My grandfather was born in 1920.

War broke out in 1939.

Christianity spread into the country as early as AD 40.

King Pyinbya () fortified the city in 849 CE.

Tourism The Maldives remained largely unknown to tourists until the early 1970s.

The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD was the decisive event of the First Jewish Roman War.

The Chairman and the Vice Chairman shall be elected, one from among the representatives of producer members and the other from among the representatives of consumer members.

The earliest sewer systems are from the Yayoi period (300 BC to A.D. 250).

The Great Fire of Rome was an urban fire that started on the night between 18 and 19 July in the year 64 CE.

In Japan, the Edo period from 1600 to 1868 is also referred to as the early modern period.

It was the first university in Japan that fulfilled the hopes of St. Francis Xavier, who came to Japan in 1549 to spread Christianity.

The first millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, AD 1, and ended on December 31, AD 1000, of the Julian calendar.

England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world.

The Pussy Riot trial was, of course, a travesty of justice, with the prosecution quoting the canons of the Quinisext Council, which took place in Constantinople in 692, under Byzantine Emperor Justinian II.

Russia's first rulers were Nordic princes in the 860's, men invited to bring order to the country even then, or so it seems, Russians didn't trust themselves to rule themselves effectively.

5. The votes of the consumer members shall be distributed as follows each consumer member shall have initial votes the remaining votes shall be distributed among the consumer members in proportion to the average volume of their respective net imports of tropical timber during the three year period commencing four calendar years prior to the distribution of votes.