World History Timeline: identity by Millionne Watford _ Student - SouthGarnerHS

610-Founding Of Islam

mwatford — 2023-10-17 13:29:04 UTC

The founding or start of Islam was in the year 610. Which was also when the Prophet Muhammad first saw the Angel Jibril and shared the words of Allah to the Arabian peninsulas .

718-Spanish Reconquista

mwatford — 2023-10-17 13:36:49 UTC

The spanish Reconquista happened in Spain and Portugal in the year 718. It was driving by the want for money and land. The Reconquista is a period in the history of the Iberian Peninsulas.

1096-The First Crusade

mwatford — 2023-10-17 13:47:37 UTC

The First Crusade Happened in the year 1096. The First Crusade was a military campaign by western European forces to recapture the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims.

1916-Sykes–Picot Agreement

mwatford — 2023-10-17 13:51:53 UTC

The Sykes–Picot Agreement was a 1916 secret treaty between the United Kingdom and France. it led to the division of Turkish held Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine into various French and British-administered areas.

1478-spanish inquisition

mwatford — 2023-10-17 14:06:20 UTC

The Spanish Inquisition was a judicial institution that lasted. Its ostensible purpose was to combat heresy in Spain but in practice, it resulted in consolidating power in the monarchy of the newly unified Spanish kingdom.

1919-Treaty of Versailles Ends WWI

mwatford — 2023-10-17 14:14:57 UTC

the Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, France. The treaty was one of several that officially ended World War I.

1933-The Holocaust begins

mwatford — 2023-10-27 13:11:40 UTC

The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during WWII. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany murdered six million Jews across German-occupied Europe.

1933-Hitler Appointed Chancellor

mwatford — 2023-10-27 13:14:22 UTC

January 30, 1933, On this date, Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany and the Nazi Party assumed control.

1944-d-day invasion of normandy

mwatford — 2023-10-27 13:17:45 UTC

It delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy. The beaches code named UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD. The invasion force included 7,000 ships and landing craft manned by over 195,000 naval soldiers from eight countries.

1948-creation of israel

mwatford — 2023-10-27 13:19:53 UTC

The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, was made on 14 of May, 1948

1992-Bosnian Civil War begins

mwatford — 2023-10-27 13:23:28 UTC

The Bosnian War was a conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Approximately 100,000 people were killed during the Bosnian war and genocide.

early 1990s-Apartheid Ends

mwatford — 2023-10-27 13:28:50 UTC

Apartheid came to an end in the early 1990s. Nelson Mandela negotiated with de Klerk (the president at the time) for a new constitution that would allow majority rule.

The Neolithic Revolution Begins-1,000 BC

mwatford — 2024-01-08 14:30:14 UTC

The Neolithic Revolution was a transition that made in the birth of agriculture, transitioning Homo sapiens from scattered groups of hunter and gatherers to farming villages and from there to technologically sophisticated societies with, temples, towers, kings, and priests

The Green Revolution begins-1940s

mwatford — 2024-01-09 13:30:06 UTC

The beginnings of the Green Revolution are often given to Norman Borlaug, a scientist who loved agriculture. In the 1940s, he began researching in Mexico and developed new disease resistant high-yield varieties of wheat.

Gunpowder invented-AD 904

mwatford — 2024-01-09 13:42:54 UTC

Gunpowder is a mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. Together, these materials will burn rapidly and explode as a propellant. Chinese monks discovered the technology in the 9th century CE. The key ingredient, saltpeter, had been in use by this same culture since the late centuries BCE for medicinal purposes.

the industrial revolution begins-1760

mwatford — 2024-01-09 13:45:36 UTC

The Industrial Revolution began in 1760, when agricultural societies became more industrialized and urban. The railroads, the cotton gin, electricity and other inventions changed society as a whole.

plastic invented-1907

mwatford — 2024-01-09 13:49:06 UTC

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland pioneered the first synthetic plastic in 1907. He beat his Scottish rival, James Swinburne, to the patent office by one day. He combined two chemicals, formaldehyde and phenol, under heat and pressure.

Columbus “discovers” the Americas-1492

mwatford — 2024-01-09 13:53:06 UTC

Between 1492 and 1504, Columbus completed four round-trip voyages between Spain and the Americas, each voyage being sponsored by the Crown of Castile. On his first voyage he reached the Americas, initiating the European exploration and colonization of the continent, as well as the Columbian exchange.

The Syrian Civil War begins-2011

mwatford — 2024-01-09 13:57:08 UTC

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors. In March 2011, popular discontent with the rule of Bashar al-Assad triggered 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 moon-1969

mwatford — 2024-01-09 13:59:45 UTC

The world watched as Neil Armstrong from Apollo 11 took the first footsteps on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969. It was the first time humans walked on another planet.

the world trade organization was founded-1995

mwatford — 2024-01-11 14:31:02 UTC

The WTO began life on 1 January 1995, but its trading system is half a century older. The World Trade Organization is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade.

The Printing Press is invented-1436

mwatford — 2024-01-11 14:33:42 UTC

The German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg is credited with making the printing press around 1436.A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon another surface such as paper, transferring the ink onto the paper.

Facebook launches-2004

mwatford — 2024-01-11 14:35:51 UTC

Facebook is a social site or app that makes it easy for you to connect and share with family and friends online.

Cambridge Analytica goes bankrupt-2018

mwatford — 2024-01-11 14:39:16 UTC

The app developer breached Facebook's terms of service by giving the data to Cambridge Analytica. On may 1 2018, Cambridge Analytica and its parent company SCL filed for bankruptcy and closed operations.

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

mwatford — 2024-01-11 14:41:46 UTC

After three days of holding their own against the Persian king Xerxes I and his vast advancing army, 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.

The Battle of the Somme begins-1916

mwatford — 2024-01-11 14:45:18 UTC

The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.

An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki-1945

mwatford — 2024-01-11 14:48:01 UTC

The second atomic bomb ever made, named Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki from the Bockscar, also a B-29 bomber, on August 9, 1945.