AP European History [Historical Periods 1 & 2]

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  • End of Hundred Years War

  • Fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire falls to the Ottoman Turks [Renamed Istanbul]

1453

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  • End of the "Reconquista" Era in Spain

  • Columbus "Discovers" America (Called "The Encounter")

1492

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  • Martin Luther Posts the Ninety-Five Theses on Church Door in Wittenburg

  • Start of the Protestant Reformation

1517

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  • Diet & Edict of Worms

  • Luther Excommunicated From RCC

1521

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  • German Peasants Revolt

  • Luther Condemns it

  • HRE Charles V Puts it Down

1524

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  • Sack of Rome

  • HRE Charles V Proves His Power Over Pope Clement VII

1527

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  • Act of Supremacy

  • English King Henry VIII Leaves the RCC

1534

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  • Council of Trent: Catholic "Counter-Reformation"

  • Index of Forbidden Books Created by RCC

  • Jesuits Created to Convert People to RCC

1545

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

1555

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  • Battle of Lepanto

  • Turks Stopped From Invading Europe

1571

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  • St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre [August 24]

  • Huguenot Persecution in France

1572

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  • Spanish Armada [Navy] Against England Defeated

1588

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  • Edict of Nantes Passed by French King Henry IV

  • Huguenots Win Religious Freedom in 200 towns

1598

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  • [England] Death of Elizabeth I = End of the Tudor Dynasty

  • Coronation of James I = Start of the Stuart dynasty

1603

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

1618

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  • [England] Petition of Right Issued to King Charles I = Habeas Corpus Guaranteed

  • William Harvey Published Works On Blood Circulation

1628

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  • 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

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  • Battle of Vienna

  • Ottoman Turks Defeated by King Sobieski of Poland W/ Help From HRE

1683

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  • Glorious Revolution in England

  • Passage of English Bill of Rights & Act of Toleration

  • England Becomes a Constitutional Monarchy

1688

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  • 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

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  • Death of Louis XIV Ends War of Spanish Succession

  • Start of Industrial Revolution in England

1715

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

1740

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

1748

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

1789

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  • Robespierre Kills Himself = Thermidorian Reaction

  • Reign of Terror in France Ends

1794

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  • Napoleon Crowns Himself Emperor

  • Napoleonic Law Code Enacted

1804

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  • Battle of Waterloo

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

1815

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