Contemporary history

  • War of succession

    War of succession

    Was a war prompted by a succession crisis in which two or more individuals claim the right of successor to a deceased or deposed monarch. (1702-1714)
  • Independence of United states

    Independence of United states

    On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, voted unanimously to declare the independence as the "United States of America". Two days later, on July 4, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
  • French revolution

    French revolution

    was a period of social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789 and ending in 1799.
  • Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.

    Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.

    The war began in Spain with on 2 May 1808 and ended on 17 April 1814 with the restoration of Ferdinand VII to the monarchy.
  • The defeat of Waterloo

    The defeat of Waterloo

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

    Locomotive in Iberian Peninsula

    First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula.
  • The Eiffel Tower

    The Eiffel Tower

    The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s. XIX.
  • New pictorial style

    New pictorial style

    Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism.
  • World War 1

    World War 1

    World War I ends in 1918 with more than 12 million dead.
  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution

    The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR).
  • Disobedience campaign

    Disobedience campaign

    Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign.
  • Nazism

    Nazism

    Nazism begins in Germany.
  • Civil war in Spain

    Civil war in Spain

    Was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939.
  • World war II

    World war II

    Was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
  • Francisco Franco

    Francisco Franco

    Start the military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
  • Atomic bombs

    Atomic bombs

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode.
  • Republic of China

    Republic of China

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

    Cuban Revolution

    Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro.
  • Dictatorship of Francisco Franco ended

    Dictatorship of Francisco Franco ended

    Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
  • Fall of the wall of Berlin

    Fall of the wall of Berlin

    The wall came down partly because of a bureaucratic accident
  • Twin towers

    Twin towers

    Attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
  • Civil War in Syria

    Civil War in Syria

    Beginning of the civil war in Syria.
  • Refugee crisis

    Refugee crisis

    Refugee crisis in Europe.
  • World Pandemic

    World Pandemic

    Covid19 appear in China