Moderne Geschiedenis - Tijdlijn
Achttiende eeuw
1712 invention of the steam-operated water pump
1733 Kay invents flying shuttle
1750-1800 3.000.000 African slaves were brought to America
1753 first steam engine in the Americas
1760 Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny
1765 Watt improves steam engine with separate condenser
1769 Arkwright patents water frame for spinning
1775-1783 American Revolutionary War
1779-1782 Irish Volunteer Movement
1785 Cartwrights patents power loom
1788 United States’ Constitution ratified
start reform movements in Poland
end ‘Patriot’ movement in the Netherlands
1789 French Estates General meets at Versailles
Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly
Storming of the Bastille
1791 Polish constitution
Louis XVI captured during attempt to flee the country
start slave revolts in Saint Dominique
1792 France declares war on Austria
start revolutionary wars
Louis XVI arrested
France declared a republic
1793 Louis XVI guillotined
Whitney invents cotton gin
1793-1794 Reign of Terror
1799 Napoleon seizes power
, Negentiende eeuw
1801 Concordat with Pope
1804 Napoleon crowned emperor
Napoleonic Civic Code
Independence of Haiti (Saint Dominique)
Jacquard invents automatic loom
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Austerlitz
1806 Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
1808 Beethoven, Pastoral Symphony
1811-1812 Luddites organize
1812 French invasion of Russia
1813 Gas street lamps in London
1814 Napoleon abdicates and is exciled, French monarchy restored
Congress of Vienna
1815 Hundred Days
Battle of Waterloo
1819 Peterloo massacre
Carlsbad Decrees
1820’s omnibuses introduced in France
1821 Spanish Revolt
Greek Revolution
1821-1825 Spanish colonies in the Americas win independence
1821 Monroe doctrine
1824 Owen establishes New Harmony
1825 Börsig builds first steam engine in Germany
Decembrists in Russia
1830 July Revolution in France
Ottoman Empire recognizes Serbian autonomy
Lyell founds the principles of modern geography
1831 workers’ uprising in Lyon
Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction
1832 cholera epidemic
Great Reform Bill in Britain
1833 abolition of slavery in Britain
telegraph invented
1834 workers’ uprising in Lyon
creation of German customs union, the Zollverein
Turner, Fire at Sea
1838 People’s Charter in Britain
1839 Anti-Corn Law League
penny stamp introduced
Achttiende eeuw
1712 invention of the steam-operated water pump
1733 Kay invents flying shuttle
1750-1800 3.000.000 African slaves were brought to America
1753 first steam engine in the Americas
1760 Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny
1765 Watt improves steam engine with separate condenser
1769 Arkwright patents water frame for spinning
1775-1783 American Revolutionary War
1779-1782 Irish Volunteer Movement
1785 Cartwrights patents power loom
1788 United States’ Constitution ratified
start reform movements in Poland
end ‘Patriot’ movement in the Netherlands
1789 French Estates General meets at Versailles
Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly
Storming of the Bastille
1791 Polish constitution
Louis XVI captured during attempt to flee the country
start slave revolts in Saint Dominique
1792 France declares war on Austria
start revolutionary wars
Louis XVI arrested
France declared a republic
1793 Louis XVI guillotined
Whitney invents cotton gin
1793-1794 Reign of Terror
1799 Napoleon seizes power
, Negentiende eeuw
1801 Concordat with Pope
1804 Napoleon crowned emperor
Napoleonic Civic Code
Independence of Haiti (Saint Dominique)
Jacquard invents automatic loom
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Austerlitz
1806 Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
1808 Beethoven, Pastoral Symphony
1811-1812 Luddites organize
1812 French invasion of Russia
1813 Gas street lamps in London
1814 Napoleon abdicates and is exciled, French monarchy restored
Congress of Vienna
1815 Hundred Days
Battle of Waterloo
1819 Peterloo massacre
Carlsbad Decrees
1820’s omnibuses introduced in France
1821 Spanish Revolt
Greek Revolution
1821-1825 Spanish colonies in the Americas win independence
1821 Monroe doctrine
1824 Owen establishes New Harmony
1825 Börsig builds first steam engine in Germany
Decembrists in Russia
1830 July Revolution in France
Ottoman Empire recognizes Serbian autonomy
Lyell founds the principles of modern geography
1831 workers’ uprising in Lyon
Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction
1832 cholera epidemic
Great Reform Bill in Britain
1833 abolition of slavery in Britain
telegraph invented
1834 workers’ uprising in Lyon
creation of German customs union, the Zollverein
Turner, Fire at Sea
1838 People’s Charter in Britain
1839 Anti-Corn Law League
penny stamp introduced
