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The US Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The declaration declared independence from Great Britain. -
European Settlement of Australia
In 1787 the first fleet sailed into Botany Bay and began Britain's colonisation of Australia. The fleet was commanded by Captain Cook and was under the instruction of the English monarch. -
The French Revolution
In 1789 the citizens of France revolted against their monarchy and overthrew them. The French Revolution is considered to be one of the events that marked the end of the middle ages and the beginning of modern history. -
Invention of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell is the father of the telephone. After all it was his design that was first patented, however, he was not the first inventor to come up with the idea of a telephone. Antonio Meucci, an Italian immigrant, began developing the design of a talking telegraph or telephone in 1849. -
Indian Rebellion
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, uprising in India between 1857–58. The Rebellion was an attempt to overthrow the rule of the British East India Company in India however failed. -
The US Civil War
The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. The war was fought between the Yankees and the Confederates and was primarily over slavery. -
Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji -
The Boer War
The First Boer War, also known as the First Anglo-Boer War was a war fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and the South African Republic -
The Scramble for Africa
The "Scramble for Africa" was the occupation, division, and colonisation of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914. -
The Spanish America War of Independence
The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Invention of Powered Flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers were the first people to create and fly a working powered aircraft. -
WW1
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war that started due to the assassination of the Austro Hungarian ruler Archduke Franz Ferdynand -
The Russian Revolution
In 1917 the Communist Bolsheviks headed by Vladimir Lenin overthrew the Romanovs in an intense revolution that lasted till 1918. With the aim being to install a purely marxist government and eliminate the aristocracy. -
Discover of Penicillin
In 1928 Professor Alexander Fleming, Professor of Bacteriology at St. Mary's Hospital in London discovered the worlds first antibiotic-penicillin -
WW2
World War Two also known as the Second World War was a global war fought between the four super powers United Kingdom, Soviet Union, the United States and Nazi Germany. -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict fought in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia between the United States, North Korea, China, the Viet Kong and South Vietnam. The began due to Americas fear of the spread of communism and Vietnamese provocations. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The cuban missile crisis was a thirteen day stand of between American and the Soviet Union over the positioning of Soviet and American missiles. -
Martin Luther Kings "I have a dream" Speech
The i have a dream speech was a speech delivered by civil rights leader Martin Luther King during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, both calling for improved treatment of African Americans. -
The Moon Landing
The moon landing or as its technically known Apollo 17 was the mission that landed the first two men on the men. The pilot of the spaceship was Buzz Aldrin and the commander Neil Armstrong. -
Hong Kongs Return to China
On the 1st of July 1997 the United Kingdom handed over Hong Kong to China. The transfer of sovereignty marked the end of a 99 year lease and in some peoples view the end of the British Empire.
