AP World History TIMELINE By juniper802 200 Spread of Buddhism takes hold. 330 Founding of Constatinople Period: 400 to Apr 7, 1945 AP World History TIMELINE 476 End of Roman Empire 570 Muhammad is born DIES in 632 Apr 8, 650 Quran completed Apr 8, 656 Shia Islam begins to surface Apr 8, 711 Muslim conquest of Spain occurs Apr 8, 726 Iconoclastic controversy UNTIL 843 Apr 8, 751 Battle of Talas River Apr 8, 1000 Gunpowder invented in China Apr 8, 1000 Bantu migration stops Apr 8, 1000 Swahili civilization grows UNTIL 1500 Apr 8, 1000 Viking colony made in Newfoundland Apr 8, 1095 Crusades begin ! Apr 8, 1099 Crusaders seize Jerusalem Apr 8, 1142 Iroquois confederation established Apr 8, 1250 Kingdom of Zimbabwe UNTIL 1350 Apr 8, 1258 Mongols conquer Baghdad Apr 8, 1266 Marco Polo chills out in China Apr 8, 1324 Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca UNTIL 1325 Apr 8, 1346 Black Death in Europe UNTIL 1350 Apr 8, 1400 Aztec Empire begins Apr 8, 1433 Chinese withdraws its Navy from the Indian Ocean Apr 8, 1453 Ottoman conquest of Constantinople Apr 8, 1453 Turks Capture Constatinople Apr 8, 1467 Civil war in Japan until 1568 Apr 8, 1492 Columbus's makes the his first visit to Americas Apr 8, 1498 Vasco da Gama makes it to India Apr 8, 1501 Safavid Empire in Persia begins in 1501 - 1722 Apr 8, 1517 Protestant Reformation begins Apr 8, 1520 Spanish conquor the Aztecs and Incans UNTIL 1530s Apr 8, 1526 Mughal Empire grows UNTIL 1707 Apr 8, 1529 Ottoman siege of Vienna Apr 8, 1530 Portuguese started plantations Brazil 1530s Apr 8, 1543 Heliocentric view of the universe was published by Copernicus Apr 8, 1550 Start of : Russian expansion into Siberia Apr 8, 1600 British and Dutch East India companies move into Asian trade networks Apr 8, 1603 Tokugawa shogunate established in Japan Apr 8, 1607 Jamestown, Virginia, in North America Apr 8, 1608 French colony in Quebec established Apr 8, 1618 Thirty Years' War UNTIL 1648 Apr 8, 1631 Taj Mahal constructed UNTIL 1648 Apr 8, 1642 Issac Newton is born Apr 8, 1652 Establishment of Dutch settlement in South Africa Apr 8, 1682 Peter the Great Westernizes of Russia UNTIL 1725 Apr 8, 1700 European Enlightenment : Throughout 1700s Apr 8, 1700 Pinnacle of plantation/slave system Apr 8, 1707 Mughal empire begins to disolve Apr 8, 1708 Napoleon's invasion of Egypt Apr 8, 1722 Safavid Empire comes to an end Apr 8, 1775 Start of : American Revolution Apr 8, 1780 Start of: British Industrial Revolution Apr 8, 1780 Antislavery moment begins Apr 8, 1783 End of : American Revolution Apr 8, 1787 US Constitution Convention Apr 8, 1789 Start of French Revolution Apr 8, 1791 Start of : Haitian Revolution Apr 8, 1793 Chinese reject British offer to trade Apr 8, 1799 Start of : Napolean in FRANCE Apr 8, 1799 End of French Revolution Apr 8, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Apr 8, 1803 End of : Haitian Revolution Apr 8, 1814 End of : Napoleon's rule of France and Europe Apr 8, 1830 French invasion of Algeria Apr 8, 1838 Start of : First Opium War Apr 8, 1842 End of : First Opium War Apr 8, 1845 Mexican-American War Apr 8, 1848 Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto is published Apr 8, 1848 Women's Rights Convention, Senca Falls, New York, USA Apr 8, 1848 End of : Mexican-American War Apr 8, 1849 Cali' gold rush Apr 8, 1850 Railroads begin to spread in Cuba, Chile, & Brazil Apr 8, 1850 Peak in African Slave trade Apr 8, 1850 Start of : Taiping Uprising in China Apr 8, 1853 Commodore Perry arrives in Japan! Apr 8, 1861 Start of :US Civil War Apr 8, 1861 Emancipation of serfs in Russia Emancipation Apr 8, 1864 End of : Taiping Uprising in China Apr 8, 1865 End of : American Civil war Apr 8, 1867 Canada, eh? Apr 8, 1890 Massacre at Wounded Knee Apr 8, 1899 Starts : Boer War in South Africa Apr 8, 1900 Colonial conquest of Africa complete The conquest started in 1875 thanks to improvements in medicine. This allowed explorers to go deeper into Africa and begin to inhabit it. Apr 8, 1902 End of : Boer War in South Africa Apr 8, 1904 Maji Maji rebellion in German East Africa 1904-1905 Apr 7, 1914 Start of: World War I Apr 8, 1917 Russian Revolution Apr 7, 1918 End of : World War I Apr 7, 1919 Treaty of Versailles, Ends World War I Apr 8, 1919 May Fourth Movement in China Apr 7, 1929 Great Depression - stock market crash Apr 8, 1929 Start of : Stalin in control of USSR Apr 7, 1933 Hitlers establishes power in Germany Apr 8, 1937 Japan invades China - start of WWII in Asia Apr 7, 1939 Start of : World War II Apr 7, 1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima + Nagasaki Apr 7, 1945 End of: World War II Apr 8, 1945 Founding of United Nations Apr 8, 1945 World Bank / International Monetary Fund established Apr 8, 1946 Cold War begins Apr 8, 1947 India and Pakistand become Independent Apr 8, 1949 Communist take control of Chinese government Apr 8, 1949 Berlin Blockade & the Berlin Air Drop Apr 8, 1950 Start of: Korean War Apr 8, 1953 End of : Korean War Apr 8, 1953 End of : Stalin's power in USSR Apr 8, 1959 Cuban Revolution Apr 7, 1960 1960s Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam protests in USA Apr 8, 1960 OPEC established Apr 8, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Apr 8, 1965 Vietnam War Apr 8, 1967 Six-Day War between Arabs and Israel Apr 7, 1968 Student Protests in France Apr 8, 1968 Prague Spring/ Soviet Revolution Apr 8, 1973 End of : Vietnam War Apr 8, 1973 OPEC oil embargo Apr 8, 1989 Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe Apr 7, 1991 Cold War ends Apr 8, 1991 1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union Apr 7, 1994 European Union Established Apr 8, 2000 World population reaches 6 BILLION Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Jan 1, 2002 Euro is introduced Jan 1, 2003 Iraq War Begins Apr 8, 2010 Panama Canal finished in 1914 (started in 1904) Mar 2, 2022 Song dynasty China UNTIL 1279 Mar 2, 2022 Vietnam establishes independence from China Mar 2, 2022 First book printed in China Mar 2, 2022 Buddhism was suppressed in China Mar 2, 2022 Charemagne crowned as "Roman emperor: Mar 2, 2022 Toltec Civilization begins to thrive UNTIL 1150 Mar 2, 2022 Collapse of Maya civilization Mar 2, 2022 Yellow Turban Rebellion Mar 2, 2022 Christianity as official state religion of the Roman Empire Mar 2, 2022 Sui Dynasty; reunification of China UNTIL 618 Mar 2, 2022 Vladimir, prince of Kiev is converted to Christianity
