AP World dates

1250-1350 CE

Mongolian Empire, with four khanates - the Golden Horde, the Khanate of Chagatai, the Il-Khanate of Persia, and the Yuan dynasty

1300-1500 CE

Italian Renaissance

1324 CE

Mali king Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca to convert to Islam

1347-1348

Bubonic plague in Europe

1453 CE

Ottoman Turks establish Ottoman Empire, Silk Road loses popularity in over-land trade

1492 CE

Spain unifies - the Catholic Inquisition begins; Columbus sailed; the Columbian Exchange begins

1517 CE

Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in protest of the abuses of Catholic priests in Germany

1519 CE

Arrival of conquistadors in Mexico

1600 CE

British East India Company (BEIC) trading in India with Mughal Empire

1644 CE

Fall of Ming, Rise of Qing dynasty in China

1765 CE

James Watt perfects the steam engine

1776 CE

American Revolution; Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations

1833 CE

Slavery abolished in Britain (1848 - France, 1865 - U.S.)

1843 CE

Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars between China and Britain

1848 CE

Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx (early in German industrialization); the Feminist Movement's Seneca Falls Convention

1857 CE

Start of direct British rule in India after the Sepoy Uprising (First War for Indian Independence)

1868 CE

Meiji Restoration in Japan

1884-1885 CE

Berlin Conference to decide rules for dividing Africa

1898 CE

The United States victory in the Spanish-American War leads to the growth of American empire in taking the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico from Spain

1910-1920 CE

Mexican Revolution

1914-1918 CE

World War I

1917 CE

The Russian Revolution

1939-1945 CE

World War II

1947 CE

Indian Independence and the partition of India and Pakistan

1949 CE

Communist Revolution in China

1950 CE

Start of the Korean War

1960 CE

The Year of Africa when many African nations gain independence during decolonization

1961 CE

Construction of the Berlin Wall

1979 CE

The Iranian Revolution

1990 CE

Fall of communism in Russia and East Europe

1994 CE

End of apartheid as Nelson Mandela elected as first Black president of South Africa

1997 CE

Hong Kong becomes semi-autonomous after the British leave their former colony

1999 CE

The Euro is adopted as the official currency of the Eurozone (EU), replacing many different currencies throughout Europe