Untitled Flashcards Set

Arrival of Islam in Morocco

7th century CE

First recorded use of the word 'European'

8th century CE by Charles Martel

Founding of Al Qarawiyyin

859 CE

Arrival of Islam in the Philippines

14th century CE

Invention of the movable type printing press

11th century CE in China, 15th century CE by Gutenberg in Europe

End of the Reconquista (fall of Granada)

1492 CE

Sayyida al Hurra

Ruled as pirate queen from 1515 to 1542 CE

Battle of Mactan

1521 CE

Magellan killed by Lapu-Lapu

April 27, 1521 CE

Miguel de Legazpi arrives in the Philippines

1565 CE

Beginning of the French Revolution

1789 CE

Beginning and end of the Haitian Revolution

1791 - 1804 CE

Beginning and end of the Mexican War of Independence

1810 - 1821 CE

Establishment of the Congo Free State

1885 CE

Beginning of US colonialism in the Philippines

1898 CE

Relinquishment of the Congo to Belgium

1908 CE

Beginning and end of the Mexican Revolution

1910 - 1920 CE

Haiti finished paying "debt" to France

1947 CE

Moroccan independence from France

1956 CE

The Four Pests Campaign

1958-1962 CE

Assassination of Patrice Lumumba

January 17, 1961 CE

Walter Rodney assassinated

June 13, 1980 CE

NAFTA implementation period

1994 CE

February 20th Movement

2011 CE