AP Euro Important Dates By Adam Maryniuk Jan 1, 1453 Ottoman takeover of Constantinople Period: Sep 27, 1453 to Sep 27, 2002 Dates Sep 27, 1455 Gutenberg's printing press Sep 27, 1492 3Spain3 (granada conquered,columbus,expulsion of jews) Sep 27, 1513 The Prince Sep 27, 1517 95 Theses Sep 27, 1543 Copernicus' On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies Sep 27, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Sep 27, 1588 Defeat of Spanish Armada Sep 27, 1598 Edict of Nantes passed by Henry IV Sep 27, 1603 Elizabeth I of England died Sep 27, 1618 Beginning of the 30 Years' War Sep 27, 1649 Charles I is executed ad Cromwell came to power in England Sep 27, 1685 Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes Sep 27, 1687 Newton publishes Principia Sep 27, 1688 Glorious Revolution in England Sep 27, 1713 Pragmatic Sanction in Austria, Treaty of Utrecht Sep 27, 1715 Louis XIV of France died Sep 27, 1763 Treaty of Paris (Seven Years' War ends) Sep 27, 1776 Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations Sep 27, 1789 French Revolution began Sep 27, 1795 Final partition of Poland Sep 27, 1804 Napoleon became emperor Sep 27, 1815 Congress of Vienna Sep 27, 1830 Greek Independence, French Revolution of 1830 Sep 27, 1848 Revolutions of 1848, Marx/Engels wrote The Communist Manifesto Sep 27, 1861 Unification of Italy, Tsar Alexander II of Russia freed the serfs Sep 27, 1871 Unification of Germany Sep 27, 1914 Beginning of WW1 Sep 27, 1917 Russian Revolution Sep 27, 1918 End of WWI Sep 27, 1924 Lenin dies, Stalin rises to power Sep 27, 1939 Beginning of WWII Sep 27, 1945 End of WWII Sep 27, 1957 Treaty of Rome creates EEC Sep 27, 1961 Berlin Wall was built Sep 27, 1979 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes PM of England Sep 27, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Sep 27, 1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union Sep 27, 1993 Maastricht Treaty takes effect and European Community becomse EU Sep 27, 2002 Euro introduced as currency of EU