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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a 'Revolution' that began in Britain which saw a move from people mainly working on the land to people mainly working in manufacturing. Many people moved to cities in search of jobs. New methods of manufacturing meant things could be produced far cheaper and quicker than before. -
1st successful steam engine built
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Mexico delares its independence
an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities which started on 16 September 1810. The movement, which became known as the Mexican War of Independence, was led by Mexican-born Spaniards, Mestizos and Amerindians who sought independence from Spain -
Michael Faraway dynamo
an electrical generator that produces direct current with the use of a commutator. -
Taiping rebellion
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Sepuy Mutiny in India
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The Meiji restoration
A turning point in Japanese history in 1868 when the last shogun was overthrown and the emperor assumed direct control over the nation. The following Meiji Period was marked by Japan's opening to the West and the establishment of a strong centralized government. -
Franco-Prussian war
deeply rooted in the events surrounding the German unification. In the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War (1866), Prussia had annexed numerous territories and formed the North German Confederation. -
Spanish-American war begins
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Boxer Rebellion
was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement which took place in China between 1899 and 1901. -
Russo-Japenese war
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Franz Ferdinand is killed
a young Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia -
Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
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U.S joins WW1
two days after the U.S. Senate votes 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the decision by a vote of 373 to 50, and the United States formally enters the First World War. -
Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy
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Treaty of Versailles is signed
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Russia becomes the USSR
Russia became the USSR in the year 1922 and ended in the year 1991. It was ruled by a single party state. -
Stalin’s rule in the USSR begins
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Black Tuesday Stock Market crash
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Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
The year 1932 had seen Hitler's meteoric rise to prominence in Germany, spurred largely by the German people's frustration with dismal economic conditions and the still-festering wounds inflicted by defeat in the Great War and the harsh peace terms of the Versailles treaty. -
Germany attacks Poland – WWII begins
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U.S. declares war on Japan
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Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
D-Day
june 6 1944, it was the largest naval landing in military history. It took place in different parts of France. The American attack was on a beach code-named Omaha -
Nuremberg trials are held
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U.S. drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima
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Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic of China
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Korean War is fought
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Vietnam War is fought
lasted from 1955 to 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the USSR, China and North Korea, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States with its allies, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. -
Fidel Castro’s Communism in Cuba
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USSR collapses & Russia is back
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Apartheid in South Africa
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Persian Gulf War begins
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene -
NAFTA is formed
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WTO is formed