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second opium war
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, -
Effel tower was built
The plan to build a tower 300 metres high was conceived as part of preparations for the World's Fair of 1889. Emile Nouguier and Maurice Koechlin, the two chief engineers in Eiffel's company,and who was the ones making sure everything was right. -
world war 1
Austria declared war on serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Austria and Serbia sought the backing of larger countries that they had treaties with, Austria-Hungary with Germany and Serbia with Russia. -
russian revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 was caused by millions of people who would change the history of the world as we know it. -
irish war of independence
The Irish War of independence was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army. -
chernobyl
The diaster that occured at the nuclear power plant is an example of the devasation that can occur a nucear reaction gone wrong. -
Spainish civil war
The Spanish Civil War was the result of complex political differences between the Republicans — supporters of the government of the day, a primarily urban power base — and the Nationalists, who rebelled against that government: these had a primarily rural and more conservative power base. -
World War 2
Germans invasion of poland made Britan and France declare war on Germany ended in 1945. -
Treaty of Rome
Two treaties were signed in Rome that gave existence to the European Economic Community and to theEuropean Atomic Energy Community the Treaties of Rome. -
Sputnik 1
When the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, -
The Beatles
The group makes their first lunchtime debut as The Beatles for a session at the Cavern. March 21 - The Beatles first night-time concert at the Cavern. The band gets paid a mere $42.00 per night -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Günter Schabowski, head of the Berlin SED and an influential member of the outgoing Politburo, announced to bemused journalists that the Council of Ministers had just decided to allow East Germans to move freely into West Germany. -
Dissolution of the USSR
The Cold War between America and the Soviet Union ended with the latter's dissolution in 1991. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics split into a number of smaller countries, though the main body remained united as Russia -
The great Recession
The Great Recession started at the end of 2008 and ended in 2009. It was a global economic decline which caused a large amount of unemployment rates to go up. Some companies went bankrupt, and it was a loss of money to highly industrial countries. -
Urkaine protest
Anti-government protesters take the streets and riots brake out. Many people are injured and even killed along with police officers. The protesters want a country without as much influence from Russia, so they took to the streets. The U.S. is in support of the movement which could also turn into turmoil between the U.S. and Russia.
