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Cyrus W. Field laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean
In 1958 Cyrus W. succeeded on the fifth attempt to establish a telegraph cable along the Atlantic ocean and later they get a fixed line, being important to make way for later telecomunications inventions. -
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Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
On november 1859 Charles Darwin published his book Origin of Species in England, this is significant because it's consider as the foundation of evolutionary biology and also introduces a scientific theory. -
Marx publishes the first volume of The Capital
The first volume of The Capital was written by Karl Marx in Cologne and published on september 1867 due to these event Marxism was created and nowadays each country hasa different polithical powers -
Suez Canal opens
The French consul to Cairo and the Ottoman governor of Egypt ordered to open for the first time the Suez Canal in 1869 this is relevant because was a new opened trade route which helped the european species transport of spices -
Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone
Alexander was a Scottish scientist who invented the first working telephone in 1876. Through his experiments the telegraph and telecomunications were improved -
Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb.
Edison and his team after more than 3,000 desings for buklbs, invented the first light bulb on november of 1879 -
The Berlin Conference
Was a conference held in Berlin who regulated european colonisation and trade in Africa during 1864 and 1865 thanks to it, there was not so much racism or inequality. Europe and United states were involved on it -
Karl Benz produced the first car with internal combustion engine.
In Germany in 1885 Karl Benz invented the first car powered by internal combustion engines so he started a new era in transport vehicles that helped us get what we have nowadays -
Marconi transmitted wireless across the English Channel
On 1899 Marconi transmited wireless from France to England this invent is important because later was adopted by British Royal and merchant navies -
Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane
On 1903 Wilbur and Orville made the first flight at kitty Hawk (north California) achieving a distance of 120 feet with the first powered airplane also both took a big step by making three more flights -
Roald Amundsen and his team become the first people to stand at the South Pole
On december 1911 Amusen and his team managed to reach the South Pole with the company of two dogs despite the cold problems, they demonstrated to humanity that it's posible to reach such extreme territories.
