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| 3300 BC–1300 BC || || || The practice of veganism is already identified in the {{w|Indus Valley Civilization}} in the {{w|Indian subcontinent}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bajpai|first1=Shiva|title=The History of India – From Ancient to Modern Times|date=2011|publisher=Himalayan Academy Publications (Hawaii, USA)|isbn=978-1-934145-38-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Spencer|first=Colin|authorlink=Colin Spencer|title=The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism|publisher=Fourth Estate Classic House|pages=33–68, 69–84|isbn=978-0874517606|year=1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Tähtinen|first=Unto|title=Ahimsa: Non-violence in Indian tradition|publisher=London: [1976], Rider and Company (1976)}}</ref> particularly in northern and western {{w|ancient India}}.<ref name="Singh2008">{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Upinder|title=A History of Ancient and Early medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century|year=2008|publisher=Pearson Education|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788131711200|page=137|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC}}</ref> || {{w|India}}

| 877 BC–777 BC || || || Early Jain called {{w|Parshvanatha}} teaches followers about ''ahimsa'' (non-violence), one of the cornerstone beliefs meaning non-violence to living forms.<ref name="WHO WERE">{{cite web |title=WHO WERE THE WORLD’S VERY EARLIEST VEGANS? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/who-were-the-world-s-very-earliest-vegans-a7668831.html |website=independent.co.uk |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> || {{w|India}}

| 520BC || || || "CYRUS THE GREAT (520 B.C. born) Emperor of Persia, who conquered many lands and raised Persia from an obscure country into a great Empire was not only vegetarian himself but ordered his soldiers also strictly to adhere to this diet. His army conquered wherever it went, Xenophen says that Cyrus was brought up upon a diet of bread, cresses, and water till the age of fifteen, when honey and raisins were added."<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/> ||

| 500 BC || || || Greek philosopher {{w|Pythagoras}} promotes benevolence among all species and follows what could be described as a vegetarian diet.<ref name="The Vegan Society">{{cite web |title=The Vegan Society |url=https://www.vegansociety.com/about-us/history |website=vegansociety.com |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> " In 500 BCE, the Greek mathematician Pythagoras advocated the idea that all animals had immortal souls which would be reincarnated after death. He shunned harming animals and along with the mythical poet Orpheus, also abstained from eggs. "<ref name="WHO WERE"/> || {{w|Greece}}

| 484BC–425BC || || || "HERODOTUS (484-425 B.C.) - the Father of History; a very abstemious vegetarian, often partaking of but one meal per day and that of parched wheat and fruit. He abhorred the killing of the innocent grazing herds, still more the bloody sacrifices seen about the Temples, and still more the eating of the flesh sacrificed to the Gods."<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D">{{cite web |title=VEGETARIANISM 8th CENTURY b.c. TO 5th CENTURY A.D. |url=https://ivu.org/congress/wvc57/souvenir/yesterday.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 221BC–206BC || || || "Chin Dynasty was very short (221 BC -206 BC). A general killed the emperor and the other general built Han Dynasty replaced Chin Dynasty. During Han Dynasty (206 BC until 221), vegetarianism was back. It was because the Buddhism Missionaries started to come to China from India (68)."<ref name="China & Vegetarianism"/> || {{w|China}}

| 106BC–423BC || || || Roman statesman {{w|Cicero}} states:"Man is destined to a better occupation than that of pursuing and cutting the throat of dumb creatures." And, " Nothing cruel is useful or expedient."<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/> ||

| 43BC–18AD || || || "OVID (43 B.C. to 18 A.D.) - a popular Roman poet, wrote in a day when it was considered a fine spectacle for men and animals to fight together till the death. Of Pythagoras he said:"<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/> ||

| 5BC–65AD || || || "SENECA [5 B.C.- 65 A.D.] One of the most eminent of the Roman Stoics, Tutor of young Nero and his chief advisor, an ardent vegetarian, created a vegetarian cult in the Court at the time of the most voluptuous period in history. But since the early Christians mere vegetarian, the Emperor's suspicions were aroused that Seneca also was a Christian, and so Seneca returned to flesh-eating. Later still Nero condemned him to death through jealousy of his musical performances in which Nero alone wished to excel, so his martyrdom might have come the sooner and in a better cause. However, some of the finest passages written on this subject have been by Seneca"<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/> ||

