AP European History IMPORTANT PLACES {Semester 1}

Worms (England)

Edict of Worms (Martin Luther ex-communicated), Martin Luther trial took place here

Versailles (France)

Louis XIV power house, palace built to signify power and wealth of France, nobles housed and kept here.

Florence (Italy)

Italian city-state, center of the Renaissance, Medici Family from here

Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Major port, wealthiest state in 1600s

Vienna (Belgium)

Congress of Vienna (a series of diplomatic meetings held in Vienna from 1814 to 1815 to establish a new political order in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars), Habsburg Capital

Utrecht (Netherlands)

Peace of Utrecht ends war of Spanish Succession

Aix-La-Chapelle (Germany)

Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends war of Austrian Succession

Manchester (England)

First industrialized city in the world

Waterloos (Napolean)

Battle of Waterloo marks the fall of Napolean