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full ap euro dates quiz (doc 1)

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1453
constantinople is sacked by muslim forces
1488
bartholomew diaz rounds the cape of good hope
1492
columbus encounters the america's ("god, glory, and gold")
1517
martin luther's posting of the 95 theses
1520
diet of worms declares martin luther as an outlaw
1524-1525
the peasant's revolt takes place in germany
1534
act of supremacy passed in england- henry VIII becomes head of the anglican church
1545
council of trent begins- the counter reformation
1555
peace of aubsburg ("cuius regio, eius religio- whose region, his religion")
1585-1589
war of the 3 henry's in france
1588
spanish armada destroyed by the english and "the protestant wind"
1603
elizabeth I dies- tudor dynasty ends and the stuart dynasty begins
1618-1648
the thirty years' war (treaty of Westphalia ends the war- 1648)
1642-1646
English civil war (roundheads vs the cavaliers)
1649
charles I is executed- Oliver Cromwell begins his rule
1660
stuart restoration in England through Charles II
1688-1689
glorious revolution in England- William and Mary of orange replace James II and sign the English Bill of rights
1643-1715
era of Louis XIV- the sun king (l'etat c'est moi)
1689-1725
reign of Peter the great in Russia
1756-1763
the seven years war
1789-1799
era of the French Revolution
(late) 1792-1795
radical phase of French Revolution
1799
Napoleon comes to power
1805-1815
napoleonic wars are waged
1814-1815
the congress of Vienna meets (main principles: legitimacy, conservatism, compensation, and balance of power)
1819
peterloo massacre in England
1830
belgian independence
1832
reform bill in England passed
1848
revolutions break out across Western Europe (France, Austria, Italy, and Germany)
1861
Serfs "emancipated" in Russia under Alexander II
1870-1871
Germany and Italy unification
1884-1885
Berlin Conference is held ("Scramble for Africa")
1894
Tsar Nicholas II comes to power in Russia- the last of the Romanovs
1905
Sunday Bloody Revolution in Russia - "The Dress Rehearsal"
1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated - WWI starts
1917
March and November (Bolshevik) Revolutions in Russia
1918
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed (Russia withdraws from war)
1918
WWI ends
1919
Treaty of Versailles is signed
1918-1921
Russian Civil War (Reds vs. Whites)
1922
Mussolini comes to power in Italy and establishes the 1st Fascist government
1922
Russia officially becomes known as the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) - The Soviet Union
1923
Adolf Hitler leads the Beer Hall Putsch in Germany
1924
Lenin dies
1928
Stalin is firmly entrenched as the leader of the Soviet Union - begins the first of several 5 year plans
1929
Stock Market Crash in the US - The Great Depression begins
1933
Hitler comes to power in Germany
1938
Munich Conference
1939
World War II starts with Germany's invasion of Poland
1945
World War II ends
1945
First session of the United Nations is held
1945-1989
Cold War (U.S. vs. S.U. - begins and begins to end in Poland)
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