The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English Navy in 1588.
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the factor that initiated the war, as it threw Austria-Hungary into conflict with Bosnia, and eventually dragging the rest of the European powers into the war.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, is widely considered the event that triggered a chain reaction leading to World War I. This event escalated tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, leading to a series of alliances and declarations of war among European powers, ultimately culminating in the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914.
The event that officially started world war 2 in European theater (ETO) was when Hitler, after breaking multiple parts of the treaty of Versailles's. reforming army, reoccupying the Rhineland, occupying & annexing the anschlus, ect.), invaded Poland on September 1st,1939. Great Britain and France declare war on Germany because the league of nations was not stepping in and doing its job to stop Germany from breaking the rules laid out in the treaty of Versailles's.
The most important event in all history is the coming of Jesus Christ.
The "scramble for Africa" was the series of conflicts among the European colonial powers, beginning with France's annexation of Tunisia in May 1881, and ending with the start of World War I in 1914. Although African colonies had been expanding since the late 1790's, they gained increased importance as the countries of Europe jockeyed for dominance in world affairs.