Freiler Dates Quiz

1350-1550

Renaissance

1450-1600

Exploration

16th century (1500s)

Protestant and Catholic Reformation, Price Revolution

1520s-1650

Religious Wars

1500-1700

Early Modern Society

1550-1650

Dutch Commercial Dominance, Age of Crisis

1580-1680

Witchcraft Scare

1543-1687

Scientific Revolution

1600-1750

Baroque Art

1603-1689

Conflict between Parliament and King in England

1643-1715

Age of Louis XIV

1650-1750

Absolutism

1650-1763

Rise of Prussia, Commercial Wars

17th and 18th centuries (1600s + 1700s)

Commercial Revolution

1720-1760

Rococo Art

18th century (1700s)

Enlightenment, Rise of Middle Class

1789-1848

Age of Revolutions

1790s-1980s

Feminism

1800-1850

Romanticism

1790s-1914

Rise of Nationalism

1850-1875

Unification and Nation-Building

1830s-1870s

Rise of Liberalism

1750-1850

Industrial Revolution

1850-1870s

Realism and Materialism

1850-1914

Second Industrial Revolution

1850-1920s

Modern Ideas and Science

1870-1920

Modern Art

1850s-1900

Rise of Modern Society

1920s-1945

Totalitarianism

1914-1945

World Wars

1945-1991

Cold War

1945-present

European Unity

1348-1351

Black Death

1415-1417

Council of Constance burns Hus and ends Great Schism

1453

Fall of Constantinople; end of Hundred Years' War

1455

Invention of printing press

1492

Columbus encounters America; completion of reconquista in Spain

1517

Luther posts 95 Theses

1519

Cortez conquers Aztecs

1534

Act of Supremacy in England creates Anglican Church

1536

Calvin establishes reformed faith in Geneva

1543

Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

1545

Council of Trent opens

1555

Peace of Augsburg ends religious war in Germany; Charles V abdicates

1588

Defeat of Spanish Armada

1598

Edict of Nantes ends French religious wars

1602

Dutch East India Company founded

1603

Stuart monarchy begins in England

1648

Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years' War

1649

Charles I executed in England

1687

Newton publishes Principia Mathematica

1688-1689

Glorious Revolution; Peter the Great's reign begins in Russia

1694

Bank of England founded

1713-1715

Peace of Utrecht; death of Louis XIV

1740

War of Austrian Succession begins

1763

Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War

1776

American Revolution; Smith publishes Wealth of Nations

1789

French Revolution begins

1792

Wollstonecraft begins feminist movement with Vindication of Rights of Women

1799

Napoleon comes to power in France

1815

Abdication of Napoleon; Congress of Vienna

1830-1831

Revolution in France; Belgian and Greek independence

1848

Revolutions of 1848; Marx and Engels publish Communist Manifesto

1851

Crystal Palace Exhibition in Britain

1857

Britain establishes direct rule of India

1859

Darwin publishes Origin of Species

1861

Unification of Italy; Russian serfs emancipated

1871

Unification of Germany; Paris Commune and Third Republic in France

1884-1885

Berlin Conference over imperialism in Africa

1900

Freud publishes interpretation of dreams

1905

Einstein publishes relativity theory; Revolution of ____ in Russia

1914

World War I begins

1917

Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

1919

Treaty of Versailles ends World War I

1922

Fascists and Mussolini come to power in Italy

1929

Great Depression begins

1933

Hitler comes to power in Germany

1938

Munich Conference: height of appeasement

1939

World War II begins

1945

World War II ends; United Nations founded

1949

NATO founded

1951

European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) founded

1953

Stalin dies

1956

Khrushchev's de-Stalinization speech; Hungary revolt

1957

Treaty of Rome creates European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market); Sputnik launched

1958

Fifth Republic in France under DeGaulle

1961

Berlin Wall erected

1962

Second Vatican council begins

1968

Student revolts; Czech "Prague Spring" revolt

1975

Helsinki Accords: height of détente

1978

John Paul II elected pope

1979

Soviet Union invades Afghanistan; Thatcher elected prime minister in Britain

1980

Solidarity founded in Poland

1985

Gorbachev comes to power in Soviet Union

1989

Berlin Wall falls and collapse of communism

1991

Break up of Soviet Union; Balkan conflicts begin in former Yugoslavia

1992

Maastricht Treaty creates European Union (EU)

1999

Euro currency introduced

2001

Terrorist attacks on United States

2002

Euro currency released into circulation