| 40AD–120AD || || || "PLUTARCH (40 to 120 A.D. approx.) Prince of Biographers and Historians. His essay on flesh eating contains arguments for vegetarianism not superseded. A few excerpts follow :" ""Alas for our savage inhumanity! It is a terrible thing to see the table of rich men decked out by those layers-out of corpses: the butchers and cooks; a still more terrible sight is the same table after the feast - for the wasted relics are even more than the consumption. These victims, then, have given us their lives uselessly. As other times, from mere niggardliness, the host will grudge to distribute his dishes, and yet he grudged not to deprive innocent beings of their existence!"<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/>

| 160AD–230AD || || || "TERTULLIAN (160-230 A.D.) of the Early Christian Fathers." ""It is in the cooking-pots that your love is inflamed - it is in the kitchen that your faith grows fervid - it is in the flesh dishes that all your hope lies hid... who is held in so much esteem with you as the frequent giver of dinners, as the sumtuous entertainer, as the practised toaster of healths?"<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/> ||

| 233AD–304AD || || || "PORPHYRY (233-304 A.D.) a great Greek Philosopher: "It is not from those who hare lived on innocent foods that murderers, tyrants, robbers, and sycophants have come, but from eaters of flesh. The necessaries of life are few and easily procured, without violation of justice, liberty, or peace of mind ; whereas luxury obliges these ordinary souls who take delight in it to covet riches, to give up their liberty, to sell justice, to misspend their time, to ruin their health, and to renounce the satisfaction of an upright conscience."<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/> ||

| 329AD–379AD || || || SAINT BASILE THE GREAT, (320-79 A.D.) Bishop of Cesarea, adjures : "If one lives soberly. "The animals will be secure; they will never pour forth their blood; men will never cause beasts to die; the knives of cooks will be useless; and the table will be loaded with the fruits given us by nature, and we will be content."

| 340AD–420AD || || || "SAINT JEROME (340-420 A.D.) Author of the Vulgate. "The use of the flesh of animals was unknown up to the Deluge; but after the Deluge, men put between their teeth the sinews and stinking juices of flesh. Jesus Christ.. . today does not permit us to eat flesh according to the Apostle (Rom XIV. 21). It is good never to drink wine, and never to eat flesh, for the use of wine has commenced with that of flesh after the Deluge." - Letter from St. Jerome to Eustoquie."<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/> ||

| 347–407 || || || "CHRYSOSTUM (347-407 A.D.) Archbishop of Constantinople; whose attacks on sin in high places made him enemies at court and among the wealthy classes. Scourging the customs of his time, he said : "No streams of blood are among them (the ascetics); no butchering and cutting up of flesh; no dainty cookery; no heaviness of head. Nor are there the horrible smells of flesh meats atmong them, or disagreeable fumes from the kitchen. No tumult and disturbance and wearisome clamours, but bread and water - the latter from a pure fountain, the former from honest labour. If at any time, however, they wish to feast more sumptuously, the sumptuousness consists in fruits, and their pleasure in these is greater than at royal tables. No master and servant are there. All are servants - all are free men."<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/> ||

| 354–430 || || || "ST. AUGUSTIN, (354-430 A. D.), Bishop of Hippo in Africa, calls attention to the abstinence of the Anchorites who "not only abstain from flesh and wine, but also from other viands. ..which flatter taste," He also quotes from St. Paul in I Corinthians VIII. 8 and also Rom. XIV 21 "that it is good never to eat meat and drink wine when by so doing we scandalize our brothers.""<ref name="5th CENTURY A.D"/> ||

| 520 || || || "In 520, Boddhidharma, the 28th Master after Buddha, came from India and gave back The Way of Prophet. He taught Chan (or Zen in Japanese). Zen is the Real Teaching of Buddha, the Lost Teaching of Tao. Boddhidharma not only taught vegetarianism but also taught Zen monks the martial arts in Shao Lin temple for defense."<ref name="China & Vegetarianism">{{cite web |title=China & Vegetarianism |url=https://ivu.org/history/east/china.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|India}}

| 973–1057 || || || Arab poet {{w|al-Maʿarri}} is recognized as one of the earliest known vegans.<ref>D. S. Margoliouth, "Abu‘l-'Alā al-Ma‘arrī's Correspondence on Vegetarianism", ''The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland'', 34(02), 1902 (289–332), 290. {{doi|10.1017/s0035869x0002921x}} {{jstor|25208409}}</ref> ||

| 1398 || || || Indian mystic poet {{w|Kabir}} calls to compassion, condemning meat-eating and killing of animals no matter if it is permitted in the "Koran" or any other Scripture for "sacrificial" purposes.<ref name="from 1400 to 1800">{{cite web |title=Timeline of Vegetarian History - from 1400 to 1800 |url=https://ivu.org/history2/timeline/pre-1800.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=KABIR'S CALL TO COMPASSION |url=https://ivu.org/congress/wvc57/souvenir/kabir.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|India}}

