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The aim of the Encyclopédie was to gather all available knowledge, to examine it critically and rationally, and to use it for social advancement. -
This process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world.
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The Watt steam engine, alternatively known as the Boulton and Watt steam engine, was an early steam engine and was one of the driving forces of the Industrial Revolution.
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The Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies' separation from Great Britain. -
The french revolution starts in 1789 and ends in 1799. The french revolution has three main phases: The Constitutional Monarchy, The Social Republic and The Directory.
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Napoleon Bonaparte is considered to be one of history's greatest military leaders. Served as emperor of France from 1804 to 1814, and again in 1815. His empire was comprised Belgium and Holland, parts of Germany, and the Italian coast all the way to Rome. In 1815 Napoleon abdicated after the defeat was sent into exile on the island of Saint Helena
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Fernando VII occupied the Spanish throne between March and May 1808 and, after the expulsion of Joseph I Bonaparte and his return to the country, again from May 1814
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Agered by the French occupation, a popular revolt began in Madrid on 2 May 1808. Thisrevolution spreads rapidly across the country. In December 1813, the Frenchs signed Treaty of Valençay. Then they left and returned the crown lo Ferdinand VII
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The Spanish-American wars of independence were a series of armed conflicts between 1809 and 1829
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Luddism was a labor movement that acquired help in England from unconditional hatred of machines.
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It was promulgated by the Cortes of Cadiz meeting on March 19, 1812. -
Between 1814 and 1815 the powers that defeated Napoleon met at the Congress of Vienna
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Fernando VII occupied the Spanish throne between March and May 1808 and, after the expulsion of Joseph I Bonaparte and his return to the country, again from May 1814
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European revolution on a continental level that installs democracy -
Time period between 1820-1823, in which the Holy Alliance took place
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It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester.
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Revolution, caused because the Congress of Vienna did not respect the liberal principles, that brought Louis-Philippe to the throne of France. -
Elizabeth II was queen of Spain between 1833 and 1868, thanks to the repeal of the Salic Lawof 1713 through the Pragmatic Sanction of 1830
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The unification of Germany into the German Empire, a Prussia-dominated nation state with federal features, officially occurred on 1871 at the Palace of Versailles in France, it started in 1834 in Prussia.
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This series of revolutions, also called "The Spring of Nations", shows how countries under the control of empires pursue the idea of nationalism and liberalism. -
The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party is an 1848 pamphlet by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
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Italian unification, also known as the Risorgimento, was the 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy
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Its goals were the political organization of the proletariat in Europe and the rest of the world.
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In the United States, the first effective nationwide labour organization was the Knights of Labor
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The First Spanish Republic was the political regime in force in Spain from its proclamation by the Cortes, on February 11, 1873, until December 29, 1874.
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In December 1874, General Martinez Campos proclaimed Alfonso XII king of Spain. This starts the bourbon restoration.
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The Bloody Sunday o Red Sunday was a massacre of peaceful demonstrators led by Father Gapon perpetrated by the Russian Imperial Guard. -
The Balkan Wars were two wars that took place in southeastern Europe from 1912 to 1913. The first confronted the Ottoman Empire with the so-called Balkan League formed by Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece and Serbia
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The First World War was a confrontation between a large part of the European countries caused by different political opinions.
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With this revolution began the Russian Revolution, ended the Russian monarchy and led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II.
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Also known as the Great Socialist Revolution, it was the second part of the Russian revolution after the February Revolution.
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a treaty signed between several of the participants in the 1WW that ended Russia's participation in the First World War. -
The Treaty of Versailles intended to end the First World War and prevent future wars by Germany, which these were taken as a humiliation. -
Organization created by the Treaty of Versailles that sought to reestablish peace between European nations. -
The Second World War was an ideological conflict that involves a big number of countries around the world.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military offensive by the Japanese Imperial Navy against the United States Naval Base. -
This was the code name that the invasion of the USSR received.
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Intergovernmental body founded in 1945 to promote international cooperation. -
Nuclear attacks on the United States of America on August 6-9, 1945, the work of the United States of America after Japanese leaders decided to ignore the Potsdam ultimatum
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Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on basic human rights
