American Decloration of Independence

  • American Decloration of Independence

    American Decloration of Independence
  • Edmund Cartwright patents a power loom

    Edmund  Cartwright  patents a  power loom
  • French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (which says nothing about slaves or women)

    French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (which says nothing about slaves  or women)
  • Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man is published

    Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man is published
  • First steam locomotive is operating at Pennydarren, Wales

    First steam locomotive is operating at Pennydarren, Wales
  • Abolition of slavery in the British Empire

    Abolition of slavery in the British Empire
  • Meiji (‘enlightened rule’) Restoration in Japan; feudalism is abandoned and capitalism embraced

    Meiji (‘enlightened rule’) Restoration in Japan; feudalism is abandoned and capitalism embraced
  • German unifcation after the Franco-Prussian War leading to Germany’s rise as an imperial power

    German unifcation  after the  Franco-Prussian War leading to Germany’s rise as an imperial power
  • Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio)

    Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio)
  • Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia

    Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia