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French Revolution.The village occupies the Bastille.
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other European nations that faced supporters and opponents of the system known as the Old Regime. -
Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.
The Spanish War of Independence was a military conflict that took place between 1808 and 1814 within the context of the Napoleonic Wars, which pitted the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal against the First French Empire, whose aim was to install Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne -
The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power
The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by the Prussians and the British (led by the Duke of Wellington), marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe -
First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula.
The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive, was the 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Coalbrookdale Locomotive, built by Trevithick in 1802 -
The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s.XIX.
The Eiffel Tower was built in record time. 2 years, 2 months and 5 days. From the end of January 1887 to March 31, 1889 -
Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism.
Cubism is an artistic movement, created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, which employs geometric shapes in depictions of human and other forms. Over time, the geometric touches grew so intense that they sometimes overtook the represented forms, creating a more pure level of visual abstraction. -
World War I ends with more than 12 million dead.
The human cost of World War I was enormous. More than 9 million soldiers and an estimated 12 million civilians died in the four-year-long conflict, which also left 21 million military men wounded -
The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR).
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war -
Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign.
Mahatma Gandhi's first non-violent satyagraha campaign was organized in September 1906 in protest against the Transvaal Asiatic Ordinance against local Indians in South Africa. It was against the Asiatic Ordinance in Transvaal, South Africa -
Nazism begins in Germany.
Nazism, totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of the Nazi Party in Germany. In its intense nationalism, mass appeal, and dictatorial rule, Nazism shared many elements with Italian fascism. -
Civil war in Spain.
Spanish Civil War 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 was a global military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. Most of the nations of the world were involved in it -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were two nuclear attacks ordered by Harry S. Truman, president of the United States, against the Empire of Japan. -
Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
Francisco Franco was a general and the leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War -
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 on October 1, 1949, at 3:00 pm in Tiananmen Square in Peking, now Beijing -
Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro.
The Cuban Revolution 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. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
The fall of the Berlin Wall was a popular uprising in the East German capital, East Berlin. -
Attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
The World Trade Center was a complex of buildings in Manhattan, New York City, United States, which included the emblematic Twin Towers, inaugurated on April 4, 1973 and destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001, along with the World Trade Center 7 -
Beginning of the civil war in Syria.
The Syrian civil war is an armed conflict that began in Syria after the 2011 anti-government protests. These protests led to clashes between the country's Armed Forces and the so-called Syrian opposition, which includes several terrorist groups. -
Refugee crisis in Europe
The migration crisis in Europe of refugees in Europe is a critical humanitarian situation, which worsened in 2015, due to the increase in the uncontrolled flow of refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants and others. migrants in conditions of vulnerability. -
World Pandemic (Covid-19).
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified from an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of China and later worldwide. -
War in Ukraine
The Russo-Ukrainian War is a military conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, which is currently ongoing and which increased after the tense period of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis of 2021-2022, a conflict that on February 24, 2022 finally led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, although this confrontation has been going on since 2014 and has had several stages, including Crimea's accession to Russia and the Donbass war that began that same year and is still in progress
