World History Timeline by Isiah Jones _ Student - WestMillbrookMS

Neolithic Age (10,000 BCE)

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 13:19:39 UTC

The Neolithic Revolution was the critical transition that resulted in the birth of agriculture. taking Homo sapiens from scattered groups of hunter-gatherers to farming villages and from there to technologically sophisticated societies with great temples and towers.

gunpowder is invented 9th century (circa 800s)

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 13:23:52 UTC

monks discovered the technology in the 9th century , during their quest for a life-extending elixer. monks

Invention of the printing press - 1440

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 13:31:15 UTC

by 14440 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.

Columbus “discovers” the Americas - 1492

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 13:37:49 UTC

on 12 October the 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.

The Agricultural Revolution Begins (British Agricultural Revolution begins) - 17th century (around 1600s)

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 13:39:29 UTC

British Agricultural Revolution, or Second Agricultural Revolution, was an unprecedented increase in production in Britain arising from increases in labor and land productivity between the mid-17th and late 19th centuries.

The Industrial Revolution Begins - late 18th century (around 1760)

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 13:49:34 UTC

regulate factory conditions in general and children’s in particular. It's kids that are not the proper age. this which is under 10 is the highest amount of kids doing this.

Steam engine invented - 1712 (first practical steam engine)

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 13:53:57 UTC

Newcomen replaced the receiving vessel (where the steam was condensed) with a cylinder containing a piston based on Papin's design. Instead of the vacuum drawing in water, it drew down the piston. This was used to work a beam engine in which a large wooden beam rocked upon a central fulcrum.

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

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 13:57:29 UTC

The Maxim gun is a recoil operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim. It was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world.

Internal combustion engine invented - 1860s (first practical internal combustion engine)

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 13:59:39 UTC

In 1850 he left for Paris and in 1859 where he designed the first engine with internal combustion. In 1859, he obtained patent No. 43624 for 15 years. In France he became a naturalized Frenchman.

The Green Revolution begins - 1940s

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 14:03:45 UTC

Green Revolution transformed rural economies using industrial food production systems already widespread in wealthy western countries, but with new plant varieties.

American Revolution begins - 1775

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 14:20:46 UTC

in 1775 a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1763. Although the colonies had fought and supported the war, Parliament imposed new taxes to compensate for wartime costs and turned control of the colonies' western lands over to the British officials in Montreal.

French Revolution begins - 1789

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 14:27:29 UTC

was a watershed event in world history that began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During this period, French citizens radically altered their political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as the monarchy and the feudal system.

Haitian Revolution begins - 1791

ijjones41 — 2024-10-24 14:27:49 UTC

Haitian society was deeply fragmented by skin colour, class, and gender. The affranchis, most of them mulattoes, were sometimes slave owners themselves and aspired to the economic and social levels of the Europeans. They feared and spurned the slave majority but were generally discriminated against by the white European colonists, who were merchants, landowners, overseers, craftsmen, and the like.

Russian Revolution begins - 1917

ijjones41 — 2024-10-25 13:01:03 UTC

Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the 20th century. The violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule.

Chinese Revolution begins (1949)

ijjones41 — 2024-10-25 13:06:22 UTC

a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. they overthrew the Qing Dynasty, ended the autocratic monarchy that had ruled China for more than 2,000 years and led to the establishment of the Republic of China.

Cuban Revolution

ijjones41 — 2024-10-25 13:13:23 UTC

resulted from rising opposition to the government of Cuban dictator Fulgencio. the authoritarian policies of Gerardo Machado and the Great Depression beginning in 1929 plunged Cuba into an economic and social crisis.

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

ijjones41 — 2024-10-25 13:18:58 UTC

he landed on the lunar surfuce of the moon at 02:56 and stayed up there for 6 hours and 39 minis and we have no clue if the flag is still up there. at the time of the Apollo 11 flight in 1969, Neil Armstrong was paid a salary of $27,401 and was the highest paid of the flying astronauts

Digital Revolution begins (late 20th century)

ijjones41 — 2024-10-25 13:22:42 UTC

The Digital Revolution is the change from mechanical and analogue electronic technology to digital electronics which began anywhere from the late 1950s to the late 1970s with the adoption and proliferation of digital computers and digital record keeping that continues to the present day

The Syrian Civil War begins (1980s Islamist Uprising) (1980s)

ijjones41 — 2024-10-25 13:23:33 UTC

On 2 February 1982, the Brotherhood led a major insurrection in Hama, rapidly taking control of the city; the military responded by bombing Hama whose population was about 250,000 throughout the rest of the month, killing between 2,000 and 25,000 people.

plastic invented 1907

ijjones41 — 2024-10-25 13:28:11 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.

German teacher and a monk, brought about the Protestant Reformation when he challenged the Catholic Church's teachings starting in 1517. The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s.

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 14:58:25 UTC

Protestant Reformation (1517)

Council of Trent (1545-1563)

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 15:00:05 UTC

It served to define Catholic doctrine and made sweeping decrees on self-reform, helping to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church in the face of Protestant expansion.

The Battle of the Somme begins (1916)

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 15:07:10 UTC

he 1916 Somme offensive was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the First World War (1914-18). The opening day of the attack, 1 July 1916, saw the British Army sustain 57,000 casualties, the bloodiest day in its history.

An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki (1945)

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 15:10:44 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 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.

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

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 15:13:41 UTC

Wilbur and Orville Wright spent four years of research and development to create the first successful powered airplane, the 1903 Wright Flyer. It first flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, with Orville at the controls.

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

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 15:16:31 UTC

Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21

Facebook launches (2004)

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 15:17:51 UTC

n January 2004, Zuckerberg registered the app facebook, and it was launched on Feb. 4, 2004, allowing Harvard students to post photographs of themselves and personal information about their lives. At the time, the most popular social media network was Myspace.

Creation of the World Wide Web (1989-1990, publicly available in the early 1990s)

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 15:18:58 UTC

Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first proposal for the World Wide Web in March 1989 and his second proposal in May 1990. Together with Belgian systems engineer Robert Cailliau, this was formalised as a management proposal in November 1990.

Cambridge Analytica goes bankrupt (2018)

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 15:21:01 UTC

The firm voluntarily submitted a petition to declare bankruptcy at the US Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York.The filings note an estimated number of creditors between 1-49, estimated assets of $100,001 to $500,000 and estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 - $10 million.

Invention of the Cotton Gin (1793)

ijjones41 — 2024-12-19 15:21:43 UTC

In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. By the mid-19th century, cotton had become America's leading export