# History-Tours.com

> The directory of history-only tour guides and operators worldwide. Find expert-led battlefield, archaeology, Cold War, WWII and heritage tours by place, period and theme.

Every provider listed runs history-led tours only (no food, ghost, pub or adventure tours). Listings are researched from the provider's own website, sourced, dated and approved by an editor. The site is independent and non-commercial: it takes no commission, sells no rankings, and every link goes straight to the guide's own website.

## Open data
- [Guides as JSON](https://history-tours.com/data/providers.json): every live listing, without contact details
- [Historic events as JSON](https://history-tours.com/data/events.json): the events atlas, CC BY 4.0
- [Open data, licences and how to credit](https://history-tours.com/open-data)

## Historic events (where it happened, and the guides who take you there)
- [Hominin fossils of the Cradle of Humankind](https://history-tours.com/events/hominin-fossils-of-the-cradle-of-humankind): Fossils c. 3.7–1 million years old; key finds 1947–2013, Sterkfontein
- [Olduvai Gorge and the evidence of early human evolution](https://history-tours.com/events/olduvai-gorge-and-early-human-evolution): Finds c. 2–1 million years old; key discoveries 1959–1964, Olduvai Gorge, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- [Dmanisi: early humans outside Africa](https://history-tours.com/events/dmanisi-early-humans): c. 1.8 million years ago, Dmanisi, Kvemo Kartli
- [Java Man and the early humans of Sangiran](https://history-tours.com/events/java-man-and-sangiran): Fossils c. 1.5 million–700,000 years old; first found 1891, Sangiran, Central Java
- [Atapuerca and the earliest Europeans](https://history-tours.com/events/atapuerca-earliest-europeans): c. 1.4 million–400,000 years ago, Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos
- [Peking Man at Zhoukoudian](https://history-tours.com/events/peking-man-at-zhoukoudian): c. 770,000–230,000 years ago; excavated 1921–1937, Zhoukoudian
- [Aboriginal occupation and rock art of Kakadu](https://history-tours.com/events/aboriginal-rock-art-of-kakadu): At least 65,000 years ago; paintings over 20,000 years to the 1960s, Kakadu National Park
- [Lascaux and the painted caves of the Vézère](https://history-tours.com/events/lascaux-cave-art): c. 17,000 years ago, Montignac, Dordogne
- [Göbekli Tepe and the first monumental enclosures](https://history-tours.com/events/gobekli-tepe): c. 9600–8200 BC, Göbekli Tepe, Şanlıurfa
- [Jericho and the first walled town](https://history-tours.com/events/jericho-and-the-first-walled-town): c. 9500–8000 BC, Tell es-Sultan, Jericho
- [Malta's megalithic temples and the Hypogeum](https://history-tours.com/events/malta-megalithic-temples): c. 3600–2500 BC, Malta and Gozo
- [Uruk and the invention of writing](https://history-tours.com/events/uruk-and-the-invention-of-writing): c. 3400–3100 BC, Uruk (Warka)
- [Newgrange and the Boyne Valley tombs](https://history-tours.com/events/newgrange): c. 3200 BC, Brú na Bóinne, County Meath
- [Skara Brae and the Neolithic heart of Orkney](https://history-tours.com/events/neolithic-orkney): c. 3180–2500 BC, West Mainland, Orkney
- [Stonehenge](https://history-tours.com/events/stonehenge): c. 3000–1500 BC, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
- [Troy, the city behind the Iliad](https://history-tours.com/events/troy): c. 3000–1180 BC, Hisarlık, Çanakkale
- [Building of the pyramids of Saqqara and Giza](https://history-tours.com/events/building-of-the-pyramids-of-giza-and-saqqara): c. 2670–2500 BC, Giza plateau
- [Royal Cemetery and Ziggurat of Ur](https://history-tours.com/events/royal-cemetery-and-ziggurat-of-ur): c. 2600–2050 BC, Ur
- [Knossos and Minoan Crete](https://history-tours.com/events/palace-of-knossos): c. 1900–1350 BC, Knossos, Heraklion
- [Thebes, religious capital of New Kingdom Egypt](https://history-tours.com/events/thebes-capital-of-new-kingdom-egypt): c. 1550–1070 BC, Luxor (ancient Thebes)
- [The ancient Olympic Games at Olympia](https://history-tours.com/events/ancient-olympic-games): 776 BC–AD 393, Olympia, Elis
- [Cyrus the Great founds the Persian Empire](https://history-tours.com/events/cyrus-the-great-founds-the-persian-empire): c. 550–530 BC, Pasargadae
- [Persepolis, ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire](https://history-tours.com/events/persepolis-ceremonial-capital-of-the-persian-empire): c. 518–330 BC, Persepolis
- [Athenian democracy and the Acropolis](https://history-tours.com/events/athenian-democracy): 508–322 BC, Athens
- [Enlightenment of the Buddha](https://history-tours.com/events/enlightenment-of-the-buddha): c. 5th century BC, Bodh Gaya
- [Battle of Marathon](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-marathon): September 490 BC, Marathon
- [Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis](https://history-tours.com/events/battles-of-thermopylae-and-salamis): August–September 480 BC, Thermopylae and the Salamis strait
- [Trial of Socrates and the schools of Plato and Aristotle](https://history-tours.com/events/trial-of-socrates-and-the-athenian-philosophers): 399–322 BC, Athens
- [Royal Macedon and the rise of Alexander the Great](https://history-tours.com/events/macedon-and-alexander): 359–323 BC, Vergina (Aigai), Central Macedonia
- [Founding of Alexandria and its Library](https://history-tours.com/events/founding-of-alexandria-and-its-library): 331 BC (city); c. 285 BC (Library), Alexandria
- [Petra, caravan capital of the Nabataeans](https://history-tours.com/events/petra-caravan-capital-of-the-nabataeans): c. 300 BC – AD 106, Petra
- [Punic Wars and the destruction of Carthage](https://history-tours.com/events/punic-wars-and-the-destruction-of-carthage): 264–146 BC, Carthage
- [Ashoka's edicts and the Delhi pillars](https://history-tours.com/events/ashokas-edicts): c. 260–232 BC, Delhi
- [Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls](https://history-tours.com/events/qumran-and-the-dead-sea-scrolls): 3rd century BC–1st century AD; found 1946–1956, Qumran, Dead Sea
- [Qin Shi Huang unifies China and the Terracotta Army](https://history-tours.com/events/qin-unification-and-the-terracotta-army): 221–210 BC, Lintong, Xi'an
