The World Wars

<p>1871- The United German Empire is proclaimed in Versailles. French capitulation: cedes Alsace-Lorraine to the victors. The Pacifist Movement spreads throughout Europe. Darwin publishes The Origin of Man and Sexual Selection. Toilet paper is invented. The helicopter flight from Pomés and De la Pauze fails. The Dutch Workers' Federation is created. Austria: conservative cabinet Hohenwart-Schaeffle. In Hungary: Conservative cabinet Lónyay. Germany: death of anarchist philosopher Wilhelm Weitling. Prussian monetary law Bismarck introduces the Framework. The Challenger ship begins its study trip around the world. France: Bloody Week marks the end of the Paris Commune. England: Workers' unions are legalized. Lascar Catargiu appointed Prime Minister of Romania policy of rapprochement to the German Empire. Russia: Tolstoy and the reform of education. The Russians rebuild their bases in the Black Sea. The emirate of Kuwait is incorporated into the Ottoman administration in Basra. In Africa: Livingstone and Stanley meet at Lake Tanganyika. The Khedive of Egypt appoints the Swiss adventurer Werner Münsingen as Governor of Masawa. Battles of May Zulawu and Assam during the Ethiopian civil war. In Tanzania: Mirambo king of the Nyamwezis attacks the Arab bases of Tabora and burns the city; the kingdom of Unyanyembe is born. In Senegal: King Maat Sine Coumba Ndoffene is killed in Joal by the French. The English begin their expansion in South Africa annexing Kimberley and the Grikaland diamond mines. In Chad: Ali de Ouadai plunders Massenya. Algeria: The Mokranis rebellion breaks out a bloody French repression. In Turkistan the Russians conquer Kuldja and the Ili Valley. New Zealand: the Maori submit to colonial rule. Treaty of Sumatra signed between the English and the Dutch. Korea: an American fleet blocks Korean ports and takes over Kanghwa. A decree abolishes Confucian schools and sacred temples in Korea. In the Pacific a telegraph network links Vladivostok Nagasaki Shanghai Hong Kong London and San Francisco. Burma: Buddhist council in Mandalay. In Japan: Social Equality Act. The Japanese Institute of Technology is inaugurated. The Yen is the new Japanese currency. America: Jovellanos president of Paraguay. Chile: battle of Collipulli defeat of the Mapuche chief Quilapán construction of a series of forts and cities on the Malleco River and the Arauco coast consolidates the new southern borders. Federico Errázuriz Zañartu is elected president of Chile. In Buenos Aires: Yellow fever epidemic. An Earthquake shakes Hawaii. USA: Great Chicago Fire. Brazil: Viscount of Rio Branco's government. Mexico: La Noria revolution Porfirio Diaz rises against Benito Juarez.</p><p>1872... ...</p>