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| 4876126195 | Paleolithic Era | 0 | ||
| 4876126196 | 4-1 million years ago | Australopithecus 'southern ape' | 1 | |
| 4876126197 | 2 million-200,000 years ago | Homo erectus 'upright-walking human' - migrates out of East/South Africa to North Africa & Eurasia landmass | 2 | |
| 4876126198 | 200,000 years ago | - Homo sapiens 'consciously thinking human' - Homo sapiens produces stone blades with cutting edges | 3 | |
| 4876126200 | 140,000 years ago | - Homo sapiens supplements diet with shellfish - develops networks with neighbors to trade obsidian over 300 km | 4 | |
| 4876126201 | 110,000 years ago | Homo sapiens devises ways to catch deep water fish | 5 | |
| 4876126202 | 100,000 years ago | - Homo sapiens spreads through East Hemisphere to Africa, Europe, and Asia - Homo sapiens creates sewing needles, harpoons, and spear-throwers | 6 | |
| 4876126203 | 60,000-15,000 years ago | Ice ages cooled Earth, exposing land bridge linking Asia with new regions - establish communities in Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia | 7 | |
| 4876126204 | 55,000-45,000 years ago | Homo neandertalensis | 8 | |
| 4876126205 | 50,000-40,000 years ago | Homo sapiens makes ornamental beads & jewelry and paints images of animals and people | 9 | |
| 4876126206 | 34,000-12,000 years ago | humans paint oldest known cave art in places like Lascaux (South France) and Altamira (North Spain) | 10 | |
| 4876126207 | 25,000 years ago | Homo sapiens crosses Siberia to Alaska on a land bridge | 11 | |
| 4876126208 | 15,000 years ago | Homo sapiens now lives on almost all hospital places on Earth | 12 | |
| 4876126209 | 10,000 years ago | - Homo sapiens invents the bow and arrow - end of last Ice Age causes grasses and cattle to flourish in northern Africa - migrants from Red Sea travel to Egypt/Nubia and introduce wild grain collection and Coptic language | 13 | |
| 4876126210 | Neolithic Era | 'New Stone Age' - the transition into agriculture | 14 | |
| 4876126211 | 20,000-16,00 years ago | early stages of agriculture | 15 | |
| 4876126212 | 9000 BCE | - South West Asians cultivate grains and domesticated animals - South Eastern Sahara Africans cultivate sorghum - East Sudan domesticates cattle and becomes nomadic herders | 16 | |
| 4876126213 | 8000-6000 BCE | sub-Saharan West Africans cultivate | 17 | |
| 4876126214 | 7500 BCE | East Sudan people become permanent settles, cultivators | 18 | |
| 4876126215 | 7000 BCE | Paleolithic humans hunt mammoths, mastodons, and horses to extinction in the Americas | 19 | |
| 4876126216 | 6500 BCE | Yangzte River Valley Asians cultivate rice | 20 | |
| 4876126217 | 6000 BCE | - small scale irrigation is invented in Mesopotamia - agriculture spreads to the Mediterranean and Balkan region of East Europe - East Asians cultivate chickens, pigs, etc. | 21 | |
| 4876126218 | 5500 BCE | Yellow River Valley North Asians cultivate | 22 | |
| 4876126219 | 5000 BCE | - wheat spreads from South West Asia to Iran and North India - Sumerians construct elaborate irrigation networks - climate change causes North Africa to become arid and uninhabitable - Sudan people form small monarchies - Sudanic and Niger-Congo people hold monotheistic beliefs - Harappans cultivate cotton | 23 | |
| 4876126220 | 4500 BCE | Indo-European speakers begin to build society, domesticate animals | 24 | |
| 4876126221 | 4000 BCE | - earliest cities near the Tigris & Euphrates rivers originate - agriculture spreads to Western Europe - Mesoamerica cultivates maize (corn) - Sumerians build the first cities - discovery of alloyed copper and tin and invention of bronze - agricultural villages dot Nile shores that trade and cooperate | 25 | |
| 4876126222 | 3500 BCE | - Sumerians build watercraft (ships) to travel to the Persian Gulf and trade - Egyptians begin trade with Mesopotamia - southern Kushite herders move into east Africa | 26 | |
| 4876126223 | 3400-3200 BCE | Nubian Kingdom Ta-Seti expands and flourishes | 27 | |
| 4876126224 | 3300 BCE | 1st kingdoms appear around Nile River to organize public life | 28 | |
| 4876126225 | 3200 BCE | Writing (hieroglyphs) appears in Egypt | 29 | |
| 4876126226 | 3200-2350 BCE | - a dozen Sumerian cities dominate public affairs in Mesopotamia - a massive ziggurat is built to honor the goddess Inanna | 30 | |
| 4876126227 | 3100 BCE | Egyptian kings forge their regions into a large and powerful unified state | 31 | |
| 4876126228 | 3100-2660 BCE | Archaic Period in Africa | 32 | |
| 4876126229 | 3000 BCE | - wheat spreads from South West Asia to China - rice spreads from China to South East Asia and Ganges River Valley - East Asians cultivate coconuts, bananas, citrus fruits, dates - Central Andean South America cultivates potatoes - population of Sumer reaches 100,000 people - all Sumerian cities have kings who claim absolute authority - literary is essential to life - Sumerian metallurgy/wheel spread north to Indo-European speakers - Egyptians sail to Mediterranean - Bantu spreads south to African forest - neolithic cities evolving in Harappa | 33 | |
| 4876126230 | 2800 BCE | conflicts between city-states begins to lead to wars | 34 | |
| 4876126231 | 2660-2160 BCE | Old Kingdom Revival | 35 | |
| 4876126232 | 2600 BCE | Egyptians expedite 40 so ships carrying cedar logs | 36 | |
| 4876126233 | 2500 BCE | - city-states begin to develop in Northern Mesopotamia to keep up with growing population - Egyptians build pyramids - Nubians from city of Kush | 37 | |
| 4876126234 | 2400 BCE | Egyptian rule over lower Nubia ends | 38 | |
| 4876126235 | 2370-2315 BCE | Sargon of Akkad rules - creates an empire that takes over cities one-by-one until he controls all of Mesopotamia | 39 | |
| 4876126236 | 2350 BCE | Mesopotamia falls under the control of powerful regional empires such as Akkad & Babylon | 40 | |
| 4876126237 | 2300 BCE | - Sumerians trade regularly with the Hanappan society - Indo-European speakers move into central Europe - Egyptian Harkhut travels to Nubia and stimulates trade desire | 41 | |
| 4876126238 | 2200 BCE | Indo-European speakers migrate east to Greece | 42 | |
| 4876126239 | 2160-2040 BCE | political unrest in Egypt after its regions grow too powerful | 43 | |
| 4876126240 | 2150 BCE | - Sargon of Akkad's empire weakens and falls - City of Lagash employees workers to build a temple | 44 | |
| 4876126241 | 2040-1640 BCE | establishment of Middle Kingdom | 45 | |
| 4876126242 | 2000 BCE | - the Epic of Gilgamesh is completed and compiled - African sorghum spreads to India - Syria, Phoenicia, and others begin to develop alternatives to cuneiform - Hittites build light horse-drawn chariots - Indo-European speakers migrate to east/central Asia - Egyptians sail to Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, western portion of Arabic Sea - Bantu begin to migrate, expand toward south toward Congo River Basin - cotton textile industry in Harappa | 46 | |
| 4876126243 | 1900-1800 BCE | - Assyrians return to rule the state in the Tigris Valley - Hittites migrate to central Anatolia and imposed rule on its inhabitants - Harappan society declines | 47 | |
| 4876126244 | 1810-1765 BCE | Assyrian merchants travel 1600 km from Assyria to Northern Mesopotamia to Kanesh | 48 | |
| 4876126245 | 1792-1750 BCE | Hammurabi of Babylon rules - uses Law of Hammurabi, centralized bureaucracy, and taxes to rule his empire | 49 | |
