AP European History [Historical Periods 1 & 2]

- End of Hundred Years War
- Fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire falls to the Ottoman Turks [Renamed Istanbul]

1453

- End of the "Reconquista" Era in Spain
- Columbus "Discovers" America (Called "The Encounter")

1492

- Martin Luther Posts the Ninety-Five Theses on Church Door in Wittenburg
- Start of the Protestant Reformation

1517

- Diet & Edict of Worms
- Luther Excommunicated From RCC

1521

- German Peasants Revolt
- Luther Condemns it
- HRE Charles V Puts it Down

1524

- Sack of Rome
- HRE Charles V Proves His Power Over Pope Clement VII

1527

- Act of Supremacy
- English King Henry VIII Leaves the RCC

1534

- Council of Trent: Catholic "Counter-Reformation"
- Index of Forbidden Books Created by RCC
- Jesuits Created to Convert People to RCC

1545

- Peace of Augsburg [Lutheranism Recognized in the HRE by Charles V and RCC]

1555

- Battle of Lepanto
- Turks Stopped From Invading Europe

1571

- St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre [August 24]
- Huguenot Persecution in France

1572

- Spanish Armada [Navy] Against England Defeated

1588

- Edict of Nantes Passed by French King Henry IV
- Huguenots Win Religious Freedom in 200 towns

1598

- [England] Death of Elizabeth I = End of the Tudor Dynasty
- Coronation of James I = Start of the Stuart dynasty

1603

- Defenestration of Prague = Start of the Thirty Years War in HRE

1618

- [England] Petition of Right Issued to King Charles I = Habeas Corpus Guaranteed
- William Harvey Published Works On Blood Circulation

1628

- End of the Thirty Years War
- Treaty of Westphalia = Start of Concept of "Balance of Power" Between Countries
- HRE Power / Population Crushed by the War

1648

* Battle of Vienna
* Ottoman Turks Defeated by King Sobieski of Poland W/ Help From HRE

1683

* Glorious Revolution in England
* Passage of English Bill of Rights & Act of Toleration
* England Becomes a Constitutional Monarchy

1688

* Act of Settlement Passed in England Paving Way Of Hanoverian Dynasty to Succeed
* Brandenburg-Prussia Becomes the Kingdom of Prussia Under Frederick I
* Jethro Tull Invents the Seed Drill to Improve Agricultural Efficiency in England

1701

* Death of Louis XIV Ends War of Spanish Succession
* Start of Industrial Revolution in England

1715

* War of Austrian Succession Begins Over the Issues of the Pragmatic Sanction Which Claims the Right of Maria Theresa to Rule Austria Alone

1740

* Montesquieu Publishes the Spirit of Laws Introducing a Three Branch Government —> Height of the Enlightenment

1748

* French Revolution Begins on July 14th as the Bastille is Attacked in Paris

1789

* Robespierre Kills Himself = Thermidorian Reaction
* Reign of Terror in France Ends

1794

* Napoleon Crowns Himself Emperor
* Napoleonic Law Code Enacted

1804

* Battle of Waterloo
* Fall of Napoleon —> Congress of Vienna Meets to End Ideas of Nationalism & Democracy in Europe

1815