1750-1917

By adela.hearps

  • beginning of the first industrial revolution (1750)

    This revolution began around 1750 in Britain, and spread to parts of Europe, especially Germany and France. In about 1850 a second stage of this Industrial Revolution led to the increase in the economic power of the United States and Japan. These two stages of the Industrial Revolution led to the creation of much of the world we know today.

  • first British settlement in adventure bay

    The Very first European settlement in Victoria was established in October 1803 under Lieutenant-Governor David Collins. It consisted of 308 convicts, 51 marines, 17 free settlers, 12 civil officers, a missionary and his wife.

  • End of the Napolenoic Wars

    The wars initially raised enlistment rates in Britain because of both increased patriotism in the face of Napoleons possible invasion and increased poverty due to higher taxation and food costs.
    Napoleon watched the Battle of Waterloo from an armchair on the sidelines, unable to sit in a saddle because of his hemorrhoids.
    During his reign, Napoleon reinstated the French aristocracy, which had been eradicated during the French Revolution.
  • end date of the age revolution

    end date of the age revolution

    on the 22nd of March 1765 to the 4th of October Revolutions of 1848 End of feudalism Widespread implementation of Republicanism: Deaths: American Revolution: 37,324+ French Revolution: 150,000+
  • the date of the shootout at stringybark creek

    the date of the shootout at stringybark creek

    The infamous shootout between the Kelly gang and four Victoria Police officers took place at Stringybark Creek on October 26, 1878. Bushranger Ned Kelly was executed for his crimes in 1880. (National Archives of Australia)
  • beggining date of the boxer rebellion

    beggining date of the boxer rebellion

    Boxer Rebellion officially supported peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China. “Boxers” was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan (“Righteous and Harmonious Fists”).
  • the date of the battle of Beersheba.

    the date of the battle of Beersheba.

    On the 31 October 1917, as daylight faded across the Negev Desert, Australian Light Horse Divisions secured the town of Beersheba, bringing to a close a crucial battle in the Sinai Palestine Campaign of World War One. The Battle of Beersheba was a pivot upon which turned the fortunes of Allied efforts against the Ottoman and German Empires in the Middle Eastern Theatre of the war. It demonstrated the success of Manoeuvre Warfare in the region,