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Summary: 77 Events.

1 April 1933

• Geschichte eines Deutschen: Die Erinnerungen 1914-1933 by Sebastian Haffner

Allied Invasion of Sicily

• Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie (1943)

Anti Mafia Maxi Trial

• Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie (1983)

Armageddon

• Good Omens by Terry Pratchett

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

• Watchmen by Alan Moore
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving ([1963])

Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1941)

Avianca aircrash

• Outliers: The Story of Sucess by Malcolm Gladwell

Battle of Hogwarts

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter 7) by J.K. Rowling

Battle of Midway

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1942)

Battle of the Department of Mysteries

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (1995)

Battle of Vienna

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Battle of Waterloo

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke ([1815])

Black Death

• Der ferne Spiegel. Das dramatische 14. Jahrhundert. by Barbara Tuchman (1340s)

Bloody Assizes

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Boston Police Strike

• The Given Day by Dennis Lehane (1919)

Christmas

• Auggie Wren's Christmas Story by Paul Auster
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Clean Hands Investigation

• Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie (1992)

Clutter family murder

• Kaltblütig. by Truman Capote (1959-11-15)

Coining of the term 'Utopia'

• Utopia by Thomas Morus

Cold War

• Watchmen by Alan Moore

Crusades

• Nathan Der Weise

Death of Gwen Stacy

• Marvels by Kurt Busiek

Death of Morpheus

• The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman
• The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman

Destruction of Earth

• The ultimate hitchhiker's guide by Douglas Adams

The Disappearance of the Dolphins

• The ultimate hitchhiker's guide by Douglas Adams

Edict of Fontainebleau

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

The End of the Universe

• The ultimate hitchhiker's guide by Douglas Adams

Eruption of Vesuvius

• Pompeii: A Novel by Robert Harris (79 AD)

French Revolution

• The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman (1799)

Glorious Revolution

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Great Depression

• Starkes Gift. 'Strong Poison' by Dorothy L. Sayers (1930's)

Great Fire of London

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Great Frost

• Orlando (Wordsworth Classics) by Virginia Woolf (1709)

The great molasses flood

• The Given Day by Dennis Lehane ([1918])

Great Plague of London

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Guadalcanal Campaign

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1942-1943)

Guy Fawkes Night

• V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

Hogswatch

• Hogfather (Discworld S.) by Terry Pratchett

Holocaust

• Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer

Hundred Years' War

• Der ferne Spiegel. Das dramatische 14. Jahrhundert. by Barbara Tuchman (1453)

Industrial Revolution

• Wohlstand und Armut der Nationen. Warum die einen reich und die anderen arm sind. by David S. Landes

Influenza pandemic

• The Given Day by Dennis Lehane (1918)

Interbellum

• Der Mann mit den Kupferfingern und andere Lord Peter-Geschichten by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Die Akte Harrison by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Diskrete Zeugen. ( Clouds of Witness) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Fünf falsche Fährten. ( The Five Red Herrings) (Fiction, Poetry & Drama) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Keines natürlichen Todes. by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Starkes Gift. 'Strong Poison' by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Ärger im Bellona-Club by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)

Iran-Contra Affair

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving ([1985] ∙ [1990])

Iranian Revolution

• Persepolis. Eine Kindheit im Iran by Marjane Satrapi (1979)

Iran–Iraq War

• Persepolis. Eine Kindheit im Iran by Marjane Satrapi (1980 - 1988)

Irish Potato Famine

• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan

Manifestation of the Great God Om

• Small Gods (Discworld Novel S.) by Terry Pratchett

Martian invasion of Earth

• War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Monmouth Rebellion

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Murder of Giovanni Falcone

• Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie (1992)

Murder of Madeline Chatelain and placement of her body inisde a chalk circle.

• Es geht noch ein Zug von der Gare du Nord : Kriminalroman by Fred Vargas

Napoleonic Wars

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (1815)

Palmer Raids

• The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

Peninsular War

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (1814)

President Clinton's Impeachment

• The human stain by Philip Roth

The Reappearance of Earth

• The ultimate hitchhiker's guide by Douglas Adams

The Reichstag Fire

• Geschichte eines Deutschen: Die Erinnerungen 1914-1933 by Sebastian Haffner

Reign of Terror

• Dantons Tod by Georg Büchner

Revolutionary period in Spain

• Der Fechtmeister. by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1868-1875)

Rwandan Genocide

• The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz

Screaming Fist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson

shipwreck

• Schiffbruch mit Tiger : Roman by Yann Martel

Slow Food Movement

• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Spanish Inquisition

• Reclam Universal-Bibliothek, Nr.38, Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich von Schiller

Thirty Years' War

• The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) by Neal Stephenson
• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson
• The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) by Neal Stephenson

Three Mile Island

• Outliers: The Story of Sucess by Malcolm Gladwell

The Tri-Wizard Tournament

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling

Vietnam War

• The human stain by Philip Roth
• Watchmen by Alan Moore
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving ([1959] ∙ [1975])

The Volstead Act

• The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

War of the Five Kings

• A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice & Fire) by George R.R. Martin
• FEAST FOR CROWS (SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, NO 4) by GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
• A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice & Fire) by George R.R. Martin

War of the Usurper

• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice & Fire) by George R.R. Martin

The War on Drugs

• Mr. Nice by Howard Marks (1971-?)

Winter

• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice & Fire) by George R.R. Martin

World War I

• City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Volume 1) by Tad Williams
• River of darkness by Rennie Airth

World War II

• Marvels by Kurt Busiek
• Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig
• Brideshead Revisited : The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh (1945)
• Dshamilja : Erzählung by Tschingis Aitmatow (1945)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1939-1945)

Éruption du Vésuve

• Pompeii: A Novel by Robert Harris (79)