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Jan 2, 1368
Manchus found the Qing Dynasty in China
The Manchus established a political system that successfully integrated Chinese intellectuals into the administration of the Emipre. The Ming Emipre ended in 1644. -
Jan 2, 1533
Elizabeth 1 becomes Queen of England
She was the Queen Of England until her death on March 24 1603. During her reign there were ideas and arguments about religion . -
England defeats the spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was a fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña in August 1588. It was a fleet to take down England. -
Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokugawa clan takes over imperial Japan and established itself as the Shogun, They established the capitol at Kyoto and rule until 1857 -
The British Colonization of India
India gain its independance from Great Britain. Great britain will have more land more money more power. India was one of the main types of trade in the world economy. East India Company 1612-1757 -
The thirty years war
The Thirty Years War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. -
The English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political problems between Parliamentarians and Royalists. This period of time was from 1624 through 1651. -
Peter the great becomes Czar of Russia
Peter The Great reign with his half brother Ivan V from 1682-1696. Peter´s reign alone lasted from 1696-1725. A Russian czar of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries who tried to transform Russia. -
Catherine the Great becomes Czarina or Russia
Catherine the Great was the most renowned and the longest ruling female leader of Russia. Her reign was 1762 through 1796. -
The British colonies of North America declare their Independence
A group of colonial military leaders met in North Carolina and declared independence from Great Britain a full 13 months before the Continental Congress -
The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 through 1799. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy and established a republic. , etc. -
The Napoleonic Age
Napoleon overthrows the directory and established the French Consulate. It is classified as the final stage of the french revolution. It began in 1803 -
The Industrial Revolution ( Jetho Tull, Eli Whitney, James Hargreaves, James Watt, Richard Trevithick)
Move from agriculture/man made things that was the main force then to factories and machines . Lasted from 1820-1840. -
Mexico declare its independence from Spain
Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821 independence from Spain by issuing the "Grito de Dolores". -
The great reform bill of 1832
Gives middle class the right to vote. A big shift politically for the middle class. Started in 1832. -
The Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving Anglo-Chinese disputes over British trade. Opium Wars lasted about from 1839-1842. -
Karl Marx and Frederic Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
Get rid of private property and give wealth around equally to others. Published in 1840. -
The Great Potato Famine
The Great Potato Famine was a period of mass starvation and disease and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. During the famine approximately one million people died and a million more left Ireland to live somewhere else. -
The Unification of Italy
The Unification pf Italy was basically the political and social movement that reinforced different states of the Italian peninsula . This movement lasted from about 1848 through 1870. -
The Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a massive rebellion in China that lasted from 1850 to 1864. It was a war between Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the military movement of the Heavenly Kingdom of Peace. -
The Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea level waterway in Egypt. It connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It was constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869. -
The civil war begins in the united states
The civil war began when the Confederates bombed the Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. They bombed it in 1861. The war ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered the confederate army at the courthouse in 1865. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. -
The Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration was a chain of events that restored the imperial rule to Japan in 1868. Meiji was the emperor at the time. The Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure. The Restoration ended in 1912. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was a war fought against the Russians and the Japanese in 1868. The war was fought because the japanese wanted to divide Manchuria and Korea but the Russian rejected the plan. -
The Unification of Germany
Germany turned into a politically nation state in 1817. The unification included religion, social and cultures. It began in 1850 and ended in 1871. -
The Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. This period lasted about one year from 1884-1885 -
The Chinese Revolution
The Chinese Revolution began with a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. 1899-1913 -
The Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that radically transformed Mexican culture and government. The Mexican Revolution occured from 1910 through 1920. -
World War 1 begins
World War I was a global war started in Europe that lasted from 1914 to 1918. Started because of an assasination. -
The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a military conflict between the Tsarist and the Soviet union. The soviet Union took down the Tsarist and it led to a rise of the Soviet Union. The start of it was 1917 and ended in 1918. -
Ottoman Conquer Constantinople
The Ottoman Empire, an islamic empire, conquerd Constantinople and took over trade operations in the Middle East. This empire would spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa until 1919. -
Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species´´
This book was published in 1859. The book is about a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin and is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.
