World History Timeline by Marcus Jackson _ Student - SouthGarnerHS

1918-treaty of Versailles Ends WWI

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 14:53:56 UTC

1096-The First Crusade begins

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 15:00:11 UTC

The First Crusade was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule and ended in 1099

722-Spanish Reconquista begins

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 15:15:17 UTC

The Reconquista is a term used to describe the military campaigns that Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania and its end is associated with Portuguese and Spanish colonization of the Americas. it also ended in January 2, 1492

1478,-Spanish Inquisition begins

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 16:23:18 UTC

November 1, 1478, When the Spanish Inquisition was created it was not unexpected. Follow the origins and evolution of the Spanish Inquisition.Spanish Inquisition, judicial institution ostensibly established to combat heresy in Spain

610-Founding of Islam

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 16:34:32 UTC

the starting of islam is marked 1,382 years ago, following the first revelation to the prophet Muhammad at the age of 40. Muhammad and his followers spread the teachings of Islam throughout the Arabian peninsula.

1915-Sykes-Picot Treaty

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 16:43:11 UTC

the Sykes-Picot Treaty led to the division of Turkish-held Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine into various French- and British-administered areas.and the final agreement took its name from the chief negotiators from Britain and France, Sir Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot

1948-the creation of Israel

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 17:43:40 UTC

David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day. Israel's establishment as an independent sovereign state was officially declared in Tel Aviv on Friday May 14

1994-Apartheid Ends

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 22:48:21 UTC

the Afrikaans name given by the white-ruled South Africa's Nationalist Party in 1948 to the country's harsh, institutionalized system of racial segregation, came to an end in the early 1990s. so eventually this led to the formation of a democratic government in 1994

1945-The Holocaust begins

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 22:53:07 UTC

The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.this happened because his invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, triggered the European phase of World War II.

1992-Bosnian Civil War begins

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 22:57:19 UTC

The Bosnian War resulted in the death of around 100,000 people, and the displacement of over two million men, women and children. A campaign of war crimes, 'ethnic cleansing' and genocide was perpetrated by Bosnian Serb troops under the orders of Slobodan. and The war ended on 14 December 1995 when the Dayton accords were signed.

1933-Hitler Appointed Chancellor

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 23:30:36 UTC

On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or known as theNazi Party as chancellor of Germany His plan, embraced by much of the German population was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful unified one-party state.

1944-D-Day Invasion of Normandy

mdjackson3_ — 2023-10-17 23:38:45 UTC

The D-Day Invasion of Normandy had brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history, they delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy France

The Neolithic Revolution Begins 10000 BC

mdjackson3_ — 2023-12-07 16:13:30 UTC

Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East where humans first took up farming. Shortly after, Stone Age humans in other parts of the world also began to practice agriculture

The Green Revolution begins 1940s

mdjackson3_ — 2023-12-07 17:06:38 UTC

The beginnings of the Green Revolution are often attributed to Norman Borlaug, an American scientist interested in agriculture. In the 1940s, he began conducting research in Mexico and developed new disease resistance high-yield varieties of wheat.

142 AD-Gunpowder is invented

mdjackson3_ — 2023-12-07 17:14:58 UTC

Gunpowder: Origins in the East. “Gunpowder,” as it came to be known, is a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), sulfur, and charcoal. Together, these materials will burn rapidly and explode as a propellant. Chinese monks discovered the technology in the 9th century CE, during their quest for a life-extending elixir

The Industrial Revolution Begins-1760

mdjackson3_ — 2023-12-08 17:31:22 UTC

also known as the First Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that, The Industrial Revolution was the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines. Its start and end are widely debated by scholars, but the period generally spanned from about 1760 to 1840

Plastic invented-1907

mdjackson3_ — 2023-12-08 17:40:08 UTC

In 1907 Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic, meaning it contained no molecules found in nature. Baekeland had been searching for a synthetic substitute for shellac, a natural electrical insulator, to meet the needs of the rapidly electrifying United States.

1492-Columbus “discovers” the Americas

mdjackson3_ — 2023-12-18 15:49:59 UTC

Columbus left Castile in August 1492 with three ships and made landfall in the Americas on 12 October, ending the period of human habitation in the Americas now referred to as the pre-Columbian era. His landing place was an island in the Bahamas, known by its native inhabitants as Guanahani

2011-The Syrian Civil War begins

mdjackson3_ — 2023-12-18 15:53:06 UTC

Since its start in 2011, the Syrian Civil War has created the largest refugee population in the world, constituting over a third of the global refugee population. In 2018 the United Nations recorded 6.7 million Syrian refugees, nearly 40 percent of Syria's population that year.

1969-Neil Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon

mdjackson3_ — 2023-12-18 15:59:31 UTC

Why did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon first?

Aldrin lobbied hard to be the first to step on the lunar surface, but the NASA brass chose Armstrong for his calm confidence and total lack of ego. Those trademark nerves were on display on July 20, 1969 as Armstrong piloted the Lunar Module toward the surface of the moon

1995-The World Trade Organization is founded

mdjackson3_ — 2024-01-11 17:35:34 UTC

The World Trade Organization is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that govern international trade.

1440-The Printing Press is invented

mdjackson3_ — 2024-01-11 17:37:59 UTC

By 1440 Gutenberg had established the basics of his printing press including the use of a mobile, reusable set of type, and within ten years he had constructed a working prototype of the press. In 1454 Gutenberg put his press to commercial use, producing thousands of indulgences for the Church

2004-Facebook launches

mdjackson3_ — 2024-01-11 17:40:51 UTC

Facebook is a social networking service originally launched as TheFacebook on February 4, 2004, before changing its name to simply Facebook in August 2005.

2018-Cambridge Analytica goes bankrupt

mdjackson3_ — 2024-01-11 17:44:34 UTC

The embattled political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica announced on Wednesday that it would cease most operations and file for bankruptcy amid growing legal and political scrutiny of its business practices and work for Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign.

480 BC-The Battle of Thermopylae ends in defeat for the Greeks

mdjackson3_ — 2024-01-11 17:48:12 UTC

After three days of holding their own against the Persian king Xerxes I and his vast southward-advancing army, the Greeks were betrayed, and the Persians were able to outflank them. Sending the main army in retreat, Leonidas and a small contingent remained behind to resist the advance and were defeated.

1916-The Battle of the Somme begins

mdjackson3_ — 2024-01-11 17:49:42 UTC

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most bitterly contested and costly battles of the First World War, lasting nearly five months. Despite this, it is often the first day of the battle that is most remembered. The offensive began on 1 July 1916 after a week-long artillery bombardment of the German lines.

1945-An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki

mdjackson3_ — 2024-01-11 17:51:50 UTC

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict