Europe

  • Invention of the dishwasher

    Invention of the dishwasher
    The first dishwasher, bulky but effective.
  • The ssecond Opium War

    The ssecond Opium War
    the second Opium war or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856–1860
  • Richard Gatling patents the machine gun.

    Richard Gatling patents the machine gun.
    After failing twice and nearly killing himself when the gun exploded Richard Gatling finally succeds in creating the machine gun just in time for the American Civil War.
  • Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.

    Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
    the usefull mining and destructive tool was used throughout the United States and Europe.
  • eiffel tower

    eiffel tower
    The plan to build a tower 300 metres high was conceived as part of preparations for the World's Fair of 1889. Emile Nouguier and Maurice Koechlin, the two chief engineers in Eiffel's company, had the idea for a very tall tower in June 1884.
  • Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner.

    Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner.
    what would know be seen as bulky, heavy, and nearly useless was at that time compact and modern.
  • WWI

    WWI
    Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Both sides sought the backing of larger countries that they had treaties with, Austria-Hungary with Germany and Serbia with Russia. The war later became between the Allied troops of France, United Kingdom, and Russia and the Central Powers of Russia and Austria-Hungary.
  • The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

     The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
    this event occured when Czar Nicholas II dragged 11 million peasants into World War I.
  • Chernobyle

    Chernobyle
    Chernobyle is one of the most famous of all the events on this timeline. It is a grave reminder to be careful with nuclear energy.
  • WWII

    WWII
    This began with Germanies invasion of poland and the United Kingdom trying to push back. The United States joined the war on December 7th 1941.
  • WWII ends

    WWII ends
    the end of one of the bloodiest wars in the history of mankind.
  • Fall of the Berlin wall

    Fall of the Berlin wall
    the wall seperating east and west germany finally fellafteer years of the population wanting it down it finally happened