| Date | Singapore | SEAsia | China & East Asia | Rest of Asia | World |
| 1295 | China: Kublai Khan passes away. | ||||
| 1294 | Java: Raden Vijaya founds Majapahit kingdom. | ||||
| 1293 | Java: Mongol fleet arrives frm Canton. Java, Mar: Che-pi (Mongol commander) & Raden Vijaya attack & kill Kebomundaran (Kediri commander). Java, 26 Apr: Jayakatwang (ruler of Kediri) surrenders to Mongols. Java: Raden Vijaya attacks Mongols who then return to China. |
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| 1292 | Marco Polo reports Islamic town of Perlak - first evidence of Islam in the Indonesian archipelago. | China: Mongol fleet sails frm Canton for Java. Java, Jun: Kediri attacks & takes Singosari; Singosari's ruler, Kertanagara, killed.||||
| 1291 | Sultan Khalil takes Acre, ending the Crusades. | ||||
| 1290 | Sumatra: Rebellions in Palembang & Malayu against Javanese rule. | ||||
| 1287 | Indochina: Mongols destroy Pagan. | ||||
| 1286 | Sumatra: Ruler of Tumapei (in Java), Kertanagara, completes conquest of Malayu. | ||||
| 1284 | Bali: Ruler of Bali, Adidewalankana, taken as prisoner to Java. | ||||
| 1282 | Bali: Kertanagara, ruler of Tumapei (in Java), invades. | ||||
| 1279 | China: Kublai Khan takes Canton, ending the Song Dynasty. | ||||
| 1278 | Europe, 26 Aug: Count Rudolph Habsburg defeats King Ottokar @ Battle of Marchfeld. | ||||
| 1277 | Syria, 1 Jul: Baibars al-Bunduqdari (Baybars) passes away. | ||||
| 1275 | Sumatra: Ruler of Tumapei (in Java), Kertanagara, attacks Malayu. | ||||
| 1273 | Europe: Count Rudolph IV of Habsburg elected as emperor starting the Habsburg Dynasty. | ||||
| 1272 | Java: Vishnuvardhana passes away. | ||||
| 1268 | Java: Vishnuvardhana abdicates & hands rule to Kertanagara. | ||||
| 1260 | Galilee, 3 Sep: Battle of Ain Jalut. | Egypt: Baibars al-Bunduqdari becomes Sultan. | |||
| 1261 | Michael VIII Palaeogus recaptures Constantinople from the Crusaders. | ||||
| 1260 | Galilee, 3 Sep: Egyptian Mamluks defeat Mongols under Hulagu Khan at Battle of Ain Jalut. | ||||
| 1258 | Persia, 28 Feb: Hulagu Khan takes Bagdad & kills the Abbasid caliph. | ||||
| 1255 | France: Attack & surrender of Queribus is last military action of the Albigensian Crusade. | ||||
| 1254 | Java: Kertanagara made heir of Vishnuvardhana. | France: King Louis IX returns from his crusade. | |||
| 1250 | Egypt: Capture and ransom of King Louis IX of France. | ||||
| 1249 | Egypt: Crusade of King Louis IX of France lands. | ||||
| 1248 | Java: Anushanatha (Anusapati) assassinated
& Toh Jaya takes power in Kutaraja (Singosari). Java: Ranga Wuni (Vishnuvardhana) & Mahisha Champaka (Bhattara Narasinhamurti) defeat Toh Jaya & take control of Kutaraja (Singosari). |
Spain: Ferdinand III takes Seville. | |||
| 1240 | Mongols take Kiev. | ||||
| 1238 | Spain: Valencia seized & joined to Aragon and Catalonia. | ||||
| 1230 | Spain: Castile & Leon reunited by Ferdinand III of Castile. | ||||
| 1229 | France, 12 Apr: Peace of Paris formally ends the Albigensian Crusade. | ||||
| 1227 | Java: Ken Anggrok assassinated & Anusapati (Anushanatha) takes power in Kutaraja (Singosari). | ||||
| 1222 | Java: Ken Anggrok attacks & defeats Kediri @ Ganter then founds Rajasa Dynasty, ruling over Kutaraja (Singosari). | ||||
| 1218 | Indochina: Jayavarman VII passes away. | ||||
| 1215 | Britain, 15 June: Magna Carta signed by King John at Runnymede. | ||||
| 1212 | Spain: Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. | ||||
| 1209 | France: Massacre of Bèziers by crusaders during Albigensian crusade. | ||||
| 1208 | Europe: Pope Innocent III calls for crusade against the Cathari begining the Albigensian crusade. | ||||
