Bible Query on Have the Four Horsemen Come Yet?
WORLD POPULATION IN MILLIONS
Year |
World |
Accuracy |
AFR |
Mideast+Sudan |
ASIA |
EUR |
NA& SA |
1 |
264 |
35 % |
19 |
29 |
198 |
31 |
8 |
200 |
273 |
20 |
29 |
200 |
34 |
10 |
|
350 |
303 |
22 |
28 |
230 |
30 |
12 |
|
400 |
303 |
24 |
27 |
229 |
28 |
13 |
|
500 |
305 |
35 % |
26 |
27 |
230 |
25 |
14 |
600 |
307 |
28 |
28 |
230 |
24 |
15 |
|
700 |
314 |
31 |
28 |
231 |
26 |
16 |
|
800 |
328 |
38 |
24 |
233 |
28 |
19 |
|
1000 |
347 |
42 |
25 |
240 |
33 |
21 |
|
1050 |
359 |
48 |
25 |
242 |
35 |
23 |
|
1100 |
368 |
51 |
25 |
242 |
39 |
24 |
|
1200 |
383 |
54 |
24 |
242 |
50 |
25 |
|
1250 |
395 |
57 |
23 |
240 |
60 |
26 |
|
1300 |
409 |
59 |
22 |
239 |
73 |
27 |
|
1340 |
415 |
61 |
22 |
237 |
76 |
30 |
|
1350 |
394 |
63 |
21 |
232 |
58 |
30 |
|
1400 |
396 |
20 % |
65 |
23 |
237 |
52 |
31 |
1500 |
425 |
68 |
23 |
243 |
66 |
33 |
|
1600 |
507 |
82 |
28 |
309 |
83 |
13 |
|
1650 |
521 |
86 |
27 |
319 |
85 |
12 |
|
1700 |
610 |
15 % |
87 |
35 |
389 |
98 |
13 |
1750 |
718 |
88 |
39 |
475 |
112 |
14 |
|
1800 |
912 |
88 |
43 |
615 |
143 |
26 |
|
1850 |
1182 |
89 |
44 |
761 |
209 |
59 |
|
1900 |
1609 |
124 |
56 |
939 |
292 |
144 |
|
1925 |
1944 |
146 |
70 |
1079 |
343 |
226 |
|
1950 |
2479 |
9 % |
209 |
95 |
1388 |
380 |
328 |
1960 |
3033 |
6 % |
275 |
122 |
1685 |
395 |
415 |
1965 |
3360 |
9 % |
330 |
143 |
1872 |
424 |
462 |
1970 |
3722 |
6 % |
375 |
153 |
2112 |
453 |
509 |
1975 |
4122 |
9 % |
427 |
178 |
2364 |
470 |
559 |
1980 |
4483 |
6 % |
491 |
202 |
2593 |
480 |
612 |
1985 |
4899 |
9 % |
566 |
232 |
2831 |
492 |
668 |
1989 |
5203 |
9 % |
647 |
245 |
3013 |
497 |
729 |
1990 |
5293 |
9 % |
653 |
281 |
3043 |
500 |
733 |
2000 |
6146 |
13 % |
877 |
356 |
3561 |
512 |
848 |
DATE |
CONQUEST |
226-619 A.D. |
Sassanian Empire in Iran |
450 A.D. |
Huns, Vandals, Goths |
622- A.D. |
Muslim Empires |
495/755 |
Franks and Holy Roman Empire |
556- 822 |
Early Mayans in Mexico and Guatemala |
1000-1125 |
Mahmud of Ghazni in Afghanistan |
1066/1071 |
Seljuk Turks, Normans, and Crusades |
1160-1325 |
Toltecs in Mexico |
1211-1368 |
Mongols in Asia, India, Mideast, Europe |
1380/1385 |
Russians/Ottoman Turks |
1229-1466 |
Teutonic League in Northeast Europe |
1379-1407 |
Tamerlane in India and Mideast |
1642-1721 |
Swedish Empire |
962-1905 |
Russian Empire |
1325-1521 |
Aztecs in Mexico |
1521 |
Cortez, 600 men, 20 horses, 10 cannon in Mexico |
1463-1536 |
Incas in South America 380K sq. miles (984 sq. km) |
1531-1536 |
Pizarro and 180 men conquer the Incas |
1415-1975 |
Portuguese Empire |
1492- |
Spanish Empire |
1578-1927 |
Dutch Empire |
-1674-1975 |
French Empire |
1612-1920 |
British Empire |
1644 |
Manchus conquer China |
1776- |
United States of America & the Manifest Destiny |
1798-1814 |
Napoleon in Europe and Egypt |
-1946 |
Japanese Empire |
1920-1946 |
Nazis and Italian Fascists in the World |
1905-1991 |
Communism in the World |
Date |
WARS |
Millions dead |
359 A.D. |
Roman-Persian Wars (Shapur II of Persia) |
0.16 M |
Persians capture Jerusalem 50K Jews died |
0.5 M |
|
556 A.D. |
Axe war: Caracol vs. Tikal Mayans (total pop 0.6M) |
|
614/615 |
Sassanian Khusrau captures Jerusalem |
0.067 M |
