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1350-1550
Renaissance
1450-1600
Exploration
16th Century, 1500s
Protestant & Catholic Reformations
1520-1650
Religious Wars
1500-1700
Early Modern Society
16th Century, 1500s
Price Revolution
1550-1650
Dutch Commercial Dominance
1550-1650
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
Commercial Wars
1650-1763
Rise of Prussia
1689-1815
Rise of Russia
17th & 18th Centuries
Commercial Revolution
1720-1760
Rococo Art
18th Century, 1700s
Rise of the Middle Class
18th Century, 1700s
Enlightenment
18th Century, 1700s
Agricultural Revolution
1789-1848
Age of Revolutions
1790-1980
Feminism
First half of 19th Century
Romanticism
1790-1914
Rise of Nationalism
1850-1875
Unification and Nation Building
1830-1870
Rise of Liberalism
1750-1850
Industrial Revolution
1850-1870s
Realism and Materialism
1850-1914
Second Industrial Revolution
1850-1914
Imperialism
1850-1920s
Modern Ideas and Science
1870-1920
Modern Art
Second half of 19th Century
Rise of Modern Society
1920s-1945
Totalitarianism
1914-1945
World Wars
1945-1991
Cold War
1945-Present
European Unity
2001-Present
War on Terror
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
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
1519
Cortez Conquers Aztecs
1534
Act of Supremacy in England creates Anglican Church
1536
Calvin establishes reformed church in Geneva
1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
1545
Council of Trent Opens
1555
Peace of Augsburg end religious war in Germany; Charles V abdicates
1588
Defeat of Spanish Armada
1598
Edict of Nantes ends French Religious wars
1600
Dutch East India Company founded
1603
Stuart Monarchy begins in England
1648
Peace of Westphalia ends 30 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 On the Origin of Species
1861
Italy Unified; 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 1905 in Russia
1914
World War One Begins
1917
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
1919
Treaty of Versailles ends WWI
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
WWII begins
1945
World War II ends; United Nations Founded
1949
NATO formed
1951
European Coal and Steel Company (ECSC) formed.
1953
Stalin Dies
1956
Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization speech; Hungary revolt
1957
Treaty of Rome creates European Economic Community (ECC); Sputnik launched
1958
Fifth Republic in France under DeGaulle
1961
Berlin Wall erected
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962
Second Vatican Council Begins
1968
Student revolts; Czech “Prague Spring” revolt
1975
Helsinki Accords- height of détente
1978
John Paul II elected Pope
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