Significant events

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• 1884 - 85 the Berlin Conference

• 4th June 1913  Emily Davison throws herself under the king's horse

• Timeline of Significant Historical Events

• August 1914 WW1 Begins

• May 1916 Battle of Jutland

• July 1916 Battle of the Somme

• 1917 America enters  War

• 1917 the Russian Revolution

• 1918 World War 1 Ends

• 1919 Amritsar Massacre

• 1920 Gandhi wins control of Indian National Congress

• 1935 Indian government gives civilians a role in governing the country

• 1935 Hitler passes Nuremburg Law

• November 1938 Kristallnacht

• September 1939 Germany invades Poland

• September 1939 Britain declares war on Germany

• May 1940 Dunkirk

• August 1940 Battle of Britain

• September 1940 Blitz Starts

• December 1941 Pearl Harbour

• June 1942 Germany invades USSR

• June 1944 D-Day

• May 1945 Germany Surrenders

• August 1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima + Nagsaki

• 1947 India becomes Independant

• 1957 Ghana is first Independant Black African Country

• 1982 Falkland War

• 9th November 1989 Berlin Wall is brought down