AP World History Dates

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12th century

Rise of Feudalism in Japan

1200

Rise of Kingdom of Mali

1206-1227

Reign of Genghis Khan

1271

Founding of the Yuan Dynasty

1281

Founding of the Ottoman Empire

1304-1374

Italian Renaissance

1320-1340

Spread of Bubonic Plague

1325

Rise of Aztec Empire

1350

Rise of Inca Empire

1368

Beginning of the Ming Dynasty

1400

Swahili states flourish

1405-1433

Zheng He voyages

1441

Start of Atlantic Slave Trade

1453

Ottomans conquer Constantinople

1492

Colombus expeditions

1498

Vasco de Dama reaches India

16th century

Commercial Revolution in Europe

1517

Start of Protestant Reformation

1524

Cortez conquers the Aztecs

1526

Founding of the Mughal Empire

1533

Pizarro conquers the Inca

1552

Beginning of Russian Empire

1571

Founding of Manila; world trade system

1600-1690

Scientific Revolution

1603

Founding of Tokugawa Shogunate

1607

First British colony in North America

1640s

Beginning of Japanese isolation

1643-1715

Louis XIV in France; absolute monarchy

1644

Founding of the Qing Dynasty

1652

Dutch Boers colonize South Africa

1689-1725

Peter the Great; Westernization of Russia

18th century

The Enlightenment

1756-1763

Seven Years’ War

1764

British East India Co. controls India

1770

Beginning of Industrial Revolution

1775-1783

American Revolution

1789-1815

French Revolution & Napoleon

1792

Mary Wollstonecraft; feminism

1792-1804

Haitian Revolution

1805-1849

Muhammad Ali rules Egypt

1808-1825

Latin American wars of independence

1823

Monroe Doctrine

1833

British abolish slavery

1839-1841

Opium Wars

1839-1876

Tanzimat reforms in Ottoman Empire

1848

Communist Manifesto; Marxism

1858

British Raj in India

1861

Emancipation of serfs in Russia

1868-1914

Meiji Restoration; Japanese industrialize

1871

Unification of Germany

1871-1914

Height of European Imperialism

1880s

Demographic transition in the West

1884-1914

Russian industrialization

1884-1885

Berlin Conference

1885

Founding of Indian National Congress

1888

Abolition of slavery in Brazil & Cuba

1890s

European spheres of influence in China

1910-1920

Mexican Revolution

1912

Chinese Revolution

1914-1919

World War 1 & Versailles Conference

1917

Russian Revolution

1929

Start of Great Depression

1931-1947

Gandhi’s resistance in India

1933

Hitler rises to power in Germany

1937

Japan invaded China

1939-1945

World War 2

1945

Creation of the United Nations

1947

India & Pakistan gain independence

1947-1991

The Cold War

1948

Creation of Israel

1949

Communist Revolution in China

1955

Bandung conference; nonalignment

1957

Creation of EEC

1959

Cuban Revolution

1960

“Year of Africa”

1979

Iranian Revolution

1990

End of apartheid in S. Africa

1991

Fall of the Soviet Union