AP European History (1450-2005) - Brady, Wilson, Henry, Paul By bradybuher Period: Nov 13, 1337 to Jan 17, 1443 Hundred Years' War Period: Apr 14, 1346 to Apr 14, 1400 Black Death Apr 14, 1350 Petrarch founds humanism Apr 29, 1419 Prince Henry forms navigation school Period: Jan 16, 1430 to Jul 13, 1700 Age of Exploration Period: Jan 1, 1440 to Dec 31, 1600 Renaissance Apr 14, 1450 Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press Period: Apr 29, 1450 to Apr 29, 1485 War of the Roses (England) Jun 21, 1488 Bartholomieu Dias finds Cape of Good Hope Aug 14, 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches "West Indies" Apr 29, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Apr 29, 1497 Giovanni Cabot sails to North America Jul 15, 1497 Vasco da Gama reaches India Jul 16, 1499 Amerigo Vespucci discovers Columbus' New World Apr 14, 1500 Pedro Cabral finds South America Jul 24, 1504 Michelangelo sculpts David Apr 14, 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince Period: Jan 1, 1517 to Dec 31, 1648 Reformation Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther nails 95 Theses on Church door in Wittenberg, Germany Mar 13, 1522 Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globe Jun 17, 1522 Giovanni Verrazano claims New World for France Aug 7, 1532 Jacques Cartier sails down St. Lawrence River Period: Apr 29, 1533 to Apr 29, 1584 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia Apr 29, 1534 Anglican Church created (Act of Supremacy) Jan 1, 1543 Nicholas Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies Period: Mar 16, 1543 to Dec 16, 1789 Scientific Revolution Sep 25, 1555 Peace of Augsburg (in Germany, legalizes Protestants and Catholics) Apr 29, 1559 Elizabethan Settlement Jun 16, 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Period: Jul 31, 1589 to Feb 14, 1610 Reign of Henry IV in France Apr 29, 1598 Edict of Nantes Jun 22, 1610 Galileo writes The Starry Messenger Period: May 17, 1618 to Jul 19, 1648 30 Years' War Apr 29, 1628 William Harvey - On the Motion of the Heart and Blood Period: Dec 24, 1642 to Dec 25, 1651 English Civil War Period: Apr 14, 1643 to Apr 14, 1715 Louis XIV's Reign in France Period: Apr 29, 1643 to Apr 29, 1715 Louis XIV rules France Oct 24, 1648 Peace of Westphalia (ends 30 Years' War) Period: Jan 1, 1650 to Dec 31, 1850 Agricultural Revolution Apr 29, 1660 Restoration (Charles II restores Stuart rule in Great Britain) Apr 29, 1688 Glorious Revolution Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1800 Enlightenment Period: Jan 1, 1703 to Dec 31, 1713 War of Spanish Succession Apr 25, 1712 Steam Engine is invented Mar 13, 1713 Treaty of Utrecht (ends war of Spanish Succession) War of Spanish Succession Period: Apr 29, 1740 to Apr 29, 1748 War of Austrian Succession Apr 30, 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (ended War of Austrian Succession) Apr 29, 1749 Montesquieu - Spirit of the Law Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Dec 31, 1900 Industrial Revolution Period: Sep 20, 1754 to Jun 5, 1764 French/Indian War Period: Sep 17, 1775 to Mar 17, 1783 American Revolution Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Apr 29, 1783 Treaty of Paris, 1783 (Ends American Revolution) Period: Sep 29, 1789 to Mar 31, 1799 French Revolution Period: Apr 14, 1793 to Apr 14, 1794 Reign of Terror Period: Oct 17, 1799 to Mar 5, 1815 Reign of Napoleon May 2, 1801 Concordat of 1801 Dec 24, 1803 Plebiscite of 1803 Period: Apr 29, 1814 to Apr 29, 1815 Congress of Vienna Apr 29, 1815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo Dec 30, 1825 Decembrist Revolt (Russia) Jul 29, 1830 July Revolution in France Period: Apr 30, 1837 to Apr 30, 1901 Victorian Age in Great Britain Feb 6, 1848 Revolutions of 1848 Apr 30, 1858 Louis Pasteur develops germ theory Mar 17, 1861 Unification of Italy Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865 Civil War in USA Apr 30, 1861 Emancipation of serfs in Russia Jan 25, 1870 Louis Pasteur develops vaccines Period: May 5, 1870 to May 5, 1914 New Imperialism Jan 18, 1871 Unification of Germany Mar 25, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone Apr 29, 1878 Congress of Berlin Apr 29, 1879 Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) is formed Apr 29, 1900 Volkism is rebirthed Apr 29, 1907 Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, Russia) is formed Oct 25, 1908 Henry Ford invents Model T Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War I Jun 28, 1919 Versailles Treaty (ends WWI) Apr 30, 1929 Stock Market Crash in USA Apr 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes ruler in Nazi Germany Sep 29, 1938 Munich Conference Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II Jun 6, 1944 Normandy Invasion (D-Day) May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders in WWII Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Period: Dec 19, 1946 to Aug 1, 1954 First Vietnam War Period: Apr 29, 1947 to Apr 29, 1991 Cold War Period: Apr 30, 1950 to Apr 30, 1963 Korean War Period: Jul 27, 1954 to Sep 11, 1975 Second Vietnam War Apr 30, 1967 6-Day War Apr 30, 1973 Watergate Scandal Apr 30, 1990 Germany reunified Feb 7, 1992 Maastricht Treaty Sep 11, 2001 9/11