| 1806 || || || "Fast forward to 1806 CE and the earliest concepts of veganism are just starting to take shape, with Dr William Lambe and Percy Bysshe Shelley amongst the first Europeans to publicly object to eggs and dairy on ethical grounds."<ref name="The Vegan Society"/> ||

| 1813 || Literature || || English poet {{w|Percy Bysshe Shelley}} publishes ''{{w|A Vindication of Natural Diet}}'', advocating "abstinence from animal food and spirituous liquors". ||

| 1815 || || || " in 1815, [[William Lambe]], a London physician, claimed that his "water and vegetable diet" could cure anything from tuberculosis to acne."<ref>James C. Whorton, ''Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers'', Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, 69–70: "Word of these cures of pimples, consumption, and virtually all ailments in between was widely distributed by his several publications&nbsp;..."{{pb}} [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38727 ''A Vindication of Natural Diet''], London: F. Pitman, 1884 [1813]; William Lambe, Joel Shew, [https://books.google.com/books?id=E9anzEClAaYC ''Water and Vegetable Diet''], New York: Fowler's and Wells, 1854 [London, 1815].</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}

| 1839 || || || "The term "vegetarian" has been in use since around 1839 to refer to what was previously described as a vegetable regimen or diet."<ref>Rod Preece, ''Sins of the Flesh: A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought'', Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2008, [https://books.google.com/books?id=uMnubkF5HjAC&pg=PA12 12].</ref> ||

| 1850 || || Organization || The {{w|American Vegetarian Association}} in founded in {{w|New York}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Life on the Veg: Early Vegetarianism in America |url=http://blog.nyhistory.org/life-on-the-veg-early-vegetarianism-in-america/ |website=blog.nyhistory.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 1882 || || Organization || The {{w|French Vegetarian Society}} is founded.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lummel |first1=Peter |title=Food and the City in Europe since 1800 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=OPYFDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&dq=1882+French+Vegetarian+Society&source=bl&ots=LkxZyDQD3v&sig=ACfU3U0-ettrUD9LiAZD1FHzExF5dzO22Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAt5X8sY3lAhU3HbkGHSWVBMcQ6AEwDnoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=1882%20French%20Vegetarian%20Society&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|France}}

| 1883 || || Literature || English humanitarian [[w:Howard Williams (humanitarian)|Howard Williams]] published ''The Ethics of Diet'', which is considered the first book on vegetarian history.<ref name="=History of the International Vegetarian Union">{{cite web |title=History of the International Vegetarian Union |url=https://ivu.org/history-legacy-pages.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 1884 || || Organization || The Hungarian Vegetarian Society is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the HungarianVegetarian Societies |url=https://ivu.org/history2/societies/hungary.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Hungary}}

| 1892 || || Organization || ProVeg Germany is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=ProVeg Germany |url=https://www.glassdoor.co.nz/Overview/Working-at-ProVeg-Germany-EI_IE1901945.11,25.htm |website=glassdoor.co.nz |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Germany}}

| 1894 || || Organization || The Dutch Vegetarian League is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Netherlands Vegetarian Societies |url=https://ivu.org/history2/societies/netherlandsvb.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Netherlands}}

| 1896 || || Organization || A vegetarian society is formed in {{w|Stockholm}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Swedish Vegetarian Societies |url=https://ivu.org/history2/societies/swedishvf.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Sweden}}

| 1899 || || Organization || A Vegetarian Society is established at {{w|Milan}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Italian Vegetarian Societies |url=https://ivu.org/history2/societies/italy.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Italy}}

| 1901 || || Organization || The Russian Vegetarian Society is formed.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Russian Vegetarian Societies |url=https://ivu.org/history2/societies/russia.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Russia}}

| 1905 || || Organization || The Spanish Vegetarian Society is formed.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Spanish Vegetarian Societies |url=https://ivu.org/history2/societies/spain.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Spain}}

| 1906 || || Organization || The Greek Vegetarian Society is formed.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Greek Vegetarian Societies |url=https://ivu.org/history2/societies/greek.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Greece}}

| 1908 || || Organization || The {{w|International Vegetarian Union}} is launched at an International Vegetarian Congress in {{w|Dresden}}, {{w|Germany}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the International Vegetarian Union |url=https://ivu.org/history-legacy-pages.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=All the IVU World Vegfests - past and future |url=https://ivu.org/world-vegfest/ivu-world-vegfest-schedule.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Germany}}

