Sahar Omidi Shayegan

Graduate Student at McGill University

Hopefully there will be a nice timeline here soon!

Timeline of Events

1804-1815: Napoleonic Wars

Napoleon Bonaparte led France in a series of military campaigns known as the Napoleonic Wars. These wars greatly shaped European history and ended with Napoleon's defeat in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo.

1815: Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna was held after the Napoleonic Wars to reestablish balance and order in Europe. It aimed to prevent future conflicts and redraw Europe's borders.

1830-1848: European Revolutions

1861-1865: American Civil War

1871: Unification of Germany

1871-1914: Belle Époque

1911: Chinese Revolution

1914-1918: World War I

World War I, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict that began in 1914 and ended in 1918, involving many of the world's great powers.

1917: Russian Revolution

1919: Treaty of Versailles

1929: Great Depression

1933-1945: Adolf Hitler leads Germany

1939-1945: World War II

1941-1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin

1945: United Nations founded

1945-1953: Harry S. Truman, US President

1950-1953: Korean War

1961: Berlin Wall

1962: Cuban Missile Crisis

1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall

1991: Dissolution of the Soviet Union

2001: September 11 attacks

2008: Global financial crisis

2010-2011: Arab Spring

2014: Annexation of Crimea

2016: Brexit referendum; Trump elected

2019: COVID-19 pandemic

2020: Black Lives Matter protests

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