1803 Richard

1750 Trevithick builds

the world’s 1889 Gustave
first steam Eiffel completes
locomotive his famous tower
for the opening of
1757 Giovanni Paolo 1805 Nelson the international
Panini paints Ancient destroys the Paris Exhibition
Rome, a heroic work French and
celebrating the key Spanish fleets 1899 Britain obtains 99-year lease on
Roman monuments at the Battle territories
of Trafalgar
1901 sociallist party formed in Russia
1762 James 1806 Napoleon
“Athenian” Stuart and commissions the 1901 coomonwealth of Australia formed
Nicholas Revett construction of the
publish Antiquities of Arc de Triomphe
Athens, encouraging 1900 In Paris,
Greek Revival 1807 Britain outlaws the Otis Elevator
the slave trade; it is Company of New
finally abolished in the York demonstrates
United States in 1865 the first escalator
1763 France cedes all 1815 Battle of
North American and Waterloo: Napoleon
Canadian territory is finally defeated, by 1914 World War I
east of Mississippi to British and Prussian begins, after the
Great Britain forces, and sent assassination
into exile of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand

1818 John Nash

begins replanning
1766 French of central London, 1867
Rococo artist creating Regent’s Park Russia sells Alaska to us
Jean-Honoré and Regent’s Street
Fragonard paints
The Swing 1829 The Rainhill Trials:
George Stephenson’s
Rocket reaches a
sensational 52 kph
(36 mph)
1769 James Watt
and Matthew
Boulton patent the 1830 Opening of
first steam engine the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway,
the first fully steamoperated
1771 Clement XIV main line
inaugurates the
vast Vatican
Museum with its
huge collection
of Classical art
1837 Queen
Victoria ascends
throne of England
and begins the long
1773 The Boston Tea reign that will name
Party: Americans an era worldwide
rebel against British
rule, destroying tea 1848 Karl Marx and
imported from India Friedrich Engels publish
The Communist
1776 The Declaration Manifesto, signifying the
of Independence: the rise of Socialism
United States finally
declares itself free of
British rule 1862 Frenchman
Louis Pasteur
perfects the process
of pasteurization to
protect food from
1789 The Fall of contamination
the Bastille marks
the beginning of the 1867
French Revolution Russia sells Alaska to us
and overthrow of
monarchy
1870
1793 The Reign of Rome joins Italy
Terror begins, a
year during which 1876 korea becomes independent
thousands in
France are sent
to the guillotine

1799 Napoleon 1880 Start of

Bonaparte becomes massive flow of
dictator of France, immigrants into the
plunging Europe US from Europe
into years of war
1880 Siemens and
1760s European Enlightenment Halske invent
appeals to human reason to world’s first
challenge traditional views about electric-powered
the church, state, monarchy, elevator
education, and social institutions.
1886 British annex upper Burma

1888 slavery abolished in brazil