| 4876204861 | 1766 | rise of Shang Dynasty | 50 | |
| 4876126246 | 1750 BCE | - Sumerians ship go to India to trade - all of Mesoamerica is trading around the globe | 51 | |
| 4876161250 | 1700 BCE | cities Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro abandoned | 52 | |
| 4876126247 | 1674 BCE | Hykos, horse-riding nomads capture Memphis | 53 | |
| 4876126248 | 1600-1595 BCE | Babylon falls and the Hittites from Anatolia take over Babylonia | 54 | |
| 4876126249 | 1550-1070 BCE | Egyptian leaders push Hykos out of Egypt and New Kingdom forms | 55 | |
| 4876126250 | 1500 BCE | - women started to wear veils over heads to discourage attention after men tighten restrictions - Phoenicians create alphabet that was easier to learn than cuneiform - Medes/Persians migrate to Iranian plateau and build soon-to-be powerful states - almost all Harappan cities collapsed - horse-drawn chariots begin to appear in Shang dynasty | 56 | |
| 4876126251 | 1479-1425 BCE | reign of Tuthmosis III | 57 | |
| 4876126252 | 1450 BCE | - Hittites take east Anatolia, northern Mesopotamia, Syria, and Phoenicia - Egyptians make trading expedite to Punt, depicted in Queen Hapshetsut's tomb | 58 | |
| 4876126253 | 1353-1335 BCE | reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of Egypt | 59 | |
| 4876126254 | 1300 BCE | - Assyrians extend from Northern Mesopotamia to South Western Asia - Hittite craftsmen in Anatolia develop/refine iron metallurgy that is cheaper than bronze | 60 | |
| 4876126255 | 1200 BCE | - maize spreads from Mesoamerica to the South Western North America - Phoenicians begin to build ships and dominate Mediterranean trade - Hittite society begins to dissolve | 61 | |
| 4876205605 | 1122 BCE | the fall of the Shang dynasty | 62 | |
| 4876126256 | 1000 BCE | - manufacturing of iron tools/weapons happens - last migrations of Indo-European speakers happen - Bantu-speaking people occupy most of Africa, begin to produce iron tools and weapons | 63 | |
| 4876126257 | 1000-970 BCE | reign of Israelite King David | 64 | |
| 4876126258 | 970-930 BCE | reign of Israelite King Solomon | 65 | |
| 4876126259 | 900 BCE | Invention of iron metallurgy in Great Lakes region of East sub-Saharan Africa | 66 | |
| 4876126260 | 760 BCE | King Kasha of Kush conquers Egypt | 67 | |
| 4876126261 | 722 BCE | Assyrians conquer kingdom of Israel | 68 | |
| 4876126262 | 668-627 BCE | Assyrians control Mesoamerica, Syria, Palestine, Anatolia, most of Egypt | 69 | |
| 4876126263 | 650-600 BCE | - Babylon dominates during New Babylonian/Chaldean empires - towns appear in Indian countryside | 70 | |
| 5053181592 | 600 BCE PERIOD 2 | ORGANIZATION & REORGANIZATION OF SOCIETIES | 71 | |
| 4876126264 | 612 BCE | Assyria falls | 72 | |
| 4876126265 | 586 BCE | New Babylonian conquest of Kingdom of Judah | 73 | |
| 4935485978 | 563 BCE | Birth of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha | 74 | |
| 4935484469 | 520 BCE | Invasion of India by Darius of Persia | 75 | |
| 4876126266 | 500 BCE | - Moroë becomes site of large scale iron production - Teotihuacan (Mesoamerican civilization) is a small agricultural village | 76 | |
| 4935487780 | 327 BCE | Invasion of India by Alexander of Macedon | 77 | |
| 4999915938 | 321 BCE | Chandragupta Maurya overthrows ruling dynasty of India | 78 | |
| 4999770941 | 300 BCE | Permanent villages (like Kaminaljuyú) begin to appear in modern-day Guatemala | 79 | |
| 4999924865 | 297 BCE | Son of Chandragupta succeeds Chandragupta | 80 | |
| 4999928903 | 260 BCE | Bloody campaign of Ashoka to take control of Kalinga kills 100,000 men | 81 | |
| 4999863367 | 221 BCE | King of Qin (Qin Shihuangdi) proclaims himself the First Emperor | 82 | |
| 4999885655 | 210 BCE | Qin Shihuangdi dies | 83 | |
| 4999867210 | 207 BCE | Qin Dynasty dissolves due to civil insurrections | 84 | |
| 4999941992 | 185 BCE | Mauryan Empire disappears due to financial instability | 85 | |
| 5047528497 | 182 BCE | Indi-Greek forces from Bactria begin invading northern India | 86 | |
| 4999765323 | 100 BCE | - Olmecs disappear from the Mesoamerica region - Temples of the Sun and Moon in Teotihuacan are built by now | 87 | |
| 5036603586 | Common Era | 88 | ||
| 4876126267 | 100 CE | - beginning of the Kushan Reign of northern India - maize spreads to Eastern North America | 89 | |
| 5063217106 | 184 CE | Yellow Turban Rebellion occurs in late Han Dynasty | 90 | |
| 5063225044 | 190 CE | Han generals control the Han Emperor | 91 | |
| 5063227701 | 220 CE | Han generals formally abolish the Han Dynasty and divide it into three kingdoms | 92 | |
| 5450387159 | 224 CE | Start of the Sasanid Dynasty | 93 | |
| 5063254328 | 234-284 CE | 26 "emperors" hold claim to the imperial throne of Rome | 94 | |
| 5063261560 | 284-305 CE | Reign of emperor Diocletian of the Roman Empire | 95 | |
| 4999777870 | 300-330 CE | - Kaminaljuyú falls because of political/economic dominance of Teotihuacan - Mayans begin to build more than 80 large ceremonial temples/centers - Constantine (Emperor of Rome) receives a vision of God and eventually converts to Christianity - Establishment of the Gupta Dynasty by Chandra Gupta - Constantine, son of Diocletian, overcomes last rivals to claim the imperial throne of Rome - Constantine orders the Council of Nicaea to discuss issues of Jesus - Constantinople becomes capital of the united Roman Empire | 96 | |
| 5063686497 | 380 CE | Theodosius proclaims Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire | 97 | |
| 5240255482 | 425-500 CE | - School of Constantinople where students learn higher-level subjects is founded - Council of Chalcedon to discuss issues of Jesus - Attila the Hun dies and the Huns disappear as a military/political force | 98 | |
| 5063731070 | 476 CE | Collapse of the Roman Empire | 99 | |
| 5240252792 | 528-533 CE | - Emperor Justinian forces all citizens of Byzantium to undergo Christian baptism - Emperor Justinian prohibits teaching of Pagan philosophy in Athens - The Greens and the Blues join forces and seize the Hippodrome, sacking Constantinople after Emperor Justinian raises taxes - Emperor Justinian sends the general Belisarius on military campaigns to reconquer the Western Roman Empire, but ultimately the campaign failed | 100 | |
| 5167991598 | 570 589 595 CE | - The Prophet Muhammad is born - The Start of the Sui Dynasty - Muhammad marries Khadija, a wealthy merchant widow | 101 | |
| 5053183682 | 600 CE PERIOD 3 | REGIONAL & TRANSREGIONAL INTERACTIONS | 102 | |
| 4999788241 | 600-800 CE | Height of the city of Tikal | 103 | |
| 5450646380 | 610 618 CE 622 CE | - The Prophet Muhammad feels a profound spiritual experiences - Group of followers in Mecca begins to expand - Assassination ends the Sui dynasty - Muhammad makes a "Hijra" to Yathrib, naming it Medina | 104 | |
| 5244820762 | 618 | Start of the Tang Dynasty | 105 | |
| 5453661171 | 629 CE | Xuanzhang escapes China to India to learn about Buddhism, eventually popularizing it | 106 | |
| 5167904768 | 630 CE 632 CE | - The Prophet Muhammad attacks Mecca and conquers the city - The Prophet dies soon after his hajj | 107 | |
| 5168357197 | 633-637 CE | Muslim forces seize Byzantine, Syria and Palestine and takes of Mesopotamia from the Sasanids | 108 | |
| 5450393064 | 640 CE 650 CE | - The Sasanid Empire falls to Muslim forces - Teotihuacan begin to decline | 109 | |
| 5450709340 | 656-661 CE | Muhammad Ali serves as the fourth caliph of the dar al-Islam | 110 | |
| 5168402058 | 661-750 CE | Umayyad Dynasty | 111 | |
| 5450446774 | 674-678 | Islamic forces threatened the Byzantine Empire & Constantinople, Byzantine defended with the use of greek fire | 112 | |
| 5168361257 | 711 CE 717 CE | - Muslims conquer the Hindu kingdom of Sind in northwestern India and Northwest Africa - Islamic forces threaten Constantinople again | 113 | |
| 5240271522 | 726 CE | Emperor Leo of Byzantium embarks on mission of iconoclasm (breaking of icons) | 114 | |
| 5450728810 | 751 CE | The Abbasids defeat the Tang army at the battle of Talas River, ending the Tang's expansion - Found the secret to making paper | 115 | |
| 5331977491 | 755 CE 763 CE | - An Lushan mounts a rebellion after the Tang Emperor neglects public affairs - The Tang Dynasty recovers from the rebellion mounted by An Lushan with the help of the Uighurs | 116 | |
| 4999804508 | 800 CE | - Maya populations begin to decline - Population of China reaches around 50 million people - Frankish ruler Charlemagne receives the imperial crown from the pope of Rome, challenging Byzantium imperial authority | 117 | |
| 5332314266 | 875 - 884 CE | - Huang Chao's rebellion against the Tang government - General Huang Chao massacres 12,000 foreigners after sacking GuangZhou | 118 | |
| 5244803154 | 840 CE | Tang emperors begin to order the closure of monasteries and foreign religions (Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Nestorian Christianity, and Manchaenism) | 119 | |
| 5240272902 | 843 CE | Iconoclasts abandon their efforts in Byzantium | 120 | |
| 5782852824 | 900 CE | The Taíno establish themselves in the Caribbean | 121 | |
| 5244821444 | 907 CE | End of the Tang Dynasty | 122 | |
| 5450740691 | 945 CE | Persian nobles seize control of Baghdad and establish power behind the Abbasid throne, making the rules figureheads | 123 | |
| 5241317239 | 960 CE | The Start of the Song Dynasty and the reign of Song Taizu, the 1st Song emperor | 124 | |
| 5450490199 | 962 CE | Otto of Saxony launches campaign to rule lands of the former Roman Empire and takes over parts of Byzantium | 125 | |
| 5450542348 | 989-1014 CE | - Prince Vladimir of Kiev (of Russia) converts to Orthodox Christianity and spreads Byzantine influence - Emperor Basil of Byzantium wins the battle of Kleidion, expanding the Byzantine Empire | 126 | |
| 5244824272 | 1024 CE | The government of China begins to issue government-sponsored paper money | 127 | |
| 5450529726 | 1025 CE | Basil II (The Bulgar-Slayer), emperor of Byzantium, dies | 128 | |
| 5240297412 | 1054 CE | The Great Schism - The Roman pope and the Byzantine patriarch excommunicate each other | 129 | |
| 5240316157 | 1071 CE | The Battle of Manzikert - The Muslim Saljuqs defeat the Byzantine army | 130 | |
| 5240312168 | 1204 CE | Crusaders lead the fourth crusade and sack Constantinople | 131 | |
| 5297408511 | 1206 CE | Temuchin wins leadership of the Mongol clans and is given the title 'Genghis Khan' | 132 | |
| 5297418315 | 1209 CE | University of Cambridge is founded | 133 | |
| 5297412045 | 1211 CE | Genghis Khan invades northern China and the Chin armies | 134 | |
| 5297429535 | 1227 - 1259 CE | - Death of Genghis Khan, who is succeeded by his son Ogedie - the Mongols withdraw from Europe - the Mongols topple the dar al-Islam - the death of Mongke Khan causes the Mongols to pull back from Jerusalem | 135 | |
| 5240314024 | 1261 CE | Byzantine forces recapture Constantinople | 136 | |
| 5297422757 | 1271 CE | Marco Polo visits Kubilai Khan | 137 | |
| 5244823060 | 1279 CE | End of the Song Dynasty | 138 | |
