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Important Dates Flashcards

1
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Black Death

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1348-1351

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2
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Council of Constance burns Hus and ends Great Schism

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1415-17

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3
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Fall of Constantinople; end of Hundred Years’ War

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1453

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4
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Invention of printing press

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1455

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5
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Columbus encounters America; completion of reconquista in Spain

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1492

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6
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Luther posts 95 Theses

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1517

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7
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Cortez conquers Aztecs

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1519

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8
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Act of Supremacy in England creates Anglican Church

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1534

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9
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Calvin establishes reformed faith in Geneva

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1536

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10
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Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

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1543

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11
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Council of Trent opens

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1543

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12
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Peace of Augsburg ends religious war in Germany; Charles V abdicates

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1555

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13
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Defeat of Spanish Armada

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1588

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14
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Edict of Nantes ends French religious wars

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1598

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15
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Dutch East India Company founded

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1600

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16
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Stuart monarchy begins in England

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1603

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17
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Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years’ War

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1648

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18
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Charles I executed in England

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1649

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19
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Newton publishes Principia Mathematica

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1687

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20
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Glorious Revolution; Peter the Great’s reign begins in Russia

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1688-1689

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21
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Bank of England founded

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1694

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22
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Peace of Utrecht; Death of Louis XIV

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1713-1715

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23
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War of Austrian Succession begins

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1740

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24
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Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War

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1763

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25
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American Revolution; Smith publishes Wealth of NAtions

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1776

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26
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French Revolution begins

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1789

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27
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Wollstonecraft begins feminist movement with Vindication of Rights of Women

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1792

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28
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Napoleon comes to power in France

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1799

29
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Abdication of Napoleon; Congress of Vienna

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1815

30
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Revolution in France; Belgian and Greek independence

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1830-1831

31
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Revolutions of 1848; Marx and Engels publish Communist Manifesto

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1848

32
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Crystal Palace Exhibition in Britain

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1851

33
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Britain establishes direct rule of India

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1857

34
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Darwin publishes Origin of the Species

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1859

35
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Italy unified; Russian serfs emancipated

A

1861

36
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Unification of Germany; Paris Commune and Third Republic in France

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1871

37
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Berlin Conference over imperialism in Africa

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1884-1885

38
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Freud publishes Interpretation of Dreams

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1900

39
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Einstein publishes relativity theory; Revolution of 1905 in Russia

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1905

40
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World War I begins

A

1914

41
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

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1917

42
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Treaty of Versailles ends World War I

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1919

43
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Fascists and Mussolini come to power in Italy

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1922

44
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Great Depression begins

A

1929

45
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Hitler comes to power in Germany

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1933

46
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Munich Conference - height of appeasement

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1938

47
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World War II begins

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1939

48
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World War II ends; United Nations founded

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1945

49
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NATO founded

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1949

50
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European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) formed

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1951

51
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Stalin dies

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1953

52
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Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization speech; Hungary revolt

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1956

53
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Treat of Rome creates European Economic Community (EEC); Sputnik launched

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1957

54
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Fifth Republic in France under DeGaulle

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1958

55
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Berlin Wall erected

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1961

56
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Cuban Missile Crisis

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1962

57
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Second Vatican Council begins

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1962

58
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Student revolts; Czech “Prague Spring” revolt

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1968

59
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Helsinki Accords - height of detente

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1975

60
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John Paul II elected pope

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1978

61
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Soviet Union invades Afghanistan; Thatcher elected prime minister in Britain

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1979

62
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Solidarity founded in Poland

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1980

63
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Gorbachev comes to power in Soviet Union

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1985

64
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Berlin Wall falls and collapse of communism

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1989

65
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Break up of Soviet Union; Balkan conflicts begin in former Yugoslavia

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1991

66
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Maastricht Treaty creates European Union (EU_

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1992

67
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Euro currency introduced

A

1999

68
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Terrorist attacks on United States

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2001

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