- [Chang'an and the Silk Road](https://history-tours.com/events/changan-and-the-silk-road): 138 BC – AD 907, Xi'an (Chang'an)
- [Teotihuacan, city of the gods](https://history-tours.com/events/teotihuacan): c. 100 BC – AD 550, Teotihuacan
- [Assassination of Julius Caesar](https://history-tours.com/events/assassination-of-julius-caesar): 15 March 44 BC, Rome
- [Ministry and crucifixion of Jesus](https://history-tours.com/events/ministry-and-crucifixion-of-jesus): c. AD 30–33, Old City of Jerusalem
- [Roman siege of Jerusalem and destruction of the Second Temple](https://history-tours.com/events/destruction-of-the-second-temple): AD 70, Temple Mount, Jerusalem
- [Siege of Masada](https://history-tours.com/events/siege-of-masada): AD 73–74, Masada, Judaean Desert
- [Eruption of Vesuvius and the burial of Pompeii](https://history-tours.com/events/eruption-of-vesuvius-pompeii): AD 79, Pompeii, Campania
- [Inauguration of the Colosseum](https://history-tours.com/events/inauguration-of-the-colosseum): AD 80, Rome
- [Kingdom of Aksum and its conversion to Christianity](https://history-tours.com/events/kingdom-of-aksum): c. AD 100–940; conversion c. 330s, Aksum
- [Hadrian's Wall](https://history-tours.com/events/hadrians-wall): AD 122–c. 410, Northumberland and Cumbria
- [Tikal and the Classic Maya](https://history-tours.com/events/tikal-and-the-classic-maya): c. AD 200–900, Tikal
- [Armenia adopts Christianity](https://history-tours.com/events/armenia-adopts-christianity): c. 301, Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin)
- [Constantine's victory at the Milvian Bridge](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-the-milvian-bridge): 28 October 312, Rome
- [Founding of Constantinople](https://history-tours.com/events/founding-of-constantinople): 11 May 330, Istanbul
- [Ravenna and the fall of the Western Roman Empire](https://history-tours.com/events/ravenna-and-the-fall-of-the-western-roman-empire): 402–540, Ravenna
- [Nalanda, the great Buddhist university](https://history-tours.com/events/nalanda-buddhist-university): c. 427 – c. 1200, Nalanda
- [Chichén Itzá and the northern Maya](https://history-tours.com/events/chichen-itza): c. 600–1200, Chichén Itzá, Yucatán
- [Founding of Kairouan and its Great Mosque](https://history-tours.com/events/founding-of-kairouan-and-its-great-mosque): 670; mosque rebuilt 836, Kairouan
- [Building of the Dome of the Rock](https://history-tours.com/events/building-of-the-dome-of-the-rock): 691–692, Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount
- [Nara and the Great Buddha of Tōdai-ji](https://history-tours.com/events/nara-and-the-great-buddha-of-todai-ji): 710–752, Nara
- [Building of Borobudur](https://history-tours.com/events/borobudur): c. 780–830, Borobudur, Magelang
- [Umayyad Córdoba and the Great Mosque](https://history-tours.com/events/umayyad-cordoba): 785–1031, Córdoba, Andalusia
- [Viking raid on Lindisfarne](https://history-tours.com/events/lindisfarne-viking-raid): 8 June 793, Holy Island, Northumberland
- [Coronation of Charlemagne](https://history-tours.com/events/coronation-of-charlemagne): 25 December 800, St Peter's, Rome
- [Angkor, capital of the Khmer Empire](https://history-tours.com/events/angkor-capital-of-the-khmer-empire): c. 802–1431 (Angkor Wat c. 1113–1150), Angkor
- [Chaco Canyon, centre of the Ancestral Puebloan world](https://history-tours.com/events/chaco-canyon): c. 850–1150, Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- [Mount Athos monastic republic](https://history-tours.com/events/mount-athos): Founded 963, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki
- [Founding of Fatimid Cairo and al-Azhar](https://history-tours.com/events/fatimid-cairo-and-al-azhar): 969–972, Historic Cairo
- [Baptism of Kyivan Rus](https://history-tours.com/events/baptism-of-kyivan-rus): 988, Kyiv
- [Battle of Hastings](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-hastings): 14 October 1066, Battle, East Sussex
- [First Crusade and the capture of Jerusalem](https://history-tours.com/events/crusader-capture-of-jerusalem): 7 June–15 July 1099, Jerusalem Old City
- [Great Zimbabwe, capital of a southern African state](https://history-tours.com/events/great-zimbabwe): c. 1100–1450, Great Zimbabwe, near Masvingo
- [Carving of the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela](https://history-tours.com/events/rock-hewn-churches-of-lalibela): late 12th – early 13th century, Lalibela
- [Rapa Nui settlement and the moai](https://history-tours.com/events/rapa-nui-settlement-and-the-moai): c. 1200–1600, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
- [Sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade](https://history-tours.com/events/sack-of-constantinople-1204): April 1204, Istanbul
- [Magna Carta at Runnymede](https://history-tours.com/events/magna-carta): 15 June 1215, Runnymede, Surrey
- [The Great Wall of China](https://history-tours.com/events/ming-great-wall): 7th century BC – 1644; main Ming rebuilding 1368–1644, Mutianyu
- [Jan Hus and the Bohemian Reformation](https://history-tours.com/events/jan-hus-bohemian-reformation): 1402–1415, Prague
- [Zheng He's treasure voyages](https://history-tours.com/events/zheng-he-treasure-voyages): 1405–1433, Nanjing
- [The Ming capital moves to Beijing and the Forbidden City is built](https://history-tours.com/events/ming-capital-moves-to-beijing-and-the-forbidden-city): 1406–1420, Beijing
- [Battle of Grunwald](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-grunwald): 15 July 1410, Grunwald, Warmia-Masuria
- [Battle of Agincourt](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-agincourt): 25 October 1415, Azincourt
- [Brunelleschi's dome and the Florentine Renaissance](https://history-tours.com/events/brunelleschi-dome-renaissance): 1420–1436, Florence
- [Venice's plague islands and the birth of quarantine](https://history-tours.com/events/venice-plague-islands-and-quarantine): 1423–1630, Venetian lagoon
- [Trial and burning of Joan of Arc](https://history-tours.com/events/trial-and-burning-of-joan-of-arc): January–May 1431, Rouen
- [King Sejong creates Hangul](https://history-tours.com/events/king-sejong-creates-hangul): 1443–1446, Seoul
- [Gutenberg's printing press](https://history-tours.com/events/gutenberg-printing-press): c. 1450–1455, Mainz