622-632 |
First phase of Muslim conquests: Mecca |
|
632-642 |
Second Phase of Muslim Conquests: Arabia |
|
642 |
Third Phase of Muslim Conquests: Persia |
|
657-661 |
Civil War among Muslims |
|
661-750 |
Fourth phase of Muslim conquests (Khazars and others) |
|
700/750 |
City of Teotihuacan captured in Mexico |
0.05 M |
700-1056 |
Visigoth Christians vs. Moors in Spain |
|
750-945 |
Fifth phase of Muslim Conquests |
|
755 |
An Lushan l rebels in China |
|
772-804 |
Charlemagne conquers Saxons |
|
800-1050 |
Vikings first raid Ireland, Germany, and West Europe |
|
813,814 |
Krum the Bulgar besieges Constantinople two times |
|
814-838 |
Holy Roman Empire Wars |
|
835 |
Vikings raid Europe en masse |
|
843 |
Tang Dynasty takes Lan-Chou |
|
871-878 |
Danes conquer all of England but Wessex |
|
880-904 |
Civil War in China Tang Dynasty ends |
|
906 |
Magyars invade Germany |
|
907-1123 |
Mongols take Inner Mongolia & North China |
|
907-960 |
Civil War in China |
|
926 |
Bulgaria (strongest in Europe) conquers Serbia |
|
939 |
Civil War in Japan |
|
955 |
Magyars attack Bosnia |
|
955 |
At Augsburg, King Otto I defeats Magyars and Slavs |
|
960-979 |
Song Emperors Taizu & Taizong conquer part of China |
|
1024 |
Mahmud takes Somnath Temple in India |
0.05 M |
1048 |
Seljuk leader Togrul raids Armenia |
|
1060-90 |
Normans conquer Sicily |
|
10/14/1066-1069 |
7K Normans conquer all of England |
0.007 M |
8/1071 |
At Manzikert, Seljuks defeat a Byzantine army |
|
1095-1291 |
"Christian" Crusades |
0.05 M |
1125 |
Sung and Jin destroy Liao Empire in China |
|
1126/27 |
Jin (Juchen) capture Kaifeng, Northern Song capital |
|
1152-1453 |
War of Whiskers between England and France |
|
1160 |
Fall of the Tula Empire in Mexico |
|
1175 |
Mahmud of Ghazni fights in India |
|
1211-92 |
Mongol Expansion; Largest Empire Ever |
|
1215 |
Indian destroy Sinhalese civilization on Sri Lanka |
|
5/12/1241 |
Mongols destroy Hungary |
0.07 M |
1242 |
At Olomouc in Slovakia, Mongols defeated |
|
1258/68 |
Mongol Hulagu sacks Baghdad, Iraq |
0.1 M |
1281 |
140/150K Mongols +Chinese try to invade Japan |
0.11 M |
1291 |
At Dazaifu, Japanese turn back Chinese |
0.097 M |
1337-1437/53 |
100 Years War in France |
0.03 M |
1357-92 |
Tamerlane in India and Iran |
0.15 M |
9/8/1380 |
At Kalikovo, Russians defeatMamay & Golden Horde |
only 40K able-bodied R0.155 M |
1448-49 |
Fujian and Chejiang rebel |
1 M |
1453 |
80K/100K Turks conquer 10K at Constantinople |
>0.01 M |
1524-26 |
Peasant's War in Germany 50K homeless |
0.1 M |
1571 |
Crimean Tartars sack Moscow |
>0.1 M |
1618-48 |
Thirty years war in Germany |
7 M |
1648 |
Russian Cossacks kill Jews in Poland & Russia |
0.3 M |
1748 |
At Pondicherry I in India, English and French fight |
|
1756-63 |
Seven Years War: Eng,Prus. vs. Aus,Fra,Rus,Swe |
|
1764-67 |
Burmese destroy Ahudya in Siam (Thailand) |
1 M |
1796-1814 |
Napoleon (1812 <600K) |
1.1 M |
1815 |
At Waterloo, Napoleon defeated again |
0.085 M |
1850-64 |
Tai-Ping Rebellion in China |
2 M |
1861-66 |
American Civil War: 4/5 died of disease |
0.5-0.6 M |
1862-73 |
Ma Hua Lung Rebellion in China |
10 M |
1862-77 |
Muslim rebellion in Northwest China |
0.6 M |
