1800's
1800
Steam engines all over Britain
Over 200 factories where working in Britain.
1804
Buonaparte became emperor of France
1804
Buonaparte became emperor of France
1764
Protests against labour replacing machines
The Luddite movement began in Nottingham and culminated in a region-wide rebellion.
1815
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, marked the end of his reign and of France’s domination in Europe.
1814
Battle of Paris
Between the Sixth Coalition; consisting of Russia, Austria, and Prussia against the French Empire.The french surrendered and Emperor Napoleon abdicated and went into exile.
1815
Napoleone took Belgium
1815
Napoleone took Belgium
1800
Age of Enlightenment
Intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe. Like conservatism, nationalism and liberalism
1850 - 1900
1815
Over 2,000 miles of canals in use in Britain
This helped to carry thousands of tonnes of raw materials and manufactured goods by horse-drawn barge.
1776
Karl Marx was born
He was a German philosopher and social critic, he talked about the oppression of workers made by capitalism provoked battle of classes
1821
Mexican Independence
Miguel Hidalgo is believed to have made the cry of independence (El Grito de la Independencia) in the town of Dolores, this to motivate people to revolt against the Spanish regime.
1819
Alexandrina Victoria "Queen Victoria" was born
1819
Alexandrina Victoria "Queen Victoria" was born
1829
American railroad era
Peter Cooper's steam locomotive, called Tom Thumb, first steamed along 13 miles (21 km) of Baltimore and Ohio railroad track
1830
Belgian Revolution
1830
Belgian Revolution
1830
Invention of the telegraph
By Samuel Morse, it revolutionized long-distance communication.
1831
Cholera outbreak
In London it is thought 7000 people died of the disease which represented a 50% death rate of those who caught it.
1833
Factory act by the Government
To improve conditions for children working in factories, first regulation of conditions of industrial employment.
1834
Zollverein, German customs union
It created a free-trade area throughout much of Germany and is often seen as an important step in German reunification.
1837
Coronation of Queen Victoria,
Start of Victorian Age
Victoria turned 18 on 24 May 1837, and a regency was avoided. Less than a month later, on 20 June 1837, William IV died at the age of 71, and Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom. Her Reign lasted 63 years.
1838
First train in Britain left from Paddington Station
1838
First train in Britain left from Paddington Station
1840
Queen Victoria married Prince Albert
February 10, in the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace, London. They were very much in love and had 9 children.
1848
Marx's "The Communist Manifesto" was published
1848
Marx's "The Communist Manifesto" was published
1848
The Communist Manifesto
Political pamphlet by the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle and the conflicts of capitalism and the capitalist mode of production, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms.
1842
Industrial Expansion in France
1842
Industrial Expansion in France
1833
Industrialisation
Poor working and living conditions.
1845
People demanded revolution in Britain
1845
People demanded revolution in Britain
1850 - 1970
Second Industrial Revolution
It was around steel railroads, chemical and electricity
1854
Automatic Safety Catch invented by Elisha Otis
1854
Automatic Safety Catch invented by Elisha Otis
1856
Discovery of Aniline purple dye
by William Henry Perkin.
1861
Prince Albert from Britain died
This sent Victoria into a deep depression, and she stayed in seclusion for many years, rarely appearing in public. After this she only wore black.
1858
British Raj started
British Crown rule was established in India, ending a century of control by the East India Company.
1862
Transcontinental Railroad
The Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies to build a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west.
1853 - 1856
Crimean war
War between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish, with support from January 1855 by the army of Sardinia-Piedmont.
1863
Queen Victoria's first appearance after her husband died
1863
Queen Victoria's first appearance after her husband died
1866
Queen Victoria back in the parliament
1866
Queen Victoria back in the parliament
1867
Reform Act
A piece of British legislation that enfranchised part of the urban male working class in England and Wales for the first time.
1867
Marx's "Capital: critique of political economy"
Marx proposes that the motivating force of capitalism is in the exploitation of labor, whose unpaid work is the ultimate source of surplus value.
1870
Franco - Prussian War
It was a conflict between France and Prussia, which was backed by the North German Confederation and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria.
1871
Germany became a Nation State
Proclaimed William I of Prussia as German Emperor after the French capitulation in the Franco-Prussian War.
1871
Paris commune
Insurrection of Paris against the French government. It occurred in the wake of France’s defeat in the Franco-German War and the collapse of Napoleon III’s Second Empire.
1876
Queen Victoria named Empress of India
1876
Queen Victoria named Empress of India
1876
Invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell, his company in now known as AT&T.
1879
Invention of the light bulb
by Thomas Edison.
1837
First modern welfare state
Otto E. L. von Bismarck was a Prussian statesman and diplomat created his welfare system to prevent a radical socialist take over.
1838
Karl Marx's death
1838
Karl Marx's death
1884
Invention of the Tesla coil
A device essential to sending and receiving radio waves and one the U.S.
1889
Hitler was born
Leader of the Nazi.
1890
Discovery of the Aspirin
By the chemist Felix Hoffmann in Bayern, Germany.
1884
Invention of Airship
Charles Renard and Arthur C. Krebs, inventors and military officers in the French Army Corps of Engineers, built an elongated balloon, La France.
1885
Invention of the car powered by gasoline
by Karl (Carl) Benz.
1889
Eiffel Tower by Gustave Eiffel
Constructed from 1887–1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair
1896
Invention of the radio
by Guglielmo Marconi.
1899
First Zeppelin
Ferdinand von Zeppelin