Maya Long Count calendar baseline
3,114 BCE · Event
Maya date system anchors creation on 11 August 3114 BCE (Gregorian); accurate astronomical observations underpin religious life.
On these timelines: Latin America, Pre-Columbian Americas, Arts and Thoughts, Master
More from Latin America
- Spanish Conquest of the Americas (1519)
- Bolivar's liberation of South America (1819)
- Latin American wars of independence (1808)
- Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521)
- Columbian Exchange (1492)
- Haitian Revolution begins (1791)
- Toussaint Louverture issues Haitian constitution (1801)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
Around 3114 BCE
- Indus Valley Civilisation begins (3300 BCE)
- Invention of writing (Sumer) (3200 BCE)
- First Dynasty of Egypt founded (3100 BCE)
- Great Pyramid of Giza (2560 BCE)
- Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution ends (4000 BCE)
- Old Kingdom of Egypt (2686 BCE)
- Stonehenge (2500 BCE)
- Akkadian Empire under Sargon (2334 BCE)
- Invention of the wheel (3500 BCE)
- Uruk period in Mesopotamia (4000 BCE)