India (the subcontinent): c. 2500 BCE - 2009
...century Victorian era Politics Protest and rebellion War European empires from 1415 Asia South Asia Europe Empires 1858 1858 The end of the Indian Mutiny is followed by brutal British retaliation Indian Mutiny (1857–58) World Encyclopedia 1 19th century Victorian era Politics Protest and rebellion War European empires from 1415 Mughal empire Muslim empires Asia South Asia Europe Empires 1858 1858 The India Act places India under the direct control of the British government, ending the rule of the East India Company India Acts A Dictionary of World History 2...
South Asia: c. 2500 BCE - 2011
...era Politics Protest and rebellion War European empires from 1415 Asia India (the subcontinent) Europe Empires 1858 1858 The end of the Indian Mutiny is followed by brutal British retaliation Indian Mutiny (1857–58) World Encyclopedia 1 19th century Victorian era Politics Protest and rebellion War European empires from 1415 Mughal empire Muslim empires Asia India (the subcontinent) Europe Empires 1858 1858 The India Act places India under the direct control of the British government, ending the rule of the East India Company India Acts A Dictionary of World...
Scotland: c. 2500 BCE - 2007
...Alexander (1881–1955) A Dictionary of Scientists 1 1920s 20th century Science Life sciences Medicine Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1931 1931 Pay cuts cause British sailors in the Atlantic fleet to mutiny at Invergordon, in Scotland's Cromarty Firth Invergordon mutiny (1931) A Dictionary of Contemporary World History 3 1930s 20th century Politics Protest and rebellion Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1934 1934 The Scottish National Party, or SNP, is founded to...
Australia and Oceania: c. 50 million years ago - 2007
...penal colony in Australia, names the place Sydney Cove Sydney (Australia, Canada) The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names 2 18th century Politics Conquest and colonization British empire European empires from 1415 Europe Empires Australia 1789 1789 Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty against the captain, William Bligh Christian, Fletcher ( c. 1764– c. 1793) A Dictionary of World History 2 18th century Politics Protest and rebellion Pacific Islands 1790 1790 A second fleet arrives in Sydney, bringing more convicts and a regiment, the New...
North America: c. 30,000 years ago - 2011
...1839 1839 Edgar Allan Poe publishes a characteristically gothic tale, The Fall of the House of Usher Poe, Edgar Allan (1809–49) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 19th century Literature American literature Literature in English Fiction United States 1839 1839 Mutiny by slaves on a Spanish vessel leads two years later to a significant abolitionist victory in the Amistad case Amistad Case. The Oxford Companion to United States History 1 19th century Slavery Society United States 1839 1839 Joseph Smith and the Mormons create the thriving town...
United States: c. 30,000 years ago - 2011
...1839 1839 Edgar Allan Poe publishes a characteristically gothic tale, The Fall of the House of Usher Poe, Edgar Allan (1809–49) The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 19th century Literature American literature Literature in English Fiction North America 1839 1839 Mutiny by slaves on a Spanish vessel leads two years later to a significant abolitionist victory in the Amistad case Amistad Case. The Oxford Companion to United States History 1 19th century Slavery Society North America 1839 1839 Joseph Smith and the Mormons create the thriving town...
Europe: c. 800,000 years ago - 2011
...Benso, Conte di (1810–61) World Encyclopedia 1 19th century Politics Conquest and colonization France Italy 1858 1858 The end of the Indian Mutiny is followed by brutal British retaliation Indian Mutiny (1857–58) World Encyclopedia 1 19th century Victorian era Politics Protest and rebellion War European empires from 1415 Mughal empire Muslim empires Asia South Asia India (the subcontinent) Empires 1858 1858 The India Act places India under the direct control of the British government, ending the rule of the East India Company India Acts A Dictionary of World...
Britain: c. 800,000 years ago - 2011
...Sir Stanley (1915–2000) Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 1 1930s 20th century Sports and games Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Society 1931 1931 Pay cuts cause British sailors in the Atlantic fleet to mutiny at Invergordon, in Scotland's Cromarty Firth Invergordon mutiny (1931) A Dictionary of Contemporary World History 3 1930s 20th century Politics Protest and rebellion Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 Scotland British Isles Europe 1932 1932 Russian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin and others...
British Isles: c. 800,000 years ago - 2011
...Matthews, Sir Stanley (1915–2000) Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 1 1930s 20th century Sports and games Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 Europe Society Britain 1931 1931 Pay cuts cause British sailors in the Atlantic fleet to mutiny at Invergordon, in Scotland's Cromarty Firth Invergordon mutiny (1931) A Dictionary of Contemporary World History 3 1930s 20th century Politics Protest and rebellion Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 Scotland Europe Britain 1932 1932 Russian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin and others set up...
Greece: c. 3500 BCE - 2011
...III (“The Great”) The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible 1 4th century BCE Politics Conquest and colonization Asia South Asia India (the subcontinent) Pakistan 325 BCE 325 BCE In the Indian monsoon Alexander's Greek troops have finally had enough and threaten to mutiny unless he turns for home Alexander the Great (356–323 bc ) World Encyclopedia 1 4th century BCE War India (the subcontinent) 324 BCE 324 BCE Back in Persia, to emphasize that Greece and Persia are now one, Alexander marries eighty of his senior officers to Persian wives...
Asia: c. 500,000 years ago - 2011
...Protest and rebellion War European empires from 1415 South Asia India (the subcontinent) Europe Empires 1858 1858 The end of the Indian Mutiny is followed by brutal British retaliation Indian Mutiny (1857–58) World Encyclopedia 1 19th century Victorian era Politics Protest and rebellion War European empires from 1415 Mughal empire Muslim empires South Asia India (the subcontinent) Europe Empires 1858 1858 The India Act places India under the direct control of the British government, ending the rule of the East India Company India Acts A Dictionary of World...
Germany: c. 35,000 years ago - 2005
...Wars since 1900 1918 1918 October 5 - the British, under Douglas Haig, break through Germany's heavily defended Hindenburg Line Hindenburg Line The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 1 First World War 1910s 20th century War Wars since 1900 1918 1918 October 30 - a mutiny in Germany's fleet in Kiel sparks uprisings in several German cities Schleswig-Holstein Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World 1 First World War 1910s 20th century Politics Persecution and repression War Wars since 1900 1918 1918 November 8 - the Allied commander-in chief,...
