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Industrial Revolution Beggining
Started in the mid-18th century in Great Britain.This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing, iron production processes, the increasing use of steam and water power, the development of machine tools, the rise of the mechanized factory system and the rate of population growth. -
Watt's Steam Engine
It was an early steam engine and was one of the driving forces of the Industrial Revolution. James Watt developed the design sporadically from 1763 to 1775 with support from Matthew Boulton. Watt's design saved so much more fuel compared with earlier designs that they were licensed based on the amount of fuel they would save. Watt never ceased developing the steam engine, introducing double-acting designs and various systems for deriving rotary power. -
The War Of Independence
It was a popular revolt that spread rapidly across the country. Its most important phases are: popular resistance, French offensive and Anglo-Spanish victories. -
Spanish - American Independence
They were a series of armed conflicts between which took place in the American colonies and possessions of the Spanish Empire. Uprisings were organised by the ciollo. -
Luddism
It was a movement which started in England in the early 19th century. Consisted on the violent destruction of machinery in the belief it was the responsible for low wages. -
The Constitution Of Cádiz
Known as "La Pepa", was the first Constitution of Spain and one of the earliest constitutions in world history. It was ratified on 19 March 1812 by the Cortes of Cádiz. The Parliament also approved a series of reforms to abolish Ancien Régime and create a liberal regime in Spain. -
Ferdinand VII
He was the king of Spain, known as "the Desired". He personally occupied the Spanish throne between March and May 1808 and after the expulsion of the "intruder king" José I Bonaparte he returned to throne again from May 1814 until his death. his aim was to re-estabilish an absolutism system. -
The Liberal Triennium
19th-century period of the contemporary history of Spain with the military uprising of Rafael del Riego to reestablish the Cádiz Constitution of 1812 against the absolutist government of King Ferdinand VII. -
First Trade Unions
Is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve common goals, such as protecting the integrity of their trade, improving benefits (vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. -
Stephenson's Locomotive
It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to show that improved locomotives would be more efficient than stationary steam engines. -
Isabella II
She was the Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868, thanks through the Pragmatic Sanction of 1830 that issued his father Ferdinand VII. -
Communist Manifesto
It was the result of a collaboration who denounced the exploitation of workers. Made it by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. -
First International
It was an international organisation which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing socialist, communist and anarchist groups and trade unions that were based on the working class and class struggle. -
I Republic
It was a political regime by a parliamentary majority made up of radicals, republicans and democrats. The period was assault by tensions between federal republicans and unitarian republicans. -
The Bourbon Restoration
It was a political stage in the history of Spain developed under a monarchical system that lasted between the end of 1874 when Alfonso XII regained the throne after the parenthesis of the Democratic Sexenio -
Balkan Wars
It consisted of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States between 1912 and 1913. Four Balkan states defeated the Ottoman Empire in the First Balkan War. -
First World War
It was an international conflict that began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918. It involved much of Europe, as well as Russia and the United States. -
October Revolution
It was the second revolutionary change of government in Russia in 1917. -
February Revolution
It was headed by a provisional government, which promised to call constituent elections to make Russia a parlamentary democracy. -
Treaty Of Brest - Litovsk
It was a separate peace treaty signed on 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers that ended Russia's participation in the First World War. -
Treaty Of Versailles
It was the most important of the peace treaties of First World War.. It ended the state of war between Germany and the allied powers. -
League Of Nations
It was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. -
Second War World
It was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939- 1945. -
Operation Barbarossa
It was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and most of its Axis allies. -
Attack On Pearl Harbour
It was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshuma and Nagasaki
It was a success in which two atomic bombs detonated over the Japanese cities of Hiroshuma and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people (most of were civilians), and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. -
United Nations
It is an organization whose purpose is to maintain international peace and security, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. Also, develop friendly international relacions.It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. -
Universal Declaration Of Human Rights
It is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world. -
Bloody Sunday
It was a massacre that occurred on January 30, 1972, when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in North Ireland.
