Ancient World to First World War

1821 AD: Panama, Guetamala, and Santo Domingo proclaim

independence from Spain.

1822 AD: Greece proclaims independence from Turkey.

1824 AD: Mexico becomes Republic.

1833 AD: Slavery abolished in Britain.

1837 AD: Victoria becomes queen of British empire.

1839-42 AD : First opium war between Britain and China.

1848-49 AD: US-Mexico war ends with Mexico giving up claims to Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada.

1852 AD: South African republic established.

1858 AD: Queen Victoria appointed Empress of India; Abraham Lincoln abolishes slavery in America.

1865 AD: American civil war ends with the defeat of proslavery supporters. President Lincoln is assassinated.

1866 AD: Prussia and Italy defeat Austria in Seven Years war.

1867 AD: Dominion of Canada is established; USA buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000.

1869 AD: Suez canal opens.

1870 AD: Revolt in Paris, third republic established.

1871 AD: Franco-Prussian war ends. France surrenders Alsace-Lorraine to Germany; German empire is proclaimed with Prussian king Kaiser Wilhelm I.


1878 AD: Russo-Turkish war ends.

1887 AD: Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubliee.

1889 AD: The Eiffel Tower is built.

1893 AD: New Zeland becomes first country to grant woman to right to vote.

1895 AD: Sino-Japanese war ends with China accepting defeat.

1896 AD: First Olympic games begins in Athens.

1901 AD: Queen Victoria passes away.

1904 AD: Russo-Japanese War.

1909 AD: Discovery of North Pole by Commander Peary.

1912 AD: Establishment of the Chinese Republic.

1914 AD: World War I (July 28).

1916 AD: Battle of Verdun (France) between France and Germany (during World War I) (Feb 21).

1917 AD: Revolution in Russia; Bolsheviks come into power ending Tzar’s regime.

1918 AD: End of World War I (Nov 11).