Events
Invention of Spinning JennyDecl. of Independence (American Rev)Smith writes Wealth of NationsFrench Revolution beginsJenner’s smallpox vaccineHaitian independenceBritish abolish Transatlantic slave tradeCongress of Vienna1st Opium War in ChinaMarx & Engels’ The Communist ManifestoCommodore Perry opens JapanSepoy MutinyEnd of Russian serfdomU.S. Emancipation ProclamationGerman unificationBerlin ConferenceBattle of AdwaSpanish-American WarRusso-Japanese warChinese RevolutionRussian Revolution (Czar Abdicates)Armistice of 11 November 1918Treaty of VersaillesKellogg-Briand Pactstock market crashJapanese invasion of ManchuriaItalian invasion of EthiopiaJapanese invasion of (rest of) ChinaGerman blitzkrieg in PolandPearl Harbor, entry of US into WWIIYalta ConferenceHiroshima/Nagasakiend of WWIITruman Doctrineindependence & partition of Indiabirth of IsraelNATO foundedChinese Communist RevolutionVietnam expels FranceBandung ConferenceKhrushchev begins de-StalinizationNationalization of Suez CanalSputnikCuban RevolutionCuban Missile Crisis6-Day WarYom Kippur warIranian RevolutionChina begins “Socialist Market Economy” reforms1st Palestinian IntifadaTiananmen SquareFall of Berlin WallNamibia gained independence1st Persian Gulf warUSSR disbandedgenocide in Rwanda1st all race elections in S. Africa9/11 AttacksUS invades IraqFacebook foundedGlobal “Great Recession” beginsWikileaks, “Arab Spring” democracyNew Zealand grants Women suffragePeriods
7 year WarJanissary RevoltIndependence in Latin AmericaTanzimat ReformsEuropean revolutionsU.S. Civil WarItalian unificationBoer War1750-19001900-1950Mexican RevolutionWorld War IBerlin Blockade/Airlift1950-2011Korean WarChinese Cultural Revolution
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