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The British colonies of North America declare their independence
The american Revolution was a war between England and the united states of america that ended with the American victory in 1783. -
May 29, 1453
Ottomans Conquer Constantinople
The Ottoman Empire, who were Islamic, take over trade operations in the middle east. this empire will spread throughout the Middle east until 1919. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth 1 becomes queen of England
Queen Elizabeth the 1st was the queen of England and the last monarch to the Tudor dynasty. She past in 1603. -
England defeats the Spanish Armada
A fleet of 130 Spanish ships was escorting the army of flanders to invade England. They failed to do so and the fleet was destroyed by England. -
Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate was the last feudal Japanese military government, that was between 1603 and 1867. -
The Thirty Years War
The 30 years war was a war between the Catholics and the Protestants that took place in northern europe which ended with the Protestants being victories in 1648. -
The English Civil War
The English civil war was a conflict between parlementeries and Royalists over the idea of English government. This war ended in september 3, 1651. -
Manchus found the Qing Dynasty in china
Qing dynasty is the last imperial dynasty of china started in 1644. It came to an end in 1912. -
Peter the great became the Czar of Russia
Peter was the Czar of Russia in the 17th century. He is known for his extensive attempts to establish russia as a great country. He past in 1696. -
The British Colonization of India
England noticed the weakness of India in 1738 and decides to take over india. -
Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution was a time where machines changed the way of life for all people. This took place between the years 1760 and 1840. -
Catherine the great becomes Czarina of Russia
Catherine the great was the longest ruling female leader of russia until her passing in 1796. She came to power after peter the 111 got assassinated. -
The French Revolution
The poor of France were being mistreated by the upper class of France so they started a Revolution and the revolutionaries succeeded in defeating the loyalists this conflict ended in 1799. -
The Napoleonic Age
Napoleon became the emperor of France and started invading surrounding countries until they met the russians who defeated the French and the decline of the french began. The last battle for Napoleon was at waterloo where he lost terribly. it ended in 1802 -
The Unification of Italy
The Unification of Italy was a movement to unite the italian country into one unified country called italy. Italy was officially in 1871. -
Mexico declares independence from Spain
It started when a Catholic priest who started a war for independence from spain. -
The great Reform Bill of 1832
The great reform was from parliament that changed the electoral system of England as well as wales. Because the voting system was unfare. -
The Opium Wars
The war was called the opium war because the imports of opium to China from England, the chinese government didn't not like this and they engaged England and England was on the verge of victory so they made a treaty in which England was allowed to open 5 trading ports. -
The Great Potato Famine
The Potato Famine was a time of mass starvation and disease in Ireland which erupted mass migration of the Irish to america to escape the Famine which had killed many people. The Famine ended in 1852. -
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published the communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto showed the political ideas of Karl and Frederich. It focuses on the idea that a capitalist society would turn into a socialist party. -
The Taiping Rebellion
The war started with the Qin army attacking the taiping after that Hong declared himself emperor of the taiping and they started to march on the qin. The capture Nanjing and named it their capital, but slowly the Qin took back there former city and were victories in 1864 -
The Suez Canal
The Suez Canal was a man made waterway in Egypt combining the Mediterranean and the Red sea. The Suez was completed in 1869. -
Charles Darwin publishes the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin made the book Origins of species which discusses natural selection. -
The Civil War begins in the United States
The American Civil war started with the succession of the CSA. The war originally started with the issue of slavery, and the south wanted to have its own country for itself because they did not believe in the opinions of the north. The bloody war ended with the victory of the Union in 1865. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation was an executive order from the president Abraham Lincoln to legally free approximately 3 million slaves. Although its effect was not immediate. -
The Meiji Restoration
The revaluation restored Imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under emperor Meiji. This lasted until 1912 -
The Unification of Germany
The unification of Germany occurred in the palace of Versailles in france in which the prince of germany said that Wilhelm would be the German Emperor. -
The Berlin Conference
The conference regulated the colonization of Africa and it coincided with the emergence of germany as a power. -
The Russo-Japanese war
The Russo-Japanese war as the name implies was a war between Russia and japan over the imperial ambitions of Korea and Manchuria. The conflict ended in sep 5, 1905. -
The Russian Revolution
There was a wave of political unrest, worker strikes, angry Peasants and the outcome was the establishment of Duma and the Russian constitution of 1906. The revaluation ended in 1907 -
The Mexican Revalution
There was a struggle between the political elite which gave the people a chance to revolt. The conflict was over in the year 1920 -
The Chinese Revolution
It was a revolution that overthrew the last Imperial Dynasty of China Which started the early republic of china. The Revolution ended in 1912. -
World War 1 begins
ww1 started with the group of Serbians calling themselves the Black hand assassinated archduke Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of austria hungary. This initiated ww1 which was the bloodiest conflict of the time an estimated 17 million casualties were a result of the war. the conflict ended in nov 11, 1918
