History facts
Historical countries and empires, and famous treaties and agreements. 482 facts.
The Soviet Union existed from 1922 to 1991.
Source: Wikipedia: Soviet Union (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q15180 (CC0)
The Ottoman Empire existed from 1299 to 1922.
Source: Wikipedia: Ottoman Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q12560 (CC0)
Ancient Egypt existed from 4000 BC to 29 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Ancient Egypt (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11768 (CC0)
The Byzantine Empire existed from 395 to 1453.
Source: Wikipedia: Byzantine Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q12544 (CC0)
Yugoslavia existed from 1918 to 1992.
Source: Wikipedia: Yugoslavia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q36704 (CC0)
The Holy Roman Empire existed from 962 to 1806.
Source: Wikipedia: Holy Roman Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q12548 (CC0)
Czechoslovakia existed from 1918 to 1992.
Source: Wikipedia: Czechoslovakia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q33946 (CC0)
Ancient Rome existed from 752 BC to 476.
Source: Wikipedia: Ancient Rome (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1747689 (CC0)
The Russian Empire existed from 1721 to 1917.
Source: Wikipedia: Russian Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q34266 (CC0)
The Qing dynasty existed from 1636 to 1912.
Source: Wikipedia: Qing dynasty (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q8733 (CC0)
Austria–Hungary existed from 1867 to 1918.
Source: Wikipedia: Austria-Hungary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q28513 (CC0)
The Mongol Empire existed from 1206 to 1368.
Source: Wikipedia: Mongol Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q12557 (CC0)
The Inca Empire existed from 1438 to 1533.
Source: Wikipedia: Inca Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q28573 (CC0)
The Republic of Artsakh existed from 1991 to 2023.
Source: Wikipedia: Republic of Artsakh (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q244165 (CC0)
The Netherlands Antilles existed from 1954 to 2010.
Source: Wikipedia: Netherlands Antilles (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q25227 (CC0)
The Han dynasty existed from 205 BC to 220.
Source: Wikipedia: Han dynasty (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q7209 (CC0)
The German Empire existed from 1871 to 1918.
Source: Wikipedia: German Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q43287 (CC0)
The Treaty of Versailles dates from 1919.
Source: Wikipedia: Treaty of Versailles (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q8736 (CC0)
The Abbasid Caliphate existed from 750 to 1258.
Source: Wikipedia: Abbasid Caliphate (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q12536 (CC0)
The Mughal Empire existed from 1526 to 1857.
Source: Wikipedia: Mughal Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q33296 (CC0)
The Roman Republic existed from 508 BC to 26 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Roman Republic (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q17167 (CC0)
Serbia and Montenegro existed from 2003 to 2006.
Source: Wikipedia: Serbia and Montenegro (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q37024 (CC0)
West Germany existed from 1949 to 1990.
Source: Wikipedia: West Germany (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q713750 (CC0)
The Gupta Empire existed from 320 to 550.
Source: Wikipedia: Gupta Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11774 (CC0)
The Assyrian Empire existed from 2024 BC to 608 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Assyria (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q41137 (CC0)
The Weimar Republic existed from 1918 to 1933.
Source: Wikipedia: Weimar Republic (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q41304 (CC0)
The Achaemenid Empire existed from 549 BC to 329 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Achaemenid Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q389688 (CC0)
The Charter of the United Nations dates from 1945 and is associated with San Francisco.
Source: Wikipedia: Charter of the United Nations (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q171328 (CC0)
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic existed from 1917 to 1991.
Source: Wikipedia: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q2184 (CC0)
The British Raj existed from 1858 to 1947.
Source: Wikipedia: British Raj (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q129286 (CC0)
The Sasanian Empire existed from 224 to 651.
Source: Wikipedia: Sasanian Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q83891 (CC0)
Phoenicia existed from 2499 BC to 63 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Phoenicia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q41642 (CC0)
The Spanish Empire existed from 1402 to 1976.
Source: Wikipedia: Spanish Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q80702 (CC0)
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact dates from 1939 and is associated with Moscow.
Source: Wikipedia: Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q130796 (CC0)
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth existed from 1569 to 1795.
Source: Wikipedia: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q172107 (CC0)
The Austrian Empire existed from 1804 to 1867.
Source: Wikipedia: Austrian Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q131964 (CC0)
Macedonia existed from 807 BC to 166 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q83958 (CC0)
The Mali Empire existed from 1235 to 1670.
Source: Wikipedia: Mali Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q184536 (CC0)
Babylonia existed from 1900 BC to 538 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Babylonia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q47690 (CC0)
The Parthian Empire existed from 246 BC to 224.
Source: Wikipedia: Parthian Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1986139 (CC0)
Golden Horde existed from 1243 to 1502.
Source: Wikipedia: Golden Horde (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q79965 (CC0)
South Vietnam existed from 1955 to 1975.
Source: Wikipedia: South Vietnam (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q180573 (CC0)
The Western Roman Empire existed from 395 to 476.
Source: Wikipedia: Western Roman Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q42834 (CC0)
Kievan Rus' existed from 882 to 1240.
Source: Wikipedia: Kievan Rus' (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1108445 (CC0)
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic existed from 1920 to 1991.
Source: Wikipedia: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q131337 (CC0)
The Empire of Japan existed from 1868 to 1947.
Source: Wikipedia: Empire of Japan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q188712 (CC0)
The Maurya empire existed from 321 BC to 184 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Maurya Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q62943 (CC0)
The Kingdom of Italy existed from 1861 to 1946.
Source: Wikipedia: Kingdom of Italy (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q172579 (CC0)
The Republic of Venice existed from 697 to 1797.
Source: Wikipedia: Republic of Venice (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q4948 (CC0)
The Seleucid Empire existed from 311 BC to 62 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Seleucid Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q93180 (CC0)
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic existed from 1919 to 1991.
Source: Wikipedia: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q133356 (CC0)
The Kyoto Protocol dates from 1997.
Source: Wikipedia: Kyoto Protocol (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q47359 (CC0)
The Kingdom of England existed from 927 to 1707.
Source: Wikipedia: Kingdom of England (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q179876 (CC0)
The Portuguese Empire existed from 1415 to 1999.
Source: Wikipedia: Portuguese Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q200464 (CC0)
The Convention on the Rights of the Child dates from 1989 and is associated with New York City.
Source: Wikipedia: Convention on the Rights of the Child (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q466087 (CC0)
The Papal States existed from 754 to 1870.
Source: Wikipedia: Papal States (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q170174 (CC0)
The Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 to 1918.
Source: Wikipedia: Kingdom of Prussia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q27306 (CC0)
The Kingdom of Great Britain existed from 1707 to 1801.
Source: Wikipedia: Kingdom of Great Britain (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q161885 (CC0)
The Umayyad Caliphate existed from 661 to 750.
Source: Wikipedia: Umayyad Caliphate (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q8575586 (CC0)
The Kushan Empire existed from 30 to 375.
Source: Wikipedia: Kushan Empire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q25979 (CC0)