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1,974 AD

Richard Nixon resigns the United States presidency as the Watergate scandal closes in.

This question uses 1974 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

Nixon remains the only American president to resign; Gerald Ford succeeded him the following day.

1,095 AD

Pope Urban II calls western Christians to campaign toward Jerusalem.

This question uses 1095 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The appeal at Clermont launched the First Crusade and centuries of conflict, migration, and exchange.

793 AD

Seaborne raiders attack the monastery of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast.

This question uses 793 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The raid became a conventional opening marker for the Viking Age, although Scandinavian contact and raiding had deeper roots.

527 AD

Justinian I becomes sole emperor of the eastern Roman Empire.

This question uses 527 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

His reign pursued legal consolidation, ambitious building, and costly reconquests while facing plague and internal revolt.

1,250 BC

Royal diviners at Anyang record questions and outcomes on turtle shell and animal bone.

This question uses 1250 BC as its sourced chronological anchor.

The inscriptions provide direct evidence for Shang kings, warfare, ritual, weather, and an early stage of Chinese writing.