Fourth Quarter Timeline By Siamak_Erami Apr 28, 1853 Perry "opens" Japan for trade Period: Apr 28, 1863 to Apr 28, 1879 Reign of Ismail in Egypt Period: Apr 28, 1865 to Apr 28, 1909 Reign of Leopold II in Belgium Apr 28, 1867 Meiji Restoration in Japan Apr 28, 1869 Completion of Suez Canal Apr 28, 1898 United States takes over Philippines Apr 28, 1898 "Hundred days of reforms" in China Apr 28, 1899 Kipling publishes "The White Man's Burden" Apr 28, 1902 Conard publishes "Heart of Darkness" Apr 28, 1912 First Balkan War Apr 28, 1914 Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand Period: Apr 28, 1914 to Apr 28, 1918 World War I Apr 28, 1915 Italy and Bulgaria enter World War I Apr 29, 1915 Ministry of Munitions established in Britain Apr 28, 1916 Rasputin murdered Apr 29, 1916 German males between seventeen and sixty required to work only for war effort Apr 28, 1917 Russain Revolution Apr 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Apr 29, 1922 Mussolini seizes power in Italy Apr 29, 1923 French and Belgian armies occupy the Ruhr Apr 29, 1924 Dawes Plan Period: Apr 29, 1924 to Apr 29, 1929 Buildup of Nazi party in Germany Apr 29, 1926 Germany joins League of Nations Apr 29, 1927 Stalin comes to power in U.S.S.R. Apr 29, 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact Apr 29, 1928 Stalin's first five-year plan Period: Apr 29, 1929 to Apr 29, 1939 Great Depression Apr 29, 1930 van der Rohe becomes director of Bauhuas Apr 29, 1932 Franklin Roosevelt elected U.S. president Apr 29, 1933 Hitler appointed chancellor in Germany Apr 29, 1934 Sergei Kirov,Stalin's number-two man,is murdered Apr 29, 1935 Creation of WPA as paryt of New Deal Apr 29, 1935 Mussolini invades Ethiopia Apr 29, 1936 .Formation of Popular Front in France Apr 29, 1936 Start of great purges under Stalin Apr 29, 1939 Germany occupies Czech lands Period: Apr 29, 1945 to Apr 29, 1960 Decolonization of Asia and Africa Apr 29, 1947 Trruman Doctrine Apr 29, 1949 Formation of NATO Period: Apr 29, 1950 to Apr 29, 1953 Korean War Period: Apr 29, 1953 to Apr 29, 1964 De-Stalinization of Soviet Union Apr 29, 1961 Building of Berlin Wall Apr 29, 1962 Cuban missile crisis Period: Apr 29, 1964 to Apr 29, 1973 U.S. involvement in Vietnam War Apr 29, 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia Apr 29, 1989 Solidarity gains power in Poland Apr 29, 1989 Collapse of the Berlin Wall Apr 29, 1989 Velvet Revolution ends Apr 29, 1990 Reunification of Germany Apr 29, 1990 Paris Accord Period: Apr 29, 1990 to Apr 29, 1991 Gulf War Apr 29, 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union Period: Apr 29, 1991 to Apr 29, 2001 Civil war in Yugoslavia Apr 29, 1993 Creation of the European Union
