History timeline §4.4+§6.3 By yasmintheunissenn Jan 1, 1948 The Benelux started 1949 The Federal Republic of Germany's democratic constitution was founded 1949 10 democratic countries established the Council of Europe 1951 The ECSC was founded 1958 The EEC was founded 1973 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark joined the EEC 1981 Greece joined the EEC 1986 Spain and Portugal joined the EEC 1991 The European Union was founded 1995 Germany, France and the Benelux eliminated their border check points 1995 Austria, Sweden and Finland joined the EU Jan 1, 2002 12 European countries introduced the euro 2004 10 more member states joined the EU 2007 Bulgaria and Rumania joined the EU