Meanwhile…

Declaration of Independence of the United States

1776-07-04

The Waterstaatsstijl: sobriety and state authority

circa 1840

The height of the British Empire

rond 1920

The Battle of Plassey and the beginning of British colonial rule in India

1757

The Opium Wars and the decline of the Qing

1839-1842

Cancellation of the 1916 Berlin Olympic Games

1916

The Enlightenment

ca. 1715 – 1789

Opstand van de Witte Lotus daagt het Qing-gezag uit

1794-1804

Suppression of Māori Culture Under Colonial Assimilation Policies

1840–1900

agricultural revolution in Europe

ca. 1700 – 1770

California Gold Rush

1848-1855

KLM: the first permanent airline

1919-10-07

European naturalists begin scientific study of coral

1725

Galois and the birth of group theory

1832

Confirmation during the solar eclipse

1919-05-29

Cugnot builds the first self-propelled steam vehicle

1769

steam on the rails: the railway revolution

1825-09-27

Moscow opens its palace-like metro

1935-05-15

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

Emigration to the United States

1933

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