Dossier №253

1,989 AD

Chinese troops move into central Beijing to end weeks of demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square.

This question uses 1989 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The crackdown caused an unknown number of deaths and remains heavily censored within China.

476 AD

The last western Roman emperor is deposed by the Germanic commander Odoacer.

This question uses 476 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

Romulus Augustulus’s removal became the conventional marker for the end of the Western Roman Empire, although Roman institutions persisted.

1,889 AD

The Eiffel Tower opens as the monumental entrance to a Paris world’s fair.

This question uses 1889 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

Initially criticized by prominent artists, the iron structure became a demonstration of engineering and an enduring symbol of the city.

325 AD

Emperor Constantine convenes bishops at Nicaea to address a major theological dispute.

Imperial politics and church doctrine met in a new kind of council.

The council debated the relationship between the Father and the Son and produced an early form of the Nicene Creed. It also demonstrated the growing involvement of Roman emperors in Christian institutional affairs.

312 BC

Seleucus retakes Babylon, the event later used to date the Seleucid era.

This question uses 312 BC as its sourced chronological anchor.

His dynasty ruled a vast, diverse successor state stretching from the eastern Mediterranean deep into Asia.