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French Revolution. The village occupies the Bastille.
Troops storm and dismantle the Bastille (a fortress and royal prison that become a symbol of the Bourbon monarchs). This action marked the beginning of the French Revolution. -
Beginning of the war of independence in Spain.
The French army occupying Portugal, Napoleon invaded Spain. Thus began the Peninsular War, a major phase of the Napoleonic Wars that was fought between France and much of Europe. -
The defeat of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's military power
The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by the Prussians and the British, marked the end of his reign and of France's dominance in Europe. -
First steam locomotive in the Iberian Peninsula.
It was the first steam locomotive to be operated in the territory of the Iberian Peninsula, specifically making the first section of the Barcelona-Mataró line. -
The Eiffel Tower, a sample of the iron architecture of the s.XIX.
It is one of the most emblematic examples of iron architecture -
Picasso begins a new pictorial style, Cubism.
It begins with the painting The young ladies of Avignon. As a precursor element of cubism, the influence of African sculptures stands out. -
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World War I ends with more than 12 million dead.
It was a warlike confrontation centered on Europe, all the great industrial and military powers of the time were involved, divided into two alliances. -
The Russian Revolution establishes a socialist regime (USSR).
it was going to transform the world and end injustice but ended up becoming a regime. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the first country in the world to experience "real socialism." -
Gandhi organizes the first civil disobedience campaign.
He called, with an innovative term, the "force of truth", satyagraha, synonymous with "non-violent resistance". -
Nazism begins in Germany.
he soon began turning the German government into a one-party dictatorship and organizing the police power that was necessary to enforce Nazi policies. -
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Civil war in Spain.
It was one of the hardest wars that are remembered in Spain. After the victory of General Franco and the nationalist side, a dictatorship began in the country that lasted almost 40 years. -
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World War II
For six years destroyed thousands of homes and families, forced many people to leave their homes, many children to witness the murder of their parents, causing poverty, hunger, -
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Military dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain.
After the war, the general established a fascistic dictatorship, which incorporated a clear influence of German and Italian totalitarianism in fields such as labor relations, autarkic economic policy... -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs explode.
It was launched 3 days after the attack on Hiroshima, instantly killing 70,000 people. Other miles would later die from radiation. -
The People's Republic of China is proclaimed, with Mao (president).
The popular masses of Beijing gathered in a square to celebrate a solemn act, in which the President of the Central People's Government proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China -
Triumph of the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro.
The Cuban revolution dealt a severe blow to the undisputed hegemony of the United States, just as they disappeared in the North American attempt, through the anti-Castro émigrés, to regain control of the island -
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Peacefully, the German population tore down the Berlin Wall. This structure divided the German capital for almost three decades. -
Attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
Nearly 20 extremists hijacked four commercial airliners on the East Coast and crashed them into the Twin Towers in New York. Almost 3,000 people died and history was divided in two for the nation. -
Beginning of the civil war in Syria.
When a massive demonstration shook Damascus, in the framework of the "Arab spring", a wave of protests started in Tunisia and Egypt that seemed to promise great changes in the region, controlled by authoritarian governments. -
Refugee crisis in Europe
It has been the largest displacement of refugees, asylum seekers, vulnerable people and economic migrants that the European Union has experienced since the Second World War. -
Judo
I signed up for the first sport I've done in my day, I did my first competition and I won. -
Travel to Sevilla
I went with my family to Seville, to be able to see my grandmother and my visa-grandmother, it was the last time I saw her before the pandemic. -
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World Pandemic (Covid-19).
It is a pandemic derived from the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2.8 virus. 9 Initially it was called "Wuhan pneumonia". Due to this pandemic, everyone was confined, and they had to go out with a mask and gloves. -
War in Ukraine
it is a warlike conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, which is currently ongoing and which increased after the tense period of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. -
dinner with my family
It has been the first meal with my whole family after the pandemic.