Meanwhile…

The Xinhai Revolution and the end of the empire

1911-1912

Soviet Union introduces the eight-hour workday through labour legislation

1917-1918

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles

1919-06-28

Mexican Revolution

1910-1920

Two world wars and the atomic age

1914-1945

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

1914

KLM: the first permanent airline

1919-10-07

General theory of relativity published

1915

Confirmation during the solar eclipse

1919-05-29

Nobel Prize in Physics

1921

Construction of the Panama Canal

1904-1914

Motor Trucks Revolutionize Road Freight

around 1920

Salsa, tango and jive emerge from the Americas

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

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw