Contemporary history?

  • French Revolution. The village occupies the Bastille.

    French Revolution. The village occupies the Bastille.
  • Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.

    Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.
    They rose up against the soldiers on the 2nd May 1808, setting off a day of terrible fighting in the streets. The stories of the people of Madrid and the cruelty french soldiers, inspire other people to fight against Napoleon.
  • The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power.

    The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power.
    The battle of Waterloo was a battle between the French imperial troops (of Napoleon) and the Anglo-Prussian forces (commanded by Wellington). This battle marks the end of Napoleon's military power.
  • First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula.

    First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula.
    It was the world's first railroad that connected Stockon to Darlington in 1825. The first steam locomotives to operate in Spain were British. The first stop was Madrid - Delicias station.
  • The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s.XIX.

    The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s.XIX.
    The Eiffel Tower is formed by a reticulated structure of cast iron, it's located in the Field of Mars. The construction started the 28th of January of 1887.
  • Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism.

    Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism.
    This period was from 1907 to 1912, Instead of an emphasis on color, Analytic cubists focused on forms like the cylinder, sphere and the cone to represent the natural world.
  • World War I ends with more than 12 million dead.

    World War I ends with more than 12 million dead.
    There were 20 million deaths and 21 million wounded. The total number of deaths includes 9.7 million military personnel and about 10 million civilians. The Entente Powers (also known as the Allies) lost about 5.7 million soldiers while the Central Powers lost about 4 million.
  • The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR).

    The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR).
    The USSR was an state located in the north of Eurasia, it xisted form 1917 to 1991, on the territory of what had been the Rusian Empire.
  • End of first world war.

    End of first world war.
    Russia and escially Germny originated this war.
  • Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign.

    Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign.
    Champaran Satyagraha was the first civil disobedience movement which was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1922. It was done to protest against the injustice meted out to tenant farmers in Champaran district of Bihar.
  • Nazism begins in Germany.

    Nazism begins in Germany.
    The Nazis ruled Germany as a one-party, totalitarian dictatorship from 1929 to 1945.
  • Civil war in Spain

    Civil war in Spain
    military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country. When an initial military coup failed to win control of the entire country, a bloody civil war ensued, fought with great ferocity on both sides.
  • World War II.

    World War II.
    The World war II was a war that involved most of the nations of the world. The Treaty of Versailles was on of the causes.
  • Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.

    Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
    Once the Spanish Civil War had ended, a military dictatorship was set up in Spain over which General Franco held all the power, as reflected in the Fundamental Laws of the Kingdom, where he was the Head of State and Government, head of the army and head of the only political party, the Phalange.
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode.

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode.
    It carried out by the U.S.A on the orders of president Harry . S. Truman after Japanese leaders ignored the Postdam Declaration.
  • The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president).

    The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president).
    The founding of the People's Republic of China was formally proclaimed by Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on October 1, 1949, at 3:00 pm in Tiananmen Square in Peking, now Beijing (formerly Beiping), the new capital of China.
  • Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro.

    Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro.
    It was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro and his fellow revolutionaries of the 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
  • End of Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.

    End of  Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
    With the admission of Spain to the United Nations as a full member, and with the visit to Spain of General Eisenhower, the president of the United States, the international isolation of the Francoist dictatorship came to an end.
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall.

    Fall of the Berlin Wall.
    As the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.
  • Attack on the Twin Towers in New York.

    Attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
    A Boeing 767 jet flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) in Lower Manhattan. Eighteen minutes later, another plane crashed into the South Tower. Within 2 hours, both towers had collapsed.
  • Beginning of the civil war in Syria.

    Beginning of the civil war in Syria.
    Is an armed war originating from a broad protest movement against the Baathist regime that began with peaceful anti-regime and pro-regime demonstrations on March 15, 2011, three months after the beginning of the revolutionary climate known as the Arab Spring.
  • Refugee crisis in Europe

    Refugee crisis in Europe
    In 2021 alone, there were over 114,000 sea arrivals in Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Malta. 40 percent of individuals arriving to Europe by sea in 2019 are women and children. In 2021, there were over 3,200 individuals reported dead or missing due to dangerous land and sea journeys.
  • World Pandemic (Covid-19).

    World Pandemic (Covid-19).
    It's the disease caused by the new virus known as SARS-Cov-2.
  • My 14th birthday.

    My 14th birthday.
    My parents and my friends made me a birthday surprise.
  • Dani Martín Concert

    Dani Martín Concert
    It was the best concert of my life, because he is my favourite singer.
  • First time I went to Barcelona with my best friend.

    First time I went to Barcelona with my best friend.
    This was the first and only day that I went to Barcelona on christmas with my best friend Aitana.
  • War in Ukraine

    War in Ukraine
    Russia–Ukraine relations are the bilateral ties between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula was occupied by unmarked Russian forces, and later annexed by Russia, while pro-Russia separatists simultaneously engaged the Ukrainian military in an armed conflict for control over eastern Ukraine; these events marked the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
  • First concert with my friend Karla.

    First concert with my friend Karla.
    A 31 FAM concert in Tordera, Catalunya. I went with my friends: Karla, Joel and Hugo. I really enjoyed it.