The world undergoes rapid change as the vision of the League takes shape in the mind of young Helen Cadbury. See world events in this lower area.

Charles Briggs, a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York, is convicted of heresy for his liberal interpretations of the Bible.

The same year that the League becomes a reality, New Zealand becomes the first country to give women the right to vote.

War is declared between China and Japan.

Marconi introduces the telegraph, sending radio signals for the first time. The Lumiére brothers invent the camera.

The Klondike Gold Rush brings more than a hundred thousand men streaming into Alaska and the Yukon.

The Spanish-American War takes place.