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Contemporary history
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Carla
⟶ Updated 30 Nov 2018 ⟶
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Events
Women from Paris demand the right to vote for women for the first time
Human Rights without distinction are recognised in the Declaration of Human rights
Finland is the first European country that allows women to exercise the right to vote and to become candidates in elections (that means, stand for the parliament)
Spain approves women suffrage
Women vote for the first time in Spain (specifically, in Canet de Mar)
RAE publishes the «Sexismo lingüístico y visibilidad de la mujer» so as to present some guides to avoid sexist language
Once Foundation presents the Guía para un uso no sexista del lenguaje”
The First Congress of the International Workers’ Association approves a resolution concerning the professional work of women
PSOE proposes a salary equality law
There are 15 factories with the franchise of the monarchy in Barcelona
First steam engine is developed (James Watt)
The Spinning Jenny is introduced in Barcelona and Catalonia becomes the second cotton producer power, right after England.
First steam locomotive is built (George Stephenson)
First railway line ever is inaugurated (Manchester-Liverpool)
First railway line in Spain is built (Barcelona-Mataró)
The first car with an internal combustion engine is created (Carl Benz)
The first electric locomotive is invented (Siemens)
The first proper car is build using a gasoline engine (Daimler)
The first quantitative prediction of global warming caused by a hypothetical doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide in order to explain the greenhouse effect is made (Svante Arrhenius)
The Ozone depletion is discovered. It was divulged through a scientific journal called “Nature” (Joe Farman, Brian G. Gardiner & Jon Shanklin).
Industrialised countries make a commitment with the environment (Kyoto Protocol)
The City Hall of Barcelona aims to go from 525 electric cars to 24.000 en six years so as to reduce the contamination of the world
Pedro Sánchez states that he wants to approve three climate change regulations:
The first green rubbish bin is installed in Barcelona (in Plaça de Sant Jaume)
The first yellow rubbish bin in installed in Barcelona
The City Hall of Barcelona implements the Bicing service so as to promote the use of the bicycle to move around Barcelona
The Gremi de Tallers de Barcelona launched the campaign Siempre menos residuos so that people become aware of the current problem and put the 3R into practice in their daily life
The European Coal and Steel Community is created
The European Economic Community is created
Spain joins the European Economic Community
The European Economic Community changes its name into European Union
The Euro is officially presented
Pesetas were replaced by the Euro in Spain
Creation of the European Parliament
Creation of the European Commission
First European elections held across all 9 (at the time) European Community member states
The European Council becomes an official constitutional institution
Eurogroup emergency meeting
Conclusion that 62.000 millions of Euros would be distributed among Spanish banks
Brexit referendum
European Council Meeting (Brexit withdrawal agreement)
Catalan Referendum (against the Spanish law)
Brussels defends the use of ‘proportionate force’ in Catalonia
The European Commission have reiterated their threat to remove Catalonia from EU if they press ahead with independence
The UN calls a "special meeting" for the refugee crisis
Europe closes its door to immigrants
The European Council proposes creating centers to classify migrants outside the EU
Spain coordinates a pioneering agreement with 6 countries to distribute the immigrants of the Aquarius
First silent motion picture movie (black and white) “The Horse in Motion“
The first colour cinematography by additive color systems
Introduction of Kodachrome
Introduction of first color negative films
Origin of video tapes
Opening of the first megaplex
The cinematograph was patented
First cinema Grand Café de París
The first “film” was projected, consisting of a projection of the exit of some workers from a French factory of Lyon, the demolition of a wall, the arrival of a train and a boat leaving the port.
Warner Bros presents the first movie with sound (The Jazz Singer)
United Nations Conference on Environment & Development in Rio de Janeiro (Earth Summit; 3 June 1992-14 June 1992)
Patenting of the first telephone (Graham Bell)
First Radio
First computer
First email is sent
First mobile cell phone
First laptop
Open access to the Internet
World Wide Web project publication
First SMS (Short Message Service)
First “smartphone” (with Internet connection)
First webcam
Google was founded
Wikipedia was launched
First tablet
Myspace was founded
Facebook was founded
Youtube appeared
First iPhone (revolutionized the market, has shaped the look and needed functions of future phones)
First Samsung i7500
WhatsApp appeared
Instagram appeared
Periods
The Contemporary Age
The French Revolution takes place
First industrial revolution (main power sources: water, steam, coal and human action)
Second industrial revolution (main new power sources: petroleum and electricity)
World War I
Deforestation, sea level rising, ice caps melting, desiccation of water masses, forest fires and floods become more important topics to institutions and society.
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
18th United Nations Summit on Climate Change (COP).
The Plan de Fomento de las Energías Renovables is created by the government in order to create electricity from renewable energies
Second World War takes place
Spanish crisis
Silent movies
Windows Live Messenger (former MSN Messenger)