1864-70 |
War of the Triple Alliance (Arg,Brazil,Urug. vs.Par) |
6 M |
1896 |
At Malatya, Turks kill 200K Armenians |
0.2 M |
1899-1902 |
Boer War of South Africa |
0.05 M |
1904-05 |
Russo-Japanese War 330K vs. 270K |
0.16 M |
1914-18 |
World War I $328 B 65M from 32 nations |
8.5 M |
4/1915 |
Turks kill Armenians with guns & famine |
0.8 M |
1921 |
Chinese warlords Yu-hsiung Feng & Chihli |
0.1 M |
1939-46 |
World War II $1.35 T 110M from 31 nations |
60 M |
1946-49 |
Chinese Civil War 600K vs. 300K |
0.22 M |
1948-62 |
La Violencia in Colombia after an assassination |
0.2 M |
1949-54 |
In 6/12/1954 Mao admits liquidating 800K |
0.8 M |
1950-53 |
Korean War - 0.062 U.S. , 1 M Chinese died |
3 M |
1957-75 |
Vietnam War 3.1 M wounded |
2.05 M |
1961-94 |
Guatemalan Civil War |
0.13 M |
1965-67 |
Communists try to rebel in Indonesia |
0.3 M |
1966-76 |
Chinese Cultural Revolution |
10 M |
1970-75 |
Khymer Rouge terrorize Cambodia |
3 M |
1971-76 |
Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda |
0.3 M |
1972-73 |
Burundian Tutsi massacre Hutu |
0.18-0.21 M |
1975-83 |
Lebanese Civil Wars |
0.1-09.3 M |
1979-89 |
Afghan War between USSR & Afghans |
1.3 M |
1978-79 |
Iranian Revolution |
0.2 M |
1980-88 |
Iran-Iraq War 1M Iranians died |
1.55 M |
1983- |
Civil War in Sudan |
0.5 M |
1990-92 |
Massacres in Rwanda |
0.5 M |
1992-94 |
Bosnian War |
0.2 M |
|
Total including unlisted wars |
12,803.0 M |
Date |
FAMINE |
Millions dead |
1315-17 |
Central & West Europe; 10% died |
4.6 M |
1333-37 |
China 4M dead in one region alone |
5 M |
1557 |
Russia |
|
1590-1740 |
France |
|
1594-98 |
India |
|
1600 |
Russia |
0.4 M |
1650-52 |
Russia |
|
1669-70 |
Bengal |
3 M |
1677 |
Hyderabad, India |
|
1693 |
France |
|
1769 |
France |
1.2 M |
1769-70 |
Bangladesh, India |
6.5 - 10 M |
1790-92 |
South & Central India |
7 M |
1816-1817 |
Ireland |
0.7 M |
1837-38 |
NW India (drought) |
0.8 M |
1862 |
Lin-an, China famine + disease + suicide drownings |
0.4 M |
1846-51 |
Ireland Potato Famine (potato blight) |
1 M |
1850-1872 |
Miao during war in China |
0.4 M |
1860-1901 |
India - Ten famines |
15 M |
1866 |
Bengal, Orissa, India (poor distribution) |
1.5 M |
1868-70 |
Northwest & Central India (drought) |
10 M |
1876-78 |
India (drought) |
5 M |
1876-79 |
North China (3 year drought) |
9.5-11 M |
1892-94 |
China (drought) |
1 M |
1896-97 |
India (drought) |
5 M |
1899-1900 |
India (drought) |
2.25 M |
1912-1940 |
China 370 famines |
|
1917-20 |
Famine in Russian and Germany after World War I |
|
1920-21 |
North China (drought and war) |
0.5 M |
1921-22 |
Ukraine, Volga, USSR (3M or 3125) |
3.1 M |
1928-29 |
Shensi, Honan, Kansu, China (3M Shensi) |
5 M |
1932-34 |
Soviet Union (Communist collectivism) |
5 M |
1941-43 |
Greece |
0.45 M |
1943-44 |
Bengal, India |
1.5 M |
1947 |
Soviet Union |
|
1953 |
Korea after the Korean war |
|
1965-80 |
Sub-Sahara region of Africa |
0.6 M |
1966 |
Food riots in West Bengal, India |
|
1990 |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia |
6 M |
1994- |
Rwanda |
? M |
1996-98 |
North Korea |
? M |
|
Total including unlisted |
> 86 M |
For every individual who dies of famine, 3 to 10 are affected by famine.
