Top 25 Events from 1600-2000

[Panzer32]

Here's one for the history buffs

This is sort of for a school project, but partly out of intrest. What are the top events that you think changed the world from 1600-2000? By the way, 'events' do not last a year or 2. WWII was not an event

Some on my list:

1607 1st N. American colony established at Jamestown
1609 Galileo proves Copernicus' heliocentric theory
1641 Charles I of England beheaded
1661 Louis XIV begins to centralize his power
1701 Jethro Tull invents seeding drill
1776 The USA declared independance from Britain (or maybe Jefferson drafts Dec of Ind)
1782 James Watt improves steam engine
1793 Louis XVI beheaded
1799 Napoleon seizes power
1814 Congress of Vienna decides Europe's future
1833 Factory Act (Britain)
1848 Marx writes the Communist Manifesto
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1859 Darwin: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
1871 Unification of Germany and Italy (2 events)
1917 March Revolution in Russia
1919 Treaty of Versailles
1945 First atomic bomb used on Hiroshima
1969 First man on moon
1991 Collapse of communism, USSR - end of cold war


Thats 20, need 5 more. If you disagree with a choice then post here.

[Gangerolf]

-what about the berlin conference when the European powers divided africa among themselves, (1884?)

- 1933: hitler comes to power (or is that just a consequense of the versailles treaty?)

[Panzer32]

I might take out Versailles and put in Hitler

Berlin Conference might be a good addition

[Dauphin]

I think Arkwright's mill at Cromford (1771) was more important than the factory act. He was the architect of the Victorian factory system.

[David Floyd]

That seem pretty Eurocentric.

What about the opening up of Japan in 1869, for example?

[Gangerolf]

What about the opening up of Japan in 1869, for example?

isn't that kind of eurocentric too?

[David Floyd]

If you explain to me how Japan is in Europe, then sure

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

The vast majority of those 'events' took more than a day or 2

Your choices are very political/scientific. What about the invention of the bikini swimsuit, or the Beatles appearing on Ed Sullivan?

[David Floyd]

There's always the 30 Years War and all that (of course, that's Eurocentric as well). Pretty significant stuff, that.

[Dinner]

May 15th, 1976 was a big day for me. It's my birthday.

[Datajack Franit]

Italy and Germany didn't unite in two days only for sure

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
isn't that kind of eurocentric too?

No.

[Panzer32]

Technically, the project is for a western civilization class, but there is room for global events.

If you explain why Japan opening up in 1869 was historically important, then by all means, I'll put it in the 'list'.

Also I need a few more 15th-16th century events... Any one enlightenment book/event that was most important? Can't think of one, exept maybe Diderot's Encyclopedia (if thats how its spelled )

[Gangerolf]

If you explain to me how Japan is in Europe, then sure

well they opened up to euros..

btw, I thought it was earlier, the 1850s?

[Panzer32]

Correction: an event is not necesarily only a day or 2 but it does not last for years...

Like in unification of Germ/Italy: The process leading up to the unification lasted years, but the actual unification was one moment in time.