Meanwhile…

Confederation of Canada

1867

Rise of social housing and public housing policy

ca. 1900-1920

The Second Opium War and the plundering of the Old Summer Palace

1856-1860

Mexican Revolution

1910-1920

Suppression of Māori Culture Under Colonial Assimilation Policies

1840–1900

Slums and working-class neighborhoods of industrialization

rond 1870

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

1914

Lend-Lease Act provides support to the Allies

1941-03-11

Pasteur unravels the secret of fermentation

1876

Nobel Prize in Physics

1921

Bazalgette completes London's sewer system

1875

Rubber vulcanization enables athletic footwear

around 1892

Moscow opens its palace-like metro

1935-05-15

Birth of tap dance and African-American vernacular rhythm

around 1850

Salsa, tango and jive emerge from the Americas

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

Move to Munich

1880

Work at the patent office in Bern

1902

Emigration to the United States

1933

The Great Stink forces London into action

1858

the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa

augustus 1883

The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska

juni 1912