| 5792459837 | 1289 | Osman Bey founds the Islamic Ottoman empire | 139 | |
| 5297460942 | 1335 | Mongol authority ends in Persia | 140 | |
| 5792461452 | 1352 | The Ottomans establish a foothold in Europe by seizing the fortress of Gallipoli | 141 | |
| 5792381837 | 1368 | The start of the Ming Dynasty and end of the Mongols' Yuan Dynasty in China begins | 142 | |
| 5792405004 | 1405 | The Ming Emperor Yongle sponsors the maritime expeditions of the admiral Zheng He | 143 | |
| 5782798707 | 1438 | The Hasburg family dominated the Holy Roman Empire | 144 | |
| 5792384611 | 1449 | The Mongols capture the Ming Emperor | 145 | |
| 5240318319 | 1453 | The Byzantine empire falls after the Ottoman Turks lead by Mehmed II invade Constantinople and rename it Istanbul | 146 | |
| 5552838501 | 1450 PERIOD 4 | GLOBAL INTERACTIONS | 147 | |
| 5782803590 | 1478 | The Spanish Inquisition is founded by Fernando and Isabel | 148 | |
| 5668398520 | 1492 | Christopher Columbus sails to the Americas | 149 | |
| 5782869041 | 1494 | The Treaty of Tordesillas is signed by Spain and Portugal | 150 | |
| 5782853838 | 1498 | - Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to sail to India - The Spanish establish the fort of Santo Domingo in the Caribbean | 151 | |
| 5297463530 | 1502 | The Russian khanate 'the Golden Horde' ends | 152 | |
| 5784316868 | 1505 | a Portuguese naval expedition subdues all the Swahili cities from Sofala to Mombasa | 153 | |
| 5792473981 | 1514 | The Sunni Ottomans and the Shiite Safavids fight a critical battle on the plain of Chaldiran | 154 | |
| 5782857614 | 1518 | - Smallpox reaches the Caribbean and kills off many in the western hemisphere, and the population plummets - The first shipment of slaves from west Africa travels to the Caribbean | 155 | |
| 5782799133 | 1519 | - Charles V becomes emperor of the Holy Roman Empire - Hernán Cortéz of Spain leads a band of men down to the Aztec Empire in Mexico - The City of Panama is founded | 156 | |
| 5782864684 | 1532 | Fransisco Pizzaro of Spain topples the Inca Empire | 157 | |
| 5792466444 | 1534 | Süleyman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire conquers Baghdad | 158 | |
| 5780968798 | 1536 | John Calvin publishes 'Institutes of the Christian Religion' that codified Protestant teachings | 159 | |
| 5552860643 | 1540 | St. Ignatius Loyola forms with disciples to form the Council of Jesus | 160 | |
| 5794290305 | 1543 | Copernicus publishes 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres' which breaks with the Ptolemaic theory | 161 | |
| 5552836983 | 1545-1563 | The Council of Trent is held to address the Catholics' doctrine | 162 | |
| 5782800786 | 1556 | Charles V abdicates the throne and retires to a monastery | 163 | |
| 5782806887 | 1559 | The Spanish inquisitors imprison the archbishop of Toledo (the highest Roman Catholic church official in all of Spain) | 164 | |
| 5780966734 | 1560 | England permanently leaves the Roman Catholic community | 165 | |
| 5782827940 | 1561 | King Philip II of Spain locates his capital to Madrid | 166 | |
| 5552941937 | 1562-1598 | France is racked with religious wars between the Protestant and Catholic churches | 167 | |
| 5782867780 | 1565 | The city of St. Augustine in Florida is founded | 168 | |
| 5552960051 | 1567 | King Philip II of Spain sends an armada to his Dutch provinces to suppress Calvinist movement | 169 | |
| 5782812217 | 1581 | Dutch provinces proclaim themselves independent United Provinces after forming an anti-Spainsh alliance | 170 | |
| 5792430763 | 1582 | The Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives at Macau, intent upon converting China to Christianity | 171 | |
