Aubreigh Miller

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  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution was a transition to new manufacturing processes.This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes.The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in history.

  • 1st successful steam engine is built

    The first commercial true steam engine using a piston was developed by Thomas Newcomen. The stationary steam engine was a key component of the Industrial Revolution.It allowed factories to locate where water power was unavailable.

  • Mexico declares its independence

    It was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities. It was led by Mexican-born Spaniards, Mestizos and Amerindians who sought independence from Spain. After 11 years after the conspiracy, which is considered in modern Mexico to be a precursor of the War of Independence.

  • Michael Faraday’s dynamo

    Dynamos were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power for industry.The first electric generator was invented by Michael Faraday in 1831, a copper disk that rotated between the poles of a magnet.

  • Taiping rebellion

    The Taiping Rebellion was a massive civil war in southern China.At least 20 million people died, mainly civilians.Taiping combatants were nicknamed "Longhairs" because of there long hair.

  • Sepoy Mutiny in India

  • Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital”

  • The Meiji Restoration

  • Franco-Prussian War

  • Spanish-American War begins

  • Boxer Rebellion

    was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement which took place in China. It was initiated by the Righteous Harmony Society and was motivated by proto-nationalist.Chinese officialdom was split between those supporting the Boxers and those favoring conciliation.

  • Russo-Japanese War

    the first great war of the 20th century.The major theatres of operations were Southern Manchuria, and the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden; and also the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea.

  • Franz Ferdinand is killed

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Members of the clandestine network, and the key Serbian military conspirators who were still alive were arrested, tried, convicted and punished.

  • Russia becomes the USSR

  • Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

  • U.S. joins WWI

    Germany, determined to win its war of attrition against the Allies, resumed its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in war-zone waters. Within four days, both houses of Congress had voted in favor of a declaration of war.2 million American soldiers had served on the battlefields of Western Europe, and some 50,000 of them had lost their lives.

  • Treaty of Versailles is signed

  • Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy

  • Stalin’s rule in the USSR begins

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hindenburg guaranteed Hitler that four important cabinet posts could be given to Nazis. As a sign of his gratitude and to offer reassurance of his professed good faith to Hindenburg, Hitler agreed to appoint Papen to one of the posts.Despite Hindenburg’s misgivings, Hitler was officially appointed as chancellor and sworn.

  • Germany attacks Poland – WWII begins

  • Japans attack on Pearl Harbor

    From the standpoint of the defenders, the attack commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time.The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four being sunk.

  • U.S. declares war on Japan

    The attack on the harbor took place before any formal declaration of war was made by Japan, but this was not the intent of the Japanese high command. It was the intent of the Japanese to uphold the conventions of war while still achieving surprise.But the attack began before the notice could be delivered.

  • D-Day

  • Nuremberg trials are held

  • U.S. drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima

    The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II.e Allied Manhattan Project had developed and tested atomic bombs.Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima.

  • Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic of China

  • Korean War is fought

  • Vietnam War is fought

  • Fidel Castro’s Communism in Cuba

  • Apartheid in South Africa

  • Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR

  • Persian Gulf War begins

  • USSR collapses & Russia is back

  • NAFTA is formed

    The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a treaty entered into by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The three countries became the largest free market in the world.

  • WTO is formed

    the biggest reform of international trade since after the Second World War. It also brought to reality in an updated form the failed attempt in 1948 to create an International Trade Organization.