Timeline by Kevin Martinez-Martinez _ Student - NorthGarnerMS

The Neolithic Revolution

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-19 17:18:49 UTC

The Neolithic Revolution impacted Mesopotamia, and later the entire world

The Neolithic Revolution marked the transition from Hunter-Gatherer to Agriculture

This Revolution changed the way humans get food forever

https://www.history.com/topics/pre-history/neolithic-revolution

Gunpowder invented (9th-10th Century CE)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-19 17:21:37 UTC

Gunpowder impacted China when it was first used for fireworks, It later impacted the entire world.

The invention of Gunpowder was an accident, Taoist pharmacists created It. It was a byproduct of their research into the so-called ‘elixir of life,’”

Gunpowder changed the way warfare was fought for the rest of human history. Cannons, rifles, and pistols come out of this invention

https://www.thecollector.com/history-of-gunpowder/

Invention of the printing press

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-19 17:42:01 UTC

Due to the availability of books, more people became educated, and major cities became the epicenters of knowledge, wealth, and business.

The printing press impacted the world because it was used to pass information around.

https://odp.library.tamu.edu/mediacommunication2e/chapter/how-the-printing-press-helped-in-shaping-the-future/#:~:text=With%20more%20people%20getting%20educated,will%20continue%20to%20do%20so.

Industrial Revolution Begins

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-19 17:59:47 UTC

The Industrial Revolution first began in Great Britain in in 18th century and it started spreading from there to other parts of the world.

The importance was that it spread all over the world so countries could have a change.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Industrial-Revolution

Steam engine invented (1769 – James Watt’s improved version)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 11:24:19 UTC

The Steam Engine impacted Britain, European countries, Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

The Impact of the Steam Engine was big because things could get transported more easily.

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2166/the-steam-engine-in-the-british-industrial-revolut/#:~:text=By%201800%2C%20Britain%20boasted%20over,uses%20across%20every%20major%20industry.

French Revolution begins (1789)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 11:28:33 UTC

The French Revolution impacted France

It was important and impacted France because France revolted against the king and queen.

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/french-revolution/#:~:text=Many%20historians%20now%20regard%20the,and%20the%20growth%20of%20nationalism.

Haitian Revolution begins (1791)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 11:31:35 UTC

The Haitian revolution mostly impacted the Caribbean and France.

It was important because was when the Haitian people started attacking the French and revolting against the French.

https://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/exhibitions/haitian/pages/part8.html#:~:text=The%20news%20of%20the%20Haitian,planters%20went%20to%20take%20refuge.

Internal combustion engine invented (19th century, c. 1859)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 16:55:53 UTC

It impacted continents like Europe and North America.

it is important because this engine was better because it was powered by gas instead of coal.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/internal-combustion-engine-0

Invention of the Machine gun (The Maxim Gun) (1884)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 17:01:23 UTC

it impacted a lot of European nations and some colonies.

The importance was that it was included in the Boer war, Spanish the American War.

https://guides.loc.gov/machine-gun-its-history-development-and-use#:~:text=First%20invented%20in%201884%20by,guns%20killed%20about%201%2C500%20warriors.

Russian Revolution begins (1917)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 17:44:28 UTC

The Russian Revolution impacted mostly Russia.

The reason for the Russian Revolution was because of a massacre.

https://www.history.com/articles/russian-revolution

Chinese Revolution begins (1949)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 18:00:59 UTC

The Chinese Revolution impacted mostly China.

The impact was that it ended up in a civil war.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/chinese-rev

The Green Revolution begins (1940s–1960s)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 18:04:19 UTC

The Green Revolution started in Mexico

The impact in Mexico was that there was a lot of hunger in the country.

https://www.treehugger.com/green-revolution-history-technologies-and-impact-5189596

Cuban Revolution begins (1953)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 18:08:24 UTC

The Cuban revolution impacted Cuba because their were things happening in Cuba.

It was the beginning of Cuba's intervention in foreign conflicts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution#:~:text=The%20revolution%20also%20marked%20the,suppressed%20by%20the%20revolutionary%20government.

