19th and 20th Century Timeline

19th Century 20th Century

1800 1900
1804: Napoleon crowns 1905: Revolution in Russia
himself emperor of France

1810 1815: Napoleon's 1810

1812–15: War of 1812
defeat at Waterloo
between the United States 1914 – World War 1 begins
and the United Kingdom 1815: The Congress of Vienna
1918 – World War 1 ends
1919 – Treaty of Versailles
1820 1920

1925- Hitler, Mein Kampf

1830 1930

1939 – WW2 begins

1840 1940
1848: The Communist 1944 – D Day
Manifesto published. 1845–49: The Irish Potato Famine

1848: Revolutions of 1848 1850 1950

1955 – Khrushchev
1853–56: Crimean War
1859: Darwin, On the begins to de-stalinize
Origin of Species
1860 1960
1961 – Berlin Wall is built
1866: Austro-Prussian War

1870 1970
War 1972 – “Bloody Sunday”
in Northern Ireland
1880 1980
1985 – Gorbachev begins reforms
1884–85: The Berlin Conference
1989 – revolutions in east
1890 1990
1991 – Soviet Union Falls
1992 – Maastricht treaty