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Humanism
A Renaissance cultural movement which revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman after turning away from Medieval scholasticism.Its causes were many, all deeply interconnected and now historians debate the relative importance of each, as well as when the Renaissance actually began. Humanism affected social life of those in that period : it made them more humane and consitterd to eachother. -
First Fleet Arrives At Batony Bay
The First Fleet of 11 ships, left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women and children onboard. Although most were British, there were also African, American and French convicts. After a voyage of three months the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788. -
Indian Rebellion
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut. The Indian Rebellion was mainly caused by the ethnic gulf between the British officers and their Indian troops. The British had issued new gunpowder cartridges that were widely believed to be greased with cow or pig fat, which insulted both Hindus and Muslims. -
South Austrlia Introduces Womans Suffage
Women's suffrage in Australia began to be established during the late 19th century, beginning with South Australia in 1895 and Western Australia in 1899. In 1902. Edith Cowan was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1921, the first woman elected to any Australian Parliament. -
Duntroon Military College founded
On the 27 June 1911, the Governor-General, Lord Dudley, opened the college and announced that it would be called the Royal Military College of Australia. The effect it had on the Duntroon Military College was that it educated thousands of people during the 100 years after it was built. The cause is to educate the military people. -
Great Britain declared war on Germany
On August 4th 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany. It was a decision that is seen as the start of World War One. The direct cause of WW1 was the assassination of arch tuke franz ferd inand at sarajevo on the 29th of june 1914. However a number of factors contributed to the rivaly between the great powers that aloud war on such a wild-scale to brake out. The impact of the war continues to be felt to this day as it resulted in the death of Empirese and the birth of nations.
