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Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make the first free aerial voyage in a Montgolfier hot-air balloon.
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André Jacques Garnerin makes the first human parachute descent, from a balloon.
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Frankenstein published
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Percey Shelley Dies at Sea
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Darwin starts to attend the University of Edinburgh Medical School
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Shelley and Darwin begin their affair
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The Beagle embarks on its second voyage
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Frenchman Brutus de Villeroi demonstrated what he called a "WaterBug," a submarine 10 feet 6 inches long, just over two feet diameter, with a crew of three. People suspect that this submarine would be Verne’s inspiration for “20,000 Leagues.”
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Darwin and the Beagle return from their 2nd, 5 year voyage
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Darwin meets with Shelley to discuss future of genetic manipulation
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Darwin marries Emma Wedgewood (his cousin)
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Shelley publishes her pamphlet on the future and potential of genetic engineering
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Marx publishes Communist Manifesto
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Marx gets kicked out of Germany, seeks refuge in London
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Shelley dies
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The first powered airship is created
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Heartbroken, Darwin starts secret experiments to explore genetic engineering and manipulation
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Marx and Darwin meet, Marx cautions Darwin on not considering political ramifications of his work
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Verne writes “Paris in the Twentieth Century"
a dark and depressing look at a Capitalist, Mechanized future where everyday people cannot find happiness. -
"Origin of Species" published
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Darwin meets and befriends Alexander Darlington, Steven Darlington’s father.
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The X Club innaugurates its support of and interest in Darwin and his work.
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Jules Verne reads "Origin of the Secies," goes to meet Darwin and Marx at their cafe and social hub.
They agree to start this Marx-Darwin party/intellectual movement. Verne realizes that human development does not have to lead to the dark future he envisioned in “Paris.” -
The “Pioneer” submarine, 20 feet long and taking three men to operate, is used to sink a barge during the American Civil War.
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Verne writes Journey to the "Center of the Earth"
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The members of the X Club and X social network played a significant part in nominating Darwin for the Copley Medal
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Thomas Henry Huxley meets with Darwin and Marx, and discusses other ways that the X Club and the Marx-Darwinists can ally with each other.
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Verne publishes "From the Earth to the Moon"
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Verne publishes "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
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Steven Darlington, now a young student at Oxford, joins the Marx-Darwinists
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Marx and Darwin publish their theory of politically aware genetic manipulation and societal integration.
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Alphonse Pénaud experiments with twisted rubber to power model helicopter.
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Verne visits the Marx/Darwin lab, sees early versions Huxley.
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Verne begins publication of Around the World on 80 Beasts, determined to bring Marx/Darwin to the masses. Hypothesizes a giant whale flying around the world.
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Darwin approaches British government to ask for funding and support to create the Leviathan. They agree. Darwin begins testing on his greatest work, the giant flying whale Leviathan.
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Darwin recruits new group of scientists, who will be known as Boffins. Darwinist Lab begins production of Leviathan in earnest. Among their best and brightest is Steven Darlington.
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Darwin Dies
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Marx Dies
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First fully-formed (but still small) “Leviathan” prototype takes to the skies.
Steven Darlington works hard to keep the ship as a research vessel. He will succeeds, and will continue to succeed until his death. His steadfast position on the topic brings him into conflict with the project’s military minders, especially their leader, Edwin Ruddy. -
"Nordenfeldt I" – 64 feet, armed with one external torpedo tube – was launched. Powered by steam on the surface — and "accumulated" steam while submerged.
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Verne shot by someone (nephew) ideologically opposed to Marx-Darwinist theory
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Darwinist party begins gaining lots of traction at home and abroad. In Parliament, they are now second only to the majority party.
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The U. S. Navy announced an open competition for a submarine torpedo boat, with a $2 million incentive.
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Nora Barlow is first brought by her father to look at the many creatures being created by the Darwinist lab under British authority.
Steven Darlington takes her under his wing, and teaches her everything he knows about the developing Leviathan, and genetic engineering. Through his influence, she becomes a devout Darwinist. -
The Leviathan’s larval stages nears completion.
Nora Barlow, Steven Darlington, and Edwin Ruddy convince the British military that this ship can both represent Britain as the leader of the modern world, and serve as a vital method of exploring new genetic mutations and engineering. -
Otto Lilienthal begins successful gliding experiments.
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Oscar Wilde is convicted of "homosexual practices.
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World's first movie theater opens in Paris.
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposes a space elevator.
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An earthquake and tsunami in Sanriku, Japan, kills 27,000
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The opening ceremonies of the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games, are held in Athens.
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The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
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Octave Chanute begins biplane gliding experiments in Michigan. Otto Lilienthal crashes while gliding and dies next day.
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Freedom of religion is proclaimed in Madagascar.
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Dracula is published.
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The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
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Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy.
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A year prior to the Leviathan’s launch, Barrington Carver is brought onboard.
His inexperience with the creature is matched only by his exacting standards and knowledge of naval and military hierarchies. His superiors hope his will be a steady hand on the tiller of the Leviathan when it sails. -
The United States captures Guam making it the first U.S. overseas territory.
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Caleb Bradham names his soft drink Pepsi-Cola.
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Luigi Lucheni assassinates Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary.
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The success of "Zede" prompted an international competition for a submarine with a surface range of 100 miles and a submerged range of 10 miles.
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Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland. A 12 m wave reaches up to 5 km inland, leaving over 400 dead.
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World's Fair held in Paris
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Russia invades Manchuria.
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The first electric bus becomes operational in New York City.
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The botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's Laws of Heredity.
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The first zeppelin flight is carried out over Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
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In the first great Texas gusher, oil is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas
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Funeral of Queen Victoria at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
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Submarines had become so popular in France that the newspaper Le Matin had launched a public fund-raising drive to build submarines for the Navy: "Francais" launched in 1901 and "Algerien" launched in 1902.
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Cuba gains independence from the United States.
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In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts twice, killing 31,000 people.
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The first Aswan Dam on The Nile is completed.
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The first west-east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England.
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The United States recognizes the independence of Panama.
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The Trans-Siberian railway is completed.
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Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation On the Motion of Small Particles, in which he explains Brownian motion.
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Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin in Dublin as a political party whose goal is independence for all of Ireland.
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Steamships now rule the seas
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Max Planck's 'relative theory' - Principle of Relativity.
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HMS Dreadnought is launched and sparks the naval race between Britain and Germany.
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Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.
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RMS Lusitania makes its first voyage.
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London Olympics.
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At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made.
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Wilbur Wright flies in France for the first time demonstrating true controlled powered flight in Europe.
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Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile.
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Haley's comet is visible from earth.
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First publication of infrared photographs.
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International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time.
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Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa launches an attack against government troops in Ciudad Juarez without Madero's permission; the government troops surrender on May 10
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Italy declares war on Ottoman Empire.
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Stockholm Olympics
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The Republic of China is proclaimed.
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U.S. Marines arrive in Cuba to "protect U.S. interests"
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The First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
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Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
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The First World War begins.
On the eve of World War I, the art of submarine warfare was barely a dozen years old, and no nation had submarine-qualified officers serving at the senior staff level. -
Charles Chaplin makes his film début in the comedy short Making a Living.
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Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinates Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Duchess Sophie, in Sarajevo.
