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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGGINING
The industrial revolution started in Great Britain, it was closely linked to three factors that have become emblematic of the industrialisation process: the factory as a place of production, the mechanisation of the production process and the use of new energy sources -
WATT'S STEAM ENGINE
James Watts was asked to repair a new steam engine, he realized that the engine's system was inefficient and wasteful, so he improved it, opening doors to new industry and transport technology -
U.S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. -
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
The third state (bourgeoisie, peasants and artisans) started a revolution against the nobility and the clergy searching equality, freedom of trade and political participation. -
The Napoleonic Empire
Napoleon was crowned emperor by the Pope. With his army and tactis he was able to defeat most monarchies of Europe. This Empire ended with Napoleon's defeat in 1815 -
FERDINAND VII
Fernando VII occupied the Spanish throne between March and May 1808 and, after the departure of the "intruder king" José I Bonaparte from Spain and his return to the country, again from May 1814, he also broke the spanish constitution and brought back absolutism. -
THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
The War of Independence was a war that consisted in Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal against the French Empire, which tried to put on the throne of Spain to Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte -
SPANISH-AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
The Spanish-American wars of independence were a series of armed conflicts between which took place in the American territories of the Spanish Empire at the beginning of the 19th century, in which independents and Spanish patriots clashed -
LUDDISM
Luddism was a movement led by English artisans in the 19th century, who started destroying machinery because of the unemployment and poverty caused by the technological progress -
CONSTITUTION OF CÁDIZ
The Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy, better known as the Spanish Constitution of 1812 or the Constitution of Cádiz, popularly known as La Pepa, was promulgated by the Spanish General Courts -
THE BORBOUN RESTORATION
The Bourbon Restoration in France was the period in French history between the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814 and the July Revolution of 1830, during which the House of Bourbon returned to the French throne. -
CONGRESS OF VIENA
The powers that defeated Napoleon met at the Congress of Viena. The idea of this meeting was ending liberalism in Europe -
FEBRUARY REVOLUTION
The February Revolution known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and sometimes as the March Revolutionwas the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917. -
1820 REVOLUTION
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THE LIBERAL TRIENNIUM
The Liberal Triennium or Constitutional Triennium was a period in the history of Spain, which covers between 1820 and 1823, during the reign of Fernando VII of Spain. -
FIRST TRADE UNIONS
The repeal of the laws prohibiting workers' associations in England led to the creation of the first official trade unions, wich united workers in the same field. -
1830 REVOLUTION
In this revolution people from different social classes came together to fight for liberty against absolutism -
THE SPRING OF NATIONS REVOLUTION
Liberal revolution that fighted for nationalism against the European Empires -
COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
The communist manifesto is the basic document of communist thought, made up of the thoughts of Marx and Engels. It reflects the pillars of both original socialism and Marxism. -
ITALIAN UNIFICATION
Piedmont, with the liberal monarchy of Savoy started this unification and fighted Austria. In 1861 Italians won and Victor Manuel II of Savoy was proclaimed -
GERMAN UNIFICATON
Prussia made the german unification possible wining 3 wars against France, Austria and Denmark, Wilhem I was proclaimed Kaiser of the Second Reich -
I REPUBLIC
In this period of spanish history there were 3 armed conflicts (The Cuban Ten Years War, The Third Carlist war and The cantonal uprising). this was the first republican revolution in Spain, it lasted 11 months. -
ISABELLA II
Isabel II of Spain or of Bourbon, born in Madrid on October 10, 1830 and died in Paris on April 9, 1904, was Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868. -
BALKAN WARS
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan states in 1912 and 1913. -
WWI
World War I or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. -
TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (also known as the Treaty of Brest in Russia) was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.) -
THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers. -
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. -
STEPHENSON'S LOCOMOTIVE
The Stephenson's locomotive was a system that used a steam engine to generate continuous motio of the wheels. This innovation to the transport system could carry more passengers and good in less time and at a lower cost. It alsoboosted trade and helped to create a large domestic market -
WORLD WAR II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a global conflict. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. Many participants threw their economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind this total war. -
OPERATION BARBAROSSA
Operation Barbarossa, original name Operation Fritz, during World War II, code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war. -
ATTTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
The Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack killed 2,403 service members and wounded 1,178 more, and sank or destroyed six U.S. ships. They also destroyed 169 U.S. Navy and Army Air Corps planes. -
UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations, referred to informally as the UN, is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. -
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI BOMBING
An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by US air forces. This was the first time a nuclear weapon had ever been used; the fireball created by the bomb destroyed 13 square kilometres of the city, and those dead as a result numbered up to 180,000. -
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a historic document which outlined the rights and freedoms everyone is entitled to. It was the first international agreement on the basic principles of human rights. It laid the foundation for the human rights protections that we have in the UK today. -
BLOODY SUNDAY
Bloody Sunday, was a protest where Roman Catholic civil rights supporters turned violent when British troopers opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 14 others -
FIRST INTERNATIONAL
The first international (Workers' International) was founded in London. It initially brought together French anarchists and socialists, Russian and German intellectuals, and Italian republicans.
