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The first earthquake for the year hit london. This earthquake hit them on February the 8th then soon after they were hit by a minor earthquake which left them devastated in rock and rubble. A Lot of people were left homeless.
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Captain James Cook was the first European person to step foot on Australia. He arrived in Botany Bay.
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An American Revolution was caused by the unfair tariffs and treatment from Britain towards their American colonies. They fought together to become independent of Britain and to become their own country.
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James Watt perfected the steam engine which was the revolutionary machines of the century.
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Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule in 1779 it is called that because it is a hybrid of arkwright's water frame.
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A revolt that began with Indian soldiers in a Bengal army in the British East India Company. It soon developed into a widespread uprising against British rule in India.
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Darwin’s publication challenged the word from the Church and many peoples’ faith. It gave more credibility to science and the evolution theory.
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A Latin American War of Independence are the various revolutions that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It resulted in the creation of a handful of independent countries in Latin America. These revolutions followed the American and French Revolutions, which had gigantic effects on the Spanish, Portuguese and French colonies in the Americas.
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14 April 1912 – 15 April 1912- the titanic sunk by hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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1914 World War 1 Started
