World history timeline by Analise Llanos _ Student - SouthGarnerHS

Neolithic Age (10,000BCE)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-22 16:07:47 UTC

The Neolithic Age was the beginning of a settled human life. The invention of agriculture was in the form of the Agriculture Revolution.

Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)

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Haiti became an independent country after a series of conflicts. That was between Haitian slaves and the armies of the British and French colonizers.

French Revolution (1787-1799)

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The French Revolution was a period of major social upheaval. The revolution brought down their king and made France a republic.

Russian Revolution (1917-1923)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-22 16:22:27 UTC

The Russian Revolution was a political and social change in Russia. When the peasants and working-class people revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II.

Chinese Revolution (1927-1949)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-22 16:27:19 UTC

The Chinese Revolution was a group of revolutionaries in southern China who led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty. They established the Republic of China and ended the imperial system.

Cuban Revolution (1953-1959)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-22 16:31:44 UTC

The Cuban Revolution was an army led by Fidel Castro that eventually toppled the brutal dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. The whole purpose was to get rid of Batista.

American Revolution (1775-1783)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-22 16:38:26 UTC

The American Revolution was when the colonists living in America fought against Britain for their independence. 13 colonies in North America broke free from Britain's rule and became part of the USA.

Agricultural Revolution (mid-17 centuries)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-23 15:11:16 UTC

The Agricultural Revolution was a period when framing techniques changed and led to a big increase in agriculture production. It is also known as the Neolithic revolution.

Green Revolution (1966-1985)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-23 16:26:23 UTC

The Green Revolution was an increase in agricultural production that has been made possible. The use of new types of crops and new farming methods, especially in developing countries.

Gunpowder is invented(800 CE)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-23 16:28:17 UTC

Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese, who quickly adapted it for military use. For five hundred years, China led the word in gunpowder technology.

Industrial Revolution (1760-1840)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-23 19:33:27 UTC

The Industrial Revolution was the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines. Its start and end are widely debated by scholars.

Steam engine invented (1712)

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Thomas Savery invented the steam engine. Thomas Newcomen, developed a more efficient steam engine with a piston separating the condensing steam from the water.

Internal combustion engine invented (1853)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-23 20:06:22 UTC

Father Eugenio Barsanti invented the internal combustion engine. Internal combustion engine.

Plastic is invented (1907)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-23 20:17:18 UTC

Leo Baekeland invented plastic. It was invented a cheap and colourful substitute for ivory.

Digital Revolution (late 1950)

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The Digital Revolution was the development of technology from mechanical and analog to digital. During this time, digital computers and digital record keeping became the norm.

Columbus “discovers” the Americas (1492)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-24 14:54:39 UTC

Columbus did not discover North America. He was the first European to sight the Bahamas archipelago and then the island later named Hispaniola, now split into Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Invention of the printing press (1440)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-24 14:57:35 UTC

Gutenberg invented the printing press. The use of a mobile, reusable set of type.

Invention of the Machine gun(1884)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-24 15:00:33 UTC

Hiram Maxim invented the machine gun. The modern machine gun came into use in the late 19th Century in such conflicts as the Boer War and the Spanish American War.

Syrian Civil War (1976-1982)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-24 15:03:11 UTC

After the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Muslim groups instigated uprisings and riots in Aleppo, Homs and Hama. The Muslim Brotherhood attempted to topple the Assad regime with targeted killings, guerrilla warfare and large-scale uprisings.

Neil Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon (1996)

acllanos2 — 2024-10-24 15:04:33 UTC

Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed their moon module on a broad dark lunar lava flow. It was called the Sea of Tranquility.

Facebook launches (2004)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 15:48:51 UTC

On February 4, 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in his dorm room and it changed the way we communicate.

Cambridge Analytica goes bankrupt(2018)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 15:53:53 UTC

The firm maintained offices in London, New York City, and Washington, D.C. The company closed operations in 2018 in the course of the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, although firms related to both Cambridge Analytica and its parent firm SCL still exist

The Battle of the Somme begins (1916)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 15:57:33 UTC

The Battle of the Somme began because some wanted to take pressure off France, but also to start wearing down the German army as part of the grand allied strategy.

An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki(1945)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 16:01:18 UTC

An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki to end the world war and have Japan surrender. The atomic bomb was called Fat Man because it was bigger than the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Creation of the world wide web (1989)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 16:03:03 UTC

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN.

Protestant Reformation (1517)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 16:05:15 UTC

The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement sweeping Europe in the 1500s. It resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism..

Council of Trent (1545-1563)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 16:08:18 UTC

The Council of Trent was to defend the Catholic doctrine, as well as answer the criticisms of members of the Protestant faith.

The invention of the first Wheel (40000BC)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 16:12:48 UTC

The ancient Mesopotamian people are believed to have invented the wheel around 4200--4000 BC.

Invention of the Cotton Gin (1794)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 16:15:28 UTC

The cotton gin is an example of an invention directly called forth by an immediate demand. It also increased slavery because slaves used this machine all the time.

The first Airplane was invented (Wright brothers) (1903)

acllanos2 — 2024-12-17 16:19:06 UTC

The Wright brothers had a toy when they were younger that was like a helicopter. So, one day they said that they were going to build a machine that would hold them up. On December 17, 1903, they did.