The worldPolitical Timelines
The United States is the hub; every other region is a spoke with a political history of its own. Pick a region.
Six timelines
United States
From the Declaration and the Constitution to the amendments that widened the vote.
Spoke 01Europe
Magna Carta, Westphalia, revolutions, two world wars and a union of states.
Spoke 02The Americas
Haiti, the wars of independence, Canadian Confederation and the long road to civilian rule.
Spoke 03Asia & Pacific
The Meiji state, the first national vote for women, independence and new republics.
Spoke 04Africa
From the Berlin Conference to independence, unity and South Africa's 1994 vote.
Spoke 05Middle East
The end of empires, new states, revolutions and peace treaties.
Shared institutions
- 1919Versailles
The League of Nations
Created by the peace settlement after the First World War, the League first met in 1920; the United States never joined.
- 1945San Francisco
The United Nations Charter
Fifty nations signed the Charter on June 26, 1945; the United Nations came into being that October.
- 1948December 10
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration in Paris, the first global statement of rights.
- 1991December
The Soviet Union dissolves
The USSR formally ceased to exist at the end of 1991, leaving fifteen independent states and ending the Cold War order.