AP World History Exam Dates Quiz/ Must Know Dates
5912696499 | c.8000B.C.E. | Beginnings of agriculture | 0 | |
5912696500 | c.3000 B.C.E. | Beginnings of Bronze Age-early civ's | 1 | |
5913525724 | 1500-500B.C.E | Indo-Aryan Vedic Age | 2 | |
5912696501 | 1300 B.C.E. | Iron Age | 3 | |
5913584727 | 1200-400 B.C.E | Olmecs | 4 | |
5913603803 | 1000 B.C.E.-700 C.E. | Zapotecs | 5 | |
5913733324 | 1020-586 B.C.E | Hebrews | 6 | |
5913777242 | 900 B.C.E.-200 C.E. | Chavin | 7 | |
5913746013 | 911-612 B.C.E | Assyrians | 8 | |
5912696502 | 6th Century B.C.E. | life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi (beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daosim) | 9 | |
5913739559 | c.550-330 BC.E. | Persians | 10 | |
5912696503 | 5th Century B.C.E. | Greek Golden Age - philosophers | 11 | |
5913503506 | 475 - 221 B.C.E | First Warring Sates Period | 12 | |
5912696504 | 323 B.C.E. | Alexander the Great dies | 13 | |
5913664000 | c. 321-185 B.C.E | Mauryan Empire | 14 | |
5917409685 | 264-146 B.C.E | Punic Wars | 15 | |
5912696505 | 221 B.C.E. | Qin Dynasty unified China | 16 | |
5912696506 | 184 B.C.E. | Fall of Mauryan Dynasty | 17 | |
5913726007 | c. 1-700 C.E. | Axum | 18 | |
5912696507 | 32 C.E. | Beginnings of Christianity | 19 | |
5913632400 | c. 100-700 C.E. | Moche | 20 | |
5913620750 | c.100-750 C.E. | Teotihuacan | 21 | |
5912696508 | 180 C.E. | end of Pax Romana | 22 | |
5913699220 | 202-220 C.E. | Han Dynasty | 23 | |
5913926585 | 220-518 C.E. | second warring states period | 24 | |
5913702133 | 221-207 B.C.E | Qin Dynasty | 25 | |
5913644701 | 250-900 C.E. | Maya | 26 | |
5912696510 | 312 C.E. | Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity | 27 | |
5912696511 | 4th Century C.E. | Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes | 28 | |
5917448991 | 453 C.E. | Attila the Hun dies | 29 | |
5912696512 | 476 C.E. | "Fall" of Rome | 30 | |
5913674887 | 500-1453 C.E. | Byzantine Empire | 31 | |
5912696513 | 527 C.E. | Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire | 32 | |
5913895042 | 538-710 C.E. | Asuka period | 33 | |
5912696514 | 550 C.E. | Fall of Gupta Dynasty/Empire | 34 | |
5913937421 | 581-618 C.E. | Sui Dynasty | 35 | |
5913943481 | 618-907 C.E. | Tang Dynasty | 36 | |
5913960190 | 690-750 C.E. | Empress Wu | 37 | |
5913896949 | 710-794 C.E. | Nara Period | 38 | |
5912696515 | 622 C.E. | Founding of Islam | 39 | |
5913903716 | 794-1185 C.E. | Heian Peiod | 40 | |
5913711502 | 661-750 C.E. | Umayyad Caliphate | 41 | |
5917438022 | 700-1400 C.E. | Cahokia | 42 | |
5912696516 | c.730 C.E. | Printing invented in China | 43 | |
5913718089 | c. 750-1258 C.E. | Abbasid Caliphate | 44 | |
5912696517 | 732 C.E. | Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France) | 45 | |
5913689262 | 800-1200 C.E. | Kievan Rus | 46 | |
5912696518 | c.900 C.E. | Decline of classical Maya | 47 | |
5917455033 | 960 - 1279 C.E. | Song Dynasty | 48 | |
5912696519 | 1054 C.E. | Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox) | 49 | |
5912696520 | 1066 C.E. | Norman conquest of England | 50 | |
5912696521 | 1071 C.E. | Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantine army) | 51 | |
5912696522 | 1095 C.E. | 1st Crusade | 52 | |
5917414320 | 1170's-1227 C.E. | Chinngis Khan | 53 | |
5913909772 | 1186-1600 C.E. | Medieval Japan | 54 | |
5914025146 | 1200-1500 C.E. | height of Great Zimbabwe | 55 | |
5914065320 | 1200s C.E. | height of the Swahili coast | 56 | |
5912696523 | 1206 C.E. | Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests | 57 | |
5917419053 | 1206-1378 C.E. | Mongol Empire | 58 | |
5917428661 | 1225-1274 C.E. | Thomas Aquinas | 59 | |
5912696524 | 1258 C.E. | Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid caliphate | 60 | |
