1750 - 1918 Major Events

  • Iron Act

    The Iron Act is passed by the English Parliament, limiting the growth of the iron industry in the American colonies to protect the English Iron industry
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born

    Mozart was born, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood.
  • industrial revolution

    This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power
  • Iron making

    The substitution of coke for charcoal greatly lowered the fuel cost of pig iron and wrought iron production
  • Ludwig van Beethoven was born

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist.
  • Decleration of independance

    The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776
  • french revolution

    The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed within three years
  • Abolishing slavery

    The government got rid of slavery during the time of Enlightment.
  • End of french revolution

    The French Revolution ended when Napoleon became first Consul.
  • Gas Lighting

    Another major industry of the later Industrial Revolution was gas lighting. Though others made a similar innovation elsewhere,
  • Mardi gras

    The very1st Mardi Gras celebration was heald in New Orleans
  • Abraham lincoln was elected president

    Lincolin was elected 16th president of the united states of america.
  • Abraham lincolin was assasinated

    lincolin was left ungarded while he was assasinated as his bodygard was nextdoor drinking, while lincolin was in his balcony John booth snuck up behind the president and shot him point blank.
  • Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

    Assassinated by Gavrilo Princip on a tour of Sarajevo. Really was one of the main causes of WWI.
  • WW1 ends

    After a decade of unstable alliances and military buildups, World War I was triggered in 1914 by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It ended in 1918 with the Treaty of Versailles.
  • Cotten mills

    Cotton mills was the a place were people could work and would make cloths. This impacted history huge because it allowed cloths to be made so much faster.