The Modern Era:1750-1914 By facebooker_1845474011 Mar 24, 1756 Seven Years War Jan 1, 1760 1st Industrial Revolution Apr 23, 1775 American Revolution Jul 23, 1789 French Revolution Feb 7, 1791 Haitian Revolution Mar 24, 1815 Congress of Viena Mar 24, 1820 Latin American Independence Apr 11, 1839 1st Opium War in China Mar 24, 1848 Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Fredrick Engles Mar 24, 1853 Japan opened up by Commodore Matthew Perry May 27, 1853 Crimean War (Russia vs. Ottoman Empire) Mar 24, 1857 Sepoy Rebellion against the British May 25, 1861 Emancipation of Russian Serfs by Alexander II May 30, 1864 Taiping Rebellion Apr 18, 1871 German Unification Mar 24, 1885 Berlin Confrence:Began the Scramble for Africa Mar 24, 1898 Spanish American War Mar 24, 1899 Boer War May 20, 1901 Boxer Rebellion Mar 24, 1915 World War I Begins