Clever Illustrations Of Historical Events Using Digits From The Year They Occurred In

Levan Patsinashvili and Davit Babiashvili are a designer duo based in Georgia, Europe. When they’re not busy creating advertising campaigns at Saatchi and Saatchi Tbilisi, they apply their creative skills in a project titled D1G1TAL CHR0N1CLES – a series of pictograms that visualize major historical events using digits from the year they occurred in. Check them out below.

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776 BC - First Olympiad in Greece — 776 BC – First Olympiad in Greece

2.

480 BC - <a href= — 480 BC – Battle of Thermopylae

3.

44 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated — 44 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated

4.

1250 - Fibonacci died — 1250 – Fibonacci died

5.

1398-1468 - Johannes Gutenberg — 1398-1468 – Johannes Gutenberg

6.

1407 - Moai could have been built — 1407 – Moai could have been built

7.

1564 - Galileo Galilei was born — 1564 – Galileo Galilei was born

8.

1616 - William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes died — 1616 – William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes died

9.

1666 - Great Fire of London — 1666 – Great Fire of London

10.

1773 - Boston Tea Party — 1773 – Boston Tea Party

11.

1818 - Frankenstein was published — 1818 – Frankenstein was published

12.

1856 - Sigmund Freud was born — 1856 – Sigmund Freud was born

13.

1863 - Slavery abolished in USA — 1863 – Slavery abolished in USA

14.

1879 - Invention of the light bulb — 1879 – Invention of the light bulb

15.

1883 - Coco Chanel was born — 1883 – Coco Chanel was born

16.

1883 - The Adventures of Pinocchio was published — 1883 – The Adventures of Pinocchio was published

17.

1889 - Adolf Hitler was born — 1889 – Adolf Hitler was born

18.

1890 - The first Matryoshka doll was made — 1890 – The first Matryoshka doll was made

19.

1898 - This is not Rene Magritte's date of birth — 1898 – This is not Rene Magritte‘s date of birth

20.

1904 - Salvador Dali was born — 1904 – Salvador Dali was born

21.

1912 - The sinking of the Titanic — 1912 – The sinking of the Titanic

22.

1920 - Penicillin was discovered — 1920 – Penicillin was discovered

23.

1932 - Zippo Manufacturing Company was founded — 1932 – Zippo Manufacturing Company was founded

24.

1937 - Hindenburg disaster — 1937 – Hindenburg disaster

26.

1940 - McDonald's was founded — 1940 – McDonald’s was founded

25.

1940 - Leon Trotsky was assasinated — 1940 – Leon Trotsky was assasinated

27.

1943 - The Little Prince was published — 1943 – The Little Prince was published

28.

1945 - Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed — 1945 – Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed

29.

1947 - AK-47 was manufactured — 1947 – AK-47 was manufactured

30.

1949 - Haruki Murakami was born — 1949 – Haruki Murakami was born

31.

1953 - Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were first to reach the summit of Mount Everest — 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were first to reach the summit of Mount Everest

32.

1953 - First Playboy magazine was published — 1953 – First Playboy magazine was published

33.

1955 - Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in the bus — 1955 – Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in the bus

34.

1955 - Billy Milligan was born — 1955 – Billy Milligan was born

35.

1960 - The Beatles were formed — 1960 – The Beatles were formed

36.

1960 - Neil Gaiman was born — 1960 – Neil Gaiman was born

37.

1961 - Ernest Hemingway killed himself with his favourite shotgun — 1961 – Ernest Hemingway killed himself with his favourite shotgun

38.

1963 - JFK was assassinated — 1963 – JFK was assassinated

39.

1965, 1967 - The Wachowskis were born — 1965, 1967 – The Wachowskis were born

40.

1969 - Moon landing — 1969 – Moon landing

41.

1970 - Bertrand Russell died — 1970 – Bertrand Russell died

42.

1972 - Zinedine Zidane was born — 1972 – Zinedine Zidane was born

43.

1974 - Barcode was first used on a Wrigley's chewing gum — 1974 – Barcode was first used on a Wrigley’s chewing gum

44.

1975 - Microsoft was founded — 1975 – Microsoft was founded

45.

1975 - Tiger Woods was born — 1975 – Tiger Woods was born

46.

1977 - First Star Wars movie was released — 1977 – First Star Wars movie was released

47.

1980 - Pac-Man was first released — 1980 – Pac-Man was first released

48.

1984 - Tetris was released — 1984 – Tetris was released

49.

1996 - First successful cloning of a mammal — 1996 – First successful cloning of a mammal

50.

1997 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first published — 1997 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first published

51.

2016 - Donald Trump became the President of the USA — 2016 – Donald Trump became the President of the USA

52.

2061 - Halley's Comet will appear — 2061 – Halley’s Comet will appear

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