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Italian Unification Occurs
Italy unifies from two seperate nations (North and South) into one nation. It was only possible because of Garibaldi, Mazzini, and Cavour who put the work into the unication. -
Danish War
The Danish War was the first of the three wars leading to Germany's unifcation. The war was fought over two territories that Germany wanted; Germany wins and takes the territories. -
Austro-Prussian or Seven Weeks War
The Seven Weeks War was a war fought by Germany against Austria. It was a war to kick Austria fully out of Germany so Germany could finally unite as one nation. Austria lost. -
Dual Mandate of Austria-Hungary
After Austria-Hungary unifies as one, the confusion of multiple states and nations become one. A dual mandate occures where there are multiple officials of the region that have different parts of controlling the region (Austria-Hungary). -
Franco-Prussian War
The France-Prussian war was a war fought by Germany and France. This war was started because Napoleon III was afraid of his people being influenced by Germany's ways. Germany wanted a war so they created false documents provoking France to go to war. -
German Unification
Around the same time as Italy's unifcation Germany unifies from multiple states to one nation. This takes place after three wars and under the influence of Otto Von Bismarck -
Anti-Semitism Term Coined
The term anti-Semtism was coined in 1879 by a man to designate it to the anti-Jewish campaign coming to Europe. -
Scramble for Africa
All of the major European powers imperialise Africa. There was a scramble between all the countries for who gets which land. -
First Aliyah
The 1st Aliyah was the first group of European Jewry to move to Palestine. This was a widespread of many Zionistic Jews seeking a homeland in Palestine latter to be Israel. -
Pinsker's "Autoemancipation"
Leon Pinsker, a Jewish Russian-German doctor wrote a pamphlet known as "Autoemancipation." It primarily discuses how Jews will never be treated as equals in society unless they have a state of their own. -
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference over the Scramble of Africa. The conference discussed how to distrubute the land fairly so no wars would break out and peace would be kept. It was a conference about over-seeing the actions of the Scramble of Africa. -
Dreyfus Affair
Alfred Dreyfus was an officer in the French army unfairly accused of being a traitor because he was Jewish. He was accused of being a spy against the French even though the evidence was not proved true. This portrayed anti-Semitism towards the Jews in France and how the Jews are not considered equal by the secular community. -
World's 1st Zionist Congress Meets
This congress, chaired by Theodor Herzl, was the first Zionist Congress that created a zionist movement. It adopted the Hatikva as its anthem. This meeting discussed the goals of zionism. -
J’Accuse Published
Was a published letter in the News paper, published by Emile Zola. The letter was for the military regarding the unfair case of Alfred Dreyfus. He criticized that the army was in the wrong of acussing Dreyfus, especially with false evidence. This letter eventually got Zola sued and exhiled. -
Uganda Plan
The Uganda Plan was an idea that the Jewish state could be in Uganda. The plan was influenced by the idea that the Jews need a homeland and it did not matter where, hence Uganda was an option. -
Protocols of the Elders of Zion Published
The Protocls of Elders of Zion was published in 1903. This book was anti-Semetic. It discussed a secret conference that never took place between Jews about world domination. The book was created to make the Jews look worse and hated in society. -
Second Aliyah
Similar to the First Aliyah, the Second Aliyah was a large migration of Zionistic Jews into the land of Palestine. What differs is that in the Second Aliyah, there was a majority of Russian Jews. -
Russo-Japanese War
In 1904 Nicholas II challenged himself to show his strength, which was war. He declared war on Japan in 1905 and it did not do him or Russia well. Russia lost the war which lead to a rapid growth of unhappiness of working class but creates a Russian Revolution. -
Bloody SUnday
Leading on from the Russo-Japanese war since that ended with the workers being unhappy, in 1905 they gathered in St. Petersburg and Moscow which was outside the czar's palace and began to protest trying to get the czar to listen and make changes for workers. Czar troops opened fire on the people. The strike made it clear that change needed to take place because workers got angrier; known as Bloody Sunday. -
Mad Jack Churchill
Mad Jack Churchill, or John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming "Jack" Churchill was a British sodlier who fought through World War II armed with a long-bow, bagpipes, and a Scottish, broadsword. He has the most recent confirmed kill with a long-bow in action. He died in 1996 at the age of 89. -
Assasination of Archduke
Archduke Ferdinand was in Serejavo, Bosnia touring the state. An assassination was attempted on him but failed by the Serbian Black Hand. Later another assassination attempt took place in Serejavo where he was killed. -
World War I
World War I was a war between the major European nations and some non-European nations such as the United States. The war was started by the assasination of an Austrian archduke, which lead to many countries declaring war one each other leading to the massive war. The war resulted in millions upon millions of casualties. -
Pale of Settlement
The Pale of Settlement was a region on the West side of Russia where Jews were forced to live by Imperial Russia. The Pale of Settlement was orignally created by Catherine. Jews were sent there to be seperated from Russian society. Date on timeline is end of the settlement. -
October and March Russian Revolutions
In 1917 as Russia continued to lose Russian people became more and more dissatisfied, wanting to leave the war. Eventually the march Revolution and November Revolution took place. The March revolution consisted of many problems such as food shortages, war, no say in government and the result was that Russia tried to remove Czar from government. -
Russian Tsars
Timeline starts at Nicholas II's abdication. Picture of Nicholas II.
