The World Wars and the Holocaust

By jmorente006

  • Camillo di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Sardinia.

  • Darwin published: "On the Origin of Species"

  • Garibaldi and his army takes Sicily

  • Creation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

  • The creation of the Commune of Paris (France)

  • Alliance of the Western German states and the North German Confederation

  • The Unification of the German Empire.

  • Franco-Prussian War

  • Darwin published: "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex"

  • Britain purchases a part of the Suez Canal.

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.

  • Britain and India become close as Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress.

  • France and Great Britain control Egypt.

  • The Triple Alliance is formed. (Austro-Hungary Empire, Germany and Italy.)

  • The Reinsurance Treaty is signed by Russia and Germany.

  • The South African War starts

  • The Entente Cordiale is formed between the United Kingdom and the French Republic.

  • The Triple Entente is created by the United Kingdom, French Republic and Russia.

  • The Young Turks takes control of the Turkish government.

  • The RMS Titanic sunks.

  • A part of Morocco is occupied by the French military.

  • The Balkan wars end.

  • The Panama Canal opens.