1750-1900 Dates

1756-1763

7 Years War (French & Indian War)

1767

Invention of the Spinning Jenny (using machines to manufacture)

1776

Declaration of Independence

1776

Smith writes Wealth of Nations

1789

French Revolution begins

1798

Jenner’s smallpox vaccine

1804

Haitian independence

1807

British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade

1807-1808

Janissary Revolt

1815

Congress of Vienna

1820s

Independence in Latin America

1839

1st Opium War in China

1839-1878

Tanzimat Reforms

1848

Marx & Engles’ The Communist Manifesto

1848-1849

European Revolutions

1853

Commodore Perry opens Japan

1857

Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion

1861

End of Russian serfdom

1861-1865

U.S. Civil War

1861-1870

Italian Unification

1863

U.S. Emancipation Proclamation

1871

German Unification

1885

Berlin Conference

1893

New Zealand grants women suffrage

1896

Battle of Adowa (Ethiopians defeat Italians)

1898

Spanish-American War (US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico)

1899 -1902

Boer War (British gain control of S Africa)