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American Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire, The committee that wrote the American Declaration of Independence were Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R Livingston and John Adams. -
The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of radical, social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799 that profoundly affected French and modern history, it began because of very poor economic position caused by the frailty of nobles and the government -
The First Fleet
The First Fleet is the 11 ships which left Great Britain on 13 May 1787 to found a penal colony that would become the first European settlement in Australia. The fleet consisted of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports, carrying more than 1,000 convicts, marines and seamen, and a vast quantity of stores. From England, the Fleet sailed southwest to Rio de Janeiro, then east to Cape Town and via the Great Southern Ocean to Botany Bay, arriving in mid-January 1788. -
Alessandro Volta invents the battery
Alessandro Volta invents a battery to store electrical currents; the unit of electrical potential, Volta, is named after him -
George Stephenson builds the first passenger railway
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. -
Publication of the people charter in Britain
Publication of the people charter in Britain demanding political reform, including the rite to vote for every man from the age of 21 -
Edward Hargraves dicovers gold in Bathurst N.S.W
Edward Hargraves discovers gold in Bathurst N.S.W triggering several gold rushes in Australia -
Convict transportation to Australia ceases
Covict transportation to Australia ceases with the last ship of convicts disbarking in western Australia -
Invention of the Electric Light Bulb
Thomas Edison officially creates the first pratical electrically powered light bulb. This changed the world because it now allows for industrial processes to continue into the night due to the greater amount of light output compared to a candle. Workers can now work anytime of day. -
Federation of Australia
Federation of Australia-the six colonies of new south wales , Queensland, south Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and western Australia from one nation. -
The Wright Brothers build the first powerd flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright also known as the Wright Brothers successfully started a major revolution in flying technologhy that was to affect the way we move. -
Assassination of Archduke Fedinand
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary is assassinated by Galvrio Princip of Serbia, causing the first World War, the greatest war the world had seen at that time.
