1750-2000 Dates Flashcards
1789
French Revolution begins
1804
Haitian independence
1807
British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade
1820s
Independence in Latin America
1839
1st Opium War in China
1861
Russian “frees” serfs / ends serfdom
1839-1878
Tanzimat Reforms
1853
Commodore Perry “opens” Japan
1857
Sepoy Mutiny
1861-1870
Italian unification
1869
Suez Canal Opens
1871
German unification
1885
Berlin Conference (begins “Scramble for Africa”)
1888
Brazil ends slavery (last in Americas)
1896
Ethiopians defeat Italians at the Battle of Adowa
1910-1920
Mexican Revolution (Diaz overthrown)
1911
Chinese Revolution (end of Qing)
1899-1902
Boer War (British in control of S Africa
1914-1918
World War I
1898
Spanish-American War (US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico)
1917
Russian Revolution
1919
Treaty of Versailles
1939
German blitzkrieg in Poland (beg of WWII)
1929
New York Stock Market Crash