| 5552947561 | 1588 | King Philip II of Spain attempts to force England to return to the Roman Catholic Church by attempting to dethrone Protestant Queen Elizabeth | 172 | |
| 5784316265 | 1591 | Moroccan army travels across the Sahara and opens fire on the previously invincible African Songhay military | 173 | |
| 5668399391 | 1600 | - The English East India Company is established - Russia has become a vast empire extending from the Arctic Sea to the Caspian Sea - English merchants introduce the Islamic lands to tobacco | 174 | |
| 5668401271 | 1602 | The Dutch United East India Company (VOC) is established | 175 | |
| 5782883128 | 1604-1608 | French administrators establish a colony at Nova Scotia (Port Royal) and Quebec | 176 | |
| 5782896838 | 1606 | The Dutch make the first recorded sighting of Australia in Europe | 177 | |
| 5782884265 | 1607 | The English found Jamestown | 178 | |
| 5552980337 | 1618-1648 | The Thirty Year's War between the Holy Roman Emperor and others (Spanish, Dutch, German, Swedish, etc) | 179 | |
| 5668416031 | 1619 | Jan Pieters-Zoon Coen founds Batavia on the island of Java to serve as an entrepôt for the VOC | 180 | |
| 5782884834 | 1622 | The Natives massacre almost 1/3 of the English population in the Chesapeake Bay region | 181 | |
| 5792388422 | 1644 | Rebel forces capture the Ming capital, but are overthrown by Manchu invaders, who dissolve the Ming Dynasty, marking the beginning of the Qing Dynasty | 182 | |
| 5782825069 | 1648 | The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Year's War | 183 | |
| 5782809656 | 1649 | - King Charles I is tried for tyranny and beheaded by Oliver Cromwell and parliamentary forces - the Russian government promulgated a law code that provided for tight state control over the labor force by establishing a rigid, castelike social order that sharply restricted both occupational and geographic mobility | 184 | |
| 5782811191 | 1660 | England is restored to a monarchy | 185 | |
| 5782811516 | 1668-1669 | Parliament desposes of King James II of England | 186 | |
| 5782814695 | 1670 | King Louis XIV of France reigns with royal absolutism and builds the palace at Versailles | 187 | |
| 5794300841 | 1687 | Sir Isaac Newton publishes 'Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy' | 188 | |
| 5971902541 | 1690 | John Locke publishes the Second Treatise of Civil Government | 189 | |
| 5782795483 | 1700 | - Fear of witches has diminished - The Caribbean society consists of European administrators and African Slaves | 190 | |
| 6190565576 | 1750 PERIOD 5 | INDUSTRIALIZATION & GLOBAL INTEGRATION | 191 | |
| 5971952871 | 1754 -1763 | French and Indian War | 192 | |
| 6190794758 | 1759 | Qianlong emperor restricts European commercial presence to Guangzhou | 193 | |
| 5971927785 | 1762 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes The Social Contract | 194 | |
| 6190621807 | 1765 | James Watt develops the general-purpose steam engine | 195 | |
| 5971975336 | 1764 1765 1767 | Sugar Act is passed by Parliament Stamp Act Townshend Act | 196 | |
| 5782822947 | 1773 | - Yemelian Pugachev mounts a rebellion of lower class peasants, serfs, and exiles who had killed their noble owners - Tea Act is passed by Parliament - Boston Tea Party | 197 | |
| 5971989534 | 1774 | First Continental Congress is held by American colonists | 198 | |
| 6044369455 | 1779 1785 | - Samuel Crompton develops the spinning mule - Edmund Cartwright develops the power loom | 199 | |
| 5552929882 | 1782 | Last legal execution of a convicted "witch" in Switzerland | 200 | |
| 6190592384 | 1793 | King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette killed by guillotine | 201 | |
