neurotechnology (2020-2060)
NationMaster (May 2003)
flash mobs (2003)
GaWC Inventory of World Cities (1999)
Robert Worcester's World Happiness Survey (1998)
Human Development Index (1993)
same sex marriage (1989)
gender mainstreaming (1985)
the World Values Survey (1981)
Political correctness (1980s, 90s)
the Small world phenomenon (1967)
Cryonics (1967)
the Kardashev scale (1964)
I Have a Dream (August 28, 1963) by Martin Luther King, Jr
information age (1960-2020)
the Fourth Geneva Convention (August 12, 1949)
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948)
Murphy's law (1948)
the United Nations (1945)
Postmoderism (1945)
Totalitarianism (1930s)
the Rat Race (1930)
the Third Geneva Convention (1929)
Toastmasters (1924)
the League of Nations (1919)
Communism (1917)
make up (1910s)
motorization (1910-1970)
the Second Geneva Convention (1906)
Gustave Le Bon's La psychologie des foules (1895)
Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies (1876)
anonymous mass existence (mid 19th century)
naturalism and social realism (end of the 19th century)
electrification (1870-1920)
the Welfare state (1870s)
the First Geneva Convention (August 22, 1864)
Carte de Visite (1854)
Charles Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
Imperialism (1840-present)
the Victorian era (1837-1901)
the Emperor's New Clothes (1837)
Auguste Comte coined the term sociology (18??) for the science invented by Saint-Simon
On Love (1822) by Stendhal
railroadization (1820-1920)
Biedermeier (1815-1850)
Romanticism (1800-1850)
On Human Relations (1788) by Adolf Freiherr Knigge
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785)
Industrial Revolution (1780 - present)
mechanization (1780-1830)
the Public domain (1774)
Neoclassicism (1770-1820)
House numbering (1764)
the Discourse on Inequality (1754)
Visiting cards (17th century)
Trade cards (beginning of the 17th century)
the ombudsman (1713)
Enlightenment (1700-1815)
Rococo (1700-1800)
police (1667)
French (17th century) became the lingua franca of educated Europe
the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601)
the Age of Reason (17th century)
Baroque (1600-1700)
the Scientific revolution (1545)
Expropriations (16th century)
the Book of the Courtier (1528) by Baldassare Castiglione
Reformation (1517-1648)
Colonialism (1492)
the Age of Discovery (early 15th century - early 17th century)
Humanism (14th - 15th century)
Absolutism (1385-1800)
Renaissance (13th century)
High Middle Ages (1000-1300)
styles of office (manners of address)
Titles (Middle Ages)
Signet rings (Middle Ages)
Coat of arms (Middle Ages)
Feudalism (Middle Ages)
the Dark Age (476-1000)
the globus cruciger (early 400's)
the Analects of Confucius (300 bc)
the Nicomachean Ethics (330 bc) by Aristotle
the Republic (380 bc) by Plato
censuses (500 bc)
the Code of Hammurabi (1780 bc)
the Maxims of Ptahhotep (2300 bc)
Slavery (prehistoric times - present)
