dates to know Flashcards
when did Columbus reach the Americas?
1492
when was the British Empire?
c1500- c2000
when did the Aztecs and Conquistadors meet?
1520
when was the increase in accusations of witchcraft?
c1500- c1700
when was the Trans - Atlantic Slave Trade?
c1600 - c1800
When was the execution of Charles I?
1649
how long was the interregnum / Oliver Cromwell’s leadership?
1649 - 1660
when was The Enlightenment?
c1700
when was the industrial revolution?
c1750 - c1900
when did Captain Cook reach Australia?
1770
when was the French Revolution?
1789
when did Edward Jenner develop his vaccine?
1796
when did Ireland become a part of the UK?
1801
when did Napoleon become Emperor?
1804
when was the abolition of the Trans - Atlantic Slave Trade?
1807
when was Napoleon defeated?
1815
when was the Great Reform Act?
1832
when was the abolition of slavery in the British Empire?
1833
when was the Crimean War?
1854
when was the Indian Mutany?
1857
when were sewers being introduced in Britain?
1858
when did Louis Pasteur’s germ theory become popular?
the 1860’s
when was the Secret Ballot Act passed?
1872
when was the NUWSS formed?
1897
when did Australia become a dominion?
1901
when was the WSPU founded?
1903
when did WWI start and end?
1914 - 1918
when did women over 30 and men over 18 get the vote?
1918
when did women over 21 get the vote?
1928
