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Aug 3, 1492
Colombus Discovers America
Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited. -
Jun 1, 1520
The Renaissance
The Renaissance, is a period from the 14th to the 17th century, considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and Modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe. Some good early examples were the perspective within painting and the recycled knowledge of how to make concrete. Although the invention of metal movable type sped the dissemination of ideas from the later 15th century, th -
Period: Feb 1, 1560 to
Triangular Trade
Is a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions. The best-known triangular trading system is the transatlantic slave trade, that operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonial powers, with the northern colonies of British North America, especially New England, sometimes taking over the role of Europe. -
Introduction of foreign trade licenses
Foreign trade licenses were introduced by Japan to prevent piracy and smuggling. I think it is one of the most important events for international trading because it put the restriction such as import control on international trading which made it more systematic. Also, trading became more professional by using licenses. -
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Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment (or simply the Enlightenment, or Age of Reason) is an era from the 1650s to the 1780s in which cultural and intellectual forces in Western Europe emphasized reason, analysis and individualism rather than traditional lines of authority. It was promoted by philosophes and local thinkers in urban coffeehouses, salons and masonic lodges. It challenged the authority of institutions that were deeply rooted in society, such as the Catholic Church; there was much talk of ways to -
Great Britain Union / Acts of union 1707
England and Scotland were separate states for several centuries before eventual union, and English attempts to take over Scotland by military force in the late 13th and early 14th centuries were ultimately unsuccessful Deeper political integration had been a key policy of Queen Anne.
The parliaments of England and Scotland agreed to participate in fresh negotiations for a union
The union with Ireland finally came about on 1 January 1801 -
Statute of Anne
was the first statute to provide for copyright regulated by the government and courts, rather than by private parties. It sought to promote literary and artistic arts but always looking to be the author who has the freedom of reproduction and dissemination of their works The new law prescribed a copyright term of 14 years, with a provision for renewal for a similar term, during which only the author and the printers they chose to license their works to could publish the author's creations -
The Seven Years' War
The main conflict being in the seven-year period 1756–1763. -
American Revolutionary war (1775–1783)
It was the rebellion of thirteen of the North American colonies of Great Britain who declared themselves independent in 1776 as the United States of America.
The war had its origins in the resistance of many Americans to taxes imposed by the British parliament, which they claimed were unconstitutional. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française) was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799. Inspired by liberal and radical ideas, the Revolution profoundly altered the course of modern history, triggering the global decline of theocracies and absolute monarchies while replacing them with republics and democracies. Through the Revolutionary Wars, it unleashed a wave of global conflicts that extended from the Caribbean to the Middle -
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Latin america Independence 1810s - 1820s
Most Latin American colonies achieve their independent of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies by wars between separatist groups against colonial authorities -
Creation of Telegraph
Is an instrument used to make long distance transmission of textual/symbolic (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message. -
The Communist Manifesto
the Manifesto has since been recognized as one of the world's most influential political manuscripts. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle and the problems of capitalism and the capitalist mode of production, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms -
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
It protect victims of international and internal armed conflicts. The conference adopted the first Geneva Convention "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field". Representatives of 12 states and kingdoms signed the convention: -
DNA
Gregor mendel formulates his laws of inheritance.
He had performed an experiment with plants in 1857 that led to increased interest in the study of genetics.
After this, he heated up the virulent disease to kill it and then injected it into a mouse. -
The First Transcontinental Railroad
one of the Seven Sages of Greece, credited with its invention.
contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay
bringing these western states and territories firmly and profitably into the "Union" and making goods and transportation much quicker, cheaper, and more flexible from coast to coast.(american west) -
Black Tuesday
the American stock market–which had been roaring steadily upward for almost a decade–crashed, plunging the country into its most severe economic downturn yet. Speculators lost their shirts; banks failed; the nation’s money supply diminished; and companies went bankrupt and began to fire their workers in droves. -
Second war
(1939-1945)
Coming just two decades after the last great global conflict, the Second World War was the most widespread and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths -
Bretton Woods Conference
Agreements were executed that later established the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, which is part of today's World Bank Group) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) -
Foundation of United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization established 24 October 1945, to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following the Second World War to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. During World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasak -
The GATT foundation
It was a multilateral agreement regulating international trade. According to its preamble, its purpose was the "substantial reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers and the elimination of preferences, on a reciprocal and mutually advantageous basis." It was negotiated during the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment and was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization (ITO). -
Foundation of the Organization of American States
It is an inter-continental organization founded on 30 April 1948, for the purposes of regional solidarity and cooperation among its member states. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, the OAS's members are the 35 independent states of the Americas. -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Declaration arose directly from the experience of the Second World War and represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled. The full text is published by the United Nations on its website. -
European Coal and Steel Community
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was an international organisation serving to unify European countries after World War II. It was formally established by the Treaty of Paris (1951), which was signed by Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The ECSC was the first international organisation to be based on the principles of supranationalism,[2] and would ultimately lead the way to the founding of the European Union. The ECSC was first proposed by French -
sputnik 1 space age
This was the world's first artificial satellite, orbiting the Earth in 98.1 minutes and weighing in at 83 kg (183 lb). The Space Age was characterized by rapid development of new technology in a close race mostly between the US and the Soviet Union.
participation in space launches has increasingly widened to more governments and commercial interests -
African Countries and their Independence Days.
The peak year for independence came in 1960 when about 17 countries gained independence. These independence days are now celebrated as national day holidays in most countries of Africa.
COUNTRY INDEPENDENCE DAY COLONIAL NAME COLONIAL RULERS
Algeria July 5th, 1962 France
Angola November 11th; 1975 Portugal
Benin August 1st; 1960 French
Botswana September 30th, 1966 Britain
Burkina Faso August 5; 1960 France
Burundi July 1st; 1962 Belgium
Cameroon January 1st; 1960 French -
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Indepence of Africa
The peak year for independence came in 1960 when about 17 countries gained independence. These independence days are now celebrated as national day holidays in most countries of Africa. -
Civil rights Act of 1964
legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin its duty to guarantee all citizens equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment and its duty to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment -
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
It was an international conference organized by the Organization of United Nations celebrated in Stockholm, Sweden from June 5th to June 16th, 1972. It was the first great conference of the UNO on environmental international questions, and marked a point of inflexion in the development of the international politics of the environment -
Oil crisis
The members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC, consisting of the Arab members of the OPEC plus Egypt, Syria and Tunisia) proclaimed an oil embargo. By the end of the embargo in March 1974, the price of oil had risen from $3 per barrel to nearly $12. The oil crisis, or "shock", had many short-term and long-term effects on global politics and the global economy. It was later called the "first oil shock", followed by the 1979 oil crisis, termed the "second oil shock." -
Creation of the Internet
John Berners-Lee is an English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He made a proposal for an information management system in March 1989, and he implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the Internet sometime around mid-November of that same year. -
Foundation of the World Trade Organization
It s an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). -
New changes in religion, Pope Francis
Pope Francis has been noted for his humility, his concern for the poor and his commitment to dialogue as a way to build bridges between people of all backgrounds, beliefs and faiths. Francis has said that gay people should not be marginalized but maintained the Church's teaching against homosexual acts.
