Meanwhile…

Declaration of Independence of the United States

1776-07-04

The Waterstaatsstijl: sobriety and state authority

circa 1840

Signing of the Tripartite Pact

1940-09-27

Conquest by French revolutionary troops

1794

the Taiping Rebellion

1850-1864

Operation Barbarossa: German invasion of the Soviet Union

1941-06-22

The Enlightenment

ca. 1715 – 1789

Robert Owen advocates for 'eight hours' labour, eight hours' recreation, eight hours' rest'

1817

Suppression of Māori Culture Under Colonial Assimilation Policies

1840–1900

agricultural revolution in Europe

ca. 1700 – 1770

Rise of the American shoe factory system

1860s-1880s

Lend-Lease Act provides support to the Allies

1941-03-11

Invention of the Smallpox Vaccine

1796

Charles Darwin publishes theory of coral reef formation

1842

Vacuum Tube Era and the Search for Alternatives

1945

Alexander Cummings patents the S-shaped trap

1775

Lyman Blake's sole-sewing machine patented

1858

Air Freight Takes Flight

around 1930

Corsets and Panniers Define the Rococo Silhouette

circa 1750

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)

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Move to Munich

1880

Great Tenmei famine and peasant uprisings

circa 1782-1788

The Great Stink forces London into action

1858

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw