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Major Events in Modern World History
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Voltaire Improsined
Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille for lampoons of the Regency. -
United States Constitution Ratified
The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ratified by conventions in eleven states. -
Storming of the Bastille
Flashpoint of the French Revolution -
Sepoy Mutiny
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on May 10, 1857. -
Berlin Conference
From November 1884 to February 1885, European countries met in Berlin to divide Africa among themselves to colonize the continent. -
World War I Begins
The first global war begins in Europe. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
The first atomic bomb is used by the United States -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Symbolic event which represented the end of the Cold War
