The Rise of the Modern World Dates Flashcards
When was the first Moroccan Crisis?
March 1905 to May 1906
When was the second Moroccan Crisis?
April 1911
When was the ‘Blank Cheque’ issued?
July 1914
When was the Anglo-German naval race?
1898-1912
When was the Dreadnought class ship first launched by Britain?
1906
When was the War Council?
December 1912
When was Lenin’s Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism published?
1917
When did Fritz Fischer publish his Germany’s Aims in the First World War
1961
When was Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
June 1914
When did Germany declare war on Russia?
August 1914
When was the German Empire formed?
1971 following the Franco-Prussian war of 1970
When did Scientific Racism take off in Europe?
1850s
When was de Gobineau’s Essay on the Inequality of Human Races written?
1853
How long did the Congo Free State exist?
from 1885-1908
When were the Matabele Wars?
1893-97
When was the Herero Massacre?
January 1904-07
When were the Nuremberg Laws?
1935
When was the vaccine for Cholera developed?
1879
When was the Maxim Gun developed?
1883
When was the Triple Alliance formed?
1882
When was the Triple Entente formed?
1907
When was the Schlieffen Plan designed?
1905
When did Austria-Hungary annex Bosnia and Herzegovina?
1908
When were the Balkan Wars?
1912 and 1913
