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French and Indian war
The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America, the Caribbean, and in India. The cost of this nearly destroyed the English economy. The French and Indian War, as it was referred to in the colonies, was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Great Britain. -
George III becomes king of Great Brittain and King of Ireland
George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760. Until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. -
Boston Tea Party
it was the Crown's attempt to tax tea that spurred the colonists to action and laid the groundwork for the American Revolution. (Boston Tea Party). -
Marie Antoinette was married at the age of 15
In April 1770, on the day of her marriage to Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France, she subsequently became Dauphine of France. Marie Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France and of Navarre when her husband, Louis XVI of France, ascended the throne upon the death of Louis XV in May 1774. She became queen at the age of 18. -
American Colonial independence
On this day in 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. This proclaims the independence of a new United States of America from Great Britain and its king. -
Paris Treaty
In February of 1783 George III issued his Proclamation of Cessation of Hostilities, culminating in the Peace TreatySigned in Paris on September 3, 1783,the Paris Peace Treaty formally ended the United States War for Independence. -
First fleet arrives in Botany Bay Beginning the British settlement -
The First Fleet of 11 ships, each one no larger than a Manly ferry, left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women and children onboard. Although most were British, there were also African, American and French convicts. After a voyage of three months the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a 10-year period of social and political upheaval in France.As a result of the Revolution, monarchy collapsed after 3 years. Society underwent a major transformation and in the end, there was a new sense of principles of equality, citizenship and inalienable rights. (The French Revolution) -
The new York stock exchange
The New York Stock Exchange is the oldest and largest stock exchange in America. It dates to May 17, 1792, when local brokers met under a designated tree to buy and sell securities (bonds to raise money). The New York Stock Exchange most people would recognize today began operation on Wall Street in New York City in 1825 for the purpose of buying and selling stocks. -
The Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts fought between France under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte and a number of European nations between 1799 and 1815. They followed on from the War of the First Coalition in 1793-97 and engaged nearly all European nations in a bloody struggle, a struggle that also spilled over into Egypt, America and South America. -
Allesandro Volta creates the first battery
In 1799, Italian physicist Alessandro Volta created the first battery by stacking alternating layers of zinc, brine-soaked pasteboard or cloth, and silver. -
Slave trade
In 1805 the House of Commons passed a bill that made it unlawful for any British subject to capture and transport slaves, but the measure was blocked by the House of Lords.In February 1806, Lord Grenville formed a Whig administration. Grenville and his Foreign Secretary, Charles Fox, were strong opponents of the slave trade. Fox and William Wilberforce led the campaign in the House of Commons, whereas Grenville, had the task of persuading the House of Lords to accept the measure. -
The battle of waterloo ended
The European allies reassembled their armies and prepared to resume the war to overthrow the Emperor yet again.Napoleon resolved to attack the British, Prussian, Belgian and Dutch armies before the other powers could come to their assistance. He marched into Belgium. (The Battle Of Waterloo Ended) -
Melbourne founded
Melbourne boomed in the 1850's as a result of the gold rush in the region to the north. Melbourne is regarded as the world's Top Sport City and has a reputation as being more refined than its northerly neighbour Sydney, boasting the country's finest restaurants and is acknowledged as the country's most important financial centre. -
Gold rushes Victoria
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. In 10 years, the Australian population boomed. -
Battle of Gettysberg
The Battle of Gettysburg is the most famous civil war. On July 1, Confederates drove Union defenders through Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill. The next day Lee struck the flanks of the Union line resulting in severe fighting at Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Peach Orchard, Culp’s Hill and East Cemetery Hill. Southerners gained ground but failed to dislodge the Union host. On the morning of July 3rd, fighting raged at Culp’s Hill with the Union regaining its lost ground. -
Federation of Australia
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901. The British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right as part of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The Commonwealth of Australia was established as a constitutional monarchy. ‘Constitutional’ because the Commonwealth of Australia was established with a written constitution, and ‘monarchy’ because Australia's head of state was Queen Victoria. -
The wright brothers create the first man-carrying aircraft
The inventors of the first airplane were Orville and Wilbur Wright. On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made the first successful experiment in which a machine (aka airplane) carrying a man rose by its own power, flew naturally and at even speed, and descended without damage. -
Henry ford produces the first ford
Henry Ford did not invent the car; he produced an automobile that was within the economic reach of the average American. While other manufacturers were content to target a market of the well-to-do, Ford developed a design and a method of manufacture that
Henry Ford and his first car
the Quadricycle, which he
built in 1896
steadily reduced the cost of the Model T. Instead of pocketing the profits; Ford lowered the price of his car. As a result, Ford Motors sold more cars and steadily increased -
The sinking of the Titanic
On the day of April 14th, 1912, the largest ship left south hampton. on the 4th day into their journey they crashed straight into an iceberg and the ship started to sink, it went down forward and broke in half but there was still a little bit still attached so it went vertical and broke the end off. the front bit started sinking like a torpedo. about 1523 people died and 705 were saved. -
World war 1 ends
On May 2nd 1915 the British passenger liner Lusitania was sunk by a torpedo from a German submarine. 1195 passengers, including 128 Americans, lost their lives. Americans were outraged and put pressure on the government to enter the war. Woodrow Wilson campaigned for a peaceful end to the war. He appealed to both sides to try to settle the war by diplomatic means but was unsuccessful.
The war was concluded on the 11th day of November 1918.