| 6190595979 | 1804 | - Napoleon promulgates the Civil Code of France - Black generals declare independence of Haiti | 202 | |
| 6190626000 | 1811 - 1816 | Luddites (English) protest low wages in industry | 203 | |
| 6041091590 | 1812 | - Colonial rule of Mexico comes to an end when Augustín de Iturbide declares independence - U.S. declares war on Britain | 204 | |
| 6041106658 | 1822 | The regent of Brazil declares Brazil's independence and is appointed Emperor Pedro I | 205 | |
| 6190739363 | 1826 | Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, massacres Janissary troops and clears the way for a series of reforms | 206 | |
| 6041117164 | 1829 1833 1848 1865 | Slavery is abolished in Mexico Britain abolishes slavery France abolishes slavery United States abolishes slavery | 207 | |
| 6044354746 | 1829 | George Stephenson's locomotive goes 28 mph | 208 | |
| 6044346429 | 1830 | The term 'socialism' first appears | 209 | |
| 6044365052 | 1833 1842 | - Factory Act restricts employment of women/children - Mines Act restricts employment of women/children | 210 | |
| 6190671797 | 1838 - 1839 | - Trail of Tears | 211 | |
| 6190807047 | 1839 - 1842 | - Opium Trade flourishes between China and the U.S. - Lin Zexu is tasked with destroying the Opium Trade - Opium Wars | 212 | |
| 6190676440 | 1845 1846 1848 | - The U.S. accepts Texas as a state (previously owned by Mexico) - Mexican-American War - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | 213 | |
| 6041137205 | 1848 | - Elizabeth Cady Stanton organizes the conference of feminists are Seneca Falls, NY - Karl Marx publishes the Manifesto of the Communist Party | 214 | |
| 6190813765 | 1850 - 1864 | Taiping rebellion | 215 | |
| 6190746116 | 1850 - 1876 | Series of Ottoman Tanzimat reformers promulgated commercial, penal, maritime, and civil codes | 216 | |
| 6190833756 | 1853 | American Commodore Matthew C. Perry opens up Tokugawa to trade relations with intimidation | 217 | |
| 6190766611 | 1853 - 1856 | Crimean War- Russia couldn't fight western European forces | 218 | |
| 6190696072 | 1860 | - Abraham Lincoln is elected U.S. president - 11 southern states withdraw from the Union - Start of the Self-Strengthening Movement in China (blend of Chinese culture + European tech) | 219 | |
| 6190773018 | 1861 | Tsar Alexander II abolished the institution of serfdom | 220 | |
| 5784333775 | 1867 | Last documented slave carrying ship sails across the Atlantic | 221 | |
| 6190845918 | 1868 | Emperor Meiji begins to transform Japan, abolishing samurai system | 222 | |
| 6190717937 | 1869 | A transcontinental route from Omaha to San Fransisco was completed | 223 | |
| 6190609435 | 1871 | Otto von Bismarck proclaims himself emperor of the Second Reich (German Empire) | 224 | |
| 6190787730 | 1876 | Land and Freedom Party of Russia begins to promote assassination of gov. officials | 225 | |
| 6041132463 | 1879 | 6,000 Parisian women protest the price of bread | 226 | |
| 6041188879 | 1881 | Pogroms, or massacres, started in Russia and Poland and killed thousands of Jews | 227 | |
| 6190755752 | 1889 (1980 - 1918) | The Young Turks, exiled Ottoman subjects living in Paris with extreme progressive stances, is established Young Turk Era: Ottoman sultans reigned, but didn't rule | 228 | |
| 6190778932 | 1893 | Count Sergei Witte submits the Witte System budget plan which stimulated development of industrialization | 229 | |
| 6190829125 | 1899 | Boxer Rebellion; rid China of foreign devils | 230 | |
| 6190780362 | 1900 PERIOD 6 | ACCELERATING GLOBAL CHANGES & REALIGNMENTS | 231 | |
| 6190791507 | 1905 | Russian Revolution of 1905 | 232 | |
| 6044359675 | 1913 | Henry Ford introduces the assembly line | 233 |
