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Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote this book during a time of improvement in naval technology and described the importance of naval supremacy during his time.
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Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917) was the last sovereign of the Kamehameha dynasty and she ascended the throne in 1891.
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There was gold found near the Klondike River in Alaska so approx. 100,000 people migrated in hopes of becoming rich.
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The U.S. Congress passes a resolution to annex Hawaii and in two years Hawaii will become a territory of the US on February 22nd.
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U.S. forces defeat the Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Heights.
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US Congress declares war on Spain.
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U.S. Commodore Dewey and his Asiatic squadron defeat the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines.
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U.S. troops land in Cuba.
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U.S. forces destroy the Spanish Fleet off Santiago Bay, Cuba.
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The Spanish surrender at Santiago.
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The U.S. and Spain sign the Protocol of Peace, ending hostilities between the two.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by representatives from the U.S. and Spain. After extensive debate, the treaty is ratified by the U.S. senate on February 6, 1899. Under the treaty, the U.S. acquires control over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
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Emilio Aguinaldo proclaims war on U.S. forces.
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A Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there.
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Roosevelt requested that Britain and Germany pull out their forces from the area while simultaneously stationing naval forces in Cuba to ensure "the respect of Monroe doctrine" and the compliance of the parties in question.
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The last of Samar's guerrillas surrenders.
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Both Nicaragua and Panama experienced Roosevelt's signature diplomacy in canal-related incidents.
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U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone and a signed treaty.
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Taft attempted to use America's financial power to extend its international influence.
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Panama Canal was completed in 1913 and officially opened in 1914.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War I.
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Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War I.
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This is the first time that large amounts of gas are used in battle, and the result is the near-collapse of the French lines.
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A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans.
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The current constitution of Mexico was approved by a constituent assembly in Querétaro.
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British intelligence gives Wilson the so-called Zimmermann Telegram, a message from German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann proposing that Mexico side with Germany in case of war between Germany and the United States.
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Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The United States enters World War I on the side of France and Britain.
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An Armistice is signed ending fighting on the Western Front.
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Hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare and led to the McCarthy trials and much more.
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A series of floods that occurred during the Nanjing decade in the Republic of China era.
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Manual Ávila Camacho forges a friendly relationship with the U.S. which leads Mexico to declare war on the Axis powers after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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The Japanese military attacked U.S. forces in Pearl Harbor thus instagting the U.S. to enter World War II.
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American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people.
