Key Dates in AP European History Timeline

Hundred Years' War

Ended in 1453, marked by English defeat.

Printing Press

Invented by Gutenberg, increased literacy and distribution.

Columbus' Voyage

1492 expedition to the New World.

Protestant Reformation

1517 movement sparked by Martin Luther.

Peace Treaty of Augsburg

1555 treaty ending religious warfare in Germany.

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

1572 massacre of Huguenots in France.

Edict of Nantes

1598 granted Huguenots religious toleration.

Dutch East India Company

Established in 1600, major trading entity.

Louis XIV's Reign

1643-1715, centralized power in France.

Treaty of Westphalia

1648 established state sovereignty post-Thirty Years' War.

Glorious Revolution

1688 event limiting monarch's power in England.

English Bill of Rights

1688 document establishing parliamentary supremacy.

Seven Years' War

1756-1763 conflict between major European powers.

Treaty of Paris

1763 ended Seven Years' War, Britain dominant.

American Revolutionary War

1776 conflict for independence from British rule.

French Revolution

1789-1799 period of radical political change.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Rose to power in 1799, later emperor.

Congress of Vienna

1815 aimed to restore European stability.

Liberal Revolutions

1848 widespread movements for political reform.

Italy's Unification

1861 led by Garibaldi and Cavour.

Emancipation of Serfs

1861 reform freeing Russian serfs.

Germany's Unification

1871 achieved under Bismarck's leadership.

Berlin Conference

1884 meeting to regulate African colonization.

World War I

1914-1918 conflict caused by multiple factors.

Bolshevik Revolution

1917 uprising against Russian government.

Treaty of Versailles

1918 agreement ending WWI, redrew borders.

Great Depression

1929 economic crisis beginning with stock market crash.

World War II

1939-1945 global conflict with Allied victory.

United Nations

Established in 1945 to promote peace.

NATO Formation

1949 military alliance for collective defense.

Berlin Wall

1961 structure symbolizing Cold War division.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

1989 event marking end of Cold War.

Soviet Union Collapse

1991 dissolution of the USSR.

Maastricht Treaty

1992 agreement leading to European Union.

Euro Introduction

1999 launch of the European currency.

Putin's Election

2000 event marking new Russian leadership.