HK WORLD HISTORY-Diego López y Farah Guerra

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  • 1492

    15th - 20th Century: Colonialism (c. 1492 - 1960s)

    15th - 20th Century: Colonialism (c. 1492 - 1960s)
    15th - 19th Century: European colonialism (Spain, Portugal, France, Britain, etc.). Conquest of the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
    19th - 20th Century: Gradual decolonization (Latin America in the 19th century; Asia and Africa in the 20th century).

  • 19th - 21st Century: Russian Imperial Ambitions

    19th - 21st Century: Russian Imperial Ambitions
    1721: Russian Empire founded (Peter the Great).
    1853-1856: Crimean War (against the Ottoman Empire and Western allies).
    1917: Russian Revolution and collapse of the empire.
    1922: Formation of the Soviet Union (expansion into Central Asia and Eastern Europe).
    1945 - 1991: Cold War and Soviet control over Eastern Europe and parts of Asia.
    1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union.
    2000 - Present: Russian expansion in the Caucasus, Crimea (2014), and Ukraine (2022).

  • The Opium War

    The Opium War
    China
    Lin Zexu (1785–1850):
    A leading Qing official tasked with suppressing the opium trade.
    Organized the confiscation and destruction of opium stocks in Guangzhou in 1839.
    Considered a hero in China for his efforts against opium.
    Emperor Daoguang (1782–1850):
    Ruler of the Qing dynasty during the war.
    Charles Elliot (1801–1875):
    British representative in China during the early stages of the war.
    Henry Pottinger (1789–1856):
    Sent as Britain’s plenipotentiary during the war.

  • Second Opium War (1856–1860)

    Second Opium War (1856–1860)
    Yeh Mingchen (1807–1859):
    Governor of Guangdong during the early stages of the war.
    Prince Gong (1833–1898):
    Became an advocate for modernization in China following the conflicts.
    United Kingdom and France
    James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811–1863):
    British representative who led military and diplomatic efforts.
    Charles Cousin-Montauban (1796–1878):
    French general who commanded French troops
    Harry Smith Parkes (1828–1885):
    British diplomat who played a significant role in negotiations .

  • 19th - 20th Century: Japanese Expansion

    19th - 20th Century: Japanese Expansion
    1868: Meiji Restoration (Japan modernizes and becomes a major power).
    1894-1895: First Sino-Japanese War (Japan gains Taiwan).
    1904-1905: Russo-Japanese War (Japan defeats Russia and expands influence in Manchuria and Korea).
    1931: Invasion of Manchuria.
    1937: Second Sino-Japanese War.
    1941-1945: World War II (Pacific expansion, defeat, and U.S. occupation of Japan).

  • 1898: Spanish-American War

    1898: Spanish-American War
    February 1898: USS Maine explosion in Havana.
    April - August 1898: War between Spain and the U.S.
    December 1898: Treaty of Paris (Spain cedes the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the U.S.).

  • 1991: Fall of the Soviet Union

    1991: Fall of the Soviet Union
    1985: Gorbachev’s reforms (Perestroika and Glasnost).
    1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe.
    August 1991: Failed coup against Gorbachev.
    December 1991: Dissolution of the Soviet Union; Russia emerges as its successor.