O'Carroll Family Timeline By mrsocarroll Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Jun 16, 2013 Family History Jan 1, 1901 Death of Queen Victoria Jan 1, 1902 Boer War Ends Jan 1, 1905 1st All Black Team Jan 1, 1907 NZ becomes a Dominion Jan 1, 1911 Ernest Rutherford identifies the atomic nucleus Jan 1, 1913 Waterfront strike in Auckland and Wellington Jan 1, 1914 NZ Troops occupy German Samoa WW1 Jan 1, 1915 NZ Forces take part ion Gallipoli campaign Jan 1, 1916 Battle of the Somme Jan 1, 1917 Russian Revolution Jan 1, 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic Jan 1, 1919 NZ women eligible for election to Parliament Jan 1, 1920 Anzac Day established Jan 1, 1929 Beginning of the Great Depression Jan 1, 1932 Unemployment riots in Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch Jan 1, 1935 First NZ Labour Government Jan 1, 1936 Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) National Party Formed Jan 1, 1937 Japanese invasion of china Free milk in schools introduced Jan 1, 1939 German Invasion of Poland Maori Battalion formed Jan 1, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbour, heavy NZ losses in Battle for Crete Jan 1, 1943 German Invasion of France, Battle of Britain, NZ Troops arrive in Egypt