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Industrial Revolution Begins
The expolsion of invention and population in England's cities. -
Period: to
Sinificant Events 1750-1980
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The First Fleet Leaves Britain
This first fleet arrived at Botany Bay between 18th and 20th January 1788. They thought it was a bad place to farm though, so they moved on to Port Jackson. -
The French Revolution Begins
The peasants of France rebelled against their monarchs who had ignored their rights and lack of food. -
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's Execution
The National Convention condems the King and Queen to execution (on different days). -
New Holland Becomes Australia
The abandonment is thatnks to Mathew Flinders. -
Australian gold rush
When Edward Hargraves discovered the first grain of gold in a waterhole near Bathurst. Just four months after this, more than 1000 people set up nearby to find some too. -
The last convicts are shiped to Australia
The last disembarkment was in western Australia and this made the total amount of convicts that had been transported around 162,000 men and women. -
Ned Kelly is Hung
When he was just 25 years old Ned Kelly the bushranger was hung for robbery and murder. He was captured at a police fight at Glenrowan. He was a poor irish convict. -
Adolf Hitler is born
Birth of the Jew hater, born in a small Austrian town. -
Boxer Rebellion Occurs in China
Uprising of Peasnts against the "forgien devils". Finished in 1901. The Boxers were martial artists that lead this rebellion and killed several hundred thousand Chinese Christians. -
The Australian Federation is formed
The British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right as part of the Commonwealth of Australia. -
The stolen Generation began
An estimated 100,000 aboriginal children were forcibly removed form their families and adopted or fostered by white families under the White Australia Policy. -
Titanic
The unsinkable ship sunk just 5 days into it journey. 13 honey moon couples died. They ran out of life boats because they thought it was the unsinkable ship. But it hit an iceberg that tore the hull apart and it sunk two hours later. -
Assasination of Arch Duke Ferdinand
Was assasinated by the black hand gang after several failed attempts. -
World War 1 Ends
