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An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free; Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online
An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online; Murphy, Derrick. AS/A-level 19th & 20th century European & world history (2002) online; Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online; Gladden, Rhodes.
Timeline of world history. These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines ...
Timeline of events preceding World War II. Events preceding World War II in Asia; Events preceding World War II in Europe; Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II; Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939) Timeline of the Second Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940)
The first mass work stoppage in the 195-year history of the United States Post Office Department began with a walkout of letter carriers in Brooklyn and Manhattan, [42] soon involving 210,000 of the nation's 750,000 postal employees. With mail service virtually paralyzed in New York, Detroit, and Philadelphia, President Nixon declared a state ...
1868: The Grito de Lares was the first major revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico. The rebels proclaimed the independence of Puerto Rico from Spain. 1868–78: Ten Years' War , also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain, led by Cuban-born planters (especially by ...
The Gilded Age began in 1877, lasting until 1896. The First Spanish Republic rises and promptly ends (1873–1874). The first Ottoman Constitution is promulgated in 1876, starting the First Constitutional Era (1876–1878). Contested US presidential election of 1876
The 1877 St. Louis general strike was one of the first general strikes in the United States. It grew out of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 . The strike was largely organized by the Knights of Labor and the Marxist -leaning Workingmen's Party , the main radical political party of the era.