AP World Unit 5 Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 22 Feb 2019
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Events
Publication of
Karl Marx’s
Communist
ManifestoEmancipation of
serfs in RussiaUnification of Italy
and GermanyRevolution in
RussiaOutbreak of
World War IConstitutional
ConventionLouisiana PurchaseWomen’s Rights Convention,
Seneca Falls, New YorkCalifornia gold rushDominion
of Canada
establishedMassacre at
Wounded KneeHidalgo-Morelos
rebellion in MexicoFirst
school for girls
in MexicoNapoleon’s
invasion of EgyptFrench
invasion of AlgeriaMaji Maji rebellion in German
East Africa (Tanzania)Indian mutiny/
rebellionOpening of Suez CanalOttoman constitution establishedIlbert Bill/White Mutiny in IndiaIndian National Congress establishedYoung Turk takeover
in Ottoman EmpireChinese
rejection of British
request for open tradeArrival in Japan of Commodore PerryMeiji restoration in JapanRusso-Japanese WarJapan annexes KoreaChinese RevolutionPeriods
Beginnings of British
Industrial RevolutionBeginnings of antislavery movementFrench RevolutionReign of NapoleonAmerican
RevolutionMexican-American WarU.S. Civil WarSpanish-American War
(U.S. acquires the Philippines)Life of Simón BolívarHaitian RevolutionLatin American wars of independenceBeginning
of railroad
building in Cuba,
Chile, and BrazilCuba and Brazil
abolish slaveryConstruction of
Panama CanalMexican RevolutionFulbe wars and establishment
of Sokoto caliphate in West AfricaReign of
Muhammad Ali in EgyptRise of Zulu kingdom
in South AfricaHigh point of East
African slave tradeColonial conquest
of AfricaSamori Toure’s
resistance to
French aggression
in West AfricaBoer War in South AfricaWahhabi movement of Islamic renewal in ArabiaBeginnings of British takeover in IndiaTanzimat
reforms in
Ottoman
EmpireFrench conquest of IndochinaFamines and rebellions
in JapanFirst Opium
WarTaiping Uprising in ChinaBoxer
Rebellion
in China
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