Period One

• 1453 - Hundred Years’ War Ends

• 1455 - Invention of the Printing Press

• 1492 - Columbus' Voyage to the New World

• 1517 - Protestant Rev

• 1555 - Peace Treaty of Augsburg

• 1598 - Edict of Nantes

• 1600 - Establishment of the Dutch East India Company

• 1643-1715 - Louis XIV's Reign in France

• 1648 - Signing of the Treaty of Westphalia

Period Two

• 1688 - Glorious Revolution in England

• 1688 - Enactment of the English Bill of Rights

• 1763 - End of the Seven Years’ War with the Treaty of Paris

• 1776 - Start of the American Revolutionary War

• 1789-1799 - Era of the French Revolution

• 1799 - Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte

• 1815 - Congress of Vienna and the Age of Metternich

Period Three

• 1848 - Spread of Liberal Revolutions

• 1861 - Italy's Unification

• 1861 - Emancipation of Serfs in Russia

• 1871 - Germany's Unification

• 1884 - Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa

• 1905 - Russian Revolution

Period Four

• 1914-1918 - World War I

• 1917 - Russian Revolution

• 1918 - Treaty of Versailles Marks WWI End

• 1929 - Great Depression Begins with Stock Market Crash

• 1939-1945 - World War II in Europe

• 1945 - Establishment of the United Nations

• 1949 - Formation of NATO

• 1957 - Launch of Sputnik

• 1961 - Construction of the Berlin Wall

• 1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall

• 1991 - Soviet Union Collapse

• 1992 - Creation of the Maastricht Treaty and the European Union

• 1999 - Introduction of the European currency, the Euro

• 2000 - Vladimir Putin's Election as President of Russia

1453 - end of hundred years’ war

1455 - invention of the printing press

1492 - Columbus voyages to the new world

1517 - protestant reformation

1555 - peace of augsberg

1598 - edict of nantes

1600 - creation of the Dutch East India Company

1643 - 1715 - the rise of louis XIV

1648 - peace of westphalia

1688 - glorious revolution / signning of the english bill of rights

1763 - end of seven years’ war

1776 - american revolution

1789 - 1799 - era of the french revolution

1799 - rise of napoleon bonaparte

1815 - congress of vienna

1848 - spread of liberation revolutions

1861 - unification of Italy / emancipation of serfs in russia

1871 - unification of germany

1884 - berlin conference and scramble for africa

1905 - russian revolution

1914 - 1918 - world war I

1918 - treaty of versailles

1929 - great depression

1939 - 1945 - world war II

1945 - creation of united nations

1949 - creation of NATO

1961 - construction of the berlin wall

1989 - fall of berlin wall

1991 - collapse of soviet union

1992 - creation of the european union

1999 - started to use euros

2000 - putin elected as president of russia

period 1: 1450 - 1648 (Unit 1: The renaissance and age of exploration) (Unit 2: The protestant reformation and wars of religion)

period 2: 1648 - 1815 (Unit 3: Absolutism and Constitutionalism) (Unit 4: Scientific revolution and enlightenment) (Unit 5: french revolution)

period 3: 1815 - 1914 (Unit 6: Industrial revolution) (Unit 7: Imperialism and the unification of Italy and Germany)

period 4: 1914 - present (Unit 8: World War I and II and Revolution) (Unit 9: Cold War and Modernism)

Impressionism: more abstract and uses light

Baroque: appeals to emotion and is extravagant, often used by the church

Neoclassicism: draw inspiration from classics, often had heroes depicted

Romanticism: uses emotion

Cubism: has sharp edges and plays tricks on your mind using perspective

Mannerism: is elegant and distorts the human figure