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THe ULTi mATe Ti meLi ne Of WOrLD Hi STOry: Table of conTenT
The book will have 20 6-page-sections, each consisting of
1 timeline
1 single page Historical Figures
1 double-page Historical Events
While the focus lies on the western world all sections will tie in important events and persons from the rest of the world.
Title, half title, table of content
3000 BCE Prehistory
30001000 BCE First Empires
1000500 BCE Ancient World I: early Greek and Roman empires
500 BCE14 AD In Focus: The Classical Period Hellenistic Greece and the Roman Empire
14500 Ancient World III: Late Antiquity and Great Migrations
5001054 Early Middle Ages
10541250 High Middle Ages
12511492 Late Middle Ages
14921555 Early Modern History: Renaissance
15551648 In Focus: Reformation and Religious wars
16481750 Absolutism
17501815 Era of revolutions
18151848 Restauration
18481900 Industrialization, Civil War in America
19001920 Decline of old empires, World War I
19201939 Interwar period
19391945 In Focus: World Wor II
19451973 Postwar order of the world and Cold War
19731989 Political globalisation
1989today The contemporary world
Index
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THe ULTi mATe Ti meLi ne Of WOrLD Hi STOry: Sample page wi Th fold-ouT Ti meli ne
Simn Bolvar
lead the Wars
of Independence in South America
against the colonial rule of Spain.
18151817 In the
Second Serbian Upri-
sing, Serbia wins its
autonomy fromthe
Ottoman Empire.
1812/1813 Napoleons
campaign in Russia
ends with an expensive
retreat for the French.
1830/1831 After the declaration
of independence of Ecuador and
Venezuela, the Republic of Great
Colombia, founded by Simn Bolvar
in 1821, is dissolved, thus fnally
ending Bolvars dreamof a unifed
Latin America.
1836 Formulation of the
Peoples Charter and the
founding of the Chartist
movement.
18211829 In the Greek War of Independence,
Greece wrestles its independence fromthe Otto-
man Empire with the help of the European powers.
In the sea-battle of Navarino in 1827, the Egyptian
feet, allied to the Ottomans, is defeated.
Invention of the frst
by Briton Ed-
1829 The Roman Catholic
Relief Act in Britain culmi-
nates in the Catholic Emanci-
pation movement.
1830/1831 Rus-
sian troops defeat
a Polish uprising
Poland becomes
incorporated into
18161828 The campai-
gns of the Zulu king
Shaka cause the collapse
of the social and political
order in southern Africa;
hundreds of thousands
die as they fee.
18351841 In the Great
Trek, the Boers migrate into
the interior of South Africa
and found a number of
republics.
1822 Brazil declares its
independence fromPor-
tugal.
1821 Spain re-
cognises the in-
dependence of
Mexico.
1830 Belgiumdeclares
its independence from
the Netherlands; the
country draws up a liberal
constitution in 1831.
1823 In the so-cal-
led Monroe Doc-
trine, US president
James Monroe criti-
cises European colo-
nisation in the we-
stern hemisphere.
1825 Decembrist uprising of
liberal-minded ofcers and
intellectuals against the new
Russian Tsar Nicholas I.
1815 Napoleon leaves Elba
and seizes power in France
again, ruling for one
hundred days. He is ultima-
tely defeated on the 18th
of June at the Battle of
Waterloo.
1814/1815 After the fall of Napoleon, Europe is
re-arranged at the Congress of Vienna. The Ger-
man Confederation is created as a result.
1830 French troops
occupy Algiers.
Liberty guides
the people
(Eugne Delacroix,
1830)
1835 The fairytales of the Danish
author and poet
Andersen are published.
1825 The Stockton
and Darlington Rail-
way in north-eastern
England is the frst
public rail service
designed for passen-
ger travel.
1831 Realist French author
and playwright Honor de
Balzac publishes La Peau de
chagrin as part of his novel
sequence La Comdie hu-
maine.
1835 Felix Mendelssohn
conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra.
Bieder-
is culturally
1820 1830
1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish
the Communist Manifesto; they call on the
proletariat to rise up in revolution in order to
create a classless society.
1830/1831 Rus-
sian troops defeat
Polish uprising;
Poland becomes
incorporated into
18621890
Prussian minister
president and
German chancellor
from1871,
Bismarck
German unity under
Prussian leader-
ship.
1848 The February Revolu-
tion in France overthrows
King Louis Philippe. The Se-
cond Republic is proclaimed.
1851 The Great Exhibition in
London is the frst world fair of
culture and industry. The Crys-
tal Palace is constructed out of
cast iron and glass by Joseph
Paxton.
1849 The Califor-
nian gold rush
reaches its high
point.
18371901 During the reign
of Queen Victoria, called the
Victorian era, the British
Empire stands at the zenith
of its powers.
1830 The July Revolution forces the reactionary French King
Charles X of Bourbon to abdicate. Louis Philippe of Orlans
becomes King of the French (until 1848).
