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From 1850 to 1915
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The first telegraph cable crossing the Atlantic Ocean
The first cable laid across the Atlantic in 1858 and it was laid by Cyrus W. Field and some engineers ( they had to know a lot about oceans). It is very important because have been used for communicate between US and Europe for a century. -
Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
The Origin of species was published in England by Charles Darwin. This theory consists of 2 principal points: diverse group of animals evolve from one or a few common antecesors and the evolution is a natural selection. This points make this theory very important to know our origin. -
The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species was writen by Charles Darwin in England in 1859. It´s very important because he first made people know about their place in the evolutionary process. This theory consisted in two main points: diverse groups of animals evolve from one or a few common antecesors and that this evolution takes place by a natural selection. -
The first volume of The Capital
Karl Marx published the first of three volumes in 186. He began writing it when he was a journalist in a radical newspaper in Cologne. He wrote views on socialism and his developing interest in economics. -
The opnening of the Suez Canal
The first time the Suez Canal was opened was in 1869. It was opened to navigation, that´s why is so important. When it opened, the Suez Canal was only 25 feet deep, 72 feet wide at the bottom, and 200 to 300 feet wide at the surface. It was built by Ferdinand De Lesseps, a French man -
Invention of the Telephone
Bell was interested in the science of sound because his wife and mother were deaf, that´s the principal reason why he invented it in 1876. Another important reason of its invention was that they wanted to improve the capabilities of the telegraph. The fisrt long-distance called was done the 10 of August of 1876 from Brantford and Paris, Ontario, Canada. -
Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
Thomas Edison lasted about 13 hours to make the light bulb. On November, 4 it was patented by US. This patented light bulb patent for an electric lamp with a carbon filament. It´s so important to see in the dark, it was a very important invention along the history for a lot of activities. -
The Berlin conference
This is called the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference too. The conference was organised by Otto Von Bismarck , the first cancellor of Germany. This conference regulated the colonization and European market in Africa during the New Imperialism. -
The first car with internal combustion engine
Karl Benz was mechanical engineer, he designed and built the first practical car powered by an internal-combustion engine. He patented the three-wheeled Motor Car, known as the "Motorwagen," in 1886. It was the first true, modern automobile. -
Wireless across the English Channel
On 27 March, Marconi trasmitted wireless across English Channel from Wimereux near Boulogne, France to South Foreland Lighthouse near Dover, England. It worked with electromagnetic radiation. In 1900 he patented this system. -
The first powered airplane pilotation
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. This invention is so important because nowadays is a principal part of transporting people or emergency situations in long distances. -
The first people to stand at the South Pole
On 14 December 1911, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (who had already led the first expedition to traverse the North West Passage, and would go on to lead the first successful attempt to cross the Arctic by air) and his team became the first human beings to reach the South Pole. It was an important advance to know more biodiversity and to know the composition of Earth.
