AP World History Red Letter Dates

Question 1

324 BC

Answer 1

Chandragupta founds Mauryan dynasty

Question 2

323 BC

Answer 2

Alexander the Great dies

Question 3

221 BC

Answer 3

Shi Huangdi establishes Qin Empire

Question 4

44 BC

Answer 4

Murder of Julius Caesar

Question 5

220 AD

Answer 5

Fall of the Han Dynasty

Question 6

313 AD

Answer 6

Edict of Milan (Constantine legalizes Christianity in Roman Empire)

Question 7

476 AD

Answer 7

Fall of the Roman Empire in the West

Question 8

622 AD

Answer 8

The Hijra (flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina)

Question 9

800 AD

Answer 9

Charlemagne crowned first Holy Roman Emperor

Question 10

1066 AD

Answer 10

Norman Conquest of England

Question 11

1095 AD

Answer 11

Council of Clermont begins Crusades

Question 12

1206 AD

Answer 12

Delhi Sultanate founded in India; Genghis Khan’s reign begins

Question 13

1215 AD

Answer 13

Magna Carta in England

Question 14

1347 AD

Answer 14

Black Death in Europe

Question 15

1324 AD

Answer 15

Mansa Musa’s Hajj

Question 16

1368 AD

Answer 16

Ming Dynasty founded

Question 17

1453 AD

Answer 17

Ottomans take Constantinople

Question 18

1454 AD

Answer 18

Gutenberg Bible printed

Question 19

1492 AD

Answer 19

Christian Reconquista of Spain; Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas

Question 20

1517 AD

Answer 20

Martin Luther posts 95 Theses; igniting the Protestant Reformation

Question 21

1520 AD

Answer 21

Suleiman the Magnificent ascends Ottoman throne

Question 22

1526 AD

Answer 22

Babur founds Mughal Empire (India)

Question 23

1592 AD

Answer 23

Japanese invasion of Korea

Question 24

1644 AD

Answer 24

Qing dynasty defeat Ming, capture Beijing

Question 25

1642-49 AD

Answer 25

English Civil War

Question 26

1688 AD

Answer 26

Glorious Reformation (England)

Question 27

1712 AD

Answer 27

Peter I moves Russian capital to St. Petersburg

Question 28

1776 AD

Answer 28

Declaration of Independence

Question 29

1787 AD

Answer 29

US Constitutional Convention

Question 30

1789 AD

Answer 30

Storming of Bastille (French Revolution)

Question 31

1804 AD

Answer 31

Haiti achieves independence

Question 32

1807 AD

Answer 32

Abolition of Slave Trade in British Empire

Question 33

1815 AD

Answer 33

Battle of Waterloo (Allies defeat Napoleon); Congress of Vienna

Question 34

c. 1820

Answer 34

Latin American states achieve independence; Year of Revolutions in Europe; Marx & Engels publish The Communist Manifesto; Women's Rights Convention of Seneca Falls

Question 35

1850-64 AD

Answer 35

Taiping Rebellion

Question 36

1857 AD

Answer 36

"Sepoy Rebellion" (India)

Question 37

1861 AD

Answer 37

Alexander II frees the serfs (Russia); American Civil War begins

Question 38

1871 AD

Answer 38

Unification of Germany

Question 39

1884-85 AD

Answer 39

Berlin Conference sets off the "Scramble for Africa"

Question 40

1914-1919 AD

Answer 40

World War I

Question 41

1917 AD

Answer 41

Russian Revolution begins

Question 42

1939-1945 AD

Answer 42

World War II

Question 43

1947 AD

Answer 43

Indian and Pakistani Independence

Question 44

1960s AD

Answer 44

Many successful African independence movements

Question 45

1961-1989 AD

Answer 45

Berlin Wall separates East and West Berlin

Question 46

2003 AD

Answer 46

U.S. invasion of Iraq

Question 47

2008 AD

Answer 47

Housing Market Crash

Question 48

2011 AD

Answer 48

Arab Spring