The World Wars - 1871-1945

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 ...