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Declaration of Independence signed
In Washington, D.C., the Declaration was signed, prnouncing America free from British rule. -
Cornwallis surrenders to Washington
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, Virginia, ending the Revolutionary war. -
Treaty of Paris
Formally ended the Revolutionary War Paris, France -
Storming of the Bastille
Flashpoint of the french revolution, rebels stormed the medival prison/fortress of Bastille. Paris, France -
Haitian Slave Revolution
Saint Domingue, Haiti -
Haitian Constitution
Written by general Toussaint Louverture making Haiti an independent state Saint Dominigue, Haiti -
Napoleon becomes emporer
Napoleon Bonaparte declares himself emporer of France -
Mexican war of independence
Mexico seeks independence from Spain -
Napoleon fails conquest of Russia
Napoleon retreats with his few remaining men back to France after getting most of his standing army killed. -
Napoleon exiled
Napoleon surrendered himself to the British after his failure at the battle of Waterloo and is exiled to Saint Helena, a small British controlled island in the Atlantic. He dies there. -
Simon Bolivar becomes dictator
Simon Bolivar declares himself a dictator after liberating most of Latin America from Spain to keep law and order. The citizens under him greatly disliked the fact that he had become a dictator. He survived an assasination attempt and resigned on April 27, 1830. -
Slavery Abolition Act
Britain frees all it's colonie's slaves due to many uprisings and disputes. -
First Opium War
A war started over China and Britain's conflicting views on the administration of justice, trade, and diplomacy. -
California Gold Rush
Gold is discovered in California, hundreds of thousands of people flock to California and the northwest. -
French abolition of slavery
French colonies abolish slavery -
Indian Rebellion
Uprising of the Sepoy soldiers against he East India Trading company, resulted in the end of Company rule in India, the ruler became the British monarch. -
Emancipation of the Serfs
The Emancipatin Manifesto freed all privately owned Russian Serfs and granted them civil rights. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln delivers a speech tasking all slave owners to free their slaves. -
Czar Alexander II assassinated
Alexander II of Russia was killed in an explosion while attending the military roll call. He was responsible for the Emancipation Manifesto that freed the Serfs. -
Congo Free State established
King Leopold II of Belgium created the Congo Free State in Africa under a front of humanitarianism, but in reality, he was extracting goods like ivory, minerals and rubber for his own gain using forced labor. -
Brazil emancipates slaves
Under the Golden Law, slavery was officially ended -
Theodor Herzl starts Zionist movement
Herzl addresses an audience of thousands, prmotiong Zionism. He was declared the leader of the Zionist movement, which became wildly popular. -
End of the Boxer rebellion
An outpouring of hatred for foreigners by the Qing dynasty of China began in 1900. A group known as the Boxers began the violent extermination of foreigners, especially missionaries and clergy. The Eight Nation Alliance crushed the rebellion and enforced a tax to be paid over 39 years to the eight nations involved in the Eight Nation Alliance. -
Russo-Japanese war begins
A war based on arguments over who was to conquer where. The first major war of the 20th century, fought in Korean peninsula, Yellow Sea, Manchuria. -
Bloody Sunday
Peaceful protestors outside St. Petersburg, Russia were shot down by Imperial Guard members; a key point in leading up to the Russian Revolution. -
Start of World War I
Started by the assassination of the Archduke of Hungary, a war involving most of Europe, America, and Japan. The war lasted for four years and ended the Ottoman Empire.