5915270762 | 1259-1924 C.E. | the Ottoman Empire | 61 | |
5912696525 | 1271-1295 C.E. | Marco Polo's travels | 62 | |
5912696526 | c. 1279-1368 C.E. | Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China | 63 | |
5917424608 | 14th C.E. | Bubonic Plague | 64 | |
5914014726 | 1300-1600 | Kongo Empire and the Renaissance | 65 | |
5912696527 | 1324 C.E. | Mansa Musa's pilgrimage/hajj | 66 | |
5912696528 | 1325-1349 C.E. | Travels of Ibn Battuta | 67 | |
5912696529 | 1347-1348 C.E. | Bubonic plague in Europe | 68 | |
5912696530 | 1368-1644 C.E. | Ming Dynasty | 69 | |
5917439761 | 1400-1533 C.E. | Incan Empire | 70 | |
5917442479 | 1400s-1521 C.E. | Aztec Empire | 71 | |
5915406793 | 1432-1481 C.E. | Mehmed II(Ottoman Empire) | 72 | |
5912696531 | 1405-1433 C.E. | Zheng He's voyages | 73 | |
5912696532 | 1438 C.E. | Rise of Inca Empire | 74 | |
5912696533 | 1453 C.E. | Ottomans capture Constantinople | 75 | |
5912696534 | 1450s C.E. | Printing Press in Europe (Gutenberg) | 76 | |
5915424049 | 1494-1566 C.E. | Suleiman (Ottoman Empire) | 77 | |
5912696535 | ca. 1480s C.E. | Height of Aztec Empire | 78 | |
5915534176 | 1483-1530 | Babur (Mughal Empire) | 79 | |
5912696536 | 1488 C.E. | Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope | 80 | |
5912696537 | 1492 C.E. | Columbus/Reconquista of Spain | 81 | |
5912696538 | 1502 C.E. | 1st African Slaves to Americas | 82 | |
5913851371 | 1504- 1564 C.E | John Calvin | 83 | |
5915451310 | 1514 | Battle at Chaldrain | 84 | |
5912696539 | 1517 C.E. | Martin Luther/Prot Reformation | 85 | |
5912696540 | 1521 C.E. | Cortez conquered the Aztecs and the Edict of Worms | 86 | |
5912696541 | 1529 C.E. | 1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (under Suleiman) | 87 | |
5913868909 | 1532 | Manico Sierra joined Pizarro in the conquest of the Incan Empire | 88 | |
5912696542 | 1533 C.E. | Pizarro toppled the Inca | 89 | |
5912696543 | 1545 C.E. | Discovery of silver at Potosí | 90 | |
5915336935 | around 1554-1563 to 1648 C.E | Counter Catholic Reformation (started with the Council of Trent and ended with the Thirty Years War) | 91 | |
5915560450 | 1556-1605 C.E. | Akbar | 92 | |
5912696544 | 1571 C.E. | Battle of Lepanto (Ottoman naval defeat) and the 1st Manila Galleon (global trade) | 93 | |
5915478207 | 1587-1629 C.E. | Shah Abbas I (Safavids) | 94 | |
5912696546 | 1588 C.E. | Spanish Armada | 95 | |
5912696547 | 1600 C.E. | Battle of Sekigahara (beg of Tokugawa Shogunate) | 96 | |
5915603460 | 1605-1621 C.E. | Shah Jahan (Mughal Empire) | 97 | |
5912696548 | 1607 C.E. | foundation of Jamestown | 98 | |
5912696549 | 1618-1648 C.E. | 30 Years War | 99 | |
5915584890 | 1618-1707 | Aurangzeb (Mughal Empire) | 100 | |
5915595511 | 1627-1658 | Shah Jahan (Mughal Empire) | 101 | |
5915684834 | 1632-1704 | John Locke | 102 | |
5915670813 | 1643-1727 | Isaac Newton | 103 | |
5912696550 | 1644 C.E. | end of Ming/beg of Qing Dynasty | 104 | |
5912696551 | 1653 C.E. | Cape Town colony founded (Dutch) | 105 | |
5912696552 | 1683 C.E. | 2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (Mehmet IV) | 106 | |
5912696553 | 1689 C.E. | Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights | 107 | |
5915693460 | 1689-1755 C.E. | Montesquieu | 108 | |
5917358034 | 1694-1774 C.E. | Psiocrats | 109 | |
5915704577 | 1694-1778 C.E. | Voltaire | 110 | |
5915628894 | 17th century | Scientific Revolution | 111 | |
5917359303 | 1712-1778 C.E. | Jear Jacques Rousseau | 112 | |
5915710490 | 1713-1784 | Denis Diderot | 113 | |
5917365068 | 1713-1740 C.E. | William I (Prussia Empire) | 114 | |
5917366623 | 1740-1786 C.E. | Fredrick the Great (Prussian Empire) | 115 | |
5917369575 | 1740-1780 C.E. | Empress Maria Theresa (Austrian Empire) | 116 | |
5917372985 | 1762-1796 C.E. | Cathrine II the Great (Austrian Empire) | 117 | |