| 1204 | Crusaders sack Constantinople. | ||||
| 1193 | Damascus: Saladin (Salah ad Din ibn Ayyub) passes away. | ||||
| 1190 | Indochina: Jayavarman VII conquers Vijaya, the Cham capital. | Fredrick I dies while on crusade. | |||
| 1187 | 4 Jul: Crusaders defeated by Saladin at the Battle of Hattin. Jerusalem, 20 Sep: Salah-al-Din (Saladin) ibn Ayyub's forces begin seige of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 2 Oct: Jerusalem surrenders. |
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| 1181 | Jayavarman VII installed as ruler of Angkor. | ||||
| 1177 | Cham destruction of Angkor. | Middle East, 25 Nov: Battle of Montgisard where Saladin defeated by Kingdom of Jerusalem. | |||
| 1174 | Syria, 15 May: Nur ad-Din Abu al-Qasim Mahmud Ibn 'Imad ad-Din Zangi (Nur al-Din) passes away. Egypt: Salah al-Dīn Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Saladin) becomes Sultan . |
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| 1169 | Egypt, Jan: Asad ad-Din Shirkuh bin Shadhi executes Vizier Shawar & becomes Vizir. Egypt, 22 Mar: Asad ad-Din Shirkuh bin Shadhi passes away. Egypt: Salah al-Dīn Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Saladin) suceeds Asad ad-Din Shirkuh bin Shadhi as Vizir. |
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| 1152 | Europe: The second Hohenstaufen ruler, Fredrick I (Frederick Barbarossa), ascends to the German throne. | ||||
| 1137 | Spain: Federation of Aragon & Catalan counties. | ||||
| 1121 | China: 宋江 (Song Jiang) surrenders to imperial forces. | ||||
| 1111 | Persia, Dec: Al-Ghazali passes away. | ||||
| 1104 | China: Stele of 妙善 [Miao Shan] story erected @ Upper Tianzhu Monastery. | ||||
| 1100 | China: 大悲菩萨传 [Da Bei Pu Sa Chuan] (story of 妙善 [Miao Shan]) stele erected @ 香山 [Xiang Shan]. | Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem founded. | |||
| 1099 | 15 Jul: Crusaders take Jerusalem. | ||||
| 1098 | Fatimids retake Jerusalem. | ||||
| 1095 | Bagdad: Al-Ghazali leaves the city. | France, 27 Nov: Call to arms to halt the Turkish advance by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont marks the begining of the Crusades. | |||
| 1085 | Spain: Toledo falls. | ||||
| 1071 | Seljuks capture Jerusalem from the Fatimids. 26 Aug: Battle of Manzikert - Sejuks defeat Byzantines under Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes. |
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| 1068 | Chola ruler Virarajendra conquers Kedah & returns it to Srivijaya. | ||||
| 1062 | China: 包拯 (Bao Zheng) passes away. | ||||
| c1060 | Kedah breaks away frm Srivijaya. | ||||
| 1058 | Persia: Birth of Al-Ghazali | ||||
| 1055 | Bagdad, 17 Dec: Buyid amir Abu Nasr Khusrau Firuz (al-Malik al-Rahim) surrenders Bagdad to Seljuq Turk leader Toğrül (Toghril Beg). | ||||
| 1049 | Java: Airlangga passes away. | ||||
| 1045 | Armenia annexed by Byzantine Empire. | ||||
| 1042 | India: Founding of Calicut. | ||||
| 1040 | Java: Airlangga abdicates & becomes a monk. | Battle of Dandanqan where Seljuq Turks under Toğrül (Toghril Beg) defeat Ghaznavid ruler Mas'ud I. | |||
| 1037 | China: 包拯 (Bao Zheng) takes up his first posting. | Jun: Ibn Sīnā (Ibn Sina / Avicenna) passes away. | |||
| 1027 | China: 包拯 (Bao Zheng or Justice Bao) passes the imperial examinations, becoming a 進士 (jin shi or imperial scholar). | ||||
| 1025 | Srivijaya: Rajendra Chola raids Srivijaya. Bali: Ruler of Bali, Marakata passes away & succeeded by Anak Wungsu. |
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| 1020 | China, 8M04: 慈雲尊式 (Ci Yun Zun Shi) performs first 放生 ritual @ Hangzhou's West Lake. | ||||
