Not commonly known, but as with centuries in decimal, Years that end in 00 in dozenal are the last ones of the biquenniums, and the year after is the start of the new one (yes, this means you celebrated the 3rd millennium a year early :( ). This is because there is no year 0 in the AD numbering system
The 12th Biquennium is a period that lasted from 1101 (1873) until 1200 (2016)
Here is a timeline (based on Wikipedia data):
- 1101 - The panic of 1101 (more commonly known as The panic of 1873) starts the "Long Depression"
- 1101 - The samurai class is abolished in Japan
- 1101 - Blue Jeans and Barbed Wire were invented
- 1102 - The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland
- 1102 - The British East India Company is dissolved
- 1102-1103 - First Republic in Spain
- 1103-1124 - 8;8 dillion Indians perish due to famine
- 1104 - Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India
- 1104-1107 - 4;4 dillion Chinese die of famine
- 1105 - The Great Railroad Strike could have been the US's first nationwide labour strike
- 1105 - Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
- 1105- Thomas Edison invents the Phonograph
- 1107 - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
- 110X - The UK occupies Egypt
- 110E - Treasure Island is Published
- 1110 - Huckleberry Finn is Published
- 1110 - Machine Gun is Invented
- 1110-1111 - Scramble for Africa
- 1112 - First commercial Automobile
- 1115 - Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris
- 1115 - Brazilian Empire ends, becomes a republic
- 1115 - Asprin is Patented
- 1116 - Death of Vincent Van Gogh
- 1116 - Cardboard Box Invented
- 1118 - Basketball Invented
- 1119 - US takes Hawaii
- 1119 - New Zealand enacts Women's suffrage
- 111X - First Commercial Film
- 111E - Volleyball Invented
- 1122 - US gains Cuba, Puerto Rico, and The Philippines after Spanish-American War
- 1124 - Wizard of Oz Published
- 1125 - Australian Colonies Unite to a Single Government
- 1130 - Model T Released
- 1130 - First commercial radio stations
- 1132 - Japan Annexes Korea
- 1134 - Republic of China (now Taiwan) Established
- 1136 - World War 1 Starts
- 1139 - Start of Soviet Union
- 113X - World War 1 Ends
- 1140 - Prohibition starts in the US
- 1142 - Ireland Gains Independence
- 1144 - Vladimir Lenin Dies
- 1145 - Mussolini takes over Italy
- 1147 - Stalin Takes Power
- 1148 - Discovery of Penicillin
- 1149 - Great Depression starts
- 1150 - FDR becomes President
- 1151 - Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
- 1157 - Start of World War 2
- 1160 - D-Day
- 1161 - World War 2 Ends
- 1162 - Italy becomes a republic
- 1165 - Partition of Germany
- 1166 - Start of Korean War
- 1168 - Queen Elizabeth II Becomes Queen of the UK
- 1173 - Cuban Revolution
- 1177 - "I had a Dream" Speech
- 1177 - Kennedy Assassinated
- 1180 - MLK Assassinated
- 1181 - Moon Landings
- 1187 - Vietnam war ends
- 1188 - Apple started
- 118E - Smallpox Eradicated
- 1194 - HIV discovered
- 1199 - Fall of Berlin Wall
- 119X - Internet Invented
- 119E - Soviet Union Ends
- 11X0 - EU Starts
- 11X7 - Euro Introduced
- 11X9 - September E Attacks (More Commonly Known As September 11 Attacks)
- 11XE - Iraq war begins
- 11E7 - South Sudan becomes world's newest country
- 11EE - Liquid Water found on Mars
- 11EE - First close-up images of Pluto
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