Creative Timeline Project By karolyna06 Period: Apr 26, 1800 to Apr 26, 1914 Imperialism Apr 29, 1853 Perry opens Japan for trade Jan 5, 1869 Suez Canal Completed Apr 26, 1882 Tripple Alliance Jan 5, 1884 Berlin Confrence Apr 26, 1893 Annexation of Hawaii Apr 25, 1898 Spanish American War Dec 1, 1898 Paris Treaty Apr 28, 1899 Kipling "The White Man's Burden" Apr 26, 1901 Boxer Rebellion in China Period: Apr 26, 1914 to Apr 26, 1918 World War 1 Aug 3, 1914 Germany Invades Belgium Aug 4, 1914 WW1 Begins Apr 28, 1915 Ministry of Munitions established in Britain Jan 1, 1916 The Great Migration Nov 7, 1916 Election of 1916 Apr 6, 1917 U.S Enters War Apr 28, 1917 Russian Revolution Nov 11, 1918 WW1 Ends Period: Apr 26, 1919 to Apr 26, 1929 The Age of Anxiety Apr 28, 1919 Rutherford splits the atom Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Apr 28, 1920 Freudian Psychology Apr 28, 1922 Wittgenstein writes on logical empiricism Apr 28, 1923 French and Belgian armies occupy the Ruhr Apr 28, 1926 Germany joins League of Nations Apr 28, 1928 Kelogg-Briand Pact Apr 26, 1929 The Great Depression Apr 28, 1930 Dadaism and Surrealism Apr 28, 1935 Creation of WPA as a part of New Deal Period: Apr 26, 1939 to Apr 26, 1945 World War 2 Apr 28, 1939 Germany occupies Czech lands Apr 28, 1939 Germany invades Poland Apr 28, 1939 Facist italy invades and annexes Albania Apr 28, 1940 Italy enters the war Apr 28, 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union Apr 28, 1941 SS stops Jewish emigration from Europe Apr 28, 1941 Jews killed in death camps Apr 28, 1944 Allied invasion at Normandy Apr 28, 1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Japan Period: Apr 26, 1946 to Apr 26, 1991 The Cold War Apr 28, 1946 "Iron Curtain" Apr 28, 1947 Marshall Plan Apr 28, 1947 Truman Doctrine Apr 28, 1949 Fornation of NATO Apr 28, 1950 Korean War Apr 28, 1953 De-Staliniation of Soviet Union Apr 28, 1955 Warsaw Pact Apr 28, 1961 Building of the Berlin Wall Apr 28, 1962 Cuban missile crisis Period: Apr 26, 1985 to Apr 26, 2015 Revolution, Rebuilding, and New Challenges Apr 28, 1989 Collapse of Berlin Wall Apr 28, 1989 Solidarity gains power in Poland Apr 28, 1990 Gulf War Apr 28, 1990 Paris Accord Apr 28, 1991 Maastricht Treaty Apr 28, 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union Apr 28, 1992 "Shock Therapy" in Russia Apr 28, 1993 Creation of the European Union Sep 11, 2001 Terrorist attack on the United States