APWH Must Know Dates Flashcards
1
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8000 BCE
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Beginnings of Agriculture
2
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3000 BCE
A
Beginnings of the Bronze Age and Early Civilizations
3
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1300 BCE
A
Iron Age
4
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6th Century BCE
A
Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi/ Beginnings of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism/Taoism
5
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5th Century BCE
A
Greek Golden Age- Philosophers, etc.
6
Q
323 BCE
A
Alexander the Great
7
Q
221 BCE
A
Qin Unified China
8
Q
184 BCE
A
Fall of the Mauryan Dynasty
9
Q
32 CE
A
Beginnings of Christianity
10
Q
180 CE
A
End of Pax Romana
11
Q
220 CE
A
End of Han Dynasty
12
Q
312 CE
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Emperor Constantine Converts to Christianity
13
Q
333 CE
A
Roman Capital Moves to Constantinople
14
Q
4th Century CE
A
Beginning of Japanese Invasion of (rest of) China of Trans- Saharan Trade Routes
15
Q
476 CE
A
Fall of Rome
16
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527 CE
A
Justinian Rule of Byzantine Empire
17
Q
550 CE
A
Fall of Gupta Dynasty/ Empire
18
Q
622 CE
A
Founding of Islam
19
Q
730 CE
A
Printing invented in china
20
Q
732 CE
A
Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France)
21
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900 CE
A
End of Classical Maya
22
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1054 CE
A
Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)
23
Q
1066 CE
A
Norman Conquest of England
24
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1071 CE
A
Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks over Byzantine)
25
1095 CE
1st Crusade
26
1206 CE
Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests
27
1258 CE
Mongols sack Baghdad, and of Abbasid Caliphate
28
1271-1295 CE
Marco Polo's Travels
29
1279-1368 CE
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China
30
1324 CE
Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage
31
1325-1349 CE
Travels of Ibn Battuta
32
1347-1348 CE
Bubonic Plague in Europe
33
1368-1644
Ming Dynasty
34
1405-1433 CE
Zheng He's Voyages
35
1438 CE
Rise of Inca Empire
36
1453 CE
Ottomans Capture Constantinople
37
1480s CE
Height of Aztec Empire
38
1488 CE
Dias Rounded Cape of Good Hope
39
1492 CE
Columbus/ Reconquista of Spain
40
1502 CE
1st Slaves to the Americas
41
1517 CE
Martin Luther's 95 Theses
42
1521 CE
Cortez Conquers Aztecs
43
1529 CE
1st Unsuccessful Ottoman Siege of Vienna
44
1533 CE
Pizarro Topple the Inca
45
1545 CE
Discovery of Silver at Potosi
46
1571 CE
Battle of Lepanto (Defeat of Ottoman Navy)
47
1588 CE
Defeat of Spanish Armada by the British
48
1600 CE
Battle of Sekigahara- Unification of Japan- Beginning of Tokugawa Rule
49
1607 CE
Founding of Jamestown
50
1618-1648 CE
30 Years War
51
1644 CE
End of Ming/ Beginning of Qing Dynasty
52
1683 CE
2nd Unsuccessful Ottoman Siege of Vienna
53
1689 CE
Glorious Revolution/ English Bill of Rights
54
1756-1763 CE
7 Years War/French and Indian War
55
1767 CE
Invention of the Spinning Jenny (Using Machines to Manufacture)
56
1776 CE
American Revolution/ Smith Writes Wealth of Nations
57
1789 CE
French Revolution Begins
58
1804 CE
Haitian Independence
59
1807 CE
British Abolition of Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade
60
1815 CE
Congress of Vienna
61
1820s CE
Independence in Latin America
62
1839 CE
1st Opium War in China
63
1848 CE
European Revolutions/ Marx and Engels write Communist Manifesto
64
1853 CE
Commodore Perry Opens Japan
65
1857 CE
Sepoy Mutiny
66
1861 CE
End of Russian Serfdom/ Italian Unification
67
1863 CE
Emancipation Proclamation in US
68
1871 CE
German Unification
69
1885 CE
Berlin Conference- Colonial Division of Africa
70
1893 CE
New Zealand Grants Women Suffrage
71
1896 CE
Battle of Adowa (Ethiopians Defeat Italians)
72
1898 CE
Spanish American War- US Acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rica
73
1899- 1902
Boer War- British Control of South Africa
74
1905 CE
Russo- Japanese War
75
1910-1920 CE
Mexican Revolution (Diaz overthrown)
76
1911 CE
Chinese Revolution (End of Qing)
77
1914-1918 CE
World War 1
78
1917 March CE
Russian Revolution (Czar Abdicates)
79
1917 Oct/Nov CE
Russian Revolution (Communist/Bolshevik)
80
1918 Nov CE
Armistice (End of World War 1 Fighting)
81
1919 CE
Treaty of Versailles
82
1928 CE
Kellogg- Brand Pact (Outlaws War)
83
1929 CE
Stock Market Crash
84
1931 CE
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
85
1935 CE
Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
86
1937 CE
Japanese Invasion of the Rest of China (Rape of Nanking)
87
1939 CE
German Blitzkrieg in Poland
88
1941 CE
Pearl Harbor, Entry of US into WW2
89
1945 Feb CE
Yalta Conference (Beg. of Cold War)
90
1945 Aug CE
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
91
1945 Sept CE
End of WW2 (Japan Surrenders)
92
1947 June CE
Truman Doctrine (Official Declaration of the Cold War)
93
1947 Aug CE
Independence and Partition of India
94
1948 CE
Birth of Israel
95
1948-49 CE
Berlin Blockade/ Airlift
96
1949 April CE
NATO Founded
97
1949 Oct CE
Chinese Communist Revolution
98
1950-53 CE
Korean War
99
1954 CE
Vietnam Expels France (Dien Bien Phu)
100
1955 CE
Bandung Conf (Non-Aligned Nations)
101
1956 Feb CE
Krushchev Begins De-Stalinization
102
1956 Fall CE
Nationalization of Suez Canal
103
1957 CE
Sputnik
104
1959 CE
Cuban Revolution (Fidel Castro)
105
1962 CE
Cuban Missile Crisis
106
1966-76 CE
Chinese Cultural Revolution
107
1967 CE
6-Day War
108
1973 CE
Yom Kippur War (OPEC Oil Embargo)
109
1979 CE
China Begins "Socialist Market Economy" Reforms (Deng Xiaoping)
110
1987 CE
1st Palestinian Intifada
111
1989 June CE
Tiananmen Square
112
1989 Nov CE
Fall of Berlin Wall
113
1990 CE
Namibia Gains Independence (Last African Colony)
114
1991 Jan CE
1st Persian Gulf War
115
1991 Dec CE
USSR Disbands
116
1994 Apr-July CE
Genocide in Rwanda
117
1994 Apr CE
1st All Race Elections in South Africa
118
2001 CE
9/11 Attacks
119
2003 CE
US Invades Iraq
120
2004 CE
Facebook Founded
121
2007 CE
Global "Great Recessions" Begin
122
2011 CE
WikiLeaks "Arab Spring" Democracy
