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 "Turning th'accomplishment of many years // Into an hour-glass..." (Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1, Prologue)

   

Date

Event

Date

Event

Jan 01

Big Bang, as seen through cosmic background radiation

Dec 31 06:05:00

Apes

May 11

Milky Way Galaxy formed

Dec 31 14:24:00

Hominids

Sep 01

Sun formed (planets and Earth's moon soon thereafter)

Dec 31 22:24:00

Primitive humans and stone tools

Sep 16

Oldest rocks known on Earth

Dec 31 23:44:00

Domestication of fire

Sep 00

First life (prokaryotes)

Dec 31 23:52:00

Anatomically modern humans

Oct 12

Photosynthesis

Dec 31 23:55:00

Beginning of most recent glacial period

Oct 29

Oxygenation of atmosphere

Dec 31 23:58:00

Sculpture and painting

Nov 08

Complex cells (eukaryotes)

Dec 31 23:59:32

Agriculture

Dec 05

First multicellular life

Dec 31 23:59:47

First writing (end of prehistory, beginning of history),  Bronze Age

Dec 14

Simple animals

Dec 31 23:59:48

First dynasty of EgyptEarly Dynastic period in SumerAstronomy

Dec 14

Arthropods (ancestors of insects, arachnids)

Dec 31 23:59:49

AlphabetAkkadian EmpireWheel

 Dec 18

Fish and proto-amphibians

Dec 31 23:59:51

Code of HammurabiMiddle Kingdom of Egypt

Dec 20

Land plants

Dec 31 23:59:52

Mycenaean GreeceOlmec civilization; Iron Age: Near East, India, Europe; Carthage

Dec 21

Insects and seeds

Dec 31 23:59:53

Kingdom of Israel, ancient Olympic games

Dec 22

Amphibians

Dec 31 23:59:54

BuddhaConfucius, Laozi, Classical GreeceVedas, Euclid, Archimedes Roman Republic

Dec 23

Reptiles

Dec 31 23:59:55

Ptolemaic astronomy, Roman Empire, Jesus, invention of numeral 0

Dec 26

Mammals

Dec 31 23:59:56

MuhammadMaya civilizationSong Dynasty, rise of Byzantine Empire

Dec 27

Birds

Dec 31 23:59:58

Mongol EmpireCrusadesColumbusRenaissance in Europe

Dec 28

Flowers

Dec 31 23:59:59

Mod. science & technology, American & French revolutionWorld War I & IIMoon landing,

Dec 30

Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction, non-avian dinosaurs die out

now:

You! :-)

   
 

h.alquiros. a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Calendar