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| 97094404 | 1348 | Start of Black Plague | 0 | |
| 97094405 | 1381 | English Peasant Revolt | 1 | |
| 97094406 | 1453 | Ottomon Turks take over Constantinople, which turns into Istanbul. | 2 | |
| 97094407 | 1485 | Battle of Bosworth Field (End of War of Roses, Henry VII won) | 3 | |
| 97094408 | 1525 | German Peasant Revolt | 4 | |
| 97094409 | 1527 | Sack of Rome by Charles V (He's a Hapsburg),end of High Renaissance | 5 | |
| 97094410 | 1545 | Council of Trent | 6 | |
| 97094411 | 1555 | Peace of Augsburg | 7 | |
| 97094412 | 1588 | Spanish Armada | 8 | |
| 97094413 | 1618-1648 | 30 Years War | 9 | |
| 97094414 | 1618 | Defenestration of Prague | 10 | |
| 97094415 | 1620 | The Battle of White Mountain (Victory for Catholic Hapsburgs) | 11 | |
| 97094416 | 1648 | Peace of Westphalia | 12 | |
| 97094417 | 1721 | End of Black Plague | 13 | |
| 97094418 | Dante | The Divine Comedy | 14 | |
| 97094419 | Chaucer | The Canterbury Tales | 15 | |
| 97094420 | Pico Della Mirandola | On the Dignity of Man | 16 | |
| 97094421 | Valla | On Pleasure | 17 | |
| 97094422 | Boccaccio | The Decameron | 18 | |
| 97094423 | Castiglione | The Courtier | 19 | |
| 97094424 | Machiavelli | The Prince | 20 | |
| 97094425 | Da Vinci | The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper | 21 | |
| 97094426 | Michelangelo | David (Marble), Sistine Chapel | 22 | |
| 97094427 | Charles VII of France | Won the 100 Years War, had the first national army | 23 | |
| 97094428 | Louis XI of France | The 'Spider King' | 24 | |
| 97094429 | Henry Vii of England | Won the War of the Roses, established Tudor dynasty | 25 | |
| 97094430 | Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain | sent out Columbus, expelled Jews and Moors from Granada | 26 | |
| 97094431 | Erasmus | In Praise of Folly | 27 | |
| 97094432 | Thomas More | Utopia | 28 | |
| 97094433 | John Calvin | Established Calvinism, The Institutes of the Christian Religion | 29 | |
| 97094434 | Martin Luther | 95 Theses, started the Reformation | 30 | |
| 97094435 | Charles V | Hapsburg HRE of 16th Centry | 31 | |
| 97094436 | John Knox | Started Presbyterianism | 32 | |
| 97094437 | Henry VIII | Started English Reformation and Anglicanism | 33 | |
| 97102700 | Mary I | 'Bloody Mary', daughter of Henry VIII, killed 300 Protestants | 34 | |
| 97102701 | Gustavus Adolphus | Swedish Lutheran king, saved the Protestants in the 3rd stage of the 30 years war | 35 | |
| 97102702 | Henry IV | 'Henry of Navarre', won the wars of the 3 Henry's, Edict of Nantes, politique | 36 | |
| 97102703 | Elizabeth I | Politique, won the Spanish Armada, tolerant | 37 | |
| 97102704 | Philip II | started the Inquisition, launched the Spanish Armada, married to Mary I | 38 | |
| 97102705 | Michel de Montaigne | father of skepticism and the essay, French, 16th century | 39 | |
| 97102706 | Vasco de Gama | Found the water route to India | 40 | |
| 97102707 | Columbus | Discovered North America, Bahamas, was a devout Christian | 41 | |
| 97102708 | Pizarro | Conquerer of the Incas | 42 | |
| 97102709 | Cortez | Goes to South America, takes silver, fall of Aztecs | 43 | |
| 97102710 | Magellan | Circumnavigated the globe, died in the Philippines | 44 | |
| 97102711 | Sir Francis Drake | English pirate or 'sea dog', second to circumnavigate the globe, leader of the fleet at Spanish Armada | 45 | |
| 105782124 | Cardinal Richelieu | First minister of Louis XIII, created the intendant system | 46 | |
| 105782125 | Louis XIV of France | "Sun King", absolute monarch of France, built Palace of Versailles, revoked Edict of Nantes | 47 | |
| 105782126 | Colbert | Louis Xiv's financial advisor, espoused mercantilism | 48 | |
| 105782127 | James I | Divine right monarch, started the Stuart Dynasty | 49 | |
