Most Pivotal Year in History

[Wa no Kuni]

535 BCE

[Farnhamia]

1942... when the tide of the war changed in favour of the Allies.

That year but not that reason. Duct tape was developed in 1942.

[Veblenia]

1763, assured British supremacy in the Americas and ultimately led to the spread of the Anglo-Saxon disease throughout the world.

[Mighty Qin]

I'll say 1162, the year Temujin was born. His impact on world history is vastly underestimated.

[Nazis in Space]

Dec. 12th, 4100282349 B.C., the first self-replicating molecule.

[Farnhamia]

Dec. 12th, 4100282349 B.C., the first self-replicating molecule.

It was actually the 13th. Trust me.

[Nazis in Space]

Dec. 12th, 4100282349 B.C., the first self-replicating molecule.

It was actually the 13th. Trust me.

I've got the Delorean to look it up. I'll get back to you a minute ago.

[Farnhamia]

Dec. 12th, 4100282349 B.C., the first self-replicating molecule.

It was actually the 13th. Trust me.

I've got the Delorean to look it up. I'll get back to you a minute ago.

Oh. Well, the time zone might make a difference.

[Saurisia]

Dec. 12th, 4100282349 B.C., the first self-replicating molecule.

It was actually the 13th. Trust me.

I've got the Delorean to look it up. I'll get back to you a minute ago.

Delorean??? Gosh, where's the Doc when you need him?!

[Nazis in Space]

Dec. 12th, 4100282349 B.C., the first self-replicating molecule.

It was actually the 13th. Trust me.

I've got the Delorean to look it up. I'll get back to you a minute ago.

Oh. Well, the time zone might make a difference.

Possibly. I'm of course using... Whatever GMT+1 was back then (Continental drift + timezones = confusion).

[Farnhamia]

Dec. 12th, 4100282349 B.C., the first self-replicating molecule.

It was actually the 13th. Trust me.

I've got the Delorean to look it up. I'll get back to you a minute ago.

Oh. Well, the time zone might make a difference.

Possibly. I'm of course using... Whatever GMT+1 was back then (Continental drift + timezones = confusion).

Ah ha, okay, so it probably was the 12th.

[Nazi Flower Power]

Dec. 12th, 4100282349 B.C., the first self-replicating molecule.

Hey, that's my birthday!

[Chekelov]

A.D. 312: A future Roman emperor converts to Christianity and permitted religious toleration throughout the empire the following year, allowing Christianity to explode in popularity.

[Yenke-Bin]

-triple post-

[Yenke-Bin]

edit- lol triple post!

[Yenke-Bin]

Around 30,000 BBY. Star Forge and all.

[Conserative Morality]

The course of recorded history, which might be a redundant term, has had many pivotal years that still resonate today. The destruction of Carthage in 146 BC, the crucifixion of Christ in ~32, the sack of Rome by Alaric and his horde in 410, the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the voyage of Columbus in 1492, and the list goes on and on.

Well, NSG, which year do you think has been the most pivotal and consequential year in human history?

The destruction of Cathage wasn't that pivotal, it was more like cleaning up loose ends.

[Farnhamia]

A.D. 312: A future Roman emperor converts to Christianity and permitted religious toleration throughout the empire the following year, allowing Christianity to explode in popularity.

The Empire had religious toleration already, it's just that they didn't much like Christians. Who proceeded to persecute everyone they could lay hands on, including themselves.

[Thurask]

1945.

[South Lorenya]

~4.54 billion BC.

If the earth developed even slightly differently, we'd have a vastly different world now.

[Fantasy Encounter]

I going with 1809. More specifically February 12. This is the birthday of Lincoln and Darwin.

[Wamitoria]

1914

^This

[Rambhutan]

1348 - The Black Death brings about the end of serfdom and so becomes the tipping point that leads to capitalism and communism, the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution etc.

[Nazis in Space]

1348 - The Black Death brings about the end of serfdom and so becomes the tiopping point that leads to capitalism and communism, the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution etc.

It should be noted that areas barely touched by the black death - scandinavia - were the ones were small farmers either never entered into serfdom in the first place, or got out of it the fastest. Whereas areas hit particularly bad and early by it - Russia - ended up essentially never getting rid of it.

Consequently, I question the validity of the black death as a main cause for the socio-economic transformation of western europe.

[Risottia]

In fairly recent history, it's say it's a match between 1258 and 1492 (destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols, beginning of the colonization of the Americas by the Europeans). Those two events shifted the axis of power towards the Atlantic.