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Chinease ousts last Qing emperor, Pu Yi
The last Qing emperor was overthrown by Sun Yixian. Sun soon became president of China but was not authoritative enough and turned power over to his general. Later, the communist party took over. -
WW1 starts when Austria declares war on Serbia.
After 19 year old Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Bosnian archduke and his wife, Austria presented Serbia with a list of of tasks to complete as payback for the assassination. When Serbia negotiated, Austria declared war on Serbia. -
US enters the war
The US was on their last straw by the time they had intercepted a telegram from Germany to Mexica, in whih Germany said that if Mexico helped them in war, Germany would help Mexico gain their independence from the United States. Therefore, the US joined WW1 on the Allies side. -
Armistice signed as Allies beat the Central Powers
The Allies end up beting Germany and friends in the war and an armistic is signed as agreement. Also, there was the War Guilt Claus that said the whole war was Germany's fault, eventhough it wasn't. -
Ghandi starts the Civil Disobdeiance act
After the British failed to punish officers who took place in the Armister Massacre, Ghandi started a an act where the Indians could rebel against unfair treatment. He did this so that he could weaken Britsh rule. -
Mustafa Kamal transforms Turkey
After WW1, Tukrey had little land. The Greek cam in and the Turks were basically powerless, but Kamal lead them to independence. Then, he became the president of Turkey and helped modernized his country. He was later nicknamed "Father of the Tukrs." -
Mao Zedong heads long march
The communists knew that they were losing so they took a daring 6,000 mile hike, but alwyas staying one step ahead of Jiang's forces. Over 8,000 men died on the perilous journey from wounds, starvation, and more
