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Sir Isaac Newton publishes Principia Why 1815?; The World in 1800: China vs. Western Europe In 1687 Newton published The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, better known by its Latin title of Principia Mathematica. It included theories and close observations of gravity and planetary movement in terms of mathematics.
Battle of Waterloo Why 1815?; The World in 1800: China vs. Western Europe Napoleon's Defeat which was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium.
Galileo put under house arrest by the Inquisition Why 1815?; The World in 1800: China vs. Western Europe Condemnation by the Roman Catholic Church in 1633 for Heliocentric beliefs at a time where Geocentric beliefs were being founded in the church.
Organization of British East India Company Sites of World Interaction: Voyages of Encounter and Mercantilism-the "Columbian Exchange" The state of Mysore, the Maratha confederation, and the Sikhs of the Punjab were over powered between 1797 and 1853. The India that resulted was a mixture of small and large tributary states and provinces that the British administered directly.
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Vasco da Gama reaches India Sites of World Interaction: Voyages of Encounter and Mercantilism-the "Columbian Exchange" In 1498, Vasco da Gama stood on the shores of India. When he returned to Portugal, he carried a cargo worth sixty times the cost of the voyage.
Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globe Sites of World Interaction: Voyages of Encounter and Mercantilism-the "Columbian Exchange" 1519-1522 (1521 Magellan died; survived by a few remaining members of his crew) Magellan proved that the new lands discovered by Columbus were not the outermost territory of the Far East, but an entirely unknown continent that opened on the still greater Pacific Ocean. He was continuing search for a westward route to the Indies died after he made it all the way to the Philippines.
Successful slave revolt in Haiti The Atlantic Slave Trade; "Amistad" (movie clip) The Slave Rebellion of 1791 in Haiti marked the first and only successful slave revolt of its kind in the world.
Liberia founded The Atlantic Slave Trade; "Amistad" (movie clip) Africa's first republic, Liberia was founded in 1822 as a result of the efforts of the American Colonization Society to settle freed American slaves in West Africa. The society contended that the emigration of blacks to Africa was an answer to the problem of slavery and the incompatibility of the races. Over the course of forty years, about 12,000 slaves were voluntarily relocated. Originally called Monrovia, the colony became the Free and Independent Republic of Liberia in 1847.
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Congress of Vienna Europe After 1815: The Congress of Vienna and the Pax Britannica The Congress of Vienna assembled in September 1814 bud did not include its work until November 1815. The four great powers conducted the important work of the conference: Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia which formed a Quadruple Alliance which set up barriers to any new French expansion, and established new kingdoms to reestablish Post-Napoleonic Europe.
First International Industrial Exhibition in England Europe After 1815: The Congress of Vienna and the Pax Britannica The Great Exhibition of 1851 in London was conceived to symbolize this industrial, military and economic superiority of Great Britain.
Publication of Thoughts on the Revolution in France Europe After 1815: The Congress of Vienna and the Pax Britannica Edmund Burke was undoubtedly the most important and articulate foreign critic of the French Revolution. His first critique, Reflections on the Revolution in France, appeared in 1790.
Mexican-American War The United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory in spite of the 1836 Texas Revolution.
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Spanish-American War The United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States. This burst of activity made the United States imperial and a Pacific power.
"Trail of Tears" The United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia The Trail of Tears (1831-1838) was the relocation and movement of Native Americans, including many members of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw nations among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) in the Western United States.
American "Open Door" Notes on China The United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia Hay's proclamation of the Open Door policy in 1899-1900 was a landmark moment in the history of U.S. foreign relations. It reflected the rise of the United States as a major power prepared to assert its interests in a distant part of the world where Europeans had reigned supreme. Read more: http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/O-W/Open-Door-Policy.html#ixzz0foWA3gFm
Massacre at Wounded Knee The United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia The Wounded Knee Massacre or the Battle of Wounded Knee in December 29, 1890 was the last armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States of America and of the Indian Wars.
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Commodore Matthew Perry "opens" Japan Europe and East Asia In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry arrives outside the shores of Japan with numerous massive black ships and demands Japan retract its Exclusion Decree in 1633.
Taiping Rebellion Europe and East Asia The Taiping Rebellion was a widespread civil war in China from 1850 to 1864, led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, against the ruling Qing Dynasty.
Opium Wars Europe and East Asia The Opium War (1839-1842), also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars, were the climax of trade disputes and diplomatic difficulties between China under the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire after China sought to restrict British opium traffickers.
Sepoy Rebellion Europe and East Asia The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.
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Meiji Restoration Europe and East Asia The Meiji Restoration in 1868, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure.
Berlin Conference Europe and Africa The Berlineise Conference ( or "Congo Conference") of 1884-85 regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.
Boer War Europe and Africa The Boer War, fought in1899-1902, between Dutch farmers and the British challenged the "imperial mission" and is also informally known as "Britain's Vietnam."
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 Sir Isaac Newton publishes PrincipiaWhy 1815?; The World in 1800: China vs. Western Europe

In 1687 Newton published The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, better known by its Latin title of Principia Mathematica.