| 1014 | Sri Lanka: Rajendra Chola I ascends to the throne. | ||||
| 1011 | Indochina: Suryavarman defeats Jayaviravarman & becomes ruler of Angkor. | ||||
| 1010 | Java: Airlangga takes title of Sri Maharaja Rakai Halu Sri Lokesvara Dharmavamsa Airlangga Anantavikramottungadeva. | ||||
| 1008 | Srivijaya: Culamanivarmadeva passes away. | ||||
| 1007 | Chola expedition against Kedah. | ||||
| 1006 | Java: Wunawari attacks Dharmavamsa's Kraton & kills royal family. | ||||
| 1004 | Spain: Castile recognised as a kingdom. | ||||
| 993 | Sri Lanka: Chola invasion led by Rajaraja Chola I. | ||||
| 990 | Srivijaya: East Javanese ruler Dharmavamsa conquers Palembang. | ||||
| 988 | Cairo: Founding of al-Azhar's madrasah. | ||||
| 985 | Chola: Rajaraja Chola I ascends to the throne. | ||||
| 981 | Spain: Vizier Ibn Abi Amir becomes regent of Cordoba. Castile becomes independent from Leon. |
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| 980 | Persia: Birth of Ibn Sīnā (Ibn Sina / Avicenna). | ||||
| 975 | Cairo, Oct: First seminar given at al-Azhar. | ||||
| 972 | Cairo, 22 Jun: Opening of al-Azhar. | ||||
| 969 | Egypt: Fatimids occupy Egypt. Egypt: Fatimid (al-Fātimiyyūn / الفاطميون) Gowhar AI-Siqqily founds al-Qāhirat (Cairo). |
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| 962 | Europe: Otto the Great crowned Emperor of Rome by Pope John XII. | ||||
| 960 | China: Founding of the Song Dynasty. | ||||
| 945 | Persia: Buwayhids (Iranian Shias) occupy Bagdad. | ||||
| 939 | Vietnam: Ngo Quyen defeats Chinese forces in Vietnam. | ||||
| 936 | Aachen: Otto the Great crowned King of Germany. | ||||
| 911 | Europe: East Franks elect Conrad I, Duke of Franconia, as king. Historians consider this the start of German history. | ||||
| 878 | China: Rebel Huang Ch'ao captures Canton & massacres foreigners there. | ||||
| 874 | 1 Jan: 11th Shi'a Imam Hasan al-Askari passes away. 12th Shi'a Imam, Hujjat al-Mahdi, is occluded (ghaybat). |
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| 856 | Java: Balaputra defeated by Rakai Pikatan & flees to Palembang. | ||||
| 809 | Persia, 24 Mar: Hârûn arRashîd passes away. | ||||
| 800 | Rome, 25 Dec: Charlemagne crowned emperor by Pope Leo III. | ||||
| 790 | Indochina: Sailendran fleet captures Indrapura. | ||||
| 787 | Indochina: Raid on Cham, sacking Panra (Phan Rang). | ||||
| 786 | Persia: Hârûn arRashîd (Harun al-Rashid) becomes Caliph. | ||||
| 774 | Indochina: Jva fleet attacks Cham, sacking Aya Tran (Nha Trang). | ||||
| 771 | Europe, 4 Dec: Carloman dies, leaving Charlemagne ruler of the Franks. | ||||
| 768 | Europe, Sept: Pepin the Short divides his kingdom between his sons Charlemagne & Carloman. | ||||
| 767 | Indochina: Chopo (in Java) fleet raids Tonkin. | ||||
| 763 | China: Tibetans sack Changan. | ||||
| 756 | Spain: Caliphate of Cordoba founded by Umayyad prince Abd al Rahman. | ||||
| 751 | Central Asia: Battle of Talas. | ||||
| 750 | Persia, Apr: Abbasid forces take the Umayyad capital, Damascus. Egypt, Aug: Marwan II, last Umayyad Caliph, captured & killed. |
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| 749 | Persia, 28 Nov: 'Abdullâh asSaffâh (Abd al Abbas) proclaimed Caliph @ Kufa beginning the Abbasid Caliphate. | ||||
| 747 | Persia, June: Start of rebellion against Umayyads. | ||||
| 732 | Oct: Battle of Poitiers (also known as the Battle of Tours) where Charles Martel (the Hammer) defeats Abd-er-Rahman, Governor of Spain. | ||||
| 711 | Spain: Tariq ibn Ziyad, Berber governor of Tangier lands at Gilbraltar starting Moorish conquest of Spain. | ||||
| 691 | Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock erected. | ||||
