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Dates That Made History (2018) is a documentary, war & politics web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Dates That Made History online in HD.

Dates That Made History — Storyline

Historian Patrick Boucheron revisits the most important dates in history through the prisms of memory and collective imagination.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Patrick Boucheron, Denis van Waerebeke
• Starring: Patrick Boucheron

Dates That Made History — Series Details

Dates That Made History — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: 33 AD: The Crucifixion of Jesus (2018-03-17) — Christians believe Jesus is a man who preached and performed miracles and died on the cross but was resurrected. But for historians, the crucifixion is the least unreliable indicat
• E2: 24 September 622: The Hegira (2018-03-17) — Muhammed’s first year in Medina, in year 622 of the Christian era, marks the beginning of the Muslim era and the birth of a new religion, civilisation, empire and calendar. The Heg
• E3: 323 BC: Death of Alexander the Great (2018-03-24) — Alexander’s death marks the loss of the greatest conquerors in History, the only man who managed to extend the Empire to Eurasia, the Mediterranean and India. Different versions of
• E4: 1492: The New World (2018-03-24) — 1492 was officially the year the Americas were 'discovered', marking the end of the Middle Ages. Yet it's possible that Christopher Columbus setting foot on a West Indian beach in
• E5: 20 June 1789: The Tennis Court Oath (2018-03-31) — Because of its abstract nature, one tends to forget that the Tennis Court Oath was the key tipping point of the French Revolution, both from a symbolic and legal standpoint. On Jun
• E6: 11 February 1990: Liberation of Nelson Mandela (2018-03-31) — “I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people” : those are the first words pronounced by Nelson Mandela after his release from prison, after
• E7: 24 August 79: Destruction of Pompeii (2018-04-07) — The catastrophe led to a vast interdisciplinary project : volcanology reveals the force of the eruption, archeology and the study of texts uncover new objects of daily life found i
• E8: 6 August, 1945: Hiroshima (2018-04-07) — As opposed to the official discourse, the United States viewed the Hiroshima operation as a large-scale scientific experiment to force the Japanese to capitulate and avoid a Russia
• E9: 1347: The Beginning of the Black Death (2018-04-14) — Did the first outbreaks occur in China or in the Caspian Sea ? Experts still argue. But how did the plague actually spread ? After many controversies, it seems that the rat flea wa
• E10: 1431: The Fall of Angkor (2018-04-14) — The fascinating discovery of Angkor’s ruins conveys images of magnificence and splendour : we’d like to believe in the idea of a lost civilisation, as was the case for the Roman Em

Season 2

• E1: April 21 -753 – The Foundation of Rome (2020-08-30) — April 21, 753 BC: The Roman world was certain of its foundation date for more than 1000 years. The mythical tale, Ab Urbe Condita, formalized by Titus Livius, was based on the stru
• E2: -52 – The Siege of Alesia (2020-08-30) — The defeat of Alesia, in 52 BC, marked the end of the well-known “Gallic War”, immortalized by its winner, Julius Caesar. Year zero of our French national history, Alesia became th
• E3: 315 – The Donation of Constantine (2020-09-06) — In the middle of the 8th century, the chancellery of the bishops of Rome was on the verge of becoming a spiritual heir to the Western emperors. That was when it committed the most
• E4: May 29 1453 – The Fall of Constantinople (2020-09-06) — The fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire – a power descending from none other than ancient Rome. Its symbolism has long since transcended its actual signif
• E5: -18000 – The Lascaux Cave (2020-09-13) — Despite its worldwide fame, Lascaux is no longer considered to be the “Palace of Versailles” or the “Sistine Chapel” of prehistory, and is no longer considered to be the place of i
• E6: 1911 – The Conquest of the South Pole (2020-09-20) — In 1911, the expedition led by the Norwegian Amundsen reached the South Pole, beating the British Scott to the punch. The story of the conquest of the poles is the last chapter of
• E7: May 14 1610 – The Assassination of King Henry IV of France (2020-09-27) — The assassination of Henri IV, peacemaking and reformist king, is as much a canonical scene in the History of France as it is a decisive break in political modernity. And first of
• E8: -399 – The Trial of Socrates (2020-10-04) — Why was Socrates condemned by the city of Athens? Was the figure of the master thinker, who could subvert the youth, really a danger to a Greek democracy that was more idealized th
• E9: August 25 1270 – King Louis IX Dies in Carthage (2020-10-11) — On 25 August 1270 Louis IX died on the hill above Carthage. He was the only king in the history of France to die outside of national borders; even worse, on non-Christian soil. Thi
• E10: October 17 1961 – The Paris Massacre (2020-10-18) — On October 17, 1961, at the call of the FLN, 20 to 30,000 Algerians from France peacefully marched through Paris. 12,000 people were arrested. The round-up, organized by the police
• E11: The Revolutions of 1848 (2020-10-25) — The expression “Spring of Nations” inspired the more recent “Arab Spring” of 2011. Also known as the Springtime of the Peoples, the period was characterized by a cascade of nationa
• E12: October 1860 – The Sacking of the Summer Palace in Beijing (2020-10-25) — The capture and looting of Emperor Qing Xianfeng's two summer palaces in Beijing (Peking) was the culmination of the Second Opium War; pitting the colonial powers of France and the
• E13: July 4 1776 – The American Declaration of Independence (2020-11-01) — The American revolution is sometimes watered down to the point where it can become an almost silent revolution.
• E14: 1000 – The Millennium (2020-11-08) — What happened in the year 1000? Nothing: this date does not correspond to any major event. The passage from the first to the second millennium was not really an event for those who
• E15: -1348 – Akhenaten's Religious Revolution (2020-11-15) — What if Blake and Mortimer had been right in the Mystery of the Great Pyramid? The history of the seventeen-year reign of Akhenaten, the 10th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, sometimes
• E16: 1324 – Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage to Mecca (2020-11-22) — The Arab chronicles of the fourteenth century bristle with a rumor: from the farthest lands to the west of the known world, across the Sahara desert, a black emperor and his court
• E17: 751 – The Battle of Talas and Height of the Tang Dynasty (2020-11-29) — In the middle of the 8th century AD, in the heart of Central Asia, on the borders of present-day Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, a battle without victors was fought.
• E18: April 21 1526 – Babur Takes Over India at Panipat (2020-11-29) — On April 21, 1526, the little king of Kabul Babur boldly took northern India from the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi. With his victory, the time of the second Islamization begins, w
• E19: September 7 1812 – The Battle of Borodino (2020-12-06) — Apart from Tolstoy's readers, few people actually know about the battle of Borodino, fought some 100 km from Moscow. Even today it remains a landmark and symbol of the Russian resi
• E20: September 11 1973 – The Other September 11 – The Military Coup D'Etat Against Allende (2020-12-06) — Before the attacks of 2001 took its place, September 11 was associated with another global event: that of the overthrow of the socialist government of Popular Unity by the Chilean