| 1908 || || Organization || The {{w|World Esperantist Vegetarian Association}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Esperantist Vegetarian Association |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100041607 |website=uia.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 1935 || || || The Vegetarian Society states: "The {{w|lacto-vegetarian}}s, on the whole, do not defend the practice of consuming the dairy products except on the ground of expediency."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141019084456/http://ethik.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/inst_ethik_wiss_dialog/Leneman__L._1999._No_Animal_Food__The_Road_to_Veganism_in_Britain__1909-1944..pdf Leneman 1999], 226.</ref> ||

| 1943 || || Organization || The New Zealand Vegetarian Society is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Zealand Vegetarian Society |url=https://www.worldmeatfreeweek.com/partner/new-zealand-vegetarian-society |website=worldmeatfreeweek.com |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|New Zeland}}

| 1944 || || || "{{w|Donald Watson}} coined the term ''vegan'' in 1944 when he co-founded the {{w|Vegan Society}}" in England. At first he used it to mean "non-dairy vegetarian",<ref name=VeganNews_no.1>{{cite journal |last= Watson |first= Donald |authorlink= Donald Watson |title= The Vegan News, Issue No. 1 |date= November 1944 |accessdate= 13 June 2019 |url= http://ukveggie.com/vegan_news/}}</ref><ref name=VeganNews_no.2>{{cite journal |last= Watson |first= Donald |authorlink= Donald Watson |title= The Vegan News, Issue No. 2 |date= February 1945 |accessdate= 13 June 2019 |url= https://issuu.com/vegan_society/docs/the-vegan-news-no.-2-february-1945}}</ref> "The term “veganism” itself however, was coined much more recently. In 1944, carpenter Donald Watson and his wife Dot invented the word to mark the “beginning and end of vegetarianism”. Watson decided to become a vegan after he saw and heard the death of a pig on his uncle’s farm."<ref name="WHO WERE"/><ref>{{cite web |title=World Veganism - past, present and future |url=https://ivu.org/history-legacy-pages/world-veganism-past-present-and-future.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 1944 || || Organization || {{w|The Vegan Society}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Vegan Society formed |url=http://vegansociety.today/elsie_shrigley_errors.html |website=vegansociety.today |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 1945 || || || " and by May 1945 vegans explicitly abstained from "eggs, honey; and animals' milk, butter and cheese"." ||

| 1951 || || || "From 1951 the Society defined it as "the doctrine that man should live without exploiting animals".<ref>Leslie Cross, [https://www.ivu.org/history/world-forum/1951vegan.html "Veganism Defined"], ''The Vegetarian World Forum'', 5(1), Spring 1951.</ref> Interest in veganism increased in the 2010s,"<ref name="Early2010sMainstreaming"/><ref name="Late2010sMainstreaming"/> especially in the latter half.<ref name="Late2010sMainstreaming"/> ||

| 1952 || || Organization || The Italian Vegetarian Association is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Italian Vegetarian Society |url=https://ivu.org/congress/wvc57/souvenir/italy.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref>|| {{w|Italy}}

| 1957 || || || World Vegetarian Congress 1957 ||

| 1960 || || Organization || The {{w|American Vegan Society}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=American Vegan Society |url=https://americanvegan.org/about-avs/ |website=americanvegan.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 1974 || || Organization || {{w|Hare Krishna Food for Life}} is founded as a nonprofit with the purpose "to bring peace and prosperity to the world through the liberal distribution of sanctified vegetarian meals".<ref>{{cite web |title=ART-0703 Charity, Food for Life |url=https://iskconeducationalservices.org/HoH/further-information-and-teaching-resources-secondary/articles/art-0703-charity-food-for-life/ |website=iskconeducationalservices.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|India}}

| 1975 || || Organization || {{w|Jewish Veg}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bring a Jewish Veg Speaker to Your Jewish Institution |url=https://www.jewishveg.org/speakers-bureau |website=jewishveg.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 1978 || || Organization || The {{w|Dutch Society for Veganism}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Groningen home to first Vegan Student Association in the Netherlands |url=https://northerntimes.nl/groningen-home-to-first-vegan-student-association-in-the-netherlands/ |website=northerntimes.nl |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Netherlands}}

| 1980 || || Organization || {{w|People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals}} (PETA) ||

| 1984 || || Organization || {{w|Movement for Compassionate Living}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Movement for Compassionate Living |url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Movement-for-Compassionate-Living-Adam-Cornelius-Bert/9786136603780 |website=bookdepository.com |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 1988 || || Organization || {{w|European Vegetarian Union}} is founded. || {{w|Netherlands}}

