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The industrial revolution begins
The industrial revolution brought about the migration from small towns to cities and the creation of industrial machinery used in factories for mass production, this caused many injuries but boosted production rates of almost all needs and luxuries of human life. -
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The creation of the modern world
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declaration of independence signing
The declaration of independence is signed by Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Roger Shermans and John Adams to once and for all oust the british occupiers after the American revolution This was important because it wwas the first of many revolutions to be held across the globe, it encouraged rights for all men and it showed that big powers like brittain could be dealt with. -
Captain Cook killed
Captqain is killed by native Hawaiians as he tries to flee the island with a group of his sailors after a hostage situation went wrong, he was knocked unconscious and stabbed to death. -
The arrival of the first fleet
The first fleet of convicts arrives in botany bay in Sydney accompanied by investors and some british citizens, this marked the end of Aboriginal power ocer the land or a long time. -
The beggining of the first French revolution
The French have heard of the power of people judging from Americas newly found independence which gives them confidence in their revlot against the government of France for igh taxes and high bread prices, The peoples taxes have been fed into the royal families extravagant lifetyle whilst the average man starves in the streets. -
France expands under Napoleons leadership
Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Western Europe which will later spread to the middle east and Eastern Europe. In his campaign he manages to conquer Much of the ottoman empire, Egypt, Many european coun trie s such as Italy. -
Haiti independent
Haiti gained its independencedefeating a 5000 man army of Napoleon. Thisn was the first real resistance France had been dealt, Haiti was the first independent republican black lead country which was a sign of hope for blacks everywhere. -
The creation of thebattery
Alessandro volta creates the first battery to store electrical current. His last name volta is later used to measure Electric potential capacity. -
War of 1812
The British empire tries to reclaim America in an attempt to harvest some power as Napoleons grip on Europe grows ever stronger and starts to threaten England. They are held off for the most part until 1814 when the British divert troops to defeat napoleon on England and modern U.K. doorstep. Napoleon is defated after losing 600,000 men in russia and has to pull out -
The U.K. abolishes slavery
After alot of wars and political arguements have been fought over slavery Brittain finally abolishes slavery after passing new law through the government -
The peoples charter publication
The poeples charter was published giving the right for every man to vote for a leader over the age of 21, this was the first of many peoples rights to be awarded as we know them today. -
Gold rush in Australia
The Gols rush was triggered when Edward Hagraves finds gold in Bathurst in NSW. This was lucky for miners all around the world as the Californian rush had recently ended, giving them new oppurtunity. This is the main reason for Australias multi-racial build up. -
The American civil war begins
The American civil war begins after many political arguements over the abolishment of slavery. Abraham lincoln leads his country through it,the war ends with the united states defeating the confedreate states after a loss of 620,000 total form both sides, shortly after slavery is abolished from the country. -
Invention of intrnal combustion engine
Edward Butler constructs the first internal combustion engine whcih then lead on to the construction of the first automobile. -
Australian federation is created
The six colonies of Australia combine to form one nation of Australia under the commonwealth of Brittain. This is the same year that the white australian act was passed, this restricted the immigration of non-white people to Australia -
First manned flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright created and piloted the first manned, powered and controled ever. This was the beggining of flight science everywhere being invested in which then lead to the creation of passenger and military flight -
Titanic sinks
The so called "unsinkable ship" sinks when it hits an Iceberg and takes 1502 lives down wih it due to the lack of life boats. The reason it was thought to be unsinkable was because of its sheer size and capacity, it ws the biggest passenger boat of its time -
The beggining of ww1
The first global war ever in history was begun when the Serb-Bosnians assasinated the archduke of Austria. It was fought betweeen the allies who were the triple entente and her allies and territories such as Australia, Belgium and other small European countries and the European imperialstic central powers such as Germany, Austro-hungary and Bulgaria, America joined the Allies in 1916 due to political pressure. -
The end of the first world war
The first world war ended with the triple entente and allies defeating the central powers due to their superiority in numbers. 17 million soldiers and civilians were killed in the wars which shook the worlds population hugely, this war changed the world for ever.
