APWH Important Dates

Flashcards for key dates in AP World History.

8000 B.C.E.

The beginnings of agriculture occurred around this time.

3000 B.C.E.

The beginning of the Bronze Age and early civilizations.

1300 B.C.E.

The Iron Age began.

6th century B.C.E.

The life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu, and the beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

5th century B.C.E.

The Greek Golden Age and philosophers.

323 B.C.E.

Alexander the Great.

221 B.C.E.

Qin unified China.

32 C.E.

The beginnings of Christianity.

180 C.E.

End of Pax Romana.

220 C.E.

End of Han Dynasty.

333

Roman capital moved to Constantinople.

4th C

Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes.

476

Fall of Rome.

527

Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire.

622

Founding of Islam.

732

Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France).

1054

Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox).

1066

Norman conquest of England.

1071

Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat Byz).

1095

1st Crusade.

1258

Mongols sack Baghdad.

1271-1295

Marco Polo travels.

1324

Mansa Musa's pilgrimage.

1325-1349

Travels of Ibn Battuta.

1347-1348

Bubonic plague in Europe.

1433

End of Zheng He's voyages/Rise of Ottomans.

1453

Ottomans capture Constantinople.

1488

Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope.

1492

Columbus sailed the ocean blue/ Reconquista of Spain.

1502

1st Slaves to Americas.

1517

Martin Luther/95 theses.

1521

Cortez conquered the Aztecs.

1533

Pizarro toppled the Inca.

1571 - Battle of Lepanto

Naval defeat of Ottomans.

1588

Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British.

1600 - Battle of Sekigahara

Beginning of Tokugawa.

1607

Foundation of Jamestown.

1618-1648

Thirty Years War.

1683

Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna.

1689

Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights.

1776

American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations.

1789

French Revolution.

1804

Haitian independence.

1815

Congress of Vienna.

1820s

Independence in Latin America.

1839

1st Opium War in China.

1848

European Revolutions/Marx & Engles write Communist Manifesto.

1853

Commodore Perry opens Japan.

1857

Sepoy Mutiny.

1861

End of Russian serfdom/Italian unification.

1863

Emancipation Proclamation in US.

1871

German unification.

1885

Berlin Conference - division of Africa.

1898

Spanish-American War - US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico.

1899

Boer War - British in control of South Africa.

1905

Russo-Japanese war.

1910-1920

Mexican Revolution.

1911

Chinese Revolution.

1914-1918

WWI

1917

Russian Revolution.

1919

Treaty of Versailles - end of WWI.

1929

Stock market crash.

1931

Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

1935

Italian invasion of Ethiopia.

1939

German blitzkrieg in Poland.

1941

Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII.

1945

End of WWII.

1947

Independence & partition of India.

1948

Birth of Israel.

1949

Chinese Communist Revolution.

1950-1953

Korean War.

1954

Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu.

1956

De-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal.

1959

Cuban Revolution.

1962

Cuban missile crisis.

1967

6-day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution.

1973

Yom Kippur war.

1979

Iranian Revolution.

1987

1st Palestinian Intifada.

1989

Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall.

1991

Fall of USSR/1st Gulf War.

1994

Genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa.

2001

9/11 Attacks.