Major Historical Events 1750-Present Day timeline

Nov 24, 1759

Eruption of Mount Vesuvious
Jan 26, 1788

Colonisation of Australia

British colonise newly discovered land of Australia
Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865

American Civil War
Nov 4, 1879

Invention of The Electric Lightbulb
Dec 17, 1903

First Flight
Apr 15, 1912

Sinking of the Cruise Ship Titanic
Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War 1
Dec 7, 1914

Bombing of Pearl Harbour

Brought US into the first World War
Apr 25, 1915

Gallipoli Landing
Period: Sep 4, 1929 to Dec 31, 1938

Great Depressioin
Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Dec 31, 1938

First Computer-Built Between
Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

World War 2
Jun 4, 1940

Sir Winston Churhill's Speach "We Shall Fight Them..."
Feb 19, 1942

Bombing of Darwin, Australia
Apr 30, 1945

Death of Adolf Hitler
Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima
Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War
Jul 20, 1969

American Moon Landing
Jan 3, 1977

Foundation of Apple
Nov 9, 1989

Fall of Berlin Wall
Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991

Gulf War
Sep 11, 2001

9/11 Attack and Fall of US Twin Trading Towers and Attack on Pentagon
Dec 26, 2004

Boxing Day Tsunami
Period: Jan 1, 2007 to Mar 19, 2012

GFC- Global Financial Crisis
May 2, 2011

Death of Osama Bin Ladin
Oct 5, 2011

Death of Apple Founder Steve Jobs

Eruption of Mount Vesuvious