| 680 | Persia, First Shi'ite uprising against the Umayyad led by Husayn. | ||||
| 669 | China: Last Tolomo (Tarumanagara in Java) embassy to China. | ||||
| 666 | China: Second Tolomo (Tarumanagara in Java) embassy to China. | ||||
| 661 | Caliph Ali killed & Mu'awiya of the house of Umayya becomes Caliph. | ||||
| 656 | Caliphate: Third Caliph Uthman killed & Ali becomes Caliph. | ||||
| c. 650 | Caliphate: Caliph Uthmān ibn ‘Affān standardises Qur’an. | ||||
| 641 | Egypt, 9 Apr: Bab al Yun falls to Amr ibn al As after a 6 mth seige. | ||||
| 639 | Egypt, 12 Dec: Amr ibn al As invades Egypt. | ||||
| 638 | Arab conquest of Jerusalem. | ||||
| 632 | Mecca: Muhammed passes away. Arabian Peninsula, Dec: Battle of Yamama. |
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| 630 | Mecca: Mecca captured by Muhammad. | ||||
| 629 | Arabian Peninsula: Battle of Khaybar. | ||||
| 627 | Medina: Battle of the Ditch (seige of Medina). Persia, 12 Dec: Battle of Nineveh. |
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| 625 | Arabia, 23 Mar: Battle of Uhud. | ||||
| 624 | Arabia, 17 Mar: Battle of Badr (غزوة بدر). | ||||
| 622 | Mecca: Hegira. | ||||
| 618 | China: Founding of Tang Dynasty. | ||||
| 605? | Cham: Chinese general Liu Fang takes Qusu (Kiu Sou) & Tra Kieu. | ||||
| 602 | Byzantine, 27 Nov: Emperor Flavius Maurikios Tiberius executed. | ||||
| 591 | Persia: King Hormizd IV murdered & throne usurped. | ||||
| 528 | China: First Tolomo (Tarumanagara in Java) embassy to China. | ||||
| 496 | Europe: Clovis, ruler of the Franks, converts to Christianity. | ||||
| 451 | Council of Chalcedon. | ||||
| 429 | China: 裴松之 [pei song zhi] completes editing & annotating 三國志 [san guo zhi] by 陳壽 [chen shou]. | ||||
| 413 | Java, May: Fa Hsien leaves for Canton. | ||||
| 412 | Java, Dec: Fa Hsien arrives. | ||||
| 405 | Jerome completes the Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Latin or Vulgate Bible). | ||||
| 391 | Ankyrona: Emperor Theodosius I makes Christianity the state religion, beginning the Dark Ages. | ||||
| 337 | Ankyrona, 22 May: Emperor Constantine passes away of an illness at his villa near Nicomedia (Izmit). | ||||
| 330 | Constantinople: Emperor Constantine moves capital from Rome to Byzantium (Constantinople). | ||||
| 324?325? | Council of Nicaea. | ||||
| 313 | Milan: Edict of Milan granting religious toleration in the Roman Empire. | ||||
| 312 | Rome, 28 Oct: Battle of Milvian Bridge. | ||||
| 297 | China: 陳壽 [chen shou], author of 三國志 [san guo zhi] (Record of the Three Kingdoms), passes away. | ||||
| 266 | China, 4 Feb: Last 曹魏 [cao wei] ruler, 曹奐 [cao huan], abdicates to 司馬炎 [si ma yan], who founds the 晉朝 [jin chao] (Jin Dynasty) as 晉武帝 [jin wu di]. | ||||
| 264 | China: 蜀漢 [shu han] surrenders to 曹魏 [cao wei]. | ||||
| 252 | China: 孫權 [sun quan] passes away. | ||||
| 251 | China: 司馬懿 [si ma yi] passes away. | ||||
| 249 | China, Jan: 司馬懿 [si ma yi] conducts a coup & executes 曹爽 [cao shuang]. | ||||
| 234 | China: 諸葛亮 [zhu ge liang] passes away. | ||||
| 229 | China, 23 Jun: 孫權 [sun quan] proclaims himself emperor. | ||||
| 226 | China: 曹丕 [cao pi] passes away. | ||||
| 223 | China: 劉備 [liu bei] aka 玄德 (xuan de) passes away. | ||||
| 222 | China: 猇亭之戰 (Battle of Xiaoting) aka 夷陵之戰 (Battle of Yiling). | ||||
| 220 | China, 15 Mar: 曹操 (Cao Cao) passes away. China: 曹丕 [cao pi] forces 汉献帝 [han xian di] to abdicate & becomes emperor 曹魏文帝 [cao wei wen di]. |
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| 219 | China: 關羽 [guan yu] attacks 樊城 [fan cheng]. China: 關羽 [guan yu]; his son, 關平 [guan ping]; & 趙累 [zhao lei] captured & executed. |
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| 214 | China: 劉璋 [liu zhang] surrenders to 劉備 [liu bei]. | ||||
