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Landmark Europe religious

St. Peter's Basilica

1506 CE – still standing

Renaissance church in Vatican City, the largest in the world

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St. Peter's Basilica on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1500 CE)
  2. Papal States (1530 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Italy (1880 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Kingdom of Italy (1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Italy (1920 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Butrint

800 BCE – 1800 CE

Polity · Europe

Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

Trade route · Europe

Venice–Constantinople Route

800 CE – 1600 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE

Landmark · Europe

Derinkuyu Underground City

800 BCE – 1923 CE

Polity · Europe

Holy Roman Empire

962 CE – 1806 CE

Trade route · Europe

Hanseatic League

1200 CE – 1669 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1506 CE and 2026 CE.

1508 CE War of the League of Cambrai 1514 CE Ottoman–Safavid Wars 1516 CE Ottoman-Mamluk War 1524 CE German Peasants' War 1526 CE Battle of Mohács

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Christopher Columbus Figure · Spain / Atlantic / Caribbean 1451 CE – 1506 CE Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing
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