World Period Five Timeline Exercise

1765

1776-1804

1798-1801

1815

1832

1839-1876

1848

1853-1854

1857

1861

1868-1912

1869

1878-1885

1884

1888

1900

1894-1895

1905

1904-1905

1908

Sepoy Rebellion, India

Independence of Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, and Bulgaria

Congress of Viena

Sino-Japanese War

Tanzimat reforms in the Ottoman Empire

Boxer Rebellion

Opening of Suez Canal

Albert Einstien publishes theory of relativity

End of slavery, Brazil

American, French, and Haitian Revolutions

Napoleon's occupation of Egypt

Russo-Japanese War

Hiram Maxim invents the first fully automatic machine gun

Greece wins independence from the Ottomans

Reign of Emperor Meiji, Japan

James Watt perfects the steam engine

Commodore Perry opens trade and diplomatic relations with Japan

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto

Emancipation of serfs in Russian Empire

"Young Turks" rise to power in Ottoman Empire

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