- [Machu Picchu and the height of the Inca Empire](https://history-tours.com/events/machu-picchu-and-the-inca-empire): c. 1450–1532, Machu Picchu
- [Fall of Constantinople](https://history-tours.com/events/fall-of-constantinople): 29 May 1453, Istanbul
- [The transatlantic slave trade on the Gold Coast](https://history-tours.com/events/transatlantic-slave-trade-on-the-gold-coast): 1482–1807, Cape Coast
- [Bartolomeu Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope](https://history-tours.com/events/bartolomeu-dias-rounds-the-cape): 1488, Cape Point
- [Columbus's first voyage and La Navidad](https://history-tours.com/events/columbus-first-voyage-and-la-navidad): 12 October 1492 – January 1493, Bord de Mer de Limonade, near Cap-Haïtien
- [Columbus sails from Palos](https://history-tours.com/events/columbus-sails-from-palos): 3 August 1492, Palos de la Frontera, Huelva
- [Fall of Granada and the Alhambra Decree](https://history-tours.com/events/fall-of-granada-alhambra-decree): 2 January and 31 March 1492, Granada, Andalusia
- [Treaty of Tordesillas](https://history-tours.com/events/treaty-of-tordesillas): 7 June 1494, Tordesillas
- [Vasco da Gama's sea route to India](https://history-tours.com/events/vasco-da-gama-sea-route-to-india): 1497–1499, Belém, Lisbon
- [Michelangelo's David and the Florentine Republic](https://history-tours.com/events/michelangelos-david): 1501–1504, Florence
- [Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel ceiling](https://history-tours.com/events/michelangelo-paints-the-sistine-chapel-ceiling): 1508–1512, Vatican City
- [Copernicus and the Sun-centred universe](https://history-tours.com/events/copernicus-heliocentrism): 1510–1543, Frombork, Warmia
- [The Venetian Ghetto](https://history-tours.com/events/venetian-ghetto): 29 March 1516, Cannaregio, Venice
- [Luther's Ninety-five Theses](https://history-tours.com/events/luthers-ninety-five-theses): 31 October 1517, Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- [Fall of Tenochtitlan](https://history-tours.com/events/fall-of-tenochtitlan): 1519 – 13 August 1521, Mexico City
- [First voyage around the world: Magellan and Elcano](https://history-tours.com/events/magellan-elcano-circumnavigation): 1519–1522, Seville
- [Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Tepeyac](https://history-tours.com/events/apparitions-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe): December 1531, Tepeyac, Mexico City
- [Spanish conquest of the Incas and the siege of Cusco](https://history-tours.com/events/spanish-conquest-and-siege-of-cusco): 1532–1537, Cusco
- [Calvin's Geneva](https://history-tours.com/events/calvins-geneva): 1536–1564, Geneva
- [Potosí silver and the first global economy](https://history-tours.com/events/potosi-silver-and-the-first-global-economy): 1545 – late 18th century, Potosí
- [Great Siege of Malta](https://history-tours.com/events/great-siege-of-malta): 18 May–11 September 1565, Grand Harbour, Malta
- [Spanish Manila and the galleon trade](https://history-tours.com/events/manila-and-the-galleon-trade): 1565–1815 (Manila founded 1571), Intramuros, Manila
- [Dutch Revolt and the murder of William of Orange](https://history-tours.com/events/dutch-revolt-and-william-of-orange): 1568–1648, Delft
- [St Bartholomew's Day massacre](https://history-tours.com/events/st-bartholomews-day-massacre): 24 August 1572, Paris
- [Founding of Amritsar and the Golden Temple](https://history-tours.com/events/founding-of-the-golden-temple): 1577–1604, Amritsar
- [Gorée Island and the Atlantic slave trade](https://history-tours.com/events/goree-island-and-the-atlantic-slave-trade): 1588–1848, Gorée Island
- [Portobelo and the Spanish treasure fleets](https://history-tours.com/events/portobelo-and-the-spanish-treasure-fleets): 1597–1739, Portobelo, Colón
- [Battle of Sekigahara](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-sekigahara): 21 October 1600, Sekigahara, Gifu
- [Cartagena's slave port and San Basilio de Palenque](https://history-tours.com/events/cartagena-slave-port-and-san-basilio-de-palenque): c. 1600; freedom recognised 1713, San Basilio de Palenque
- [The Dutch East India Company](https://history-tours.com/events/dutch-east-india-company): 1602–1799, Amsterdam
- [Founding of Jamestown](https://history-tours.com/events/founding-of-jamestown): 14 May 1607, Jamestown
- [Champlain founds Quebec](https://history-tours.com/events/champlain-founds-quebec): 3 July 1608, Place Royale, Quebec City
- [Galileo turns a telescope on the sky](https://history-tours.com/events/galileo-telescope): 1609–1610, Padua
- [Defenestration of Prague and the Battle of White Mountain](https://history-tours.com/events/defenestration-of-prague-and-white-mountain): 23 May 1618–8 November 1620, Prague
- [First enslaved Africans arrive in English North America](https://history-tours.com/events/first-enslaved-africans-at-point-comfort): late August 1619, Point Comfort, Hampton
- [Mayflower and the founding of Plymouth Colony](https://history-tours.com/events/mayflower-and-the-founding-of-plymouth-colony): 1620–1621, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- [The Dutch Atlantic slave trade and its abolition](https://history-tours.com/events/dutch-atlantic-slave-trade-and-abolition): 1621–1863, Amsterdam
- [Building of the Taj Mahal](https://history-tours.com/events/building-of-the-taj-mahal): 1632–1653, Agra
- [Dejima, Japan's window on the West](https://history-tours.com/events/dejima-japans-window-on-the-west): 1641–1858, Dejima, Nagasaki
- [Dutch East India Company settles the Cape](https://history-tours.com/events/dutch-east-india-company-settles-the-cape): 6 April 1652, Cape Town
- [Pueblo Revolt](https://history-tours.com/events/pueblo-revolt): 10 August 1680, Santa Fe
- [Siege of Vienna and the Battle of Kahlenberg](https://history-tours.com/events/siege-of-vienna-1683): 14 July–12 September 1683, Vienna
- [Liverpool and the transatlantic slave trade](https://history-tours.com/events/liverpool-and-the-slave-trade): 1699–1807, Liverpool
- [Gadsden's Wharf and the slave trade into Charleston](https://history-tours.com/events/gadsdens-wharf-and-the-slave-trade-into-charleston): c. 1700–1808, Gadsden's Wharf, Charleston
- [Siege and fall of Barcelona](https://history-tours.com/events/siege-of-barcelona-1714): July 1713–11 September 1714, Barcelona
