Ap European History Key Periodization

1492

Columbus sailed the ocean

1517

Protestant reformation (think Martin Luther, 95 theses)

1555

Peace of Augsburg (legitimizes Protestantism)

1588

Spanish Armada (after this Spain isn’t really mentioned anymore)

1648

Peace of Westphalia (Last religious war, led to more political rivalries instead of religious ones)

1688

Glorious Revolution in England (First constitutional monarchy and marks the end of the 30 years war)

1763

Treaty of Paris (end of 7 years war)

1789

French Revolution

1815

Defeat of Napoleon & Congress of Vienna (introduction of the different “ism’s” eg. Nationalism, Liberalism, Republicanism, Socialism, Conservatism)

1832

Sadler Report (period of negative industrialization results)

1848

LOTS of revolutions (end of monarchy in France, failed revolutions in Germany, communist manifesto published)

1871

Unification of Germany (This tipped the balance of global powers and leads to WWI)

1914

World War I

1989

Berlin Wall (Beginning of the end of communism)