| 1993 || || Organization || {{w|Vegan Outreach}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=What are they all about? |url=https://veganactivism.org/pages/vegan-outreach |website=veganactivism.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 1993 || || Organization || Swissveg is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swissveg-Team |url=https://www.swissveg.ch/team?language=en |website=swissveg.ch |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Switzerland}}

| 1994 || || Organization || {{w|Vegan Prisoners Support Group}} is founded. ||

| 1994 || || Organization || {{w|Association Végétarienne de France}} || {{w|France}}

| 1994 || || || The {{w|World Vegan Day}} is first celebrated.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Vegan Month |url=https://www.vegansociety.com/take-action/campaigns/world-vegan-month |website=vegansociety.com |accessdate=17 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 1995 || || Organization || {{w|Vegan Awareness Foundation}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vegan Awareness Foundation |url=https://www.connectva.org/groups/vegan-awareness-foundation/ |website=connectva.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 1999 || || Organization || The {{w|Vegetarian Society (Singapore)}} is established.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vegetarian Society (Singapore) |url=http://vegetarian-society.org/about-vss/ |website=vegetarian-society.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Singapore}}

| 2000 || || Organization || Ethical Vegetarian Alternative is founded to raise awareness about the benefits of eating less or no meat.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sustainable Food Planning: Evolving Theory and Practice |edition=André Viljoen, Johannes S. C. Wiskerke |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=1zVbsBqrd3cC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=2000+Organization+Ethical+Vegetarian+Alternative&source=bl&ots=GC52-D0RX4&sig=ACfU3U0KP_GL1fSp6uD9AMGmvyqAfXUoiw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqmqiPw43lAhXgILkGHbqpDaoQ6AEwD3oECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=2000%20Organization%20Ethical%20Vegetarian%20Alternative&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Belgium}}

| 2000 || || Organization || {{w|Tibetan Volunteers for Animals}} ||

| 2002 || || Activism || [[w:Meet Your Meat (2002)|Meet Your Meat]]. "This documentary explores the treatment of animals in modern animal agriculture (also known as industrial agriculture or factory farming)."<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Your Meat (2002) |url=https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/106065-meet-your-meat?language=en-US |website=themoviedb.org |accessdate=17 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2003 || || Organization || {{w|Meatless Monday}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meatless Monday |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303859875_Meatless_Monday |website=researchgate.net |accessdate=17 October 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2004–2018 || || || "Search data from Google Trends shows an impressive worldwide increase in the interest in veganism from 2004 to 2018. Top regions include Israel, Australia, Canada, Austria, and New Zealand."<ref name="Why the Global Rise in Vegan">{{cite web |title=Why the Global Rise in Vegan and Plant-Based Eating Isn’t A Fad (600% Increase in U.S. Vegans + Other Astounding Stats) |url=https://foodrevolution.org/blog/vegan-statistics-global/ |website=foodrevolution.org |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> ||

| 2009 || || Organization || {{w|Vegan Ireland: The Vegan Society of Ireland}} is founded as a non-profit. It promotes {{w|veganism}} and {{w|animal rights}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vegan Ireland |url=http://www.vegan.ie/ |website=vegan.ie |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Ireland}}

| 2012 || || Organization || {{w|Vegan Australia}} is founded. It campaigns nationally for veganism.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vegan Australia |url=https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/about |website=veganaustralia.org.au |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Australia}}

| 2013 || || || [[w:Live and Let Live (2013 film)|Live and Let Live]]. ||

| 2014 || || || "There’s been a 600% increase in people identifying as vegans in the U.S in the last three years. According to a report by research firm GlobalData, only 1% of U.S. consumers claimed to be vegan in 2014. And in 2017, that number rose to 6%."<ref name="Why the Global Rise in Vegan"/>

| 2014 || || Organization || {{w|Peepal Farm}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the people behind Peepal Farm, who tend to injured animals in Dharamshala |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20171211-peepal-farm-pet-initiative-tend-to-injured-animals-dharamshala-1097222-2017-12-02 |website=indiatoday.in |accessdate=17 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|India}}

| 2016 || || || "But in 2016, German companies launched more vegan food products than in any other country."<ref name="Why the Global Rise in Vegan"/> ||

| 2017 || || || "There’s been a 600% increase in people identifying as vegans in the U.S in the last three years. According to a report by research firm GlobalData, only 1% of U.S. consumers claimed to be vegan in 2014. And in 2017, that number rose to 6%."<ref name="Why the Global Rise in Vegan"/> ||