Modern World History Timeline
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Updated: 16 Mar 2019
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The Reign of Terror BeginsThe Reign of Terror EndsPeru gained independenceArgentina gained independenceBolivia gained independenceMexico gained independenceBrazil gained independenceGran Colombia gained independenceHaiti gained independenceThe French Revolution Begins (Storming of the Bastille)Meeting of the French National AssemblyThe Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen establishedNapoleon Crowns himself EmperorThe Napoleonic Code enactedNapoleon's final defeat at the Battle of WaterlooThe Congress of Vienna concludesThe German Empire is unitedThe Italian Peninsula is unitedAustria- Hungary is formedGreece, Romania, Serbia, Albania, and Bulgaria separate from the Ottoman Empire (1829 - 1922)Greece, Romania, Serbia, Albania, and Bulgaria separate from the Ottoman Empire (1829 - 1922)Spheres of Influence created in China through the Treaty of NanjingAssassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggering the start of WWITreaty of Versailles SignedThe U.S. drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (August 6, 1945)The U.S. drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan ending WWII (August 9, 1945)Japan Surrenders (August 14, 1945)Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into WWII (December 7, 1941)Hitler Invades Poland beginning WWII (September 1, 1939)Battle of Britain turned the tides of war in Europe (August 12, 1940)Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into WWII (December 7, 1941)The mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins (1942)Battle of Midway turned the tides of the war in the Pacific (June 1942)Hitler commits suicide as the Allied troops approach Berlin (April 30, 1945)Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945)Nuremberg Trials Begin (November 20, 1945)The United Nations is created (October 24, 1945)Periods
Agricultural RevolutionIndustrial RevolutionMeiji Restoration (Japanese Industrialization)Berlin ConferenceThe Congo Free State under King Leopold II of BelgiumBritish and Boers fight over the territory of South AfricaIndia becomes an official colony of Great Britian
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