60 Disaster Christianisation Malta
Shipwreck of Saint Paul
The Acts of the Apostles recount the Maltese welcome: Christianity takes root at once.
A shared history
European construction did not begin in 1950. This thread links the ancient inheritance, the Judeo-Christian matrix and the contemporary Union.
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Event density
One century per bar before 1500, one decade after: archives are not evenly spread.
Before 99 — 1 event. Three millennia without continuous sources. Click to open.
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Ancient Greece
Early Middle Ages
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Concert of Europe
European integration
Rome
High and Late Middle Ages
Reformation and wars of religion
Age of revolutions
World wars
Cold War
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2019
8 events
0 99
Rome 1 event1700 1799
Enlightenment 1 event1755 Disaster Early modern period Portugal
Lisbon earthquake
The disaster inspires Voltaire and Kant: the problem of evil becomes central to the Enlightenment.
1825 1849
Concert of Europe 1 event1845 Disaster Early modern period Ireland
The Great Famine
A million dead, two million exiled: the island’s population has never recovered.
1925 1949
World wars 1 event1932 Disaster Contemporary period Ukraine
Holodomor
The famine engineered by Stalin kills millions; several states recognise it as genocide.
1975 1999
European integration 1 event1986 Disaster Contemporary period Belarus
Chernobyl fallout
Nearly 70 % of the radioactive fallout lands on Belarusian territory.
2000 2024
European integration 3 events2008 Disaster Contemporary period Iceland
Banking collapse
The three big banks fail; the crisis leads to an EU application, withdrawn in 2015.
2010 Disaster European construction
Sovereign debt crisis
The euro area urgently creates unprecedented financial solidarity mechanisms.
2015 Disaster European construction
Migration crisis
More than a million asylum seekers arrive in a single year; Schengen is put to the test.