Unit 5 Timeline By hassansulub Jan 1, 1765 Perfection of Steam Engine Apr 29, 1775 American Revolution Period: Apr 29, 1775 to Apr 30, 1783 American Revolution Jan 1, 1780 Beginning of British Industrial Revolution Period: Apr 29, 1789 to Apr 30, 1799 French Revolution Period: Apr 29, 1791 to Apr 30, 1803 Haitian Revolution Period: Apr 29, 1793 to Apr 30, 1794 Execution of Louis XVI; French terror Period: Apr 29, 1810 to Apr 30, 1825 Latin American wars of independence Period: Apr 29, 1838 to Apr 30, 1842 First Opium War Apr 29, 1848 Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto Period: Apr 29, 1856 to Apr 30, 1858 Second Opium War Apr 29, 1868 Meiji Restoration Apr 29, 1869 Opening of Suez Canal Period: Apr 29, 1875 to Apr 30, 1914 Scramble for Africa