Revolutionary World History Timeline by Juan Roblero Perez _ Student - SouthGarnerHS

Comienza la revolución neolítica

jfrobleroperez — 2024-04-24 12:38:24 UTC

El Neolítico fue un período en el que se utilizó más la cultura de cazadores y recolectores. Este cambio a una mayor agricultura más adelante en la era neolítica.

Comienza la Revolución Verde

jfrobleroperez — 2024-04-25 01:03:17 UTC

The Green Revolution emerged in 1940, via the Rockefeller Foundation, with the aim of meeting global food demand through an increase in food productivity.

Gunpowder is invented

jfrobleroperez — 2024-04-25 11:32:16 UTC

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

jfrobleroperez — 2024-04-25 11:33:44 UTC

This process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world. Although used earlier by French writers, the term Industrial Revolution was first popularized by the English economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852–83) to describe Britain's economic development from 1760 to 1840

Plastic is invented

jfrobleroperez — 2024-04-25 11:35:22 UTC

Belgian chemist and clever marketeer Leo Baekeland pioneered the first fully synthetic plastic in 1907

Columbus “discovers” the Americas

jfrobleroperez — 2024-04-25 11:36:56 UTC

Christopher Columbus did not “discover” the Americas, nor was he even the first European to visit the “New World.” (Viking explorer Leif Erikson had sailed to Greenland and Newfoundland in the 11th century.) However, his journey kicked off centuries of exploration and exploitation on the American continents

The Syrian Civil War begins

jfrobleroperez — 2024-04-25 11:42:25 UTC

In March 2011, popular discontent with the Ba'athist government led to large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring protests in the region.

Neil Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon

jfrobleroperez — 2024-04-25 11:50:34 UTC

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed their moon module on a broad dark lunar lava flow, called the Sea of Tranquility. And six hours later, Neil Armstrong became the first human being to walk on the surface of a world beyond Earth.

The Neolithic Revolution Begins

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 11:49:12 UTC

The Neolithic Revolution started around 10,000 B.C. in the 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

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 11:51:42 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.

Gunpowder is invented

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 11:53:01 UTC

The Industrial Revolution Begins

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 11:54:25 UTC

Plastic is invented

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 11:56:30 UTC

Belgian chemist and clever marketeer Leo Baekeland pioneered the first fully synthetic plastic in 1907. He beat his Scottish rival, James Swinburne, to the patent office by one day. His invention, which he would christen Bakelite, combined two chemicals, formaldehyde and phenol, under heat and pressure.

Columbus “discovers” the Americas

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 11:57:19 UTC

The Syrian Civil War begins

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 11:58:28 UTC

In March 2011, popular discontent with the Ba'athist government led to large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring protests in the region.

Neil Armstrong steps on to the surface of the moon

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 11:59:33 UTC

So Man's first words Neil Armstrong's first words sort of setting foot on the moon. Okay that's one

The World Trade Organization is founded

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 12:01:31 UTC

January 1, 1995

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization established in 1995 following the ratification of the Uruguay Round Agreements, and today includes 164 members.

The Printing Press is invented

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 12:02:50 UTC

German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg is credited with inventing the printing press around 1436, although he was far from the first to automate the book-printing process. Woodblock printing in China dates back to the 9th century and Korean bookmakers were printing with moveable metal type a century before Gutenberg

Facebook launches

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 12:04:27 UTC

Officially, Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Harvard students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum, and Chris Hughes. Back then, the site was intended as a social media platform for Harvard students exclusively.

Cambridge Analytica goes bankrupt

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 12:05:27 UTC

Cambridge Analytica has filed for bankruptcy in the US.The bankruptcy proceedings are part of the process of closing down the company and its UK parent, SCL Elections, that started in early May. The company blamed a "siege of media coverage" for driving away customers and forcing its closure

An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 12:06:46 UTC

By the end of 1945, the bombing had killed an estimated 140,000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74,000 in Nagasaki. In the years that followed, many of the survivors would face leukemia, cancer, or other terrible side effects from the radiation.

Creation of the World Wide Web

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 12:07:59 UTC

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world

The Protestant Reformation

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 12:09:18 UTC

The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s. It resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism, a name used collectively to refer to the many religious groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church due to differences in doctrine.

Council of Trent

jfrobleroperez — 2024-05-24 12:10:42 UTC

The Council of Trent was convened by the Catholic Church in response to the Protestant Reformation, with the aim of addressing the theological disputes raised by the reformers and reaffirming Catholic doctrine.