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Thomas Hobbes birth
Thomas Hobbes was one of the influential enlightenment thinkers. He was born on April 5, 1588 in West port England. He believed that humans were born ultimately evil. -
Gunpowder Plot
Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes devised a plan to blow up parliament on the 5th of November. When the day came, a parliament member was warned so they checked under the houses and found Guy Fawkes with all the Gunpowder. The plot was stopped and everyone was and all the non Catholics were happy. -
Cromwell's death
Oliver Cromwell was first liked when the commonwealth first started. But then he turned into a dictator and dissolved the Parliament. Many people were really happy when he died. -
William of Orange taking power with Mary
After Cromwell, Charles II came to power. He was awful but the thing that everyone hated was that he was Catholic. Parliament really needed a Protestant leader, so they asked William of Orange and May who was his daughter to take control. In the end, they took control and Protestant leaders were in power again -
Locke's death
John Locke died on October 28, 1704 in Essex. He believed that the governments power should come from the people. Also he argued that the English people had been justified in overthrowing James II. -
Rousseau birth
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva on June 28, 1712. He believed that free individuals should create a government that would respond to the peoples will. -
Olaudah was born
Olaudah was a very influential person and was a slave for most of his young life. He bought his way out of slavery and helped resettle freed slaves. He would argue his point and one thing that he used was the song tragedy. He died on March 31 1797. -
Steamship invented
During the industrial revolution, a faster way of transportation was invented. The steamship was powered by coal and steam and moved things in water much faster. Also these ships could move crops from farms and other supplies faster. -
Storming the Bastille
The 3rd estate or the people who were for the revolution needed ammunition and weapons to help revolt against the king. So they decided to gather a big group of people and storm the Bastille, which was a very big and well known jail. this helped influence some people to join the revolution. -
March of the Women
The revolution was getting so bad that a group of women couldn't take it anymore. So they marched to the palace of Versailles and forced the king to come with them to Paris. The main reason for this was that they were unhappy with the price of bread, and they wanted it lower because they couldn't afford it anymore. -
The first textile mill
The making of clothing was a slow process until Samuel Slater invented the textile mill. This mill sped up the process of making and weaving clothing. Many people now started to move from the Farman to the cities, because of these new jobs. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was the king during the French revolution. He was married to Marie Antoinette. Louis wasn't a very good king because he listened to bad advise from his wife, and ignored good advise from his counselors. King Louis XVI was known as a pig, because of all the food he ate. King Louis XVI was killed by the guillotine, which was a very popular way of death during this time. -
The Law of Suspects
This law was passed by the French National Convention. This law was saying that anyone who associated with anti revolutionists, or didn't do things to support the revolution, were to be killed by the guillotine. This was one of the causes of the "Reign of Terror". -
Mary Antoinette's Execution
Mary Antoinette was married to King Louis XVI. She was very disliked from the French people mainly because she was from Austria. Also many people said she was greedy and didn't care about the third estate. The famous phrase that depicts this is "Let them eat cake". Mary Antoinette was finally executed by the revolutionist during the French Revolution. -
Cotton gin invented
Many things were invented during the industrial revolution, but one of the things invented was the cotton gin by Eli Whitney. This machine made cleaning cotton much faster and in greater amounts. Theories say that this machine was one of the causes for slaves. -
Napoleons new name Coup d' etat"
Finally the rebellion for the French was finally over because Napoleon gained power and was the leader of France. Napoleon started off destroying everybody in his path, so he decided to name himself Coup d' etat". This meant the overthrow of government. -
The Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon was in a predicament. The profits from the Caribbean were failing and he was needing money to help him with battling Britain. So the part of the new world that he owned, he decided to sell, because it wasn't much good to him. He sold this territory for 15 million dollars to the United States. -
Napoleon Abdicates the Throne
Napoleon is very mad because Russia is trading with Britain. So he decided to attack them to punish them for what they did. Napoleon failed, because the Russians made him retreat. The winter was so bad that it killed many of his men on the retreat. So everyone gangs up on him at the Battle of Leipzig and defeats him. Napoleon has no other choice but to leave the throne. -
Queen Victoria birth
Queen Victoria was the queen of England’s during the Victorian era. She reigned on the throne for 63 years. She was famously known around the world but showed herself no little in public. She also mourned for her husbands death until the day she died, and wore black for the rest of her life also. -
The abolishment of slavery in England
Slavery had been something that had been in England for awhile. Many people including John Newton, olaudah, and William. Wilberforce. Finally right before Wilberforce died, slavery was abolished. -
Potato famine
The potato was a stock crop for the Irish and it was easy to grow, so when the potato died and got diseased many people died of starvation and about 1.5 million people emigrated. -
A new constitution
France, once again made a new constitution, but this one had some things that had a special impact. Nobility and slavery was abolished, and France was created a indivisible republic. Most importantly, people oiled vote for a president. -
The crystal palace opened
Theoughtout the industrial revolution, many things were invented and built. This palace was were inventions from all over the world were kept and it was a center were many people came to visit. Sadly in 1936 the crystal palace burned down. -
Sepoy mutiny
Sepoy were Indian soldiers who fought for the East India company. Most of them were either Muslim or Buddhist and believed that cows and pig were holy. The cartridges of gunpowder we’re beloved to have been dipped in those animals fat and the sepoy didn’t fight anymore and rebelled. -
Emmeline Pankhurst birth
Emmeline Pankhurst did so much for the women’s suffrage movement. She got her whole family involved Andy she Andy her family became militants Andy were arrested many times. She eventually formed the Women’s Party which demanded equal pay, marriage and divorce laws, and a national system of maternity benefits. -
Czar Nicholas 2 born
Czar Nicholas was born near St. Petersburg and was he last Czar in Russia. His family, the Romanov's ruled Russia for the last 300 years. Nicholas wasn't the best ruler and in fact most of Russia hated him. Czar Nicholas married Princess Alexandria and had 5 children. -
Napoleon 3 gets captured
Napoleon 3 in 1851 won the election. This was a vote instead of a take over. Just like his grandfather, he named himself coup de etat. In 1870 he went to war with the Franco-Prussians Andy lost and was captured. That was when he lost the throne. -
British Easy India Company end
This was the early British imperialism in India. this basically controlled India but was owned by the British. it limited to coastal trading, and the companies army took over India, claiming it had to restore order to it. finally after the Sepoy mutiny, the British east India company lost its power -
The telephone invented
Alex Gram bell invented the phone. This machine you could use to communicate to people without being right in front of them. He got into the science of sound because of the deaf wife and mother. Eventually through many inventions, he was able to send a voice signal down a telegraph wire. -
Stalin birth
Stalin was born in the county of Georgia and when he was young was a little rascal. When Lenin was in power, Stalin was the only person that he could trust, but as he got to know him told people not to let him get power. Stalin caused the deaths of many people and used propaganda to fake his identity for people to like him. -
Boxer rebellion
The boxers were made up of Chinese people who didn’t like foreigners. They thought they were foreign devils and organized a group to get rid of them. The boxers attacked foreigners, Christians, and Chinese people who helped foreigners. -
Wright brothers airplane in flight
The wright brothers who owned a bicycle shop wanted to invent a flying machine. These two brothers were from Dayton Ohio. On this certain day in December, they flew a gasoline powered airplane for 59 seconds. This plane would impact the world forever. -
Treaty of Portsmouth
This treaty ended the Russo-Japanese war and was taken place in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Theodore Roosevelt was the mediator and
Japan annexed Korea. -
Model T Ford invented
The model T Ford was invented by Henry Ford. This car was made so that people could afford it and have a easier way of transportation. This car was very ugly, slow, and hard to drive. The cost of this car was finally brought down to 295$, and was being a made 1 car per minute. -
Assembly lines
This new process of making materials was very helpful. This process eased the production caused companies to charge less and allowed consumers to obtain more. In all, this new process evolved new factories. -
The Schlieffen Plan Executed
This plan was executed during WW1 by the Germans. Germany was surrounded by enemy allies, Russia, England, and France. So the goal of this attack was to quickly invade France before they could mobilize and then focus on attacking Russia. The plan failed and they were stuck in a stalemate for 4 years. -
Start of the Trench Warfare
Germany had retreated all the way to the Aisne river and held a really good defensive position. When the British finally met them, a British commander told them men to start building trenches, and this is what started the beginning of the gruesome trench warfare. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British passenger ship heading to the USA with some important cargo besides the people. A German U boat saw it and sunk it. This made America super mad and this was one of the reason that America joined the war. -
Rasputin killed
Rasputin played a vary important role in the Romanov family. He was brought to the royal family to help heal Alexei from his hemophilia. Rasputin did take advantage of this and while Nicholas was gone at battle would influence Alexandria in making government decisions. This made people really made that eventually conspirators killed Rasputin because they hated him so much. -
Czar Nicholas abdicates the throne
On march 8, there are protests in the Petragade streets and Nicholas soldiers refused to shoot them, because they supported what they were doing. Since Czar Nicholas no longer had people who like him he was unsafe and he abdicated the throne. This was the end of the dynasty, and Communism would now take over. -
Lenin exiled
Lenin was a communist and wanted to take control of Russia and make it a communist country. Lenin was a vary wild man and was exiled. Russia was actually so tired of the Czar that they helped him sneak back into Russia to be able to start trouble again. -
Representation of the people Act
Women up to this time had not been able to have the same rights as men. One important one one as the right to vote. With this law passed women over 30 could vote. And later the reform act was passed Andy women could vote at age 21. -
Mati Hari Death
Mati Hari was a famous dancer who did that for a living. But during WW1 she worker as a spy for France. She delivered lots of important messages to France that helped them in the war. But sadly she was caught and died by a firing squad. -
Bolsheviks attack Provisional Government
The Bolshevik party were communist and wanted to overthrow Russia. Now that the Czar no longer had power, the provisional government was what had power, but it was really weak. So the Bolsheviks attacked the government and took over as much as they could of Moscow and Russia. This is what started the communist rule. -
The Red Baron death
The Red Baron or Baron Manfred von Richthofen was apart of the air force of Germany. He had 80 combat victories and defeated his most hated enemy. His plane was painted Red and which also gave him his name. On the fateful day the Red Baron flew over enemy territory and was shot down and died shortly after a landed. -
The Treaty of Versailles
This Treaty took place after WW1 and it mostly affected Germany. This Treaty reduced Germany navy to 100,000 people, took away tanks, air force, Rhineland was de-militarized, and they lost lots of land. Also it made some of the allied powers mad because they weren't given enough for fighting, but this also led to WW2. -
The Kronsdat Revolt
This revolt was against Lenin. Workers went on strike vs. Lenin because of Lenin's new War Communism. The reason why its called the Kronstadt revolt is because the Kronsdat naval base revolted against Lenin, but the red army put down the revolt and supposedly had 20,000 casualties. -
The Gulag System
The Gulags were slave labor camps. These were the places where Stalin would send people who might compete with him for power, or who speak badly against him. Throughout his life time, he had 1 million direct killings and 12 million deaths in the slave labor camps. The gulag system in 1960 was closed down and never used again.
