Taylor's Timeline (:

7 Years War

Mar 7, 1756

Australia's Independence

Jan 26, 1788

Revolution in Haiti

Aug 1, 1791

Mexico's Independence

Sep 16, 1810

Brazil's Independence

Sep 7, 1822

Battle of Ayacucho

Dec 9, 1824

Battle of Navarino

Oct 20, 1827

Crimean War

Oct 1, 1853

Austro-Prussian War

Jun 15, 1866

Canada's Independence

Jul 1, 1867

End of Italian Unification

Mar 8, 1870

Fanco-Prussian War

Jul 19, 1870

Drefus Affair in France

Dec 1, 1894

In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attache in Paris based on perjured testimony and trumped-up evidence.

Northern Ireland Becomes Independent

Dec 6, 1922

In 1922, after the Irish War of Independence and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the larger part of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom to become the independent Irish Free State; and after the 1937 constitution, Ireland. The six north eastern counties, known as Northern Ireland, remained within the United Kingdom.