More Intelligent Life, some kind of online playground for Economist writers, has been running a debate on the most important year in history. I'm linking here to the guy who makes the case for 1712. From there you could seek out the other nominations. They have a poll, too, and you can vote for your own favourite year.
Maybe when we get the siege done, we should take up the most important year in Canadian history. Course I wrote a book called 1867, but I could consider other years too.
