Making the Modern World

By brownstone57

  • Beginning of the first Industrial Revolution

    The First Industrial Revolution began in England in about 1750–1760 that lasted to sometime between 1820 and 1840. It is one of the most distinguished turning points in human history. During this period human and animal labour technology transformed into machinery, such as the steam engine, the spinning jenny, coke smelting, puddling and rolling processes for making iron, etc. Industrial Revolution is renewed for global economic growth, increase in production and consumption of common people.

  • First British Settlement in Adventure Bay

    Adventure Bay is on Bruny Island. It's appeal is whaling + timber

  • End of The Napoleonic Wars

    The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions.

  • End date of the age of Revolution

    The Age of Revolution is a period from the late-18th to the mid-19th centuries during which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred in most of Europe and the Americas. The period is noted for the change from absolutist monarchies to representative governments with a written constitution, and the creation of nation states.

  • The date of the Shootout at stringybark Creek

  • Beginning date of the Boxer Rebellion

  • The date of the Battle Of Beersheba