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7 years war/French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict that was part of a larger imperial conflict between Great Britain and France -
American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith, a Scottish political economist and philosopher, wrote The Wealth of Nations in 1776 -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799 -
Haitian independence
On January 1, 1804, Haiti, located in the West Indies, made history by being the first Black Country to gain its independence -
Metternich hosts Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states -
1st opium war
Opium war was fought between Great Britain and China over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice for foreign nationals. -
European revolution/Marx & Engels write Communist Manifesto
Communist Manifesto is a short 1848 publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. -
Commodore Perry opens Japan
On March 31 1854 representatives of Japan and the United States signed a historic treaty. A United States naval officer, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, negotiated tirelessly for several months with Japanese officials to achieve the goal of opening the doors of trade with Japan. -
Sepoy Mutiny
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857. -
end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification
Serfdom became the dominant form of relation between peasants and nobility in the 17th century, and it was abolished by a decree issued by czar Alexander II Serfdom was abolished in 1861, but its abolition was achieved on terms unfavorable to the peasants and served to increase revolutionary pressures. -
Emancipation Proclamation issued in US
President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states then in rebellion. The Proclamation immediately freed 50,000 slaves; with nearly all the rest (of the 3.1 million) freed as Union armies advanced. -
German unification
At the Versailles Palace’s Hall of Mirrors in France, a politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred. Unification exposed several glaring religious, linguistic, social, and cultural differences between and among the inhabitants of the new nation -
Berlin Conference
The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers, while simultaneously removing most existing forms of African laws and self-governance. -
Spanish-American War
This was America's first war as a World Power. After defeating Spain, then conquered the Philippines and Cuba. But, they didn't fight the colony just to join another one. -
Boer War
two wars fought during 1880–1881 and 1899–1902 -
Russo-Japanese war
The first great war of the 20th century. The cause of the war was the rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea. -
chinese revolution
This was the overthrowing of China's last Imperial Dynasty. Which was the Qing dynasty.