5912696554 | 1756-1763 C.E. | 7 Years War (French and Indian War) | 118 | |
5917362432 | 1759-1797 C.E. | Mary Wollstonecraft | 119 | |
5912696555 | 1767 C.E. | Invention of the Spinning Jenny (using machines to manufacture) | 120 | |
5912696556 | 1776 C.E. | Decl. of Independence (American Rev) | 121 | |
5912696557 | 1776 C.E. | Smith writes Wealth of Nations | 122 | |
5915646452 | 1789 C.E. | French Revolution | 123 | |
6307850986 | 1791 | Old Regime was destroyed in France | 124 | |
6307864756 | 1793-1795 | Reign of Terror | 125 | |
6307889703 | 1746-1803 | Toussaint L'Overature (leader in Haitian Revolution) | 126 | |
6307901725 | 1801 | Napoleon's Concordat with the pope | 127 | |
6307921984 | 1807-1812 | Napoleon's Grand Empire | 128 | |
6307955707 | 1792 | National Convention | 129 | |
6309691471 | 1795 | "Whitt of Grapeshot" | 130 | |
6309709588 | 1810-1825 | Spanish American Revolution | 131 | |
6309724310 | 1835 | William Wilberforce-Abolition of slavery | 132 | |
6309732111 | 1848 | Elizabeth Caty Stanton- Seneca Falls | 133 | |
6309755129 | 1806-1873 | John Stuart Mill | 134 | |
6309773229 | 1815 | the Jamaica Letter | 135 | |
6309794682 | 1903-1914 | building of the Panama Canal | 136 | |
6309808397 | 1859-1869 | building of the Suez Canal | 137 | |
6309822681 | 1831 | Michael Faraday: principle of electromagnetic induction | 138 | |
6309839898 | 1880s | Nicola Tesla invented methods to transmit power effectively over long distances | 139 | |
6309856613 | 1860s | Werner von Siemens developed a practical dynamo | 140 | |
6309871216 | 1879-1882 | Edison's development of incandescent lightbulbs, fuses, sockets, switches, circuit breakers, and meters | 141 | |
6309898544 | 1883 | maxim gun (machine gun) | 142 | |
6309910038 | 1861-1865 | American Civil War | 143 | |
6309926606 | 1835 | Municipal Corporations Act | 144 | |
6309928725 | 1846 | Parliament repealed the corn laws | 145 | |
6309936999 | 1867 | Second Reform Bill doubled the electorate to about 2 million, about 1/3rd of all working men | 146 | |
6309962143 | 1884 | third Reform Bill | 147 | |
6309972108 | 1928 | Representation of the People Act (gave women the right to vote) | 148 | |
6309993598 | 1870 | Public Eduacation Reform | 149 | |
6310001885 | 1833 | Factory Act | 150 | |
6310006881 | 1847 | Ten Hour Act | 151 | |
6310015995 | 1871 | Labor Union Legalization | 152 | |
6310031291 | 1818-1883 | Karl Marx | 153 | |
6310071747 | 1880s | first skyscrapers rose in Chicago | 154 | |
6310080904 | 1863 | first underground railroad opened in London | 155 | |
6310096332 | 1825 | Decembrist Revolt | 156 | |
6310112444 | 1830-1831 | Polish Revolt | 157 | |
6310117064 | 1861 | emancipation of the serfs (in Russia) | 158 | |
6310127448 | 1870s | creation of the Trans-Siberian Railroad | 159 | |
6310143001 | 1842-1903 | Sergei Witte | 160 | |
6310171286 | 1904 | Russo-Japenese War | 161 | |
6310374745 | 1905 | Maji-Maji Revolt | 162 | |
6310197969 | 1905 | Bloody Sunday Revolutions in the response to Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War a year earlier | 163 | |
6310247094 | 1757 | Battle at Plassey | 164 | |
6310339323 | 1884-1885 | Berlin Conference | 165 | |
6310350889 | 1856 | Xhosa Cattle killing | 166 | |
6310359572 | 1879-1887 | Zulu Wars | 167 | |
6310402422 | 1815 | Congress of Vienna | 168 | |
6310414928 | 1830 | Greek Freedom from the Greek Revolution | 169 | |
6310505453 | 1853 | Mathew Perry arrived in Japan | 170 | |
6310397844 | 1856 | Crimean War | 171 | |
6310508466 | 1868 | Meiji Restoration | 172 | |
6310517913 | 1894 | Sino-Japanese War | 173 | |
6310362006 | 1896 | Ethiopa was saved from European colonialism by Menelik II | 174 | |
6310385394 | 1898 | Hawaii Annexation | 175 |