Unit 5 Timeline

Perfection of Steam Engine

Jan 1, 1765

American Revolution

Apr 29, 1775

American Revolution

Period: Apr 29, 1775 to Apr 30, 1783

Beginning of British Industrial Revolution

Jan 1, 1780

French Revolution

Period: Apr 29, 1789 to Apr 30, 1799

Haitian Revolution

Period: Apr 29, 1791 to Apr 30, 1803

Execution of Louis XVI; French terror

Period: Apr 29, 1793 to Apr 30, 1794

Latin American wars of independence

Period: Apr 29, 1810 to Apr 30, 1825

First Opium War

Period: Apr 29, 1838 to Apr 30, 1842

Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

Apr 29, 1848

Second Opium War

Period: Apr 29, 1856 to Apr 30, 1858

Meiji Restoration

Apr 29, 1868

Opening of Suez Canal

Apr 29, 1869

Scramble for Africa

Period: Apr 29, 1875 to Apr 30, 1914