AP WORLD HISTORY IMPORTANT DATES

1206

Rise of Genghis Khan (Mongol Empire goes on to conquer Song China, Abbasid and Russia)

1258

Mongols sack Baghdad (end of Abbasid Caliphate)

1206

Rise of Genghis Khan (Mongol Empire goes on to conquer Song China, Abbasid and Russia)

1258

Mongols sack Baghdad (end of Abbasid Caliphate)

1271 - 1295

• Marco Polo Travels; visits Yuan dynasty (inspires European exploration)

1300s

– Italian Renaissance (rebirth of Europe)

1324

• Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca (Ruler of Mali - Muslim)

1325 - 1349

• Ibn Battuta’s Travels (travels to West African Kingdoms, Swahili city-states, Mecca –documents experience of Islamic world)

1337-1453

– Hundred Years War (fought between Britain and France, rise of nationalism, use of gunpowder in warfare – knights lose influence, feudalism declines)

1347 - 1348

- Bubonic Plague in Europe (people move from manors to cities – feudalism declines)

Mid 1300s

– Rise of Aztec/Inca Empires (Pre-Columbian Civilizations)

1368

– Ming Dynasty (replaces Yuan)

1405 - 1433

• Zheng He’s voyages (Ming Dynasty chance to dominate is over, Western Europe will rise)

1453

• Ottomans conquer Constantinople (Byzantine Empire)

1492

• Columbus “discovers” Americas (searching for all water-route to Asia)

1498

– Vasco Da Gama reached India (opens up European trade across Indian Ocean)

1502

– Atlantic Slave Trade (highest volume of slaves during 18 th century)

1517

- Martin Luther’s 95 Theses (start of Protestant Reformation)

1521

• Cortez conquered the Aztecs

1526

– Founding of Mughal Empire (Babur, Akbar, Aurangzeb)

1533

• Pizarro conquered the Incas

1600s

– Beginning of Japanese isolation (Tokugawa Shogunate)

1618 - 1648

• 30 Years War (religious wars- Protestant Reformation)

1643

– King Louis XIV (France – Absolute Monarchy)

1689

– Peter the Great (Westernization of Russia)

1750s

• Industrialization begins in England

1775-1783

– American Revolution (gains independence from Britain)

1789

• French Revolution begins (rise of Napoleon)

1804

• Haitian Independence (1 st Latin American country that gained independence from Europe, slave uprising)

Early 1800s

– Latin American Wars for independence (most countries gain independence by 1825)

1839 - 1860s

• Opium Wars in China (Britain forces China to open up trade to foreigners)

1848

• Communist Manifesto (the rise of Karl Marx… socialism/communism)

1853

– American Commodore Matthew Perry pressures Japan to open up to the West

1853-1856

– Crimean War (Ottomans defeat Russia with help of Britain/France; Russia will abolish serfdom/industrialize)

1861

– Russia abolishes serfs (lives of peasants won’t improve)

1857

• Sepoy Mutiny in India (British government colonized India)

1868

– Meiji Restoration (Japan will industrialize, westernize – begin colonizing surrounding lands)

1884-1885

– Berlin Conference (Scramble for Africa – European leaders divide up Africa)

1885

– Founding of the Indian National Congress (political party that will support Indian independence)

1905

• Russo-Japanese War (triggers 1905 Russian Revolution)

1910

– Japan annex Korea

1910 - 1920

• Mexican Revolution (Porfirio Diaz removed from power)

1911

• Chinese Revolution (Qing dynasty falls, Nationalists control Chinese government)

1914 - 1918

- World War I

1917

• Russian Revolution (Lenin rises to power – Russia becomes communist and gets out of WWI)

1929

• Start of Great Depression (caused by overproduction, weakening demand, stock market crash, bank failures and high unemployment rates)

1931

• Japanese invasion of Manchuria

1937

– Japanese invade China (Nationalist and communist in China join forces to fight Japanese)

1939

• German invasion of Poland (start of WWII)

1945

• End of WWII

1947

– India gained independence from Britain (Partition of India… India – Hindus; Pakistan – Muslims)

1947-1991

– Cold War (United States – democracy vs Soviet Union – communism)

1948

• Creation of state of Israel (orchestrated by the United Nations

1949

• Mao Zedong comes to power in China (China becomes communism after a civil war with Nationalist)

1950 - 1953

• Korean War

1959

• Cuban Revolution (rise of Fidel Castro)

1962

• Cuban Missile Crisis (caused by Bay of Pigs – failed attempt by USA to remove Castro)

1967

• Chinese Cultural Revolution (Mao tries to revive communism in China)

1979

• Iranian Revolution (rise of Ayatollah Khomeini – Iran becomes Islamic state)

1984

– Meiners is born

1989

• Fall of Berlin Wall (West and East Germany reunited

1991

• Fall of USSR

2001

• 9/11 Terror Attacks on US