- [The Scottish Enlightenment in Edinburgh](https://history-tours.com/events/scottish-enlightenment-in-edinburgh): c. 1740–1800, Edinburgh
- [Frederick the Great and Sanssouci](https://history-tours.com/events/frederick-the-great-and-sanssouci): 1745–1786, Potsdam
- [Lisbon earthquake](https://history-tours.com/events/lisbon-earthquake-1755): 1 November 1755, Lisbon
- [Battle of the Plains of Abraham](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-the-plains-of-abraham): 13 September 1759, Plains of Abraham, Quebec City
- [James Cook lands at Kamay (Botany Bay)](https://history-tours.com/events/james-cook-lands-at-kamay-botany-bay): 29 April 1770, Kurnell, Botany Bay
- [The factory system and the cotton mills](https://history-tours.com/events/factory-system-cotton-mills): 1771–1850, Manchester and the Derwent Valley
- [Boston Tea Party](https://history-tours.com/events/boston-tea-party): 16 December 1773, Boston waterfront
- [Battles of Lexington and Concord](https://history-tours.com/events/battles-of-lexington-and-concord): 19 April 1775, Lexington and Concord
- [Declaration of Independence](https://history-tours.com/events/declaration-of-independence): 4 July 1776, Independence Hall, Philadelphia
- [Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II](https://history-tours.com/events/rebellion-of-tupac-amaru-ii): 1780–1783, Cusco and the Canas highlands
- [Siege of Yorktown](https://history-tours.com/events/siege-of-yorktown): 28 September – 19 October 1781, Yorktown
- [Constitutional Convention](https://history-tours.com/events/constitutional-convention): 25 May – 17 September 1787, Independence Hall, Philadelphia
- [Arrival of the First Fleet](https://history-tours.com/events/arrival-of-the-first-fleet): 26 January 1788, Sydney Cove
- [Storming of the Bastille](https://history-tours.com/events/storming-of-the-bastille): 14 July 1789, Paris
- [Constitution of 3 May 1791](https://history-tours.com/events/constitution-of-3-may-1791): 3 May 1791, Warsaw
- [Haitian Revolution](https://history-tours.com/events/haitian-revolution): 22 August 1791 – 1 January 1804, Cap-Haïtien
- [Battle of Nuʻuanu and the unification of Hawaiʻi](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-nuuanu-and-the-unification-of-hawaii): May 1795, Nuʻuanu Valley, Oʻahu
- [Louisiana Purchase transfer](https://history-tours.com/events/louisiana-purchase): 20 December 1803, Jackson Square, New Orleans
- [Coronation of Napoleon](https://history-tours.com/events/coronation-of-napoleon): 2 December 1804, Paris
- [Battle of Austerlitz](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-austerlitz): 2 December 1805, Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz)
- [The Portuguese court moves to Rio de Janeiro](https://history-tours.com/events/portuguese-court-moves-to-rio): 1808–1821, Rio de Janeiro
- [May Revolution](https://history-tours.com/events/may-revolution): 18–25 May 1810, Buenos Aires
- [Valongo Wharf and the slave trade to Brazil](https://history-tours.com/events/valongo-wharf-and-the-slave-trade-to-brazil): 1811–1831, Rio de Janeiro port zone
- [Congress of Vienna](https://history-tours.com/events/congress-of-vienna): September 1814–9 June 1815, Vienna
- [Battle of Waterloo](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-waterloo): 18 June 1815, Waterloo, Walloon Brabant
- [Founding of modern Singapore](https://history-tours.com/events/raffles-founds-modern-singapore): 28 January–6 February 1819, Singapore River
- [Independence of Brazil](https://history-tours.com/events/independence-of-brazil): 9 January – 1 December 1822, Rio de Janeiro
- [The Black War in Van Diemen's Land](https://history-tours.com/events/black-war-in-van-diemens-land): c. 1824–1832, Tasmania
- [Battle of Navarino and Greek independence](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-navarino): 20 October 1827, Pylos, Messenia
- [Port Arthur penal settlement](https://history-tours.com/events/port-arthur-penal-settlement): 1830–1877, Port Arthur
- [Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi](https://history-tours.com/events/treaty-of-waitangi): 6 February 1840, Waitangi
- [Darwin writes On the Origin of Species](https://history-tours.com/events/darwin-origin-of-species): 1842–1859, Downe, London Borough of Bromley
- [The Flagstaff War and Ruapekapeka](https://history-tours.com/events/flagstaff-war-and-ruapekapeka): 1845–1846, Bay of Islands
- [The Great Famine and mass emigration](https://history-tours.com/events/great-irish-famine): 1845–1852, Dublin and rural Ireland
- [Mexican–American War and the fall of Mexico City](https://history-tours.com/events/mexican-american-war-and-the-fall-of-mexico-city): 1846–1848, Chapultepec, Mexico City
- [Caste War of Yucatán](https://history-tours.com/events/caste-war-of-yucatan): 1847–1901, Tihosuco, Quintana Roo
- [March Revolution in Berlin](https://history-tours.com/events/berlin-march-revolution-1848): 18–19 March 1848, Berlin
- [Arrival of Perry's Black Ships](https://history-tours.com/events/arrival-of-perrys-black-ships): July 1853–March 1854, Uraga Channel, Tokyo Bay
- [Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the siege of Delhi](https://history-tours.com/events/indian-rebellion-of-1857): May 1857 – 1858, Delhi
- [John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry](https://history-tours.com/events/john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry): 16–18 October 1859, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
- [Opening of the Suez Canal](https://history-tours.com/events/opening-of-the-suez-canal): 1859–1869 (opened 17 November 1869), Ismailia
- [Burning of the Old Summer Palace](https://history-tours.com/events/burning-of-the-old-summer-palace): 6–19 October 1860, Yuanmingyuan, Haidian, Beijing
- [Bombardment of Fort Sumter](https://history-tours.com/events/bombardment-of-fort-sumter): 12–13 April 1861, Charleston Harbor
- [Battle of Antietam](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-antietam): 17 September 1862, Sharpsburg, Maryland
- [Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-gettysburg): 1–3 July 1863 (Address 19 November 1863), Gettysburg
- [Emancipation Proclamation](https://history-tours.com/events/emancipation-proclamation): 1 January 1863, Washington, D.C.
