Timeline: Contemporary Age

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  • War of succession between the Crown of Castile and the Catalan-Aragonese crown

    War of succession between the Crown of Castile and the Catalan-Aragonese crown

    It started in 1702 and ended in 1714
  • The United States of America becomes independent from England

    The United States of America becomes independent from England

  • French Revolution. The village occupies the Bastille

    French Revolution. The village occupies the Bastille

  • Beginning of the war of independence in Spain

    Beginning of the war of independence in Spain

  • The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power

    The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power

  • First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula

    First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula

  • The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s. XIX

    The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s. XIX

  • Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism

    Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism

  • World War I ends with more than 12 million dead

    World War I ends with more than 12 million dead

    It started in 1914 and ended in 1918
  • The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR)

    The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR)

  • Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign

    Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign

  • Nazism begins in Germany

    Nazism begins in Germany

  • Civil war in Spain

    Civil war in Spain

    It started in 1936 and ended in 1939
  • World War II

    World War II

    It started in 1939 and ended in 1945
  • Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain

    Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain

    It started in 1939 and ended in 1975
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode

  • The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president)

    The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president)

  • Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro

    Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • Attack on the Twin Towers in New York

    Attack on the Twin Towers in New York

  • Beginning of the civil war in Syria

    Beginning of the civil war in Syria

  • Refugee crisis in Europe

    Refugee crisis in Europe

  • World Pandemic (Covid-19)

    World Pandemic (Covid-19)