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19th century

• Alice's Adventures In Wonderland / Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

• The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson

Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Battle of Bosworth Field

• The Sunne In Splendour by Sharon Penman (1485-08-22)

Battle of Evesham

• Falls The Shadow by Sharon Penman (1265)

Battle of Lincoln

• When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Penman (1141)

Battle of Midway

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Battle of Quoriston

• Foundation And Empire (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov

Battle of the Hornburg

• The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

Black Death

• The Years Of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (1350)

Butlerian Jihad

• Dune (The Dune Trilogy) by Frank Herbert (mentioned)

Cold War

• The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson

Conquest of Wales

• The Reckoning by Sharon Penman (1283)

Coronation of Aragorn

• The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Council of Elrond

• The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

Cultural Revolution

• The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The death of Richard I

• A King's Ransom by Sharon Penman

Destruction of Isengard

• The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

Destruction of the One Ring

• The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Disappearance of the Dolphins

• So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish by Douglas Adams

Elite Conscription Act

• The Forever War by Joe Haldeman ( fictional event)

End of the Universe

• The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe by Douglas Adams

End of Time

• The Dancers At The End Of Time (The Tale Of The Eternal Champion, Volume 7) by Michael Moorcock

First contact with extraterrestrial lifeforms

• The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Galactic Civil War

• Foundation And Empire (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov
• Second Foundation (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov

Georgian Era

• The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (1837)

Guadalcanal Campaign

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Hindenburg disaster

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

the Horde

• Dark and Hollow Places (Forest of Hands & Teeth 3) by Carrie Ryan

the Illearth War

• The Illearth War (The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen Donaldson
• The Power That Preserves (The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen R. Donaldson

Melding Plague

• Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
• Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds

Monmouth Rebellion

• The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

Murder of Thomas Becket

• Time and Chance by Sharon Penman (1170)

Napoleonic Wars

• The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (1815)

Nineteen Year Winter

• When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Penman (1154)

Oxford Parliament

• Falls The Shadow by Sharon Penman (1258)

The Reappearance of Earth

• So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish by Douglas Adams

Reign of Henry II

• Time and Chance by Sharon Penman (1189-07-06)

the Return

• Dark and Hollow Places (Forest of Hands & Teeth 3) by Carrie Ryan

Richard I's release from captivity

• A King's Ransom by Sharon Penman

Screaming Fist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson

Second Barons' War

• Falls The Shadow by Sharon Penman (1267)

Seldon Crisis

• Foundation (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov
• Foundation And Empire (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov
• Second Foundation (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov

Siege of Vienna

• The Drawing Of The Dark by Tim Powers (1529)

Siege of Winchester

• When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Penman (1141)

Six-Day War

• Three Days to Never by Tim Powers

Superflu epidemic

• Wizard And Glass (The Dark Tower) by Stephen King

Tang Dynasty

• Bridge Of Birds by Barry Hughart (907)
• Eight Skilled Gentlemen by Barry Hughart (907)
• The Story Of The Stone by Barry Hughart (907)

Third Crusade

• Lionheart by Sharon Penman

Trojan War

• Ilium by Dan Simmons

Victorian Era

• Alice's Adventures In Wonderland / Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

War of the Five Kings

• A Clash of Kings (A Song Of Ice And Fire, Book 2) by George R.R. Martin
• A Feast for Crows (A Song Of Ice And Fire, Book 4) by George R.R. Martin
• A Storm of Swords (A Song Of Ice And Fire, Book 3) by George R.R. Martin

War of the Ring

• The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

War of the Usurper

• A Game of Thrones (A Song Of Ice And Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin

Wars of the Roses

• The Sunne In Splendour by Sharon Penman (1485)

Woodstock Music and Art Fair

• The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson

World War II

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Xenocide of the Formics

• Speaker for the Dead (Ender Wiggins Saga) by Orson Scott Card
• Ender's Game (Ender Wiggins Saga) by Orson Scott Card (Buggers)