- [Founding of the Red Cross and the first Geneva Convention](https://history-tours.com/events/founding-of-the-red-cross): 1863–1864, Geneva
- [Assassination of Abraham Lincoln](https://history-tours.com/events/assassination-of-abraham-lincoln): 14–15 April 1865, Ford's Theatre, Washington
- [Juneteenth: emancipation reaches Texas](https://history-tours.com/events/juneteenth-in-galveston): 19 June 1865, Galveston, Texas
- [Surrender at Appomattox Court House](https://history-tours.com/events/surrender-at-appomattox): 9 April 1865, Appomattox Court House, Virginia
- [Meiji Restoration](https://history-tours.com/events/meiji-restoration): 1867–1868, Kyoto
- [Capture of Rome and the end of the Papal States](https://history-tours.com/events/capture-of-rome-1870): 20 September 1870, Rome
- [Paris Commune](https://history-tours.com/events/paris-commune): 18 March–28 May 1871, Paris
- [Closure of the Zanzibar slave market](https://history-tours.com/events/closure-of-the-zanzibar-slave-market): 5 June 1873, Stone Town, Zanzibar
- [Battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-isandlwana-and-rorkes-drift): 22–23 January 1879, Isandlwana
- [Building of the Panama Canal](https://history-tours.com/events/building-of-the-panama-canal): 1881–1914, Panama Canal, Isthmus of Panama
- [Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa](https://history-tours.com/events/berlin-conference-scramble-for-africa): 15 November 1884–26 February 1885, Berlin, Wilhelmstraße
- [Witwatersrand gold rush and the founding of Johannesburg](https://history-tours.com/events/witwatersrand-gold-rush): 1886, Langlaagte, Johannesburg
- [Golden Law: abolition of slavery in Brazil](https://history-tours.com/events/golden-law-abolition-of-slavery-in-brazil): 13 May 1888, Rio de Janeiro
- [Mass immigration through Ellis Island](https://history-tours.com/events/mass-immigration-through-ellis-island): 1892–1954, Ellis Island
- [Plessy v. Ferguson](https://history-tours.com/events/plessy-v-ferguson): 7 June 1892 – 18 May 1896, Press Street (Homer Plessy Way) and Royal Street, New Orleans
- [Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom](https://history-tours.com/events/overthrow-of-the-hawaiian-kingdom): 17 January 1893, Honolulu
- [Battle of Adwa](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-adwa): 1 March 1896, Adwa
- [Execution of José Rizal](https://history-tours.com/events/execution-of-jose-rizal): 30 December 1896, Manila
- [Marie and Pierre Curie discover radium](https://history-tours.com/events/curies-discover-radium): 1898, Paris
- [Philippine Declaration of Independence](https://history-tours.com/events/philippine-declaration-of-independence): 12 June 1898, Kawit, Cavite
- [Sinking of the USS Maine](https://history-tours.com/events/sinking-of-the-uss-maine): 15 February 1898, Havana harbour
- [Siege of Ladysmith and the Battle of Spion Kop](https://history-tours.com/events/siege-of-ladysmith-and-spion-kop): November 1899 – February 1900, Ladysmith
- [Federation of Australia](https://history-tours.com/events/federation-of-australia): 1 January 1901, Centennial Park, Sydney
- [Emmeline Pankhurst founds the suffragettes](https://history-tours.com/events/pankhurst-founds-the-suffragettes): 10 October 1903, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester
- [Wright brothers' first powered flight](https://history-tours.com/events/wright-brothers-first-flight): 17 December 1903, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
- [Gandhi and the birth of satyagraha in Johannesburg](https://history-tours.com/events/gandhi-and-satyagraha-in-johannesburg): 1906–1914, Johannesburg
- [Building of the Titanic](https://history-tours.com/events/building-of-the-titanic): 1909–1912, Belfast
- [Mexican Revolution](https://history-tours.com/events/mexican-revolution): 1910–1920, Mexico City
- [Xinhai Revolution and the founding of the Republic of China](https://history-tours.com/events/xinhai-revolution-and-the-republic-of-china): October 1911 – 1 January 1912, Nanjing
- [Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand](https://history-tours.com/events/assassination-of-franz-ferdinand): 28 June 1914, Sarajevo
- [The Ypres Salient and Passchendaele](https://history-tours.com/events/ypres-salient-passchendaele): 1914–1918, Ypres (Ieper), West Flanders
- [Armenian Genocide](https://history-tours.com/events/armenian-genocide): 1915–1923, Tsitsernakaberd, Yerevan
- [Gallipoli campaign](https://history-tours.com/events/gallipoli-campaign): 25 April 1915–9 January 1916, Gallipoli peninsula, Çanakkale
- [Battle of the Somme](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-the-somme): 1 July–18 November 1916, Somme, Picardy
- [Battle of Verdun](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-verdun): 21 February–18 December 1916, Verdun, Meuse
- [Easter Rising](https://history-tours.com/events/easter-rising): 24–29 April 1916, Dublin
- [Arab Revolt and the capture of Aqaba](https://history-tours.com/events/arab-revolt-capture-of-aqaba): 6 July 1917, Aqaba
- [Charge of the Light Horse at Beersheba](https://history-tours.com/events/charge-at-beersheba): 31 October 1917, Beersheba
- [October Revolution](https://history-tours.com/events/october-revolution): 7–8 November 1917 (25–26 October old style), St Petersburg (then Petrograd)
- [Armistice of 11 November 1918](https://history-tours.com/events/armistice-of-compiegne-1918): 11 November 1918, Compiègne
- [German Revolution and the Spartacist uprising](https://history-tours.com/events/german-revolution-and-spartacist-uprising): 9 November 1918–15 January 1919, Berlin
- [Harlem Renaissance](https://history-tours.com/events/harlem-renaissance): c. 1918–1937, Harlem, Manhattan
- [Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://history-tours.com/events/jallianwala-bagh-massacre): 13 April 1919, Amritsar
- [March First Movement](https://history-tours.com/events/march-first-movement): 1 March 1919, Seoul
- [Treaty of Versailles](https://history-tours.com/events/treaty-of-versailles): 28 June 1919, Versailles
- [The Weimar Republic and the Bauhaus](https://history-tours.com/events/weimar-republic-and-bauhaus): 1919–1933, Weimar, Thuringia
- [League of Nations in Geneva](https://history-tours.com/events/league-of-nations-in-geneva): 1920–1946, Geneva
- [Discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb](https://history-tours.com/events/discovery-of-tutankhamuns-tomb): 4 November 1922, Valley of the Kings, Luxor
- [Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin](https://history-tours.com/events/fleming-discovers-penicillin): September 1928, Paddington, London
- [Wall Street Crash](https://history-tours.com/events/wall-street-crash-of-1929): 24–29 October 1929, Wall Street, Lower Manhattan
- [Dachau concentration camp](https://history-tours.com/events/dachau-concentration-camp): 22 March 1933–29 April 1945, Dachau
- [Reichstag fire and the Nazi seizure of power](https://history-tours.com/events/reichstag-fire-and-nazi-seizure-of-power): 30 January–10 May 1933, Berlin
- [Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War](https://history-tours.com/events/barcelona-in-the-spanish-civil-war): July 1936–January 1939, Barcelona
- [1936 Berlin Olympics](https://history-tours.com/events/berlin-olympics-1936): 1–16 August 1936, Berlin-Westend
- [Sachsenhausen concentration camp](https://history-tours.com/events/sachsenhausen-concentration-camp): 1936–1945, Oranienburg
- [Siege of Madrid in the Spanish Civil War](https://history-tours.com/events/siege-of-madrid): November 1936–March 1939, Madrid
- [Xi'an Incident](https://history-tours.com/events/xian-incident): 12–25 December 1936, Lintong, Xi'an
- [Marco Polo Bridge Incident](https://history-tours.com/events/marco-polo-bridge-incident): 7 July 1937, Wanping, Fengtai, Beijing
- [Nanjing Massacre](https://history-tours.com/events/nanjing-massacre): December 1937 – January 1938, Nanjing
- [Discovery of nuclear fission](https://history-tours.com/events/discovery-of-nuclear-fission): December 1938, Berlin-Dahlem
