ABBIES TREE By weedsa Period: Jun 1, 1900 to Jun 16, 2013 Family History Jan 22, 1901 Death of queen victoria Jan 1, 1902 The boar war Jan 1, 1905 1st All black team Jan 1, 1907 NZ becomes a dominion Jan 1, 1911 Ernest Rutherford identifies atomic stucture Jan 1, 1913 waterfront strikes Auckland and welllington Jan 1, 1914 nz Troops occupy samoa ww1 Apr 25, 1915 Gallipoli Campaign Jan 1, 1916 Battle of the somme (ww1) Jan 1, 1917 Russian revolution Jan 1, 1919 NZ woman eligible for election tp parliament Jan 1, 1920 ANZAC Day established. NZ governs samoa. Jan 1, 1929 Beginning of Great Depression Jan 1, 1932 Unemployed riots in Auckland , Dunedin and christchurch Jan 1, 1935 First NZ Labour Government Jan 1, 1936 Spanish civil war ( 1936-1939) National party formed Jan 1, 1937 Japanese invasion of china free milk in schools introdued Jan 1, 1939 Beginning ww11 maori battalion formed Jan 1, 1940 Germany invades France , Battle of britan , NZ Jan 1, 1941 Bombing of pearl Harbour . Heavy NZ losses battle of crete