| 105782128 | Charles I | beheaded after English Civil War | 50 | |
| 105782129 | Oliver Cromwell | Puritan leader or Lord Protector, ruled in a dictatorship style during the Interregnum | 51 | |
| 105782130 | William (of Orange) and Mary | became king and queen during the Glorious Revolution | 52 | |
| 105782131 | Robert Walpole | England's first prime minister | 53 | |
| 105782132 | John Locke | Wrote the 'Second Treatise of Civil Government', government is a social contract, people have the right to rebel, "Essay concerning human understandings" | 54 | |
| 105782133 | Thomas Hobbes | wrote Leviathan, people cannot revolt, government is a social contract | 55 | |
| 105782134 | Frederick William I | 'Soldier king' of Prussia, build up army | 56 | |
| 105782135 | Peter the Great | Westernized Russia's military, won the Great Northern War, made St. Petersburg the capital of Russia | 57 | |
| 105782136 | Cervantes | Wrote Don Quixote | 58 | |
| 105782137 | Copernicus | Polish, wrote 'On the revolutions of the heavenly Spheres', came up with heliocentric view | 59 | |
| 105782138 | Kepler | created the 3 laws of motion, German | 60 | |
| 105782139 | Galileo | created laws of inertia, studied moons surface (craters), Italian, improved telescope | 61 | |
| 105782140 | Newton | synthesized all ideas, wrote 'Principia', created laws of gravity, English | 62 | |
| 105782141 | Francis Bacon | Father of empiricism, inductive reasoning, English | 63 | |
| 105782142 | Rene Descartes | French, deductive reasoning, cartesian dualism | 64 | |
| 105782143 | Charles VI of Austria | Hapsburg emperor who signed the Pragmatic Sanction | 65 | |
| 105782144 | 1713 | Peace of Utrecht (ends Spanish Wars of Succession + wars of Louis XIV) | 66 | |
| 105782145 | 1649 | Charles I executed after English Civil War | 67 | |
| 105782146 | 1688 | The Glorious Revolution, start of constitutionalism in England, William + Mary | 68 | |
| 105782147 | 1683 | Ottomans have Siege of Vienna, lose badly, Austrians take hold of Hungary | 69 | |
| 105782148 | 1709 | Peter the Great defeats Swedish at Battle of Poltava (part of Great Northern War) | 70 | |
| 105782149 | 14th Century | Black Death + 100 Years War | 71 | |
| 105782150 | 15th Century | Renaissance + New Monarchs + Printing Press | 72 | |
| 105782151 | 16th Century | Start of the Reformation, Golden age of Hapsburgs, financial center was Antwerp, Golden age of Spain, The Price Revolution (inflation) = caused by population increase and influx of silver, start of the Scientific Revolution (Copernicus started it) | 73 | |
| 105782152 | 17th Century | Age of Absolutism, 2nd half = Age of Louis XIV, Golden Age of Dutch, financial center = Amsterdam, constitutionalism started in England | 74 | |
| 106955329 | 18th Century | Enlightenment, Reading revolution, | 75 | |
| 106955330 | 1750 | Height of Enlightenment | 76 | |
| 106955331 | Fontenelle | French, "Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds", "Eulogies of Scientists" | 77 | |
| 106955332 | Pierre Bayle | "Historical and Critical Dictionary", French | 78 | |
| 106955333 | Montesquieu | "The Persian Letters", "The spirit of laws" | 79 | |
| 106955334 | Voltaire | Good monarch is best, people unable to govern themselves, watchmaker theory, "Candide", "Encyclopedia" | 80 | |
| 106955335 | Rousseau | "Emile", "Social Contract" | 81 | |
| 106955336 | Madame Geoffrin | Godmother of the Encyclopedia, famous hostess of salons | 82 | |
| 120315767 | 1792 | Partition of Poland | 83 | |
| 120315768 | 1789-1799 | French Revolution | 84 | |
| 120315769 | June 20, 1789 | Oath of Tennis Court | 85 | |
| 120315770 | July 14, 1789 | Bastille Day | 86 | |
| 120315771 | 1789 | The Great Fear, The Great Fear, end of serfdom, Sans Culottes women revolt | 87 | |