- [Kristallnacht, the November Pogrom](https://history-tours.com/events/kristallnacht-november-pogrom): 9–10 November 1938, Berlin
- [Munich Agreement](https://history-tours.com/events/munich-agreement): 29–30 September 1938, Munich
- [Codebreaking at Bletchley Park](https://history-tours.com/events/codebreaking-at-bletchley-park): 1939–1945, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire
- [Westerplatte and the invasion of Poland](https://history-tours.com/events/westerplatte-invasion-of-poland): 1 September 1939, Gdańsk
- [Auschwitz-Birkenau](https://history-tours.com/events/auschwitz-birkenau): 1940–27 January 1945, Oświęcim
- [Dunkirk evacuation](https://history-tours.com/events/dunkirk-evacuation): 26 May–4 June 1940, Dunkirk
- [Attack on Pearl Harbor](https://history-tours.com/events/attack-on-pearl-harbor): 7 December 1941, Pearl Harbor, Oahu
- [Babyn Yar massacre](https://history-tours.com/events/babyn-yar-massacre): 29–30 September 1941, Kyiv
- [Battle of Crete](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-crete): 20 May–1 June 1941, Chania, Crete
- [Deportation of Berlin's Jews](https://history-tours.com/events/deportation-of-berlins-jews): 18 October 1941–1945, Berlin
- [Operation Barbarossa and the defence of Brest Fortress](https://history-tours.com/events/operation-barbarossa-brest-fortress): 22 June 1941, Brest
- [Paneriai massacres](https://history-tours.com/events/paneriai-massacres): July 1941–August 1944, Paneriai, Vilnius
- [Siege of Leningrad](https://history-tours.com/events/siege-of-leningrad): 8 September 1941–27 January 1944, St Petersburg (then Leningrad)
- [Anne Frank in hiding](https://history-tours.com/events/anne-frank-in-hiding): July 1942–August 1944, Amsterdam
- [Battle of Stalingrad](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-stalingrad): 23 August 1942–2 February 1943, Volgograd (then Stalingrad)
- [Bombing of Darwin](https://history-tours.com/events/bombing-of-darwin): 19 February 1942, Darwin
- [Fall of Bataan and Corregidor](https://history-tours.com/events/fall-of-bataan-and-corregidor): January – May 1942, Corregidor and Bataan
- [Fall of Singapore](https://history-tours.com/events/fall-of-singapore): 8–15 February 1942, Singapore
- [Kokoda Track campaign](https://history-tours.com/events/kokoda-track-campaign): July – November 1942, Kokoda Track
- [Second Battle of El Alamein](https://history-tours.com/events/second-battle-of-el-alamein): 23 October – 11 November 1942, El Alamein
- [Wannsee Conference](https://history-tours.com/events/wannsee-conference): 20 January 1942, Berlin-Wannsee
- [Destruction of Jewish Thessaloniki](https://history-tours.com/events/destruction-of-jewish-thessaloniki): March–August 1943, Thessaloniki
- [The Manhattan Project at Los Alamos and the Trinity test](https://history-tours.com/events/manhattan-project-los-alamos-and-trinity): 1943 – 16 July 1945, Los Alamos
- [Warsaw Ghetto Uprising](https://history-tours.com/events/warsaw-ghetto-uprising): 19 April–16 May 1943, Warsaw
- [20 July plot against Hitler](https://history-tours.com/events/20-july-plot): 20 July 1944, Berlin
- [Battle of Monte Cassino](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-monte-cassino): January–May 1944, Cassino
- [Battle of the Bulge](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-the-bulge): 16 December 1944–25 January 1945, Bastogne, Luxembourg province
- [D-Day landings](https://history-tours.com/events/d-day-landings): 6 June 1944, Normandy coast
- [Holocaust in Hungary and the Budapest ghetto](https://history-tours.com/events/holocaust-in-hungary-and-the-budapest-ghetto): March 1944–January 1945, Budapest
- [Liberation of Paris](https://history-tours.com/events/liberation-of-paris): 19–25 August 1944, Paris
- [Oradour-sur-Glane massacre](https://history-tours.com/events/oradour-sur-glane-massacre): 10 June 1944, Oradour-sur-Glane, Haute-Vienne
- [Warsaw Uprising](https://history-tours.com/events/warsaw-uprising): 1 August–2 October 1944, Warsaw
- [Atomic bombing of Hiroshima](https://history-tours.com/events/atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima): 6 August 1945, Hiroshima
- [Atomic bombing of Nagasaki](https://history-tours.com/events/atomic-bombing-of-nagasaki): 9 August 1945, Nagasaki
- [Battle of Berlin and the German surrender](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-berlin-and-german-surrender): 16 April–8 May 1945, Berlin
- [Bombing of Dresden](https://history-tours.com/events/bombing-of-dresden): 13–15 February 1945, Dresden
- [Firebombing of Tokyo](https://history-tours.com/events/firebombing-of-tokyo): 9–10 March 1945, Sumida and Kōtō, Tokyo
- [Nuremberg trials](https://history-tours.com/events/nuremberg-trials): 20 November 1945–1 October 1946, Nuremberg
- [Potsdam Conference](https://history-tours.com/events/potsdam-conference): 17 July–2 August 1945, Potsdam
- [Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam's independence](https://history-tours.com/events/vietnamese-declaration-of-independence): 2 September 1945, Ba Đình Square, Hanoi
- [Yalta Conference](https://history-tours.com/events/yalta-conference): 4–11 February 1945, Livadia, Crimea
- [1948 war: Israel's independence and the Palestinian Nakba](https://history-tours.com/events/1948-war-israeli-independence-and-the-nakba): 14 May 1948; war 1947–1949, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
- [Indian independence](https://history-tours.com/events/indian-independence): 15 August 1947, New Delhi
- [Partition of India](https://history-tours.com/events/partition-of-india): August 1947, Amritsar and the Punjab border
- [Arrival of the Empire Windrush](https://history-tours.com/events/arrival-of-the-windrush): 21–22 June 1948, Tilbury, Essex
- [Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi](https://history-tours.com/events/assassination-of-mahatma-gandhi): 30 January 1948, Birla House, New Delhi
- [Berlin Blockade and Airlift](https://history-tours.com/events/berlin-blockade-and-airlift): 24 June 1948–12 May 1949, Berlin-Tempelhof
- [Proclamation of the People's Republic of China](https://history-tours.com/events/proclamation-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china): 1 October 1949, Tiananmen, Beijing
- [Korean War and the Panmunjom armistice](https://history-tours.com/events/korean-war-and-the-panmunjom-armistice): 1950–1953 (armistice 27 July 1953), Panmunjom
- [The Stasi and the storming of its headquarters](https://history-tours.com/events/stasi-and-the-storming-of-its-headquarters): 1950–15 January 1990, Berlin-Lichtenberg
- [Cuban Revolution](https://history-tours.com/events/cuban-revolution): 1953 – 1 January 1959, Havana
- [East German uprising of 17 June 1953](https://history-tours.com/events/east-german-uprising-1953): 16–17 June 1953, East Berlin
- [Battle of Dien Bien Phu](https://history-tours.com/events/battle-of-dien-bien-phu): 13 March – 7 May 1954, Dien Bien Phu
- [Montgomery bus boycott](https://history-tours.com/events/montgomery-bus-boycott): 5 December 1955 – 20 December 1956, Montgomery
- [Hungarian Revolution of 1956](https://history-tours.com/events/hungarian-revolution-1956): 23 October–10 November 1956, Budapest
- [Ghana's independence](https://history-tours.com/events/ghana-independence): 6 March 1957, Accra
- [Treaty of Rome and the European Economic Community](https://history-tours.com/events/treaty-of-rome-1957): 25 March 1957, Rome
- [Rescue of Abu Simbel and the Nubian monuments](https://history-tours.com/events/rescue-of-abu-simbel-and-the-nubian-monuments): 1960–1980, Abu Simbel
- [Sharpeville massacre](https://history-tours.com/events/sharpeville-massacre): 21 March 1960, Sharpeville
- [Bay of Pigs invasion](https://history-tours.com/events/bay-of-pigs-invasion): 17–20 April 1961, Playa Girón
- [Building of the Berlin Wall](https://history-tours.com/events/building-of-the-berlin-wall): 13 August 1961, Berlin
- [Cuban Missile Crisis](https://history-tours.com/events/cuban-missile-crisis): 16–28 October 1962, Havana and Pinar del Río