Date |
PLAGUE |
Millions dead |
166-167 A.D. |
Plague -Roman Empire (began at Ctesiphon 165 A.D.) |
|
500-650 A.D. |
Black death World, especially Roman Empire |
100 M |
6/627-628 |
Plague of Ctesiphon -1st great Muslim plague |
|
638-639 |
Plague of Syria -2nd great Muslim plague |
|
661-749 |
Plagues during Abbasid Dynasty in the Mideast |
|
664-683 |
Black death (plague) England |
|
668-689 |
Plague of Basra -3rd great Muslim plague |
|
706 |
Plague of Maidens -4th great Muslim plague |
|
716-717 |
Plague of Notables -5th great Muslim plague |
|
740-744 |
Black death in Constantinople and Anatolia |
0.2 M |
1345-47 |
Black death in Russia |
|
1347-51 |
Black death in Western Europe |
25-75M |
1403-04 |
Black death in the Mideast |
0.62 M |
1485-1550 |
Mysterious English Sweats |
3 M |
1493 |
Plague in Genoa (pop. reduced by 80%) |
|
1500-20 |
Smallpox Latin America |
5 M |
1530-45 |
Measles Mexico |
1.25 M |
1492-1533 |
Smallpox in the former Inca Empire |
0.2 M |
1635-49 |
Smallpox in the American Colonies |
|
1660-79 |
Black death in Europe |
14.4 M |
1700-1800 |
Yellow fever (35 epidemics) 20% mortality |
|
Late 18th |
Smallpox in Europe |
0.4 M / year |
1711 |
Black death in Germany and Austria |
0.5 M |
1826-37 |
Cholera in New Jersey, USA |
0.9 M |
1890-09 |
Typhus in N. Amer-Europe estimated 1900-04 |
1.98 M |
1890-09 |
Measles in North America-Europe estimated 1900-04 |
0.74 M |
1890-09 |
Influenza in North Amer-Europe estimated 1900-04 |
1.7 M |
1890-09 |
Syphilis in North Amer-Europe estimated 1900-04 |
0.96 M |
1894-1920 |
Black death in America, Australia- SE Asia, S Africa |
12M |
1898-1923 |
Cholera in India |
11 M |
1909-1918 |
Black death |
China & India 1335 |
1917-1919 |
Spanish Influenza in the world |
30-40 M |
1914-21 |
Typhus in Eastern Europe and Russia |
5.5 M |
1920-79 |
Malaria in the World 20th Century |
60 M |
1921 |
Cholera in India |
0.5 M |
1923 |
Epidemics in Shansi, China after famine |
3 M |
1959 |
AIDS first confirmed |
|
1990 |
Malaria in the World 110M new cases per year |
1.5 M |
Mid 20th |
Smallpox |
2M / yr |
1980's |
Kids killed by vaccinable diseases |
12M / yr |
Nov. 2002-July 2003- |
SARS Corona Virus. Death rate 6-7% |
0.774 |
2009 |
H1N1 (bird flu). Death rate 1% |
0.2 |
2012- |
MERS. Death rate 34% |
0.8 |
2014-2016 |
Ebola. Death rate 40% |
15.5 |
2014-2016 |
ZIKA. birth defects 2.4 |
|
Dec. 2019-2020- |
COVID-19 Corona Virus, 1.7mllion cases throug April. Mortality rate 1% under 25, > 50% if over 60 |
2.1+ |
|
Total including unlisted |
> 513 M |
1990 10% of Africa had malaria or another tropical disease
Date |
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT |
1066 A.D. |
Bows effective in the Norman army |
c 1100 |
Armored European knights |
13th century |
Longbows and Crossbows |
c 1400 |
Infantry armor for Spanish "invincible infantry" |
1313 |
Gunpowder in Europe for cannon |
1453 |
Gunpowder from China for Turkish cannon |
1632 |
Guns in the West (Sweden) |
1700 |
Muskets with bayonets make the pike obsolete |
18th century |
Deliberate germ warfare against the Indians |
1867 |
Dynamite invented |
1862 |
Ironclad warships in the American Civil War |
1865-1866 |
Machine guns and breech-loading rifles |
1914-15 |
Propaganda, aircraft, and poison gas in WW I |
1916/17 |
Battle tanks in World War I |
1936 |
Helicopters |
c 1942 |
Jet aircraft in WW II including dive-bombers |
1945 |
4000 V2 missiles used by Germany in WW II |
1945 |
Atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki |
c 1970's. |
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles |
|
Other non-weapons related items are steam power, ships, railroads, radio, TV, and computers. |
by Steven M. Morrison, PhD.