1840 The Treaty of Waitangi between the
British and the native Maoris establishes
British rule in NewZealand.
18471874
Carlist Wars
series of civil
wars between
liberals and con-
servatives, en-
gulf Spain.
18401842 First of the
OpiumWars of Britain
against China; Hong Kong
becomes a British colony.
1848/1849 Beginning in France, a series of revolu-
tions unsettle all of Europe. Newsocial classes
demand a share of power. In most states, including
Germany, the uprisings are brutally suppressed.
Liberty guides
the people
(Eugne Delacroix,
1830)
1835 The fairytales of the Danish
author and poet Hans Christian
Andersen are published.
Felix Mendelssohn appointed
conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra.
18451849 A devastating
potato blight leads to an
extended famine in Ireland
and a wave of emigration
to the United States.
1840 1850
1861 Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia-Piedmont, from the
House of Savoy, becomes the frst king of a united Italy.
1852 Napoleon III. Bona-
parte, French president
since 1848, founds the
Second Empire (until 1870).
1859-1861 With the support of
France against Austrian opposition,
Italian nationalists manage to unify
Italy, called Risorgimento (The
Resurgence).
1867 Das Kapital, a critique of the political
economy and one of the most signifcant
works of Karl Marx, is an analysis of criti-
cism of capitalist society with wide-ranging
consequences in the workers movement
and in the history of the 20th century.
18481850 The German-Danish
War consists of minor military con-
ficts over Schleswig-Holstein and
particularly the Duchy of Schleswig
between the German Confederation
and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish
; they call on the
proletariat to rise up in revolution in order to
18561860 In the Second
Opium War, the British force
the Chinese market to open
up, resulting in the collapse
of the internal market.
18531856 During the
Crimean War, British, French,
and Ottoman armies stop
the Russian expansion in the
regions around the Black Sea.
1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise
transforms the Austrian Empire into the
Austro-Hungarian double monarchy.
18621890 As
Prussian minister
president and
German chancellor
from 1871, Otto von
Bismarck imposes
German unity under
Prussian leader-
ship.
1854 US warships land in
modern Tokyo to force Japan
to open up to trade with the
west.
February Revolu-
in France overthrows
King Louis Philippe. The Se-
cond Republic is proclaimed.
1861 The abolition of
serfdom in Russia.
Great Exhibition in
is the frst world fair of
culture and industry. The Crys-
tal Palace is constructed out of
cast iron and glass by Joseph
18571858 The British suppress
an uprising in India against colo-
nial rule and depose the last
Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II.
He was exiled to Burma, where he
died in 1862, thus bringing the
Mughal dynasty, reigning since the
16th century, to an end.
A spectre is haunting
Europe, the spectre of
Communism
(The Communist Manifesto, 1848)
18471874 The
Carlist Wars, a
series of civil
wars between
liberals and con-
servatives, en-
gulf Spain.
First of the
of Britain
Hong Kong
becomes a British colony.
series of revolu-
unsettle all of Europe. New social classes
demand a share of power. In most states, including
Germany, the uprisings are brutally suppressed.
1871 After the fall of Paris, the radical socialist
and communist forces seize power in March
1871, and form the Paris Commune, which
was brutally suppressed in May.
1863 The Swiss Henry
Dunant founds the Inter-
national Red Cross.
1869 The Suez Canal is constructed.
1859 English scientist
Charles Darwin pub-
lishes Origin of Species
by Means of Natural
Selection, laying the
foundations of the
theory of evolution.
1860/1861 After the election of Abraham
Lincoln, an opponent of slavery, as president,
the slave-owning southern states (the confe-
derates) secede from the USA. The American
Civil War begins and lasts until 1865.
1868 The Meiji restoration ends the rule
of the shoguns in Japan. Under the Meiji
emperor, who ruled until 1912, the
modernisation of Japan begins along
western lines.
1870 Italian troops occupy Rome on September
20th; end of the Papal State. Pope Pius IX beco-
mes a prisoner in the Vatican.
18731874
Spanish Republic
18611872 President
Benito Jurez implements
liberal reforms in Mexico; he
manages to drive out French
troops after a civil war (until
1866/67).
1870 John D. Rockefeller
founds the Standard Oil
Company.
1871 King Wilhelm I of
Prussia is proclaimed
man Kaiser at the founda-
tion of the German Reich
under Prussian leadership.
1860
1870
, a critique of the political
economy and one of the most signifcant
works of Karl Marx, is an analysis of criti-
cism of capitalist society with wide-ranging
consequences in the workers movement
and in the history of the 20th century.
A spectre is haunting
Europe, the spectre of
Communism
(The Communist Manifesto, 1848)
After the fall of Paris, the radical socialist
and communist forces seize power in March
Paris Commune, which
was brutally suppressed in May.
Dunant founds the Inter-
is constructed.
1875 The Ottoman Empire, the sick man of the
Bosporus, is forced to declare state
bankruptcy as a result of mismanagement.
