History 102 MOST BASIC TIME LINE, 1789-1991 Instructor: Mark Baker
These are some of the most important dates for our course. They are not the ONLY important dates, but they are some of the most important.
1789-1799	French Revolution
1814-1815	Defeat of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna (Vienna Settlement)
1825	First passenger railroad every built began to work (it was in Britain and went a blistering 16 miles per hour), symbolizes the Industrial Revolution.
1848	Springtime of Peoples, the outbreak of revolutions across Europe, except in Russia and Britain
1862	Swedish women are given the right to vote in local elections; this was the first time that European women were given the right to vote and this date hopefully will remind you of the women's suffrage movement, one of the most important 19^th-century popular movements.
1871	Unification of Germany, following the Franco-Prussian War. Marks the arrival of the Age of Nationalism.
1884-85	Berlin Conference, where the Great Powers decided how to divide up Africa, without consulting any Africans. New Imperialism.
1914-1918	First World War, with the Russian Revolution breaking out in 1917.
1929	Stock Market Crash in the USA leading to the Great Depression in America and Europe (especially hard on Germany)
1939-45	Second World War
1948	Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan (Containment)
1961	Berlin Wall is constructed, symbolizes the Cold War; and the USA invades Vietnam.
1989-91	The End of Communism in Eastern Europe, the Re-Unification of Germany and then (in 1991) the break-up of the Soviet Union.
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