Digital Revolution begins (20th century, c. 1950s)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 18:11:30 UTC

The digital revolution affected the whole world.

The importance is that the world is going through new forms of technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Age#:~:text=The%20digital%20revolution%20converted%20technology,analog%20to%20digitally%20recorded%20music.

Neil Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon (1969)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-03-20 18:15:48 UTC

It affected the whole world also because nobody has landed on the moon.

The impact was that the United States was the first to land on the moon.

https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/july-2019/how-the-moon-landing-changed-the-world

Invention of the First Wheel

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-15 18:01:40 UTC

A wheel is a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle. The idea of wheeled transportation may have come from the use of logs for rollers.

https://www.britannica.com/technology/wagon-vehicle

Protestant Reformation 3500 B.C.

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-15 18:10:05 UTC

The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s. The Protestant Reformation was a 1500s movement that created Protestantism, a branch of Christianity that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/protestant-reformation/

The Telegraph (1837)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-16 17:01:15 UTC

Long before Samuel F. B. Morse electrically transmitted his famous message "What hath God wrought?" from Washington to Baltimore on May 24, 1844.

There were signaling systems that enabled people to communicate over distances.

https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/

Invention of the Cotton Gin (1793)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-16 17:04:37 UTC

On this day in 1794, young inventor Eli Whitney had his U.S. patent for the cotton gin approved. This invention would greatly impact the social and economic conditions that led to the Civil War.

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-cotton-gin-a-game-changing-social-and-economic-invention

Invention of Radar (1935)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-16 17:15:08 UTC

Radar or Radio Detection and Ranging is a system designed to detect other aircraft. Ships, or other objects. This system can also decipher the speed and direction these objects are traveling.

https://www.spartan.edu/news/the-history-of-radar/

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

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-16 17:25:29 UTC

For centuries, humans took to the sky by balloons, kites, and gliders. Midwestern bicycle shop owners who created a world-changing technology: the Wright brothers.

https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/wright-brothers

Invention of Plastic (Bakelite) (1907)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-16 17:30:38 UTC

Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907. Launching the modern plastics industry and revolutionizing manufacturing processes and everyday items.

https://www.plasticsengineering.org/2024/04/bakelite-the-vintage-plastic-that-shaped-the-future-004261/#!

Creation of Model T (1908)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-16 17:52:57 UTC

The Model T was introduced to the world in 1908. Henry Ford wanted the Model T to be affordable, simple to operate, and durable.

https://corporate.ford.com/articles/history/the-model-t.html

The Battle of the Somme begins (1916)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-16 18:10:57 UTC

The Battle of the Somme, which took place from July to November 1916. It began as an Allied offensive against German forces along the Western Front of World War I, near the Somme River in France.

https://www.history.com/articles/battle-of-the-somme

An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki – 1945

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-19 16:50:20 UTC

On August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan by the United States. On Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-9/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki

Creation of Atari Pong (1972)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-19 17:14:04 UTC

On November 29, 1972, Pong—the groundbreaking electronic video game was released by the American game manufacturer Atari Inc. Essentially launching what is now the $200+ billion home video game industry.

Creation of the World Wide Web (1989)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-19 17:27:29 UTC

On April 30, 1993, four years after publishing a proposal for an idea of linked information system. Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee released the source code for the world’s first web browser and editor.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-30/world-wide-web-launches-in-public-domain

Facebook launches (2004)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-19 17:56:03 UTC

A Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook. A social media website he had built in order to connect Harvard students with one another.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/february-4/facebook-launches-mark-zuckerberg

Creation of the iPhone (2007)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-19 18:11:17 UTC

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone,e a touchscreen mobile phone. With an iPod, camera,a and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features at the Macworld convention in San Francisco.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-9/steve-jobs-debuts-the-iphone

Creation of ChatGPT (2022)

kmartinezmartinez — 2025-05-19 18:13:11 UTC

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot built on top of OpenAI's foundational large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 and its predecessors.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/05/19/a-short-history-of-chatgpt-how-we-got-to-where-we-are-today/