| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 1405-1433 | Voyages of Zheng He |
| 1453 | Fall of Constantinople |
| 1455 | Gutenberg Bible |
| 1500 | High Renaissance |
| 1455 | Gutenberg’s printing press |
| 1492 | 1st of Columbus’ 4 voyages to the “New World” |
| 16-18th Century | Scientific Revolution |
| 1517 | Luther’s 95 Theses |
| 1519-1530s | Conquest of Aztecs & Incans |
| 1533-34 | Henry VIII’s break with Rome |
| 1545 | Council of Trent |
| 16th Century | “Golden Century” of Spain |
| 1688 | Glorious Revolution |
| 1750 | highpoint of the Enlightenment |
| 1789 | Revolution Begins |
| 1793-1794 | Reign of Terror |
| 1804 | Napoleon crowns himself emperor |
| 1815 | Final defeat of Napoleon, Congress of Vienna |
| 1860 | Unification of Germany and Italy |
| 1782 | Steam engine |
| 1821 | Mexican independence declaration |
| 1830 | First public railway Britain |
| 1842 | Treaty of Nanjing |
| 1848 | Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx) |
| 1857 | Sepoy Mutiny |
| 1859 | Origin of the Species |
| 1871 | German Unification (representative democracy) |
| 1879 | Edison invents light bulb |
| 1884-5 | Berlin Conference (Europe divided Africa up) |
| 1898 | End Spanish-American War |
| 1903 | Wright brothers fly |
| 1914 | Panama Canal opens |
| 1871 | Unification of Germany |
| June 1914 | Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand |
| March 1917 | March Revolution in Russia |
| April 1917 | Entry of US into war |
| November 1917 | Bolsheviks seize power |
| March 1918 | Russia signs peace with Germany |
| November 1918 | WWI armistice |
| June 1919 | Treaty of Versailles |
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