Meanwhile…

Founding of the International Olympic Committee

1894-06-23

The Xinhai Revolution and the end of the empire

1911-1912

The height of the British Empire

rond 1920

The Spanish-American War

1898

The Mukden Incident and the invasion of Manchuria

1931-09-18

Suppression of Māori Culture Under Colonial Assimilation Policies

1840–1900

founding of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft

1890-11-28

Henry Ford introduces the eight-hour workday at Ford Motor Company

1914

Merger into Daimler-Benz AG

1926-06-28

Fibonacci numbers in natural science

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Development of Synthetic Fertilizer

1909

Hubble discovers that the universe is larger than the Milky Way

1923-1925

Rubber vulcanization enables athletic footwear

around 1892

Construction of the Panama Canal

1904-1914

Fordist assembly-line methods applied to shoe manufacturing

1920s

Salsa, tango and jive emerge from the Americas

from the late 19th century (tango) to the 1970s (salsa)

First long car journey by Bertha Benz

1888-08-05

Work at the patent office in Bern

1902

the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa

augustus 1883

The Anthropocene and climate change

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