Some sites Of Historic Reference for 19th&20th Cent

[VicMar1]

While researching my family history back through the late 1800's and into the early part of the 20th Century I found myself wondering why and for what reason did certain things occur and why my ancestors moved around so much etc. and how come they arrived in Liverpool ? I needed a bit more than just a general timeline and needed a more personal background to determine the reasons for their actions and events during these periods.
More and more those answers came through a wider understanding of the general history of those times.
For that, I found the following sites very useful and quite concise (as well as most educational). I hope they are of some use to others ?

http://www.macrohistory.com/h3/h50imp.htm

http://www.sahistory.org.za/south-afric ... -1879-1896 * Appears to be having problems [post Mandiba)?

http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~warden/scw/scwevent.htm

http://www.international-brigades.org.u ... als?tid=11