Chronology
Five thousand years, end to end
3 records shown
- 1760–1840Discovery
The Industrial Revolution
Manchester
Coal, steam and the factory system reorganise work, cities and population in eighty years.
↓ next - 1789Political
The French Revolution Begins
Paris
The storming of the Bastille turns a fiscal crisis into the founding event of modern politics.
↓ next - 1969Discovery
Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon
Cape Canaveral
Eight years after the commitment, two people walk on another world and come back.
Range shown: 1760 CE — 1969 CE