1.
1453: Constantinople falls
2.
1492: Columbus discovers America
3.
1513: Machiavelli's Prince
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1517: Martin Luther's 95 Theses
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1534: Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy
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1588: England defeats Spanish Armada
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1628: Charles I signs the Petition of Rights
8.
1642: English Civil War begins
9.
1649: English Civil War ends / Charles I executed / Commonwealth begins
10.
1651: Hobbes's Leviathan
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1660: Commonwealth ends / Charles II becomes King
12.
1670: Charles II makes secret agreement with Louis XIV
13.
1688: Glorious Revolution
14.
1740: War of Austrian Succession begins
15.
1776: America gains Independence / the publishing date of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
16.
1789: Louis XVI calls an Estates General / National Constituent Assembly / Tennis Court Oath / Bastille Stormed / Great Fear / Great Victory / Declaration of Rights of Man / Women march on Versailles and capture King Louis XVI
17.
1791: Louis XVI tries to escape / Declaration of Pillnitz / French constitutional monarchy begins
18.
1793: Louis XVI executed
19.
1803: Louisiana Purchase
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1804: Napoleon voted and crowned emperor
21.
1808: Peninsular Wars begin
22.
1812: Napoleon invades Russia
23.
1815: 100 Days Campaign / Congress of Vienna / Napoleon exiled