AP Modern European History Timeline (Ruthman)
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| 206539314 | c. 1350 | Renaissance began in cities of northern Italy (1) | |
| 206539315 | 1492 | Columbus began European exploration of the "New World" (2) | |
| 206539316 | 1517 | Luther began the Protestant Reformation (3) | |
| 206539317 | c. 1520 | High Renaissance at its peak in Italy (4) | |
| 206539318 | c. 1550 | Power shifted from Mediterranean to Atlantic countries (5) | |
| 206539319 | 1588 | England defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada (6) | |
| 206539320 | c. 1600 | Galileo and other astronomers challenged geocentric worldview (7) | |
| 206539321 | 1640's | English Civil War: Cromwell's Puritans defeated the Stuarts (8) | |
| 206539322 | 1648 | Treaty of Westphalia ended the 30 Years' War (9) | |
| 206539323 | 1687 | Scientific Revolution: Newton and Locke found "natural laws" (10) | |
| 206539324 | 1688-89 | Glorious Revolution created England's constitutional monarchy (11) | |
| 206539325 | 1650-1750 | Enlightenment "philosophes" spread modern ideas (12) | |
| 206539326 | c. 1690 | Absolute monarchy symbolized by Louis XIV at Versailles (13) | |
| 206539327 | 1713 | Power shifted to England after treaty of Utrecht (14) | |
| 206539328 | 1740 | Frederick the Great attacked Austria (15) | |
| 206539329 | 1789 | French Revolution began with the attack on the Bastille (16) | |
| 206539330 | 1792 | Robespierre led the Reign of Terror in France (17) | |
| 206539331 | 1815 | Congress of Vienna followed the defeat of Napoleon (18) | |
| 206539332 | 1750-1850 | Industrial Revolution began in England (19) | |
| 206539333 | 1848 | Karl Marx argued for socialism as revolutions swept Europe (20) | |
| 206539334 | 1861 | Czar Alexander II freed the Russian serfs (21) | |
| 206539335 | 1860's | Nationalism: Italy and Germany unified into modern nations (22) | |
| 206539336 | 1870-1914 | British Empire dominated the age of imperialism (23) | |
| 206539337 | 1905 | Czar Nicholas II forced to set up the Duma (24) | |
| 206539338 | 1914-1918 | World War I: the old monarchies swept away (25) | |
| 206539339 | 1917 | Russian Revolution won by Lenin's Bolsheviks (26) | |
| 206539340 | 1919 | Treaty of Versailles ended WWI and helped cause WWII (27) | |
| 206539341 | 1930's | Great Depression weakened democracies and promoted dictators (28) | |
| 206539342 | 1939-1945 | World War II destroyed Europe and let Russia expand (29) | |
| 206539343 | 1946-1990 | Cold War: U.S. and Russia struggled to dominate world power (30) | |
| 206539344 | 1968 | Prague Spring: Czech effort to throw off communism crushed (31) | |
| 206539345 | 1989 | Solidarity Movement in Poland overthrew communism (32) | |
| 206539346 | 1992 | Maastricht Treaty created European Union (33) |
