Important things that happened between 1860 and 1940?
The Civil War--1861-1865 London opens the world's first subway--1863 Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson--1868 Franco-Prussian War--1870 Panic of 1873--1873 Thomas Edison invents the light bulb--1879 President Garfield is assassinated--1881 Panic of 1893--1893 Spanish-American War--1898 Boxer Rebellion in China--1900 Queen Victoria dies--1901 President William McKinley is assassinated--1901 San Francisco is destroyed by a massive earthquake--1906 Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated--1914 World War I--1914 The US Senate rejects American participation in the League of Nations--1919 Washington Naval Conference--1922 Teapot Dome Scandal--1923 Scopes Monkey Trial--1925 Stock Market crashes, ushering in the Great Depression--1929 Japan invades Manchuria--1931 Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany--1933 President Franklin Roosevelt unveils the New Deal--1933 Italy invades Abyssinia--1936 Britain's King Edward VIII abdicates the throne to marry Wallis Simpson--1936 Japan invades China--1937 Munich Conference--1938 Germany invades Poland, starting World War II--1939 Battle of Britain--1940 Franklin Roosevelt becomes the only US president to be elected to that office three times--1940
What historical event introduce Daylight Saving Time?
A.Julius Caesar becoming Roman Emperor B.The Crusades of the 12 Century C.The Civil War of 1861-1865 D.World War I of 1914-1918 E.World War II of 1939-1945
What are some major political and military events between 1775 and 1950?
1776 - US won the Revolutionary War 1783 - the invention of textiles leads to the first Industrial Revolution in Britain 1812 - war with France 1850 - second Industrial Revolution 1914 - WWI begins in Europe 1917 - Zimmerman note; US enters WWII 1929 - Stock Market crashes 1933 - Germany beomces the Third Reich 1939 - Germany's aggression begins WWII 1941 - Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; US enters war 1940s - Hitler begins the Holocaust 1945 - US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan; Japan surrenders; Germany surrenders; UN is created 1949 - Cold War begins