityPoland

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141 events · 95 nations

The 1990s

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  1. The National ConferenceBenin

  2. Multiparty constitution adoptedBenin

  3. End of one-party ruleCape Verde

  4. Idriss Déby seizes powerChad

  5. Return to democracyChile

  6. German reunificationGermany

  7. Aristide electedHaiti

  8. First multiparty electionIvory Coast

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115 events · 84 nations

The 2000s

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  1. Arusha Peace AgreementBurundi

  2. Algiers AgreementEritrea

  3. Speight hostage crisisFiji

  4. First democratic alternation of powerGhana

  5. End of one-party ruleMexico

  6. First inter-Korean summitNorth Korea

  7. Vladimir Putin becomes presidentRussia

  8. Kagame becomes presidentRwanda

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97 events · 76 nations

The 2010s

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  1. Alpha Condé elected; return to civilian ruleGuinea

  2. New constitution adoptedKenya

  3. ICJ advisory opinionKosovo

  4. The 2010 revolution ousts BakiyevKyrgyzstan

  5. Parliamentary republic and the first peaceful transferKyrgyzstan

  6. EU candidate statusMontenegro

  7. Coup ousts President TandjaNiger

  8. Barents Sea delimitation treaty with RussiaNorway

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99 events · 75 nations

The 2020s

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  1. Disputed election and mass protestsBelarus

  2. Pleadings before the World CourtBelize

  3. Return of the MAS under ArceBolivia

  4. Succession to NdayishimiyeBurundi

  5. Abinader and a new political eraDominican Republic

  6. Court-ordered election re-runMalawi

  7. Coup ousts President Ibrahim Boubacar KeïtaMali

  8. North Macedonia joins NATONorth Macedonia

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