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Second Opium War
The Second Opium War was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856–1860. -
Eiffel Tower
The plan to build a tower 300 metres high was thought as part of preparations for the World's Fair of 1889. -
World War I
Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Both sides sought the backing of larger countries that they had treaties with, Austria-Hungary with Germany and Serbia with Russia. The United States join in declaring war on Germany in 1917. -
The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution of 1917 The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 was initiated by millions of people who would change the history of the world as we know it. -
Chernobyl
The disaster that occured at a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in the former USSR plant on April 25th 1986 is an example of the devastation that can occur when a nuclear reaction goes wrong. -
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was the result of complex political differences between the Republicans — supporters of the government of the day, the Second Spanish Republic, mostly subscribing to electoral democracy and ranging from centrists to those advocating leftist revolutionary change, with a primarily urban power base and the Nationalists, who rebelled against that government: these had a primarily rural and more conservative power base. -
World War II
World War II began with Germany's invasion of Poland. That prompted Britain and France to declare war on Germany. World war two started in 1939. World war two ended in 1945. -
Treaty of Rome
The 25th March 1957, two treaties were signed in Rome that gave existence to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community, the Treaties of Rome. -
Sputnik 1
History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds. -
The Beatles
1961, February 9. On this date the group makes their first lunchtime debut as The Beatles for a session at the Cavern. March 21 - The Beatles first night-time appearance at the Cavern. The band gets paid a mere $42.00 per night. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
On 9th November Günter Schabowski, head of the Berlin SED and an influential member of the outgoing Politburo, announced to bemused journalists that the Council of Ministers had just decided to allow East Germans to move freely into West Germany. -
Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse), Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tan War, or Tan War was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) against the British government and its forces in Ireland.