Season 3

• E1: International Workers' Day (2025-09-07) — May 1st, far more than just "Labor Day," has its roots in workers' struggles that began in Paris in 1889. Its symbols, such as the red triangle, representing the equal distribution
• E2: 212 – Constitutio Antoniniana (2025-10-12) — In 212 AD, the imperial law known as the Edict of Caracalla extended Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Empire. It is a fundamental law of the late Roman Empire, esta
• E3: 1816 – Frankenstein (2025-12-14) — Frankenstein's creature, born from Mary Shelley's imagination during the summer of 1816 on the shores of Lake Geneva, embodies our fear of uncontrolled scientific progress leading
• E4: 1521 – The Conquest of Tenochtitlán (2025-09-21) — On August 13, 1521, Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire, fell to Hernán Cortés after a months-long siege. With its conquest, the Spanish conquistador not only conquered o
• E5: June 30, 1936 – Haile Selassie's Speech before the League of Nations (2025-09-28) — When Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia denounced the Italian invasion of his country before the League of Nations General Assembly on June 30, 1936, he called upon nations to upho
• E6: 1720 – Europe's First Financial Crisis (2025-11-16) — The collapse of the financial system designed by the Scotsman John Law to pay off Louis XIV's enormous debts is considered the first major stock market crash in European history. B
• E7: October 14, 1066 – Battle of Hastings (2025-11-23) — On October 14, 1066, the political order of northwestern Europe was redrawn at Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson in a costly battl
• E8: 1143 – The Translation of the Quran (2025-11-30) — When the Abbot of Cluny traveled to Spain in 1143 to commission a Latin translation of the Quran, he was not seeking dialogue, but rather to understand Islam in order to better com
• E9: The Flood (2025-12-07) — The flood is the most widely shared origin myth in human history. It marks a turning point in human history and divides time in two. Archaeological discoveries, such as those of Ge
• E10: 1648 – The Peace of Westphalia (2025-10-19) — On October 24, 1648, the treaties ending the Thirty Years' War were signed in Münster. The Peace of Westphalia established the principles of state sovereignty and religious freedom
• E11: June 1, 1310 – Marguerite Porete dies at the stake (2025-11-09) — The mystic Marguerite Porete was burned at the stake in Paris in 1310. She had written a book that the Church considered heretical. Against the backdrop of the trials of heretics a
• E12: January 1, 1804 – Haiti's Independence (2025-09-14) — January 1, 1804, marks the end of slavery in Saint-Domingue, which became Haiti, thus separating its history from its colonial power, France. It is not only the result of a nationa
• E13: 800 – The Coronation of Charlemagne (2025-10-05) — In the year 800, on Christmas Day, Charlemagne was crowned emperor in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by Pope Leo III – an act that, in history books, marks the rebirth of the Western
• E14: September 24, 1877 – The Battle of Shiroyama (2025-11-02) — On September 24, 1877, the Imperial Japanese Army defeated the last samurai who had revolted against the forced modernization desired by Emperor Meiji. The portrayal of the battle
• E15: 221 BC – Founding of the Chinese Empire (2025-10-26) — In 221 BC, the king of Qin, a small state on the western edge of China, defeated the Warring States period and unified the Chinese Empire. Tradition has made this first emperor the

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Dates That Made History have? 3 season(s) with 45 episodes.

Who created Dates That Made History? Patrick Boucheron, Denis van Waerebeke.

Where can I watch Dates That Made History? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.