Euro dates

Renaissance

Exploration

Protestant and Catholic Reformation

Religious Wars

Early Modern Society

Price Revolution

Age of Crisis, Dutch Commercial Dominance

Witchcraft Scare

Scientific Revolution

Baroque Art

Conflict between Parliament and King in England

Age of Louis XIV

Absolutism

Commercial Wars, Rise of Prussia

Rise of Russia

Commercial Revolution

Rococo Art

Enlightenment, Rise of Middle Class, Agricultural Revolution

Age of Revolutions

Feminism

Romanticism

Rise of Nationalism

Rise of Liberalism

Industrial Revolution

Realism and Materialism

Unification and Nation Building

Second Industrial Revolution

Imperialism

Modern Ideas and Science

Modern Art

Rise of Modern Society

Totalitarianism

World Wars

Cold War

European Unity

War on Terror

Black Death

Council of Constance burns Hus and ends Great Schism

Fall of Constantinople, end of Hundred Years' War

Invention of printing press

Columbus encounters America, completion of reconquista in Spain

Luther posts 95 Theses

Cortez conquers Aztecs

Act of Supremacy in England creates Anglican Church

Calvin establishes reformed faith in Geneva

Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

Council of Trent opens

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

Defeat of Spanish Armada

Edict of Nantes ends French religious wars

Dutch East India Company founded

Stuart monarchy begins in England

Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years' War

Charles I executed in England

Newton publishes Principia Mathematica

Glorious Revolution; Peter the Great's reign begins in Russia

Bank of England founded

Peace of Utrecht, death of Louis XIV

War of Austrian Succession begins

Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War

American Revolution, Smith publishes Wealth of Nations

French Revolution begins

Wollstonecraft begins feminist movement with Vindication of Rights of Woman

Napoleon comes to power in France

Abdication of Napoleon,Congress of Vienna

Revolution in France; Belgian and Greek independence

Revolutions of 1848, Marx and Engels publish Communist Manifesto

Crystal Palace Exhibition in Britain

Britain establishes direct rule of India

Darwin publishes Origin of Species

Unification of Italy, Russian serfs emancipated

Unification of Germany

Paris Commune and Third Republic in France

Berlin Conference over imperialism in Africa

Freud publishes interpretation of dreams

Einstein publishes relativity theory, Revolution of 1905 in Russia

World War I begins

Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

Treaty of Versailles ends World War I

Fascists and Mussolini come to power in Italy

Great Depression begins

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Munich Conference-height of appeasement

World War II begins

World War II ends; United Nations founded

NATO formed

European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) formed

Stalin dies

Khruschchev's de-Stalinization speech; Hungary revolt

Treaty of Rome creates European Economic Community (EEC), Sputnik launched

Fifth Republic in France under DeGaulle

Berlin Wall erected

Cuban Missile Crisis, Second Vatican council begins

Student revolts, Czech Prague Spring

Helsinki Accords - height of détente

John Paul II elected pope

Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, Thatcher elected prime minister in Britain

Solidarity founded in Poland

Gorbachev comes to power in Soviet Union

Berlin Wall falls, collapse of communism