The Battle of Lepanto (1571) was a turning point in Mediterranean history. It marked the first major defeat of the Ottoman Empire at sea and ended their expansion into Western Europe via the Mediterranean. The victory restored Christian confidence after decades of Ottoman dominance.

During the Second Opium War, British and French troops invaded Beijing and looted the magnificent Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) — a sprawling complex of palaces, gardens, and artworks built by Qing emperors. When negotiations broke down, the allied forces burned it to the ground as retaliation.

Genghis Khan built the largest contiguous land empire in history — and he did it without leaving behind a single surviving portrait of himself, so nobody knows exactly what he looked like.

In 1830, Paris erupted in the July Revolution, toppling King Charles X in just three days and replacing him with the “Citizen King” Louis-Philippe.

The Oregon Trail was dated around 1811 and 1836. It stretches 2,170 miles from Missouri to Oregon City.

The very first website was info.cern.ch, created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991

The first known radio broadcast was in the year 1906