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Jan 1, 1492
America Was Discovered
In 1497 Amerigo Vespucci, an italian explorer, discovered a new country which was then later renamed America by the map maker Martin Waldseemuller. However it was later realised that in 1492 a spanish explore Christopher Columbia had previously discovered it, however it was to late to rename the country Columbia. -
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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a time wherer scientists and other individuals realised that humans could think and reason for themselves. -
The Discovery of Electricity
Although it is not 100% certain about who discovered electricity, it is believed that it was Benjamin Franlin. It was believed that he discovered it in the 17th century. He only discovered one of many areas of electricity however it was controversially believed that it was the most important aspect. -
The American Revolution
The American revolution occured in the last half of the 18th century in whihc thirteen colonies in north amrrica joined together to break from the British Empire. When they did this, they then combiend together to become the United States of America (USA). -
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Seven Years War
It involved most of the gerat powers of the time and affected Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines. The seven years world war that took place between 1754 and 1763 involved all of these countries. -
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The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transistion to new manufacturing processes that occured within the timespan of 1760 to a time between 1820 to 1840. This transition was a transition from using hand to produce things to later using machinery to make lives and jobs much easier. It also included the transtion from wood and other bio-fuels to coal. -
First Fleet Arrives
The First Fleet arrived in Australia on the 26th of Australia 1788. There were a total of 11 ships, each full of many convicts of England. -
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The French Revolution
The French revolution was a political upheaval in Franc that had a lasting history on the French History and also through Europe. The French society underwent and epic transformation as religious priveliges evaporated under a sustained assault. -
Smallpox Outbreak
Smallpox was a unique outbreak which occured in 1790. This deadly disease was first diagnosed when convicts arrived. The aborigines belived that it was planned to bring the disease over to wipe out the aboriginal population, howevre the English thought otherwise. The disease was last diagnosed on the 26th of October 1977. -
The Gold Rush (first one)
The Australian Gold Rush was a signifcant period of migration of workers from both locally and overseas to areas which were believed to have gold in them. The first ever gold rush was in 1851 which then elad to many others. This efected the social, economic and cultural aspects of the Australian culture in both positive and negative ways. -
The Birth of AFL
AFL was orginally created by Tom Willis. His intentions for creating the game were to keep cricketer fit and active throughout the winter. The game originally only had the two post to signify a goal but the behind posts were later introduced. The game was also played in 2 halves up until they changed it to 4 quarters. After they believed their were enought teams in the competition, they created the Victoria Football League (VFL). The competitions is now known as the AFL and contains 18 teams. -
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Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising that took place against a background of a severe drought and economic disruption. Boxer fighters were convinced in 1900 that they were invulnerable to foreign wapons converged on Beijing with the slogan " support the Qing, exterminate the foreigners. -
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Chinese Migration
The Chinese Migration spanned from the 19th century to 1949. Most of the Chinese immigrants were poorly educated and manual labourers. The Chinese brought positive and negative aspects to the Australan culture. Some negatives were that they would increase the population too much and also bring diseases. The massive problem with the chinese migrating was that they brought Opium into the country. Howevere the positives were that they would help the econnomy and further develop multicultruilism. -
Outbreak of WW1
On the 28th of July 1914, World War 1 began. Their were many reasons for this war beginning such as the mutual defence alliances, which were all the alliances between counries. This emans that when one country was attacked, the allied country was forced to join in too. More reasons for the war were imperialism, militarism, nationalism and the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Each one of these contributed quite largly to the beginning of World War 1. -
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Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli Campaign began on the 25th of April 1915 when Australians arrived at the Gallipoli Pennisula in the Ottoman Empire. The invasionw as unseccesful as they were expecting the attack and had a distinct advantage. The battle lasted eight unsuccesful months and was finally evacuated on the 9th of January 1916. -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the piece treaties that was signed at the end of World War 1. This specific peace treaty signifies the end of the state war between and Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed exactly 5 years after the murder of Archduke Fanz Ferdinand on the 28th of June 1919. It was signed in the Hall of Mirrors because they expected and got a large crows in which the Hall of Mirrors was able to hold. -
The Myall Creek Massacre
On the 10th of June 1838, the Myall Creek Massacre took place near Bingara in Northern New South Wales. After two trials, 7 of the 11 colonists involved in the killing of up to 30 unarmed Australian Aborginies, were found guily of murder and were hanged.