18701871 In the Franco-
Prussian War, the Germans
defeat France; the new Ger-
man Reich becomes a power-
ful force in Europe and wins
Alsace and Lorraine.
Italian troops occupy Rome on September
. Pope Pius IX beco-
1870 After the defeat at Sedan
on September 1st, Napoleon III,
Emperor of France, is captured
by Prussian troops; on Septem-
ber 4th, the Third French Repu-
blic is proclaimed.
18811884 In Russia there are a series
of pogroms against the Jewish population.
The government passes laws against Jews.
18731874 First
Spanish Republic.
1877 The British Queen Victoria takes the title
Empress of India.
1870 John D. Rockefeller
founds the Standard Oil
Company.
1871 King Wilhelm I of
Prussia is proclaimed Ger-
man Kaiser at the founda-
tion of the German Reich
under Prussian leadership.
1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares
war against Bulgaria but is defeated in the
Battle of Slivnitsa. As a result of the war, Euro-
pean powers acknowledged the act of Unifca-
tion of Bulgaria
1882 Britain
secures its con-
trol over the
Suez Canal and
the whole of
Egypt.
1885 Karl Benz
builds the frst au-
tomobile, which is
driven for the frst
time in Mannheim
in 1886.
18791884 In the War of
the Pacifc, Chile, with
European aid, secures the
control of saltpetre
against Peru and Bolivia.
Ul t i mat i ve Ti me Li ne | 55/56
1870
1880
1861 Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia-Piedmont, from the
House of Savoy, becomes the frst king of a united Italy.
1852 Napoleon III. Bona-
parte, French president
since 1848, founds the
Second Empire (until 1870).
1859-1861 With the support of
France against Austrian opposition,
Italian nationalists manage to unify
Italy, called Risorgimento (The
Resurgence).
1867 Das Kapital, a critique of the political
economy and one of the most signifcant
works of Karl Marx, is an analysis of criti-
cism of capitalist society with wide-ranging
consequences in the workers movement
and in the history of the 20th century.
18481850 The German-Danish
War consists of minor military con-
ficts over Schleswig-Holstein and
particularly the Duchy of Schleswig
between the German Confederation
and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish
; they call on the
proletariat to rise up in revolution in order to
18561860 In the Second
Opium War, the British force
the Chinese market to open
up, resulting in the collapse
of the internal market.
18531856 During the
Crimean War, British, French,
and Ottoman armies stop
the Russian expansion in the
regions around the Black Sea.
1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise
transforms the Austrian Empire into the
Austro-Hungarian double monarchy.
18621890 As
Prussian minister
president and
German chancellor
from 1871, Otto von
Bismarck imposes
German unity under
Prussian leader-
ship.
1854 US warships land in
modern Tokyo to force Japan
to open up to trade with the
west.
February Revolu-
in France overthrows
King Louis Philippe. The Se-
cond Republic is proclaimed.
1861 The abolition of
serfdom in Russia.
Great Exhibition in
is the frst world fair of
culture and industry. The Crys-
tal Palace is constructed out of
cast iron and glass by Joseph
18571858 The British suppress
an uprising in India against colo-
nial rule and depose the last
Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II.
He was exiled to Burma, where he
died in 1862, thus bringing the
Mughal dynasty, reigning since the
16th century, to an end.
A spectre is haunting
Europe, the spectre of
Communism
(The Communist Manifesto, 1848)
18471874 The
Carlist Wars, a
series of civil
wars between
liberals and con-
servatives, en-
gulf Spain.
First of the
of Britain
Hong Kong
becomes a British colony.
series of revolu-
unsettle all of Europe. New social classes
demand a share of power. In most states, including
Germany, the uprisings are brutally suppressed.
1871 After the fall of Paris, the radical socialist
and communist forces seize power in March
1871, and form the Paris Commune, which
was brutally suppressed in May.
1863 The Swiss Henry
Dunant founds the Inter-
national Red Cross.
1869 The Suez Canal is constructed.
1859 English scientist
Charles Darwin pub-
lishes Origin of Species
by Means of Natural
Selection, laying the
foundations of the
theory of evolution.
1860/1861 After the election of Abraham
Lincoln, an opponent of slavery, as president,
the slave-owning southern states (the confe-
derates) secede from the USA. The American
Civil War begins and lasts until 1865.
1868 The Meiji restoration ends the rule
of the shoguns in Japan. Under the Meiji
emperor, who ruled until 1912, the
modernisation of Japan begins along
western lines.
1870 Italian troops occupy Rome on September
20th; end of the Papal State. Pope Pius IX beco-
mes a prisoner in the Vatican.
18731874
Spanish Republic
18611872 President
Benito Jurez implements
liberal reforms in Mexico; he
manages to drive out French
troops after a civil war (until
1866/67).
1870 John D. Rockefeller
founds the Standard Oil
Company.
1871 King Wilhelm I of
Prussia is proclaimed
man Kaiser at the founda-
tion of the German Reich
under Prussian leadership.
1860 1870
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