Timeline of Social History
1500-2000
1500-1650: Consolidation of Serfdom in eastern Europe
1524-1525: Peasant's revolt in Germany
1598-1613: "Time of Troubles" in Russia
1601: British Poor Laws early welfare program for the poor
1670-1671: Cossack Revolt in Russia
1717: Prussia makes public education mandatory
1720: Last appearance of the Bubonic Plague in western Europe
1750-1850: Illegitimate births become increasingly more common
1789: Serfdom abolished in France
1793-1794: Ropespierre's Reign of Terror
1796: Jenner performs Europe's first smallpox vaccine
1805: Britain finished overtaking India
1807: British slave trade becomes abolished
1845-1851: Great Famine in Ireland that starves at least 20% of the country to death
1848: First public health law released in Britain
1882: Full property rights given to women in Britain
1941-1945: Nazi and Hitler led Holocaust
1950's: Youth Culture rises in Europe, heavily influenced by America
1970's: Feminist movement
1990's: Increased migration to western Europe
1524-1525: Peasant's revolt in Germany
1598-1613: "Time of Troubles" in Russia
1601: British Poor Laws early welfare program for the poor
1670-1671: Cossack Revolt in Russia
1717: Prussia makes public education mandatory
1720: Last appearance of the Bubonic Plague in western Europe
1750-1850: Illegitimate births become increasingly more common
1789: Serfdom abolished in France
1793-1794: Ropespierre's Reign of Terror
1796: Jenner performs Europe's first smallpox vaccine
1805: Britain finished overtaking India
1807: British slave trade becomes abolished
1845-1851: Great Famine in Ireland that starves at least 20% of the country to death
1848: First public health law released in Britain
1882: Full property rights given to women in Britain
1941-1945: Nazi and Hitler led Holocaust
1950's: Youth Culture rises in Europe, heavily influenced by America
1970's: Feminist movement
1990's: Increased migration to western Europe