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Contemporary History

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  • War of succession

    War of succession

    1702-1714 War of seccession between the Crown of Castile and the Catalan-Aragonese Crown
  • Independence from England

    Independence from England

    Unitet States of America becomes independent from England
  • French Revolution

    French Revolution

    The village ocupies the Bastille
  • War of independence in Spain

    War of independence in Spain

    Beginning of the war of independence in Spain
  • The defeat of Waterloo

    The defeat of Waterloo

    The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power
  • First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula

    First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula

  • Eiffel Tower

    Eiffel Tower

    A sample of the iron architecture of the s. XIX.
  • Cubism

    Cubism

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

    World War I

    1914-1918 Ends with more than 12 million dead.
  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution

    The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR)
  • First Civils disobedience campaign

    First Civils disobedience campaign

    Gandhi organizes it.
  • Nazism begins in Germany

    Nazism begins in Germany

  • Ciwil War in Spain

    Ciwil War in Spain

    1936-1939
  • World War II

    World War II

    1939-1945
  • Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain

    Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain

    1939-1975
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode

  • The People's Republic of China

    The People's Republic of China

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

    Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • Attack on the Twin Towers in New York

    Attack on the Twin Towers in New York

  • Beginning of the civil war in Siria

    Beginning of the civil war in Siria

  • Refugee crisis in Europe

    Refugee crisis in Europe

  • World Pandemic

    World Pandemic

    Covid-19