100 Great Events that Changed the World - Terry O'Brien

 The title says it all. It starts with Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC and ends with the Paris attacks in 2015. To get an idea

Julius Caesar's assassination (44 BC)
Crucifixion of Christ (30 AD)
Dedication of Constantinople (33 AD)
Death of Prophet Mohammed (33 AD)
Signing of Magna Carta 
Gutenberg's printing press
Fall of Constantinople
Columbus lands in Bahamas
Magellan sets sail for the Americas
Copernicus publishes

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US Declaration of Independence
Battle of Trafalgar
Waterloo
Morse Code

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End of Civil War in America
Death of Lincoln
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Women vote
Athens Olympics
Marie Curie discovers radium
Boxer Rebellion
Marconi's transatlantic signal
Einstein's theory of relativity
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Titanic...

Battle of Somme...

Fleming discovers Penicillin
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Dandi march by Gandhi

Pearl Harbour

Roger Bannister runs the 4 minute mile
Beatles on Ed Sullivan show...
Man lands on the moon
Microsoft
Apple
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Cell phone
Mandela..
WWW
Fall of Berlin Wall
Social networking
Dotcome bubble bust
9/11

Obama elected
Paris Attacks

Interesting list. Good insight into the world and its progress.