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1918 BCE
world war one ended
world war one ended at the 11th hour of the 11th of th 11th year. at 5am that moring germany with little man power or supplies facing imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies. the war left 9 million soldiers dead and 21 million injured. -
1917 BCE
Russian revolution
the russian revolution was a pair of revolutions going on in russia at the same time. That lead to the fall of the Tsarist autocracy and the rise of the communist soviet union we know today. -
1914 BCE
world war one started
the main trigger of the great war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. he was the heir to the throne of austria, hungary. he was shot by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. -
1912 BCE
titanic sunk
the titanic was a luxury british passenger liner built in 1909 and was made to be indestructible but on its maiden voyage itg hit an iceberg and sank killing hundreds of people. -
1901 BCE
the federation of australian is formed
The federation of australia was when the six self governing british colonies of australia became one to form the commonwealth of australia we know today. Fiji and new zealand were originally going to part of the commonwealth but later opted out to be there own countries. -
1896 BCE
the first modern olympics
the first modern olympics was held in Athens, Greece with the best athletes from 14 countries, there were 241 male athletes and no women athletes in 43 events. -
1886 BCE
coke a cola invented
coke a cola was invented by John S Pemberton in atlanta georgia, he tried it out on his customers while working at his local chemist. It was so popular he started selling it immediately. -
1879 BCE
The invention of the electric lightbulb
before the invention of the light bulb if you wanted light after dark you would have to light and candle or sit around some sort of controlled fire, so when the lightbulb was invented it was a big deal a source of light that you can just turn on and off whenever you please, is standard in modern times this was a big deal for the people of the past. -
1788 BCE
the first fleet lands in australia
the first feet was eleven ships sent from england carrying settlers trying to find a new life, and convicts sent to help out and live in this new country after there shortened sentence. -
1787 BCE
The french revolution
At the end of the 18th century france was on the brink of bankruptcy after their involvement with there american revolution and king louis XVI reckless spending the people of france had enough. with all the money going to the churches and royals the average people were left with basically nothing. so the poor people of france rebelled against the upper class to bring equality to the country -
1770 BCE
british discover australia
the Duyfken with captain Willem Janszoon and his crew were the first people chart the australian coastline and make contact with the native australian people (the aboriginals). -
Period: 1750 BCE to 1918 BCE
important events timeline
timeline and facts about important events that occured between 1750-1918
