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Conservative Party
Tories led by Disraeli push for even wider voting in late 1850s, based on belief that the lower classes are basically conservative and will support Tories if they promote imperialism and patriotism. -
1914 - Outbreak of World War I
The war caused all the world's economic great powers which were in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Although Italy had also been a member of the Triple Alliance along with Germany and Austria-Hungary, it did not join the Central Powers, as Austria Hungary had taken the offensive against the terms of the alliance. -
End of World War I
The Great War took the lives of 9 million soldiers, 21 million more were wounded. Civilian casualties caused indirectly by the war numbered close to 10 million. The two nations most affected were Germany and France which were both sent s80 percent of their male populations between the ages of 15 and 49 into battle. -
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany.
Hitler's rise to prominence in Germany by the German people's frustration with dismal economic conditions and the s wounds caused by defeat in the Great War and the harsh peace of the Versailles treaty. A speaker, Hitler channeled popular with the post war Weimar government into support for his Nazi party. -
World War II
It lasted from 1939 to 1945, but some conflicts in Asia that are viewed as part of the world war begun earlier than 1939. It was the majority of the world's nations including all of the great powers eventually forming two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most known war in history, and involved more than 100 million people, more than 30 different countries. In total war. -
Queen Elizabeth was crowned
queen Elizabeth II was born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21 1926, in London, to Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. She married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in 1947, became queen on February 6, 1952, and was crowned on June 2, 1953. -
West Germany joins N.A.T.O.
West Germany joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a defense group aimed at the Soviet expansion in Europe. This marked the final step of West Germany's integration into the Western European defense system. -
The Cold War intensifies.
The Soviets were successful fed fears that the U.S. military had generally fallen behind in developing new technology. As a result, the launch of Sputnik served to intensify the arms race and raise Cold War tensions -
Poland elects noncummunist to their legislature
The unraveling of the Soviet Bloc began in Poland in JuneDespite previous Soviet military interventions in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland itself, Polish voters elected a noncommunist opposition government to their legislature. The world watched with anxious eyes, expecting Soviet tanks to roll into Poland preventing the new government from taking power. -
Attempted Reform in Faltering Soviet Union (1990):
Economic and social reforms designed to reverse decline of backfire, as the USSR continues its slide, republicans within the Soviet Union begin to hold tax revenues, seriously undermining central control -
Soviet Military Response to Break-Away Republics
The Soviet Army attempts to get independence movements, but damages their authority as several are killed, creating public relations backlash. -
European Union Established
Europe had long been a continent divided among several nations, as to Russia and the United States, which are massive states bringing populations greater than that of any single European state under one banner. The EU now represented a way for Europeans to compete directly. -
Prince William and Princess Kate's baby born
The baby boy arrived at 4:24 p.m. on July 22 at St. Mary’s Hospital, more than 10 hours after the couple checked into the hospital early that morning. He weighs 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