| 211 | China: Governor of 益州 [yi zhou], 劉璋 [liu zhang], invites 劉備 [liu bei] to join him. | ||||
| 208 | China: 赤壁之戰 (Chi Bi Zhi Zhan / Battle at Red Cliffs). | ||||
| 200 | China: 曹操 [cao cao] defeats 袁紹 [yuan shao] at the Battle of Guandu (官渡之戰). China: 孫策 [sun ce] assassinated & his brother, 孫權 [sun quan], takes over. |
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| 196 | China: 汉献帝 [han xian di] escapes & seeks the protection of 曹操 [cao cao]. | ||||
| 192 | China: 董卓 [dong zhuo] assassinated by his bodyguard, 呂布 [lü bu]. | ||||
| 191 | China: General of 孫堅 [sun qian], 袁術 [yuan shu], drives 董卓 [dong zhuo] from 洛陽 [luo yang]. | ||||
| 189 | China, 24 Sep: Army of 董卓 [dong zhuo] enters the capital, 洛陽 [luo yang]. China, 28 Sep: 董卓 [dong zhuo] replaces Emperor 劉辯 [liu bian] aka 漢靈帝 [han ling di] with 劉協 [liu xie] aka 汉献帝 [han xian di]. |
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| 184 | China: Start of Yellow Turbans rebellion. | ||||
| c. 150 | Loyang: First known Buddhist community in China. | ||||
| 142 | China: Start of Zhang Daoling's relevations. | ||||
| 135 | Judea: Simon bar Kokhba defeated. | ||||
| 132 | Judea: Simon bar Kokhba leads rebellion against the Romans. | ||||
| 73 | Judea: Fall of Masada. | ||||
| 70 | Jerusalem, 29 Aug: Second Temple destroyed ending Jewish rebellion. | ||||
| 66 | Judea: First Jewish Rebellion starts. | ||||
| 62 | Rome: Apostole Paul executed. | ||||
| 30, 33 or 36 | Jerusalem: Jesus crucified. | ||||
| 19 BCE | Spain: Emperor Augustus completes conquest of Spain. | ||||
| 30 BCE | Egypt: Cleopatra, last of the Ptolemaic pharaohs, commits suicide. | ||||
| 31 BCE | Defeat of Anthony at Actium. | ||||
| 71 BCE | Italy: Spartacus' slave rebellion crushed by Crassus. | ||||
| 111 BCE | Vietnam made a province of China. | ||||
| 140 BCE | Judah: Hasmonean Dynasty founded by Simon Maccabaeus. | ||||
| 145 BCE | Lanka: Tamil general Elara from Chola takes the Anuradhapura throne. | ||||
| 167 BCE | Judah: Temple sacked. | ||||
| 201 BCE | End of Second Punic War. | ||||
| 206 BCE | China: Founding of Han Dynasty | ||||
| 207 BCE | China: Liu Bang takes Xianyang, the Qin capital. | ||||
| 209 BCE | China: Hu Hai, son of Qin Shi Huangti ascends the throne. Uprisings start. | ||||
| 210 BCE | China: Qin Shi Huangti dies. | ||||
| 212 BCE | China: Confucian scholars buried alive. | ||||
| 213 BCE | China: Buring of the books. | ||||
| 218 BCE | Start of Second Punic War. | ||||
| 221 BCE | China: Qin completes the conquest of China. Ying Zheng takes the name Qin Shi Huangti. | ||||
| c. 237 BCE | Lanka: Tamils Sena and Guttika from S India usurp the Anuradhapura throne. | ||||
| 238 BCE | China: Ying Zheng takes control of Qin. | ||||
| 241 BCE | End of First Punic War. | ||||
| 247 BCE | China: Ying Zheng ascends the throne of Qin under a regent. | ||||
| 259 BCE | China: Ying Zheng born. | ||||
| 264 BCE | Start of First Punic War. | ||||
| 386 BCE | China: Zhuangzi passes away. | ||||
| 288 BCE | Lanka: King Devanampiya Tissa said to have planted a branch from Buddha's Bodh tree. | ||||
| 323 BCE | Alexander the Great dies of malaria. | ||||
| 369 BCE | China: Zhuangzi born. | ||||
| 479 BCE | China: Confucius passes away. | ||||
| c. 486 BCE | India: Buddha passes away. | ||||
| 551 BCE | China: Confucius born. | ||||
| c. 566 BCE | India: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) born. | ||||
| 586 BCE | Israel: Destruction of the first Temple. | ||||
| c. 625 BCE | Rome: Founding of Rome. | ||||
| 753 BCE | Rome: Mythical founding of Rome. | ||||
| c. 925 BCE | Jerusalem: Death of Solomon. |