- [Birmingham campaign and the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing](https://history-tours.com/events/birmingham-campaign-and-16th-street-baptist-church-bombing): April – September 1963, Birmingham Civil Rights District, Alabama
- [March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom](https://history-tours.com/events/march-on-washington): 28 August 1963, National Mall
- [Nelson Mandela's imprisonment and release](https://history-tours.com/events/imprisonment-and-release-of-nelson-mandela): 1964–1990 (released 11 February 1990), Robben Island
- [Selma to Montgomery marches](https://history-tours.com/events/selma-to-montgomery-marches): 7–25 March 1965, Selma
- [District Six and the forced removals](https://history-tours.com/events/district-six-forced-removals): 1966–1982, District Six, Cape Town
- [First human heart transplant](https://history-tours.com/events/first-human-heart-transplant): 3 December 1967, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
- [Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact invasion](https://history-tours.com/events/prague-spring): January 1968–January 1969, Prague
- [The Troubles in Northern Ireland](https://history-tours.com/events/the-troubles): 1968–1998, Belfast
- [Tlatelolco massacre](https://history-tours.com/events/tlatelolco-massacre): 2 October 1968, Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Tlatelolco
- [Apollo 11 and the first Moon landing](https://history-tours.com/events/apollo-11-moon-landing): 16–24 July 1969, Mission Control, Johnson Space Center, Houston
- [Stonewall uprising](https://history-tours.com/events/stonewall-uprising): 28 June – 3 July 1969, Greenwich Village
- [Aboriginal Tent Embassy](https://history-tours.com/events/aboriginal-tent-embassy): 26 January 1972 – present, Canberra
- [Munich Olympics massacre](https://history-tours.com/events/munich-olympics-massacre): 5–6 September 1972, Munich
- [Watergate scandal](https://history-tours.com/events/watergate-scandal): 17 June 1972 – 9 August 1974, Watergate complex, Washington
- [Athens Polytechnic uprising](https://history-tours.com/events/athens-polytechnic-uprising): 14–17 November 1973, Athens
- [Carnation Revolution](https://history-tours.com/events/carnation-revolution): 25 April 1974, Lisbon
- [Fall of Saigon](https://history-tours.com/events/fall-of-saigon): 30 April 1975, Ho Chi Minh City
- [Khmer Rouge regime and the Cambodian genocide](https://history-tours.com/events/khmer-rouge-regime-and-cambodian-genocide): 17 April 1975 – 7 January 1979, Phnom Penh
- [The Dirty War and the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo](https://history-tours.com/events/dirty-war-and-the-mothers-of-plaza-de-mayo): 1976–1983, Buenos Aires
- [Soweto uprising](https://history-tours.com/events/soweto-uprising): 16 June 1976, Orlando West, Soweto
- [John Paul II's first pilgrimage to Poland](https://history-tours.com/events/john-paul-ii-first-pilgrimage-to-poland): 2–10 June 1979, Kraków
- [Gwangju Uprising](https://history-tours.com/events/gwangju-uprising): 18–27 May 1980, Gwangju
- [Solidarity and the Gdańsk Shipyard strike](https://history-tours.com/events/solidarity-gdansk-shipyard): 14–31 August 1980, Gdańsk
- [23-F: the 1981 coup attempt in Spain's parliament](https://history-tours.com/events/1981-spanish-coup-attempt): 23–24 February 1981, Madrid
- [Demolition of old Bucharest and the House of the People](https://history-tours.com/events/demolition-of-old-bucharest-and-the-house-of-the-people): 1984–1989, Bucharest
- [Chernobyl nuclear disaster](https://history-tours.com/events/chernobyl-disaster): 26 April 1986, Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
- [The Baltic Way](https://history-tours.com/events/baltic-way): 23 August 1989, Vilnius
- [Fall of the Berlin Wall](https://history-tours.com/events/fall-of-the-berlin-wall): 9 November 1989, Berlin
- [Leipzig Monday demonstrations](https://history-tours.com/events/leipzig-monday-demonstrations): September–November 1989, Leipzig
- [Pan-European Picnic](https://history-tours.com/events/pan-european-picnic): 19 August 1989, Sopronpuszta, near Sopron
- [Romanian Revolution](https://history-tours.com/events/romanian-revolution): 16–25 December 1989, Bucharest
- [Tiananmen Square protests and massacre](https://history-tours.com/events/tiananmen-square-protests-1989): April – 4 June 1989, Tiananmen Square, Beijing
- [Velvet Revolution](https://history-tours.com/events/velvet-revolution): 17 November–29 December 1989, Prague
- [Invention of the World Wide Web at CERN](https://history-tours.com/events/world-wide-web-at-cern): 1989–1993, Meyrin, near Geneva
- [Belovezha Accords and the end of the Soviet Union](https://history-tours.com/events/belovezha-accords): 8–26 December 1991, Viskuli, Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- [Siege of Sarajevo](https://history-tours.com/events/siege-of-sarajevo): 5 April 1992–29 February 1996, Sarajevo
- [Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda](https://history-tours.com/events/genocide-against-the-tutsi-in-rwanda): 7 April – July 1994, Kigali
- [South Africa's first democratic election and Mandela's inauguration](https://history-tours.com/events/south-africas-first-democratic-election): 27 April and 10 May 1994, Pretoria
- [Srebrenica genocide](https://history-tours.com/events/srebrenica-genocide): 11–22 July 1995, Potočari, Srebrenica
- [September 11 attacks](https://history-tours.com/events/september-11-attacks): 11 September 2001, Lower Manhattan
- [Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans levee failures](https://history-tours.com/events/hurricane-katrina-and-the-new-orleans-levee-failures): 29 August 2005, Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans
- [Tahrir Square and the 2011 Egyptian revolution](https://history-tours.com/events/tahrir-square-and-the-2011-egyptian-revolution): 25 January–11 February 2011, Tahrir Square, Cairo

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- [Munich history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/munich): Germany
- [Budapest history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/budapest): Hungary
- [Gettysburg history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/gettysburg): United States
- [Boston history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/boston): United States
- [Mexico City history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/mexico-city): Mexico
- [Beijing history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/beijing): China
- [Dublin history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/dublin): Ireland
- [Warsaw history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/warsaw): Poland
- [Barcelona history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/barcelona): Spain
- [Venice history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/venice): Italy
- [Kyoto history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/kyoto): Japan
- [Siem Reap & Angkor history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/siem-reap-angkor): Cambodia
- [The Somme history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/somme): France
- [Luxor history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/luxor): Egypt
- [Ho Chi Minh City history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/ho-chi-minh-city): Vietnam
- [Philadelphia history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/philadelphia): United States
- [Delhi & Agra history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/delhi-agra): India
- [Gallipoli history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/gallipoli): Turkey
- [Hanoi history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/hanoi): Vietnam
- [Madrid history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/madrid): Spain
- [Lisbon history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/lisbon): Portugal
- [Belfast history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/belfast): United Kingdom
- [Hiroshima history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/hiroshima): Japan
