World History

 

World History Events(click on topic to learn more) 

• Colonisation and Decolonization(16th century- 20th century) 
• Seven Years War(1756-1763) 
• Industrial Revolution(1760-1850) 

1st country- Britain,    2nd country- Belgium(Under the control of UK),  3rd country- France

Industrialization in USA

Phase 1(18th century-1860)- Industrialisation prior to Civil War

Phase 2(1870~)- After Civil War

Industrialization in Germany

1815-1835 Industrialisation in northern Germany(Prussia) 

1850~ Industrial revolution

Industrialisation in Russia(1850-1917) 

Industrialisation of Japan

Industrialisation of Japan started from 1853-1894.

And industrial revolution started after Meji restoration in 1868

Phases of Industrial Revolution

1st Revolution(18th century)- Coal as energy source, steam engine(Animal to machine) 

2nd Revolution(19th century)- Oil and Gas as energy sources, widespread electrification

3rd Industrial Revolution(20th century)- Nuclear energy, Automation using Digital technology like computer, mobile

4th Industrial Revolution(21th century)- Green energy, Automation using IoT, AI, ML, nanotechnology

The term 4th industrial revolution was coined by Klaus Schwab(Founder of WEF) in 2016.

• American Revolution(1765-1783)
• American Revolutionary War(1775-1783) 
• French Revolution(1789-1799) 
• Congress of Vienna(1815, after Napoleon got defeated) 
• Political Consolidation of Europe(1848-1871) 

1. Unification of Italy(1848-71) 

2. Unification of Germany(1848-71)

• American Civil War(1861-1865) 
• Chinese Revolution(1911-1949) 

1. Republic China was established by overthrowing the Qing Dynasty (1911) 

2. China civil war and Communist regime(1927-1949) 

• World War I(1914-1918) 
• Russian Revolution (1917-1923) 
• World War II(1939-1945)
• Rise of Israel(1948) 
• Korean War(1950-1953) 
• Cuban Revolution(1953-1959) 
• Vietnam War(1955-1975) 
• Suez Crises(1956) 

Protocol of Severes(1956)- secret agreement among Britain, France and Israel

• Cuban Missile Crisis(1962) 
• Soviet-Afghan War(1979-1989) 

1988- formation of Al Qaeda(Salafi Jihadist of Sunni islam group) at Peshawar by Osama bin Laden. It was outcome of Soviet-Afghan War(1979-1989). 

2011- Osama Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan

2022- Al Zawahiri(2nd leader of Al Qaeda) was killed in Afghanistan

• Saur Rebellion(1978
• Iran revolution(1979) 
• Iran-Iraq War(1980-1988) 
• Gulf War(1990-1991) 

Iraq invasion of Kuwait, lot of Economic sanctions were put on Iraq

• Food for Oil Program(1995-2003) 

To support the humanitarian needs Iraqi people after imposing economic sanctions on Iraq in 1991.

1999- Poverty in Iraq and support of Al Qaeda led to formation of ISIS(Salafi Jihadist of Sunni islam group) by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi

2003- US attack on Iraq(2003-2011) with the coalition of 39 countries. Saddam Hussain was executed in 2006. With this attack of US, Food for Oil Program practically came to an end. 

• Tiananmen Square Massacre(1989)
• Cold War Doctrines
• Fall of Empire (1991) 

1. Fall of USSR(1991) 

2. Fall of Yugoslavia(1991) 

3. Yugoslav War(1991-2001) 

• Arab Spring(2010-2012) 
• Syrian Civil War(2011-present) 

Arab Winter in Syria and Libya

• Yemen Civil War(2014-present)