Anchor dates AP euro quiz 1

1346

The “Black Death” begins in Europe

1492

Christopher Columbus first lands in the Americas

1517

Martin Luther posts his “95 Theses” in Wittenberg

1618-48

Thirty Years’ War

1661

King Louis XIV begins his personal rule in France

1687

Isaac Newton publishes his laws of motion

1688

England’s “Glorious Revolution”

1751

Denis Diderot begins publishing the Encyclopédie

1789

The French Revolution begins in Paris

1815

The Congress of Vienna ends the Napoleonic Wars

1848

A wave of revolutions sweeps across many European countries

1871

Unification of Germany

1884

European powers “divide up” Africa at the Berlin Conference

1914-1918

World War I

1919

Treaty of Versailles signed

1924

Josef Stalin takes power in the Soviet Union

1933

Adolf Hitler takes power in Germany

1939-1945

World War II

1961

Construction of the Berlin Wall begins

1993

Creation of the European Union (Maastricht Treaty)