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Period: to
1800-2010
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Britan and Ireland
Great Britan and Ireland merge to become the United Kingdom -
British beat the Spanish to dominate the sea's
UK defeated French and Spanish fleets and dominanted the seas -
Joseph Nicephore took first photograph
Joseph Nicephore took first photograph -
Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo
Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, and was exiled to St. Helena -
Antarctica was discovered
Antarctica was discovered -
Opium War
pium War, China ceded Hong Kong to UK untill 1842 -
First telegraph line
First telegraph line in the world between Baltimore and Washington connected -
Mexican American War
Mexican American War, US gained the nowaday Southwestern US -
American Civil War
American Civil War untill 1865 -
Taiping rellellion in China ended
Taiping rellellion in China ended with 20 million people dead -
US purchased Alaska from Russia
US purchased Alaska from Russia -
Canadian Confedration formed
Canadian Confedration formed -
First Transcontinental Railroad
First Transcontinental Railroad completed in US -
Aspirin was discovered
Aspirin was discovered -
First commercial film was released
First commercial film was released -
Olympic Games revived in Greece
Olympic Games revived in Greece -
Kodak Introduces $1 Brownie Cameras
Kodak Introduces $1 Brownie Cameras -
Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S.
Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S. -
U.S. President McKinley Assassinated
U.S. President McKinley Assassinated -
First Message to Travel Around the World
First Message to Travel Around the World -
First Silent Movie
First Silent Movie, The Great Train Robbery -
The Wright Brothers Make the First Flight
The Wright Brothers Make the First Flight at Kitty Hawk -
The Chinese Revolution
The Chinese Revolution -
the titanic sinks
the titanic sinks -
WWI
World war one begins -
Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I
Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I -
BBC Founded
BBC Founded -
The First Talking Movie
The First Talking Movie, The Jazz Singer -
first working black and white TV
first working black and white TV -
Scientists Split the Atom
Scientists Split the Atom -
Spanish Civil War Begins
Spanish Civil War Begins -
Japan Invades China
Japan Invades China -
WWIII
World War II Begins -
Battle of Britan
Battle of Britan -
Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor -
D-Day
Dday and Germany fire the first V1 and V2 rockets -
Germany Surrender
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Polaroid Cameras Invented
Polaroid Cameras Invented -
Color TV Introduced
Color TV Introduced -
End of WWII
Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII -
DNA Discovered
DNA Discovered -
NASA Founded
NASA Founded -
Berlin Wall Built
Berlin Wall Built -
JFK Assassinated
JFK Assassinated -
Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated -
Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon -
Computer Floppy Disks Introduced
Computer Floppy Disks Introduced -
VCRs Introduced
VCRs Introduced -
U.S. President Nixon Resigns
U.S. President Nixon Resigns -
Microsoft Founded
Microsoft Founded -
Elvis Found Dead
Elvis Found Dead -
Sony Introduces the Walkman
Sony Introduces the Walkman -
John Lennon Assassinated
John Lennon Assassinated -
Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina
Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina -
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster -
Berlin Wall Falls
Berlin Wall Falls -
end of cold war
end of cold war -
home computers break the 1GHz barrier
Personal home computers break the 1GHz barrier -
9/11 world traid center
terror attacks, 3000 dead -
The invasion of Iraq
The invasion of Iraq -
Facebook is created
the launch of Facebook -
Youtube is launched
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Barack Obama is sworn in as 44th president of the USA
first black presedent -
Gulf oil spill