Alexander I
Nicholas I
Alexander II
Alexander III
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United States Enters World War I
The U.S enters World War I because the sinking of Louisiana and killing over 100 US citizens on board. After that the Zimmerman Telegram was intercepted and it stated that Germany wanted to have Mexico invade the United States. This was the final nail in the coffin inducing the U.S into the war in 1917. -
Russian Civil War
One of the first things Lenin does is take the people out of war. Lenin also set up a new government which leads to a civil war that breaks out between the reds which was Lenin's party and the whites who was everyone against it. Reds win civil war because whites were not so united. -
Balfour Declaration
This declaration was a statement that Great Britain approved of the Jewish residence in Palestine. The declaration stated in support of the Jewish residence as long as the Jews living in Palestine did not disturb their neighbors. -
Armistice Begins
An armistice begins at the end of World War I calling for no wars after World War I. This lasted till the Germans started World War II in 1939. -
Treaty of Versailles
This was a peace treaty that ended the state of war between Germany and the allied powers. June 28 1919 was the day this treaty was signed. This was exactly 5 years after Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated. -
Benito Mussolini Comes to Power
Mussolini mainly came to power through force. He and his group went around to small villages and forced people to join his party. Eventually, Mussolini stormed the government building and took control of Italy. -
USSR Named
After the civil war in Russia between the Reds and the Whites, Russia was renamed to the USSR or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. -
Lenin's Death
Vladamir Lenin dies. -
Hitler Comes to Power
After getting out of jail, Hitler starts to make his way up the ranks legally. He does this through the Nazi Party. Later he is promoted by the president and gains support from the country because of the promises he makes. -
British White Paper
The British White Paper of 1939 was a policy paper that spoke of abandoning the idea of partitioning Palistine. The paper also had the idea of creating a state for both Jews and Arabs to govern based on the proportions of people to government officials. -
World War II
After Hitler comes to power he begins to break the Treaty of Versailles. He pushes and breaks borders; he finally pulls the last straw by invading Poland, which causes the start of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is in Hawaii. This was when the Japanese bombed the naval base in pearl harbor to immobilize he U.S navy. This way the U.S could not interfere with them gaining land. This brought the US into World War I. -
D-Day
D Day was also called Operation overlord. The British and the United States went on boats to the French Coast and attacked the Germans and pushed them out of France to liberate the french. D-Day was another loss for Germany, Stalingrad was the first. -
Victory in Europe Day
V-Day or Victory Day in Europe marks the day of the Nazi's complete surrender to the Allies. -
Atomic Bombing of Japan
After Pearl Harbor, the United States launched an attack on Japan. This lead to two atomic bombs beein dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Victory in Japan Day
This was the day that Japan surrendered. At first Japan did not surrender. The U.S threatened them and Japan did not surrender again. Then the U.S dropped two atomic bomb on them and they surrendered. -
Glasnot
This was a policy that called for the Soviet government to be more open with their institutions and activities. -
Perestroika
This was a political movement in the communist party of the Soviet Union; it was to reform and restruct the party. -
Berlin Wall Falls
This is when the wall separating East and West Berlin was taken down. The spokesman for Eastern Berlin's Communist Party announced that East Berliners were free to enter the west side.
