Contemporary history By karlamartinez18 1789 French Revolution 1808 Beginning of the war of independence in Spain. 1815 The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power 1848 First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula. 1889 The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s.XIX. 1907 Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism. Period: 1914 to 1918 World War I Ends with more than 12 million dead 1917 The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR). 1922 Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign. 1929 Nazism begins in Germany. Period: 1936 to 1939 Civil war in Spain. Period: 1939 to 1975 Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain. Period: 1939 to 1945 World War II. 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode. 1949 The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president). 1959 Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro. 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall. 2001 Attack on the Twin Towers in New York. Aug 18, 2007 Birthday of Karla 2010 Christmas of 2010 2011 Beginning of the civil war in Syria. 2011 My first family tradition day 2013 The first day I went to the snow 2013 First year i went to the city of my uncle 2014 First day of primary school 2015 Refugee crisis in Europe Period: 2020 to 2021 World Pandemic (Covid-19). 2022 War in Ukraine 2022 Concert 31 FAM