It included theories and close observations of gravity and planetary movement in terms of mathematics.
 Battle of WaterlooWhy 1815?; The World in 1800: China vs. Western Europe

Napoleon's Defeat which was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium.

 Galileo put under house arrest by the InquisitionWhy 1815?; The World in 1800: China vs. Western Europe

Condemnation by the Roman Catholic Church in 1633 for Heliocentric beliefs at a time where Geocentric beliefs were being founded in the church.
 Organization of British East India CompanySites of World Interaction: Voyages of Encounter and Mercantilism-the "Columbian Exchange"

The state of Mysore, the Maratha confederation, and the Sikhs of the Punjab were over powered between 1797 and 1853.

The India that resulted was a mixture of small and large tributary states and provinces that the British administered directly.
 Vasco da Gama reaches IndiaSites of World Interaction: Voyages of Encounter and Mercantilism-the "Columbian Exchange"

In 1498, Vasco da Gama stood on the shores of India. When he returned to Portugal, he carried a cargo worth sixty times the cost of the voyage.
 Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globeSites of World Interaction: Voyages of Encounter and Mercantilism-the "Columbian Exchange"

1519-1522 (1521 Magellan died; survived by a few remaining members of his crew) Magellan proved that the new lands discovered by Columbus were not the outermost territory of the Far East, but an entirely unknown continent that opened on the still greater Pacific Ocean. He was continuing search for a westward route to the Indies died after he made it all the way to the Philippines.
 Successful slave revolt in HaitiThe Atlantic Slave Trade; "Amistad" (movie clip)

The Slave Rebellion of 1791 in Haiti marked the first and only successful slave revolt of its kind in the world.
 Liberia foundedThe Atlantic Slave Trade; "Amistad" (movie clip)

Africa's first republic, Liberia was founded in 1822 as a result of the efforts of the American Colonization Society to settle freed American slaves in West Africa. The society contended that the emigration of blacks to Africa was an answer to the problem of slavery and the incompatibility of the races. Over the course of forty years, about 12,000 slaves were voluntarily relocated. Originally called Monrovia, the colony became the Free and Independent Republic of Liberia in 1847.
 Congress of ViennaEurope After 1815: The Congress of Vienna and the Pax Britannica

The Congress of Vienna assembled in September 1814 bud did not include its work until November 1815. The four great powers conducted the important work of the conference: Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia which formed a Quadruple Alliance which set up barriers to any new French expansion, and established new kingdoms to reestablish Post-Napoleonic Europe.
 First International Industrial Exhibition in EnglandEurope After 1815: The Congress of Vienna and the Pax Britannica

The Great Exhibition of 1851 in London was conceived to symbolize this industrial, military and economic superiority of Great Britain.
 Publication of Thoughts on the Revolution in FranceEurope After 1815: The Congress of Vienna and the Pax Britannica

Edmund Burke was undoubtedly the most important and articulate foreign critic of the French Revolution. His first critique, Reflections on the Revolution in France, appeared in 1790.
 Mexican-American WarThe United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia

The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory in spite of the 1836 Texas Revolution.
 Spanish-American WarThe United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia

The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States.

This burst of activity made the United States imperial and a Pacific power.
 "Trail of Tears"The United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia

The Trail of Tears (1831-1838) was the relocation and movement of Native Americans, including many members of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw nations among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) in the Western United States.
 American "Open Door" Notes on ChinaThe United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia

Hay's proclamation of the Open Door policy in 1899-1900 was a landmark moment in the history of U.S. foreign relations. It reflected the rise of the United States as a major power prepared to assert its interests in a distant part of the world where Europeans had reigned supreme.


Read more: http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/O-W/Open-Door-Policy.html#ixzz0foWA3gFm
 Massacre at Wounded KneeThe United States: From "Manifest Destiny" to Latin America and East Asia

The Wounded Knee Massacre or the Battle of Wounded Knee in December 29, 1890 was the last armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States of America and of the Indian Wars.
 Commodore Matthew Perry "opens" JapanEurope and East Asia

In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry arrives outside the shores of Japan with numerous massive black ships and demands Japan retract its Exclusion Decree in 1633.
 Taiping RebellionEurope and East Asia

The Taiping Rebellion was a widespread civil war in China from 1850 to 1864, led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, against the ruling Qing Dynasty.
 Opium WarsEurope and East Asia

The Opium War (1839-1842), also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars, were the climax of trade disputes and diplomatic difficulties between China under the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire after China sought to restrict British opium traffickers.
 Sepoy RebellionEurope and East Asia

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.
 Meiji RestorationEurope and East Asia

The Meiji Restoration in 1868, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure.
 Berlin ConferenceEurope and Africa

The Berlineise Conference ( or "Congo Conference") of 1884-85 regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.
 Boer WarEurope and Africa

The Boer War, fought in1899-1902, between Dutch farmers and the British challenged the "imperial mission" and is also informally known as "Britain's Vietnam."
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