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Czar Nicholas II beame the leader of Russia.
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Trans-Siberian railway was in the process of being built.
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Russian Marxists split into Mensheviks and Bolsheviks.
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The Russo-Japanese War begins.
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Unarmed protesters are shot by the Imperial Guard.
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Albert Einstein developed the Theory of Relativity.
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Sun Yixian becomes president of China.
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Kuomintang was founded.
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March Revolution in Russia begins.
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The Duma disobey Nicholas, which is seen as the first act of revolution.
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Czar Nicholas II abdicated.
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The October Revolution begins.
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Russian Civil War began.
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The new economic policy is enforced in Russia.
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The peace treaty between Bolshevik Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
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German Austria is declared a republic.
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The League of Nations is created.
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May fourth movement begins.
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Weimar Republic is established in Germany.
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Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party.
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Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR.
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Russia became the USSR.
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Vladimir Lenin became the leader of Russia.
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The Dawes Plan is accepted by the Allies and Germany.
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Sun Yat-sen dies, giving Jiang the opportunity to become leader.
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Mein Kampf is published.
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Benito Mussolini becomes the leader of Italy.
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Hirohito became the emperor of Japan.
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Civil war in China began.
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Charles Lindenbergh begins his solo flight across the Atlantic.
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The Five Year Plan was in effect.
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Kellogg-Braind Pact comes into effect.
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The stock market crashes, leading to the beginning of the Great Depression.
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The Stock Market Crash begins.
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The Japanese invasion on Manchuria begins.
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Japan invades China.
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Hitler gets appointed Chancellor of Germany.
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Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) became President of the US
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The New Deal is passed.
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Hitler makes the decision to openly defy the Treaty of Versailles.
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The military retreat of China is in effect.
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Italy invades Ethiopia.
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Germany reoccupied the Rhineland.
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Francisco Franco led a Fascist revolt in Spain.
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The first Moscow Trial begins.
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An agreement links Italy and Germany.
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The Rape of Nanking period begins.
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Adolf Hitler demands Sudentenland.
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Munich Conference began.
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Kristallnacht begins.
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The Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed.
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Germany invades Poland using the blitzkrieg stragey.
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The Phoney War began after the Allied Powers declared war on Germany.
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Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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Allies evacuate Dunkirk.
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The Battle of Britain, between Britain and Germany, begins.
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The Armistice with France agreement was signed.
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Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripatite Pact.
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Lend-Lease Act is enacted.
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Operation Barbarossa begins.
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The Atlantic Charter is issued.
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Auschwitz Death Camp opened.
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Congress revises Neutrality Acts.
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Japan destroys 20 American naval ships and kills over 2,000 soldiers.
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Kamikaze pilots appear in the Pacific during the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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America officially declares was on Japan.
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Chelmno, a concentration camp in Poland, opens.
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The first Washington Confrence begins.
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Meeting that approves the final solution takes place.
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The Bataan Death March begins.
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Doolittle Raids over Japan.
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Battle of the Coral Sea begins.
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Nisei were interned in Relocation Centers in the US.
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U.S. defeats Japan at the Battle of Midway.
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The president okays the budget proposal for this project.
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The first Battle of El Alamein begins.
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The six month battle between America and Japan begins.
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Battle of Stalingrad begins.
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British forces invade North French Africa.
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Allies use Island Hopping Campaign and storm Gona.
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The Casablanca Confrence begins.
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Allies land in Sicily.
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The Tehran Confrence begins.
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The Normandy Landings begin.
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Gen. Macarthur returned to the Phillippines (Leyte Gulf).
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The Battle of the Bulge begins.
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The conference between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin.
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The Battle of Iwo Jima begins.
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Battle of Okinawa begins.
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Mussolini was executed.
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Hitler committs suicide.
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Germany surrenders unconditionally.
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The end of World War II is officially announced in Europe.
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The Postdam Conference begins.
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Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki.
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Japan surrenders from World War II.
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Japanese formally surrender onboard USS Missouri.
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The Nuremberg Trials begin.
