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1800's
the arrival of the Black Ships (1853)・
the Phaeton Incident (1808)・
The War of 1812 (1812-15)・
the Order for the Repelling of Foreign Ships in Japan (1825)・
Willem II sent a letter to encouraging the feudal government of Japan to open the country. (1844)・
the Opium War (1840-42)・
annexation of Texas (1845)・
Spring of the Nations (1848)・
the Crimean War (1853-56)・
Russia's military advance to the Amur domain caused from weakening Qing's Taiping Rebellion. (1853-64)・
Hong Kong Island cession (1860)・
the Ansei Five-Power Treaties (1858)・
The Industrial Revolution (1760-1830)・
Posadonic Incident (1861)・
Boshin War (1868-69)・
divisions in China. The Treaty of Tianjin (1858)
countries which had treaty with Japan afterward.
1900's
Early 20th century, the declination of the British Empire.
September 1939, Nazi invasion of Poland, start of WWII.
November 1939, Soviet invasion of Finland, start of the Winter War.
April 1940, Operation Weserübung, the invasion, and resulting occupation of the neutral countries Denmark and Norway by Nazi Germany.
May 1940, Nazi invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands.
September ~ October 1939, annexation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union (the official joining of the Union wasn't until August 1940).
June 1940, fall of Paris to Nazi Germany, surrender of France.
September 1940, formation of alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan; the Axis Powers.
December 1941, Operation Barbarossa. One of the contributions to eventual German defeat was the Russian winter.
June 1948 ~ May 1949, Berlin blockade, intentional blockage of Western supplies for occupied Berlin by the Soviet Union (bit unsure about this part as it doesn't fit into the time line, but this is the best explanation that I've found).
September 1943, unconditional surrender of Italy, followed by the occupation of North Italy by Germany.
June 6, 1944, D-Day. The Allies land on Normandy beach and begin their fight through occupied France.
1945, advance of the Red Army into Germany.
April 25, 1945, Elbe Day, meeting of Soviet and American troops at the River Elbe, effectively cutting Germany in two. This short-lived pledge of peace between the two powers, while never having been an official holiday in any country, has gained new significance in the context of the Cold War (personally I liked the touch of olive branches - later becoming dead and scorched - behind America and Russia in this scene).
February 1945, Yalta Conference; The Four Policemen (not including France, who is standing).
August 1945, unconditional surrender of the Japanese Empire.
May 1945, split of Germany by the Allied Forces.
June 1948, Berlin blockade, one of the first major international crisis in the Cold War.
In response, the West organised supplies to be delivered by air into Berlin. The Soviets lifted the blockade in May 1949, resulting in the creation of two separate German states.
March 1946, speech of the Iron Curtain by Winston Churchill. Reign of the two Superpowers.
April 1949, signing of the North Atlantic Treaty among the capitalist states, birth of NATO.
March 1955, signing of the Warsaw Pact among the communist states.
October 1956 ~ March 1957, Suez Crisis, Israel invasion of Egypt, interference from the UK and France, to the fury of the US and the USSR. This war marked the end of Britain's role as a Superpower.
Withdrawal of the French and British backed Israel, due to pressure from the US and the USSR; Canada's proposal for PKO (almost missed him there...) By the way, the Soviets also made a threat of full-out war on Britain and France in defence of Egypt (hence that smouldering hot look from Russia. Please allow me to bury my face in my hands and give a squeal, guys).
1957-75, the Space Race.
October 1957, launch of Sputnik 1, the first satellite in human history, by the USSR. (Ураааааааааааааааааааааааааааа!!! ...cough. Just needed to get that out of my system).
1967, beginning of the US Apollo missions, with the first - Apollo 1 - ending in a disastrous fire during ground test.
1961, construction of the Berlin Wall to prevent massive emigration and defection.
October 1962, Cuban missile crisis, the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. The US requested withdrawal of Soviet missiles positioned in Cuba; the USSR requested the same of US missiles in Turkey.
Soviet agreement to America's request, thereby ending the 13-day conflict.
Russia here appears to be ill, due to inner troubles the Soviet Union was experiencing.
July 1969, launch of Apollo 11 by the United States, first human landing on the moon. - "Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed."
1989-90, end of the Cold War. Russia steps down from his role as Superpower.
1975, American defeat and withdrawal from the Vietnam War.
December 25, 1991, dissolution of the Soviet Union.
1990, fall of the Berlin Wall, unification of East and West Germany.
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1900's
Vietnam war specifically