| 120315772 | 1794 | Reign of Terror | 88 | |
| 120315773 | Frederick the Great (of Prussia) | won Silesian Wars in Wars of Mid-18th Century, Enlightened monarch | 89 | |
| 120315774 | Catherine the Great (of Russia) | Enlightened monarch, partitioned Poland, westernized Russias culture | 90 | |
| 120315775 | Joseph II (of Austria) | Freed serfs, tolerated Jews | 91 | |
| 120315776 | Louis XV | Decline of absolutism because of the parlements in France, issue of sovereignty | 92 | |
| 120315777 | Romanov | Russia | 93 | |
| 120315778 | Hohenzollern | Prussia | 94 | |
| 120315779 | Hapsburgs | Austria | 95 | |
| 120315780 | Louis XVI | King during French Rev, was beheaded, wanted to be loved, gave power to the parlements | 96 | |
| 120315781 | Edmund Burke | wrote "Reflections on the Revolution in France", disagreed with French Rev, father of conservatism, supported nobility | 97 | |
| 120315782 | Mary Wolstonecraft | "Vindication of the Rights of Man", "Vindication of Rights of Woman", supported French Rev, equal rights for women, mother of modern feminist movement | 98 | |
| 120315783 | Robespierre | leader of the Jacobins (The Mountain) and architect of the Reign of Terror, controlled Committee on Public Safety | 99 | |
| 120315784 | Abbe Sieyes | "What is the 3rd Estate?" | 100 | |
| 120315785 | Francis I | Started nobility of the robe, had financial difficulties, created tax exempt nobles | 101 | |
| 120320111 | 1790 | France wrote a new Constitution, "Declaration of the Rights of man" | 102 | |
| 120320112 | 1791 | Start of Legislative Assembly, new members = Jacobins | 103 | |
| 120320113 | 1794 | Thermidorian Reaction, The Directory make France a military dictatorship | 104 | |
| 120320114 | 1792 | Frances first republic | 105 | |
| 137335692 | 1805 | Battle of Trafalgar; Battle of Austerlitz, End of HRE, German Confederation of the Rhine | 106 | |
| 137335693 | 1815 | Battle of Waterloo; Beginning of Industrial Revolution in continent | 107 | |
| 137335694 | Factory Act of 1833 | Women + children stay home; creates sexual division | 108 | |
| 137335695 | 1851 | Height of industrialization in Britain | 109 | |
| 137335696 | Lord Nelson | Admiral at Battle of Trafalgar | 110 | |
| 137335697 | Duke of Wellington | Won the Battle of Waterloo | 111 | |
| 137335698 | Adam Smith | Wrote the 'Wealth of Nations'; Laissez Fair; Invisible Hand of Competition | 112 | |
| 137335699 | Thomas Malthus | "Essay on the Principle of Population"; Population grows faster than food supply | 113 | |
| 137335700 | David Ricardo | "Iron Law of Wages"; Subsistence level | 114 | |
| 137335701 | James Hargreaves | Spinning Jenny | 115 | |
| 137335702 | Arkwright | Water Frame | 116 | |
| 137335703 | Stephenson | makes the 'Rocket' | 117 | |
| 137335704 | James Watt | Steam Engine | 118 | |
| 137335705 | Frederick List | Prussian nationalist, dangerous to fall behind, Zollverein | 119 | |
| 137335706 | Metternich | Leader of Congress of Vienna; tradionalist; anti nationalist | 120 | |
| 137335707 | Louis Blanc | "Organization of Work" | 121 | |
| 139331388 | Friedrich Engles | English; wrote Condition of the Working Class in England - charged the middle class with mass murder; blamed capitalism; helped write The Communist Manifesto | 122 | |
| 139331389 | Karl Marx | wrote The Communist Manifesto; atheist; "History is formed by class struggles"; wanted to eliminate the family; called for a violent uprising of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie. | 123 | |
| 139331390 | Victor Hugo | French writer wrote Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables, loved Shakespeare and went from conservatism to being a liberal. | 124 | |
| 139331391 | Eugene Delacroix | Painted paintings (gasp) supporting the revolutions and uprisings of the time. Romantic. | 125 |
