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Also known as the Bubonic plague, the Black Death killed millions of Europeans in the 14th Century. The plague is said to have originated in Mongolia and through trading (and rats and fleas) eventuall reach Europe.
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The Council of Constance ended the Great Schism by disposing of or accepting the resgnation of the Popes and electing a new Pope.
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The Byzantine Empire fell and the Ottoman Empire took over Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul.
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A war that lasted a bit more than 100 years but consisted of the French and the English at War.
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Columbus discovers the Americas after trying to find a route to Asia
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The Spanish rid the peninsula of Muslims
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Protest against the selling of Indulgences
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Cortez, thanks to higher technology and disease are able to conquer the aztecs
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The English Separate themselves from the Pope (allowing the King to do as he pleased, which included divorcing his wife) and in the Anglican Church, the King is the Head of the Church.
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The Heliocentric theory was the theory that the sun was the center of the universe and the Earth revolved around it. At the time of its publication it was believe that the Earth was the center of the universe
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A council of the Catholic Church
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Religious Wars such as Protestant Vs. Catholic
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The English defeat the Spanish Armada
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The French Catholics Vs. the Huguenots
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Dutch found their Company befre the English but the Company of the English does better.
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Queen Elizabeth did not have any children making the Stuart family next in line for the throne.
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Orignially about Religion, the war shifted from being a religious war to a rivalry between countries.
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Charles the First Vs. Parliament on divine rights and other matters
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Talks about Newtons laws of motion
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It is called a Glorious Revolution due to no or very little blood shed in England.
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Served as a model for most modern central banks
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War of Spanish Succession
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Prussia invades Silesia and the war begins
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Also known as the French and Indian War. Can also be argued that it was the first World War as it took place in several parts of the world.
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Americans fight for independence
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The French revolt against their King and Queen
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Wollstonecraft fights for the equality of women in Europe. She wishes for women to be equal as men and be respected as so.
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Napoleon becomes Emporer, even though he was not born in France
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Napoleon was forced to abdicate after different European countries invaded France.
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Greece fought for independence from the Ottomans and achieved.
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Several Revolutions swept Europe in 1848 due to dissatisfaction and other problems among the lower and middle classes.
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World fair, exhibitiona of culture and industry.
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Due to trade, Britain decided to take control of India instead of having trading settlements
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Darwin said in his book that populations evolve due to natural selection
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AT first being an area of ifferent republics and city-states, the italian continued to purse their unification unitl they were finally able to achieve it. Although the constant conquering (France, Austria) of Italy did not help the italians in their unification, they were able to eventually unite.
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Originally under the Holy Roman Empire the German states became one, creating Germany.
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The Berlin Conference regulated colonization and trade in Africa.
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Freud views dreams as a way to "fulfill wishes", as he believes it attempts to resolve unconscious conflict of some sort.
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The relativity theory includes things like Spacetime, saying that space and time should be seen as one instead of two separate things etc.
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The war had two sides, the Allies and the Central powers. The Allies consisted of the United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire (later on the United States, Italy, and Japan). The Central Powers consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and later the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.
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The War ended with Germany and Austria-Hungary surrendering.
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This being the second revolution, the "old" Russia was replaced by a communist government.
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totalitarian form of government
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A period in which there was very little money.
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Hitler along with his party the Nazis come to power
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allowed Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia
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World War II begins with Germany attacking its neighbors and the United States enters when attacked by the Japanese.
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WWII ends with the division of Germany.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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This created a common market for the member nations to get coal and steel.
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Leader of the Soviet Union
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Speech talks about undoing and fixing what Stalin did
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Early EU
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The fifth republic emerged after the fourth had failed and collapsed
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The Berlin Wall separates West and East Germany
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Threat that Cube could launch missiles against the US.
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Addresses relations between the Catholic Church and the modern world
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an attempt to grant more rights to the citizens of Czechoslovakia
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Addressed a range of global issues and was signed by 35 countries
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second longest serving pope
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The Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into afghanistan and tried to subdue the Afghan civil war
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Labour Union wanted Solidarity
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New leader
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Germany becomes a whole once again.
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The Soviet Union is no more, the countries become separate.
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European Union includes several different countries in Europe which aid each other and share the same currency.
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Currency used by members of the European union
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The United States world trade centers were attacked on September 11th, 2001.
