TIMELINE: CONTEMPORARY HISTORY vs MY LIFE

By Jaume Costa
  • French Revolution

    French Revolution

    The village occupies the Bastille.
  • War of independence (Spain)

    War of independence (Spain)

    Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.
  • The end of Napoleon's military power

    The end of Napoleon's military power

    The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power
  • First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula.

    First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula.

    This locomotive was the firs one in the Iberian Peninsula
  • The Eiffel Tower

    The Eiffel Tower

    A sample of the iron architecture of the s.XIX.
  • Cubism

    Cubism

    Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism.
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    World War I

    World War I ends with more than 12 million dead.
  • The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR).

    The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR).

  • Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign.

    Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign.

    The correct answer is 1906. Mahatma Gandhi's first non-violent satyagraha campaign was organized in September 1906 in protest against the Transvaal Asiatic Ordinance against local Indians in South Africa. It was against the Asiatic Ordinance in Transvaal, South Africa.
  • Nazism begins in Germany.

    Nazism begins in Germany.

    This start when Hitler become a dictator
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    Civil war in Spain.

    This civil war happends ven franco come with and armi to conquere Spain.
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    World War II

    This war had started when Hitler become a dictator
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    Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.

    This happened when Franco finali conquere all the country with his army.
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode.

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode.

    The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were two nuclear attacks ordered by Harry S. Truman, president of the United States, against the Empire of Japan.
  • The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president).

    The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president).

    The founding of the People's Republic of China was formally proclaimed by Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on October 1, 1949, at 3:00 pm in Tiananmen Square in Peking, now Beijing (formerly Beiping), the new capital of China.
  • Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro.

    Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro.

    Is a celebration in Cuba of the anniversary of the victory of the revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1959 which established the present government in Cuba.
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall.

    Fall of the Berlin Wall.

    This action begin when the second wold war finishes.
  • Twin Towers fall

    Twin Towers fall

    Attack on the Twin Towers in New York. This action was a terrorist atack that it consist in crashing two comercial planes on the diferent twin towers.
  • Beginning of the civil war in Syria.

    Beginning of the civil war in Syria.

    The Syrian civil war is an armed conflict that began in Syria after the 2011 anti-government protests. These protests led to clashes between the country's Armed Forces and the so-called Syrian opposition, which includes several terrorist groups.
  • Refugee crisis in Europe

    Refugee crisis in Europe

    It is a critical humanitarian situation, which worsened in 2015, due to the increase in the uncontrolled flow of refugees,4 asylum seekers,5 economic migrants6 and other migrants in vulnerable conditions.
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    World Pandemic (Covid-19).

    There were a World Pandemic that causes a lot of deths.
  • War in Ukraine

    War in Ukraine

    This war starts when Russia wants to conquere Ukraine.