HISTORY 4

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  • Publishment of The Origin Of Species

    Publishment of The Origin Of Species
    The Origin Of Species is published on 1859 by Charles Darwin. It was Published on England. It is is quite significant because it founded the biological bases of evolution.

  • First telegrap across the Atlantic Ocean

    First telegrap across the Atlantic Ocean
    It was the first telegraph which was laid across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1866, by Cyrus West Field. It is an important event in modern history because it was a gigant advance in communication.

  • First volume of "The Capital"

    First volume of "The Capital"
    The first volume of "The Capital" is published, in 1867, by Carl Marx, in Hamburg, Germany. It is relevant because it is the book of one of the first communist thinkers.

  • Inaguration of the Suez Canal

    Inaguration of the Suez Canal
    Suez Canal opens for the first time, in 1869, at Port-Said, Egypt. It is important and relevant because it improved economy by making easier and cheaper the transport of several goods.

  • Invention of the Light bulb

    Invention of the Light bulb
    The first light bulb is comercialized by Thomas Edison, in 1876, Menlo Park, New Jersey. It is a relevant event in modern history because it is an invention we still use and it provides light to the vast majority of world's population.

  • Invention of the telephone

    Invention of the telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell invents the Telephone in 1876, Northampton, Massachusetts. It is really a relevant event in history due to the importance of this invention. We use our telephones every day, and we spend nearly all our time using it.
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    The Berlin Conference

    The Berlin Conference, held between November 15, 1884 and February 26, 1885 in the city of Berlin (German Empire), was convened by France and the United Kingdom and organized by the German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. , in order to solve the problems that the colonial expansion in Africa implied and resolve its distribution.

  • First internal combustion engine car

    First internal combustion engine car
    Karl Benz produced the first car with internal combustion engine, in 1886, Germany. This is another invention highly relevant due to the importance of internal combuston engine cars nowadays.

  • First wireless transmission across the English Channel

    First wireless transmission across the English Channel
    In 1896, the first wireless transmission was sent, through the English Cannel. It was sent by Marconi and it is important because it is one of the first steps of wireless transmissions, and the base of all wireless tecnology we use in present.

  • First powered piloted plane

    First powered piloted plane
    The first powered plane was piloted by Orville Wright in 1908, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It was the first step to the flights we have nowadays.

  • First standing trip to the South Pole

    First standing trip to the South Pole
    Roald Amundsen and his team become the first people to stand at the South Pole, in 1911. It meant an important advancement in exploration and the trip provided the world an advance in the South's Pole cartography too.