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13 events · 24 research items · May 5, 1818 to February 2, 2026
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The Master Timeline
Breaking February 2, 2026

The Master Timeline

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Fall of the Berlin Wall
Breaking November 9, 1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall

The Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked a pivotal moment in world history, symbolizing the collapse of the Cold War division between East and West Germ...

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Vietnam War
Wars & Conflicts October 1, 1955

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a prolonged armed conflict fought primarily between North Vietnam, led by the Communist Party under Ho Chi Minh, and South Vietnam, supported by th...

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The Lavon Affair
Wars & Conflicts December 7, 1954

The Lavon Affair

What it was The Lavon Affair, also known as Operation Susannah, was a failed Israeli covert operation in Egypt in 1954, carried out by Israeli military i...

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Albania Joins NATO
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Albania Joins NATO

1 April 2009 — Albania becomes a full member of NATO. Membership marks a major milestone in the country's post-communist integration with Western political and securit...

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New Constitution
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New Constitution

28 November 1998 — Albania adopts a new constitution after the instability of the early post-communist period. It establishes the fundamental institutional framework o...

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Republic of Albania
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Republic of Albania

29 April 1991 — New constitutional provisions formally establish the Republic of Albania during the transition away from communist government. The country begins rebui...

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First Multiparty Elections
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First Multiparty Elections

31 March 1991 — Albania holds its first competitive multiparty parliamentary elections since the communist takeover. The former communist Party of Labour wins, but the...

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Modern Albania
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Modern Albania

1991–2026 — Albania develops as a parliamentary republic after the collapse of communist rule. It joins NATO, pursues European Union membership and undergoes rapid urb...

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Political Pluralism Is Allowed
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Political Pluralism Is Allowed

11 December 1990 — Albania's communist leadership accepts the legalization of independent political parties. The decision effectively ends the political monopoly creat...

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Untitled1990s–present — The collapse of communist controls produces large migration flows toward Italy, Greece, Germany, the United States and elsewhere. Emigration be...

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Enver Hoxha Dies
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Enver Hoxha Dies

11 April 1985 — Hoxha dies after more than four decades at the center of Albanian communist power. Ramiz Alia succeeds him and gradually introduces limited reforms as ...

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Albania Breaks With China
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Albania Breaks With China

1978 — Chinese economic and military assistance ends after years of growing ideological disagreement. Albania loses its final major communist ally and enters an extrao...

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Religion Is Suppressed
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Religion Is Suppressed

1967 — The communist government launches an aggressive campaign against organized religion. Mosques, churches and monasteries are closed or converted to other uses, an...

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People's Republic of Albania
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People's Republic of Albania

11 January 1946 — The monarchy is formally abolished and Albania becomes a communist people's republic. Political opposition is suppressed and the Communist Party esta...

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Communists Take Control
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Communists Take Control

29 November 1944 — German forces have withdrawn and the communist-led National Liberation Movement controls the country. Rival political organizations are rapidly excl...

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Resistance and Civil Conflict
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Resistance and Civil Conflict

1942–1944 — Communist-led partisans, Balli Kombëtar and other nationalist forces resist Italian and later German occupation. Rival resistance movements also fight one ...

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Enver Hoxha
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Enver Hoxha

Communist leader who dominates Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985.

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Anti-Comintern Pact
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Anti-Comintern Pact

25 November 1936 — Germany and Japan sign an agreement publicly directed against the Communist International. Italy joins the following year. The pact reflects growing...

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Enabling Act
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Enabling Act

23 March 1933 — The Reichstag passes legislation allowing Hitler's cabinet to enact laws without normal parliamentary approval. Communist deputies are absent or impris...

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Greek Civil War
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Greek Civil War

1946–1949 — Government forces defeat communist-led insurgents in one of the first major conflicts of the Cold War.

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Operation Barbarossa
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Operation Barbarossa

22 June 1941 — Germany and its allies invade the Soviet Union along an enormous front. Hitler seeks not only military victory but ideological destruction of Soviet com...

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Untitled22 June 1941 — Special SS and police formations move behind German armies entering the Soviet Union. Their mission quickly expands into mass shootings of Jewis...

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Untitled25 April 1943 — The Soviet Union breaks diplomatic relations with the Polish government-in-exile after disputes over investigation of the Katyn massacre. The b...

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