World History Timeline. by Krista Leslie _ Student - OberlinMS

The World Trade Organization is founded

kcleslie — 2023-12-12 12:38:44 UTC

The World Trade Organization was founded in Marrakesh, Morocco which is where in the world it would be mostly impacted. This was important to history because it helped start trade in various parts of the world and helped people get different things they wanted when it wasn't available to them where they lived.

The Printing Press is invented

kcleslie — 2023-12-12 12:44:49 UTC

The Printing Press was born in Mainz,Germany by Johannes Gutenberg in 1450. This impacted the whole world but primalry Germany. This was a new invention that could help people learn about the things going on around them and in different parts of the world.

Facebook launches

kcleslie — 2023-12-12 12:49:23 UTC

Facebook was launched in Cambridge MA on February 4, 2004. This became a huge new social media for everyone around the world to use and to see new exciting things as well. The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerburg who has a net worth of 117.9 billion dollars off of his invention. He was only 19 when he thought about making Facebook.

Cambridge Analytica goes bankrupt

kcleslie — 2023-12-12 13:09:26 UTC

The Cambridge Analytica announced that they were bankrupt in March of 2018. The Cambridge Analytica was founded in London but it affected millions of Facebook users in the world.These people were taking millions of these users personal information without their permission which led to these people getting upset.

The Battle of Thermopylae ends in defeat for the Greeks

kcleslie — 2023-12-12 13:17:20 UTC

The Battle of Thermopylae took place in Greece in 480 BC and lasted for 3 days. This primarily affected the people who lived in Greece at the time. This was important to history because it helped expand the Persian Empire.

The Battle of the Somme begins

kcleslie — 2023-12-12 13:28:30 UTC

The Battle of the Somme took place on July 1, 1916 and was fought for 5 months. This would affect places near the Somme River in France. This was very important because the British and French were trying to get various resources from the Allies.

An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki

kcleslie — 2023-12-12 13:31:11 UTC

This atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 6,1945. This was a get back to the Japanese for dropping the first bomb on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941. This was important to history because this is to show that the United States wanted to get back at the Japanese for bombing part of their country.