353353899 | 1756 - 1763 | 7 Years' War (3 continents) | 0 | |
353353900 | 1776 | American Revolution | 1 | |
353353901 | 1776 | Adam Smith writes "The Wealth of Nations" (Start of modern economics - laissez-faire) | 2 | |
353353902 | 1789 | Start of French Revolution | 3 | |
353353903 | 1804 | Haitian independence | 4 | |
353353904 | 1815 | Congress of Vienna - maintains European balance of power and creates 100 years of peace | 5 | |
353353905 | 1820s | Independence in Latin America (follows Napoleonic Wars) - Simon Bolivia | 6 | |
353353906 | 1839 | Opium Wars - ends Chinese dominance, introduces idea of extra territoriality | 7 | |
353353907 | 1848 | Various European revolutions, Karl Marx writes "Communist Manifesto" | 8 | |
353353908 | 1853 | Japan's isolation ends at the hands of Americans (led by Matthew Perry) | 9 | |
353353909 | 1857 | Sepoy Mutiny - dissolves East India Trading Co. (shift from indirect to direct British rule in India) | 10 | |
353353910 | 1861 | End of serfdom in Russia | 11 | |
353353911 | 1861 | Italian unification achieved | 12 | |
353353912 | 1863 | Emancipation Proclamation | 13 | |
353353913 | 1871 | German Unification by Bismarck (Creation of 2nd Reich) | 14 | |
353353914 | 1885 | Conference of Berlin (division of Africa) | 15 | |
353353915 | 1898 | Spanish - American War - start of US imperialism | 16 | |
353353916 | 1899 | Boer War (British control S. Africa - apartheid begins) | 17 | |
353353917 | 1905 | Russo-Japanese War - established Japan as a power | 18 | |
353353918 | 1910 | Mexican Revolution and establishment of a Constitution | 19 | |
353353919 | 1911 | Chinese revolution - end of dynastic cycle, last Civil Service Exam | 20 | |
353353920 | 1914 | Start of WWI | 21 |
1750 - 1914 Dates Flashcards
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