Modern World History Timeline

The Reign of Terror Begins The Reign of Terror Ends Peru gained independence Argentina gained independence Bolivia gained independence Mexico gained independence Brazil gained independence Gran Colombia gained independence Haiti gained independence The French Revolution Begins (Storming of the Bastille) Meeting of the French National Assembly The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen established Napoleon Crowns himself Emperor The Napoleonic Code enacted Napoleon's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo The Congress of Vienna concludes The German Empire is united The Italian Peninsula is united Austria- Hungary is formed Greece, Romania, Serbia, Albania, and Bulgaria separate from the Ottoman Empire (1829 - 1922) Greece, Romania, Serbia, Albania, and Bulgaria separate from the Ottoman Empire (1829 - 1922) Spheres of Influence created in China through the Treaty of Nanjing Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggering the start of WWI Treaty of Versailles Signed The U.S. drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (August 6, 1945) The U.S. drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan ending WWII (August 9, 1945) Japan Surrenders (August 14, 1945) Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into WWII (December 7, 1941) Hitler Invades Poland beginning WWII (September 1, 1939) Battle of Britain turned the tides of war in Europe (August 12, 1940) Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into WWII (December 7, 1941) The mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins (1942) Battle of Midway turned the tides of the war in the Pacific (June 1942) Hitler commits suicide as the Allied troops approach Berlin (April 30, 1945) Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945) Nuremberg Trials Begin (November 20, 1945) The United Nations is created (October 24, 1945) Agricultural Revolution Industrial Revolution Meiji Restoration (Japanese Industrialization) Berlin Conference The Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium British and Boers fight over the territory of South Africa India becomes an official colony of Great Britian