Contemporary history

  • War of succession

    War of succession
    Was a war prompted by a succession crisis in which two or more individuals claim the right of successor to a deceased or deposed monarch. (1702-1714)
  • Independence of United states

    Independence of United states
    On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, voted unanimously to declare the independence as the "United States of America". Two days later, on July 4, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
  • French revolution

    French revolution
    was a period of social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789 and ending in 1799.
  • Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.

    Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.
    The war began in Spain with on 2 May 1808 and ended on 17 April 1814 with the restoration of Ferdinand VII to the monarchy.
  • The defeat of Waterloo

    The defeat of Waterloo
    The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power.
  • Locomotive in Iberian Peninsula

    Locomotive in Iberian Peninsula
    First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula.
  • The Eiffel Tower

    The Eiffel Tower
    The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s. XIX.
  • New pictorial style

    New pictorial style
    Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism.
  • World War 1

    World War 1
    World War I ends in 1918 with more than 12 million dead.
  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution
    The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR).
  • Disobedience campaign

    Disobedience campaign
    Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign.
  • Nazism

    Nazism
    Nazism begins in Germany.
  • Civil war in Spain

    Civil war in Spain
    Was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939.
  • World war II

    World war II
    Was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
  • Francisco Franco

    Francisco Franco
    Start the military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
  • Atomic bombs

    Atomic bombs
    Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode.
  • Republic of China

    Republic of China
    The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president).
  • Cuban Revolution

    Cuban Revolution
    Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro.
  • Dictatorship of Francisco Franco ended

    Dictatorship of Francisco Franco ended
    Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
  • Fall of the wall of Berlin

    Fall of the wall of Berlin
    The wall came down partly because of a bureaucratic accident
  • Twin towers

    Twin towers
    Attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
  • Civil War in Syria

    Civil War in Syria
    Beginning of the civil war in Syria.
  • Refugee crisis

    Refugee crisis
    Refugee crisis in Europe.
  • World Pandemic

    World Pandemic
    Covid19 appear in China