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French Revolution. The village occupies the Bastille.
The French Revolution is considered the model of political revolution of the sixth era and will lead to the conquest of power by the bourgeoisie and the displacement of the aristocracy and the clergy. -
Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.
The French War was a military conflict between Spain and the First French Empire that began in 1808 with the entry of the Napoleonic troops, and ended in 1814, with the return of Ferran VII of Spain to power. -
The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power
The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by the Prussians and the British (led by the Duke of Wellington), marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe. -
First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula.
the first steam locomotives to operate in Spain were British. The first railroad built on the Iberian Peninsula in 1848 ran between Barcelona and Mataró. -
The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s.XIX.
The assembly of the Tower was a marvel of precision, as all chroniclers of the period agree. The construction work began in January 1887 and was finished on March 31, 1889. -
Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism.
Cubism was one of the most influential styles of the twentieth century. It is generally agreed to have begun around 1907 with Picasso's celebrated painting Demoiselles D'Avignon which included elements of cubist style. -
World War I ends with more than 12 million dead.
The human cost of World War I was enormous. More than 9 million soldiers and an estimated 12 million civilians died in the four-year-long conflict, which also left 21 million military men wounded. -
The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR).
Russian Revolution, also called Russian Revolution of 1917, two revolutions in 1917, the first of which, in February (March, New Style), overthrew the imperial government and the second of which, in October (November), placed the Bolsheviks in power. -
Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign.
Mahatma Gandhi's first non-violent satyagraha campaign was organized in September 1906 in protest against the Transvaal Asiatic Ordinance against local Indians in South Africa. It was against the Asiatic Ordinance in Transvaal, South Africa. -
Nazism begins in Germany.
Nazism, also spelled Naziism, in full National Socialism, German Nationalsozialismus, totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of the Nazi Party in Germany. In its intense nationalism, mass appeal, and dictatorial rule, Nazism shared many elements with Italian fascism. -
Civil war in Spain.
Spanish Civil War, (1936–39), military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country. When an initial military coup failed to win control of the entire country, a bloody civil war ensued, fought with great ferocity on both sides. -
World War II.
The Second World War will be a war conflict that will involve the majority of the nations of the world, including the great powers, organizations in two military alliances: the allies and the powers of the Eix. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred on August 6 and 9, 1945, carried out by the State Units according to the order of President Harry S. Truman, after the Japanese leaders ignored the Potsdam Declaration. These acts of war represent the only nuclear bombardment fins for. -
The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president).
The founding of the People's Republic of China was formally proclaimed by Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on October 1, 1949, at 3:00 pm in Tiananmen Square in Peking, now Beijing (formerly Beiping), the new capital of China. -
Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro.
Triumph of the Revolution (Spanish: Triunfo de la Revolución) also known as Liberation Day (Spanish: Día de la Liberación) is a celebration in Cuba of the anniversary of the victory of the revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1959 which established the present government in Cuba. The previous president, Fulgencio Batista fled the country on 31 December 1958. The holiday is celebrated on January 1 every year.[1] -
Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
Who was Francisco Franco? Francisco Franco was a general and the leader of the Nationalist forces that overthrew the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39); thereafter he was the head of the government of Spain until 1973 and the head of state until his death in 1975. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders -
Attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of four suicide bombings coordinated by al-Qaeda in the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners. -
Beginning of the civil war in Syria.
The Syrian Civil War is an armed conflict originating from a broad protest movement against the Baathist regime that began with peaceful anti-regime and pro-regime demonstrations on March 15, 2011, three months after the beginning of the revolutionary climate known as the Arab Spring . -
Refugee crisis in Europe
In 2021 alone, there were over 114,000 sea arrivals in Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Malta. 40 percent of individuals arriving to Europe by sea in 2019 are women and children. In 2021, there were over 3,200 individuals reported dead or missing due to dangerous land and sea journeys. -
Me in Morroco
In 2017 I went to Morroco for a long time and met a lot of friends and familiars. I enjoyed it a lot because the beaches were amazing. I met a lot of friends and played volleyball. -
World Pandemic (Covid-19).
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020 and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of 13 September 2022, the pandemic had caused more than 609 million cases and 6.51 million confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. -
War in Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. The invasion caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II, with around 7.2 million Ukrainians fleeing the country and a third of the population displaced.