History Timeline

  • Napoleon became a lieutenant in a French artillery regiment, he was still serving four years in 1789 later 1

  • Napoleonic Wars begin

  • Battle of Austerlitz

    The french were fighting against monarchy/ freedom from the monarchy. They were willing to starve themselves just for napoleon. Napoleon was fighting for power, he wanted to stay in power with the French. He was willing to fight with his army to stay in power.
  • Napoleonic Wars End

  • King Leopold announces creation of the Congo Free State

  • Belgian King establishes Congo Free State

  • The Jewish State, Theodore Herzl

    The Jews are trying to leave the concentration camps without fighting anyone and causing harm. They are trying to negotiate but if that does not work then they are willing to fight
  • The first Zionist Congress in Switzerland

  • Report of the Congo Commission of Enquiry

    The Congo believed that their freedom and rights are worth fighting for. The Belgian king fought for the Congo's resources.The Congo people had rebellions, while the king was enslaving innocent people and taking their family's as hostages
  • Constitution of the Black Hand

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination caused many people to break out into warn fighting over his beliefs
  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • The Habsburg family ruled the empire

  • Costa Rica abolishes its military

  • The creation of the State Israel

  • Costa Rican Constitution

    Costa Rica fought for education and democracy throughout their country. They went to war and realized that the only way to help their country was to abolish the military.
  • José Figueres Ferrer led an armed uprising against the government of President Teodoro Picado

  • Creation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization

  • The Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO, was first founded

  • Speech to the UN General Assembly, Yasir Arafat

    The Palestinians want their land/country back but they still respect the Jewish religion. They were willing to negotiate, but were going to be violent if the Jews chose to not negotiate.
  • Saleh stepped aside from leadership

  • Yemen civil war begins

  • The Yemen crisis, UN Humanitarian

    Yemen fighting the Houthi's for their own human rights, they were willing to negotiate, but then went to war