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Thinking about gunpowder plot.
Catesby had conceived of the plot as early as may 1604. he told Percy, in reply to the latter's declaration of his intention to kill the king, that he was thinking of an most sure way. -
Gunpowder plot discovered
At about midnight on the night of November 4-5, sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace found Guy Fawkes lurking in the cellar under the parliament building and order the perimeter search. Thirty-six barrels of gun powder were found, and Guy Fawkes was taken into custody. After being tortured, guy Fawkes revealed he was a participant in the English Catholic conspiracy to annihilate England’s protestant government and replace it with Catholic leader ship. -
Galileo discovers planets
When Galileo pointed his telescope at Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, he made a startling discovery. The planet had four “stars” surrounding it. -
Battle of Edgehill
This is the first battle of the English Civil War In 1642, after considerable constitutional disagreements between the government and king Charles 1 , The king finally raise his standards and letting his troops against the parliamentarian army. The king won the civil war. -
Battle of Marston Moor
The first major Royalist defeat in the English Civil War. Two years after the outbreak of the Civil War in England, King Charles 1 was on the defensive in the north. A royalist army was besieged in York by a parliamentary army now supported by Scottish allies. The decisive battle for outside York at Marston moor, gave parliament full control of the north. -
Peter the great becomes Czar of Russia
Peter 1, better known as Peter the Great, is generally credited with bringing Russia into the modern age. During his time as czar, from 1682 until death in 1725, he implemented a variety of reforms that included revamping the Russian calendar in alphabet and reducing the Orthodox Church’s autonomy. -
The Glorious Revolution
The glorious revolution o;f 1688 in England should be considered a part of the enlightenment because it gave citizens of Great Britain rights and vowed to protect him, however, it cannot fully be considered a part of the enlightenment due to the lack of religion tolerance by some of the people who supported this. -
Napoleon was born
Napoleon was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. -
French Revolution began
The French Revolution was a period of Major social upheaval. The French Revolution was caused because the widespread discount with the French monarchy and the poor economic policies of king Louis , who met death by the guillotine. -
The Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was known because it showed the growing unrest against Louis XVI, this event happened during the French Revolution. -
Storming of the Bastille
a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, this event happened during the French Revolution. -
Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizens
the French National Constituent Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen which defined individual and collective rights, this event happens during the French Revolution. -
The cotton engine.
Eli Whitney created the cotton engine. A cotton gin – meaning "cotton engine" – is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. It Enhanced slavery. -
Napoleon takes power
Napoleon took power because the Coup of 18 Brumaire brought Napoleon to power as a first Consul of France and the view of most historians ended the French Revolution. -
THE STEAM ENGINE
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. -
Napoleon crowded emperor
The crowning of Napoleon took place at Notre-Dame in Paris. He was crowned emperor were to gain prestige in international royalist and Catholic circles and to lay the foundation for a future dynasty. -
Victorian era
The Victorian era was a period of etiquette, and of Queen Victoria's reign -
Opium wars ???
Two wars between western powers and the Qing dynasty. The first war was between Great Britain and Qing dynasty. All because of the British opium smugglers. -
Death of Prince Albert.
He died from typhoid fever. Queen Victoria had a huge influence on the fashions of the mid to late 1800s. After the death of her husband, Prince Albert in 1861, Queen Victoria wore black clothing until her own death in 1901. This is when mourning etiquette start. -
THE TELEPHONE
Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray Invented the telephone. The telephone came about because they were trying to improve the capabilities of the telegraph. -
Berlin conference
Also know as can go conference talked about how they were going to split Africa between colonies during imperialism, setting up guidelines, and how to avoid land conflict. They invited everyone except for the African people. -
Oh no. Belgian Congo
Congo was a free state until King Leopold 2 claimed the territory for himself. Millions of people died because of how hard he worked them and diseases. The way he punished them were by cutting of their hands etc. -
Sino-Japanese war...
This war was fought by China and Japan. The reason of this war is because Japan sought to annex Korea to protect its interest and get the land before any other country. -
Russo-Japanese war...
This war was fought by Russians, and Japan. The war happened because the rival over Manchuria and Korea. Japan won the war and got more land from their accomplishment. -
France? In WW1...
France was brought into the war by a German declaration of war. France was bound by treaty to defend Russia. Austria–Hungary had declared war on Serbia due to the Black Hand's assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, which acted as the immediate cause of the war. -
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August.
