AP World History Important Dates Flashcards

Flashcards of important dates and events for AP World History: Modern.

1884-1885 CE: A conference to decide rules for dividing Africa.

Berlin Conference

1898 CE: Led to the growth of the American empire, taking the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico from Spain

Spanish-American War

1910-1920 CE

Mexican Revolution

1914-1918 CE

World War I

1917 CE

Russian (Communist) Revolution

1929-1939 CE

The Great Depression

1939-1945 CE

World War II

1945 CE

Founding of the United Nations

1947 CE

Indian Independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan

1949 CE

Communist Revolution in China

1950 CE

Start of the Korean War

1960 CE: When many African nations gained independence during decolonization

"The Year of Africa"

1961 CE

Construction of the Berlin Wall

1979 CE

The Iranian Revolution

1990 CE

Fall of communism in Russia and East Europe

1994 CE: Nelson Mandela elected as first black president of South Africa

End of apartheid

1997 CE: Hong Kong becomes semi-autonomous.

British leave their former colony

The Euro is adopted as the official currency of the Eurozone (EU)

1999 CE

2010-2012 CE

"Arab Spring" movement across the Middle East and North Africa

1250-1350 CE: with four khanates - the Golden Horde, the Khanate of Chagatai, the Il-Khanate of Persia, and the Yuan dynasty

Mongolian Empire

1300-1500 CE

Italian Renaissance

1324 CE

Mali king Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca

1405-1433 CE

Voyages of Zheng He on the Indian Ocean

1453 CE

Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks (Seljuk Turks)

Spain unifies - Moors driven out; Columbus sailed; the Columbian Exchange begins

1492 CE

1517 CE: Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in protest of the abuses of Catholic priests in Germany

Martin Luther's Reformation

1519 CE

Arrival of conquistadors in Mexico

1600 CE: Trading in India with Mughal Empire

British East India Company (EIC)

1644 CE

Fall of Ming, Rise of Qing dynasty in China

1765 CE: Industrialization connection

James Watt perfects the steam engine

1776 CE

American Revolution; Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations

1833 CE

Slavery abolished in Britain

1843 CE

Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars between China and Britain

1848 CE: Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx; the feminist movement's Seneca Falls Convention

Marx and Feminism

1857 CE: After the Sepoy Mutiny/First War for Indian Independence

Start of direct British rule in India

1868 CE

Meiji Restoration in Japan