- [Cape Town history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/cape-town): South Africa
- [Petra history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/petra): Jordan
- [New Orleans history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/new-orleans): United States
- [Seoul history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/seoul): South Korea
- [Charleston history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/charleston): United States
- [Honolulu & Pearl Harbor history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/pearl-harbor): United States
- [Sydney history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/sydney): Australia
- [Johannesburg & Soweto history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/johannesburg): South Africa
- [Gdańsk history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/gdansk): Poland
- [Amritsar history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/amritsar): India
- [Havana history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/havana): Cuba
- [Sarajevo history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/sarajevo): Bosnia and Herzegovina
- [Seville and Andalusia history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/seville-andalusia): Spain
- [Xi'an history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/xian): China
- [Darwin & Kakadu history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/darwin-kakadu): Australia
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- [Manchester and Liverpool history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/manchester): United Kingdom
- [Thessaloniki history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/thessaloniki): Greece
- [Geneva history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/geneva): Switzerland
- [Manila history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/manila): Philippines
- [Williamsburg, Jamestown & Yorktown history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/williamsburg-yorktown): United States
- [Accra & Cape Coast history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/accra-cape-coast): Ghana
- [Hobart & Port Arthur history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/hobart-port-arthur): Australia
- [Brussels and Waterloo history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/brussels-waterloo): Belgium
- [Malta history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/malta): Malta
- [Crete history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/crete): Greece
- [Olympia and the Peloponnese history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/peloponnese): Greece
- [Leipzig history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/leipzig): Germany
- [Vilnius history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/vilnius): Lithuania
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- [Singapore history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/singapore): Singapore
- [Tokyo history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/tokyo): Japan
- [Rio de Janeiro history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/rio-de-janeiro): Brazil
- [Montgomery & Selma history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/montgomery-selma): United States
- [KwaZulu-Natal Battlefields history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/kwazulu-natal-battlefields): South Africa
- [Verdun history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/verdun): France
- [Dordogne and the Vézère Valley history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/dordogne): France
- [Orkney history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/orkney): United Kingdom
- [Aswan & Abu Simbel history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/aswan): Egypt
- [Phnom Penh history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/phnom-penh): Cambodia
- [Nagasaki history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/nagasaki): Japan
- [Buenos Aires history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/buenos-aires): Argentina
- [Cartagena history tours](https://history-tours.com/destinations/cartagena): Colombia

## Periods
- [Prehistory](https://history-tours.com/periods/prehistory): Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age sites, megaliths and early settlements.
- [Ancient World](https://history-tours.com/periods/ancient): Classical Greece, Rome, Egypt and the civilisations of antiquity.
- [Medieval](https://history-tours.com/periods/medieval): Castles, cathedrals, crusades and the world from c.500 to c.1500.
- [Renaissance & Early Modern](https://history-tours.com/periods/early-modern): Renaissance, Reformation, exploration and the age of empires, c.1500–1750.
- [18th & 19th Century](https://history-tours.com/periods/18th-19th-century): Revolutions, Napoleon, industrialisation and nation-building.
- [First World War](https://history-tours.com/periods/ww1): The Western Front, Gallipoli and the Great War, 1914–1918.
- [Interwar](https://history-tours.com/periods/interwar): Weimar, the rise of fascism and the 1920s–30s.
- [Second World War](https://history-tours.com/periods/ww2): D-Day, the Blitz, the Holocaust, resistance and liberation, 1939–1945.
- [Cold War](https://history-tours.com/periods/cold-war): The Iron Curtain, the Berlin Wall, espionage and division, 1945–1991.
- [Modern History](https://history-tours.com/periods/modern): Post-1991 history, recent political change and contemporary memory.

## Themes
- [Military & Battlefields](https://history-tours.com/themes/military): Battlefields, fortifications, campaigns and military strategy.
- [Archaeology](https://history-tours.com/themes/archaeology): Excavations, ruins and the material remains of the past.
- [Architecture & Urban History](https://history-tours.com/themes/architecture): How cities and buildings tell the story of their eras.
- [Religious & Pilgrimage](https://history-tours.com/themes/religious): Churches, synagogues, mosques, monasteries and sacred routes.
- [Jewish Heritage](https://history-tours.com/themes/jewish-heritage): Jewish life, culture and history, including ghettos and quarters.
- [Holocaust & Remembrance](https://history-tours.com/themes/holocaust-remembrance): Memorial sites, camps and the history of persecution.
- [Royalty & Monarchy](https://history-tours.com/themes/royal): Palaces, dynasties, courts and royal history.
- [Political History](https://history-tours.com/themes/political): Parliaments, dictatorships, revolutions and statecraft.
- [Revolutions & Resistance](https://history-tours.com/themes/revolutions): Uprisings, resistance movements and moments of radical change.
- [Espionage & Intelligence](https://history-tours.com/themes/espionage): Spies, secret services and covert history.
- [Maritime History](https://history-tours.com/themes/maritime): Ports, navies, exploration and seafaring.
- [Industrial Heritage](https://history-tours.com/themes/industrial): Factories, canals, railways and the working world.
- [Social History](https://history-tours.com/themes/social-history): Everyday life, migration, class and communities.
- [Art History](https://history-tours.com/themes/art-history): Art and artists in their historical context.
- [Literary History](https://history-tours.com/themes/literary-history): Writers, books and the places that shaped them.
- [Colonial & Imperial History](https://history-tours.com/themes/colonial): Empire, colonialism and their legacies.
- [Civil Rights & Human Rights](https://history-tours.com/themes/civil-rights): Struggles for equality and justice.
- [Ancestry & Genealogy](https://history-tours.com/themes/genealogy): Tracing family roots and personal heritage.
- [Science & Medicine](https://history-tours.com/themes/science-medicine): The history of discovery, invention and medicine.
- [Underground & Bunkers](https://history-tours.com/themes/underground): Tunnels, bunkers, catacombs and hidden history.

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