All of the dates from term 1.
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| Magna Carta | ||
| The Renaissance | ||
| This course begins | ||
| Early modern Europe | ||
| Modern Europe | ||
| War of the Roses in England; Civil War in England; The Tudors arrive on the throne | ||
| Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks | ||
| Marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile begins Spanish unification | ||
| when Columbus sails the ocean blue, and Spain kicks out the Muslims and Jews. "In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean blue. No more Muslims, no more Jews." | ||
| The great Catholic Savonarola is burned at the stake following his attempt the rid Florence of the excesses of the Renaissance materialism | ||
| Machiavelli publishes The Prince | ||
| Erasmus publishes his Praise of Folly | ||
| Witchcraft craze | ||
| Price Revolution | ||
| Protestant Reformation Begins; Luther posts his Ninety-Five Theses | ||
| Era of Religious Wars | ||
| German Peasants' Revolt | ||
| Sack of Rome | ||
| The Ottoman Turks lay siege to Vienna distracting Charles V from prosecuting the Lutherans | ||
| Protestantism comes to England; English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy | ||
| John Calvin begins working to reform the city of Geneva | ||
| Loyola's Jesuits are recognized | ||
| Council of Trent meets to decide how to reform the Catholic Church | ||
| Schmalkaldik Wars pound Germany | ||
| Peace of Augsburg ends the civil wars in Germany; Lutheranism is recognized;principle of territoriality is established; The Hapsburg lands are split between Philip II of the Spanish Branch and Ferdinand I of the Austrian branch | ||
| "Bloody Mary's" attempts to re-Catholicize England by burning over 300 Protestants | ||
| Dutch Wars of Independence and Religion | ||
| The French Civil Wars of Religion and Politics | ||
| The Spanish Armada Fails in Its Crusade Against Protestant Elizabethan England | ||
| Edict of Nantes; Philip II "The Most Catholic Monarch" of Spain dies | ||
| Stuarts Family Comes to Power in England and Begins a Century of Political and Religious Conflict | ||
| Defenestration of Prague Begins Round Two of Religious and Civil War in Holy Roman Empire | ||
| 17th century France following the Edict of Nantes until Louis XIV; consolidation of Monarchial Authority | ||
| The English Parliament passes the Petition of Right | ||
| Galileo dies and Newton is born | ||
| English Civil War round I erupts | ||
| Oliver Cromwell rules over the "Commonwealth Period" | ||
| Charles I is executed; Oliver Cromwell becomes ruler of the "Puritan Commonwealth" | ||
| Known as the Century of Genius; Scientific Revolution | ||
| Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War and re-establishes the principle of territoriality | ||
| A group of English Radicals called Levelers demand equal suffrage | ||
| Thomas Hobbes publishes Leviathan | ||
| The master artist Rembrandt depicts the glories of Dutch culture | ||
| Cardinal Mazarin suppresses The French Fronde | ||
| Stuart Restoration in England | ||
| Louis XIV begins his reign as the "Sun King" | ||
| Slave trade makes many a Christian extremely wealthy | ||
| Ottoman Turks laid siege to Vienna | ||
| Glorious Revolution; John Locke publishes his Second Treatise on Government | ||
| The Commercial Revolution | ||
| The Era of Enlightenment or Age of Reason | ||
| English Bill of Rights is passed | ||
| Wars of Spanish Succession pit France (and Spain) against the Grand Alliance | ||
| Walpole becomes leader of government as de facto Prime Minister | ||
| Peter the Great Begins Westernization of Russia | ||
| Golden Age of Holland and Sweden | ||
| Great Northern War between Swedes and Russia ends with Russian expansion and emergence as the Great Baltic power | ||
| Treaty of Utrecht ends the War of Spanish Succession; Grand Alliance wins over the "Sun King"; The Pragmatic Sanction is signed | ||
| Frederick the Great of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria come to power and begin German dualism | ||
| War of Austrian Succession between Frederick's Prussia and Maria Theresa's Austria begins | ||
| Rococo Art and Mozart | ||
| Diplomatic Revolution changes alliance system of Europe and puts Prussia in a precarious position | ||
| The Seven Years War is fought |
