Mr. Napier's AP World History class; important dates.
397706203 | 610 | Muhammad begins recieving revelations | 0 | |
397706204 | 1517 | Martin Luther nails 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg | 1 | |
397706205 | 551 BCE | Birth of Confucius | 2 | |
397706206 | 1861 | emancipation of serfs in Russia | 3 | |
397706207 | 1990 | Nelson Mandela is released from prison | 4 | |
397706208 | 1469 | The union of Aragon and Castile, which creates a united Spanish monarchy | 5 | |
397706209 | 1200 BCE | Judaism, the first monotheistic religion, begins. | 6 | |
397706210 | 535 | Fall of the Gupta Empire | 7 | |
397706211 | 220 | Fall of Han China | 8 | |
397706212 | 476 CE | Fall of Roman Empire | 9 | |
397706213 | 1613 | Beginning of the Romanov dynasty | 10 | |
397706214 | 313 | The Roman Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity | 11 | |
397706215 | 1815 | The Congress of Vienna begins | 12 | |
397706216 | 1803 | The purchase of Lousiana from France by the United States | 13 | |
397706217 | 1776 | The Wealth of Nations is published | 14 | |
397706218 | 1324 | The pilgimage of Mansa Musa. | 15 | |
397706219 | 39 | The Trung Sisters revolt in Vietnam | 16 | |
397706220 | 500 BCE | Lao-zi and Daoism | 17 | |
397706221 | 563 BCE | Birth of Siddhartha Gautama who later became the Buddha | 18 | |
397706222 | 622 | Muhammad leaves Mecca for Medina. The Hijra, the official beginning of Islam | 19 | |
397706223 | 330 | Constantine establishes Constantinople as the capital of the eastern Roman Empire | 20 | |
397706224 | 1533 | Fall of the Inca to Pizarro | 21 | |
397706225 | 1929 | Beginning of the Great Depression | 22 | |
397706226 | 1492 | Fall of Granada the last Muslim kingdom in Spain | 23 | |
397706227 | 1792 | Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue led by Toussaint L'Overture | 24 | |
397706228 | 1258 | Fall of Baghdad to Mongol destruction | 25 | |
397706229 | 794 | Japanese capital moves to Heian | 26 | |
397706230 | 800 | Crowning of Charlemagne | 27 | |
397706231 | 1919 | Treaty of Versailles ends World War I | 28 | |
397706232 | 1991 | Fall of the Soviet Union | 29 | |
397706233 | 1869 | the opening of the Suez canal | 30 | |
397706234 | 1914 | the opening of the Panama Canal | 31 | |
397706235 | 1776 | The Declaration of Independence is written in America | 32 | |
397706236 | 1789 | The French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille | 33 | |
397706237 | 1519 | Hernan Cortes invades Tenochtitlan | 34 | |
397706238 | 1997 | The British return Hong Kong to China | 35 | |
397706239 | 1914 | World War I begins | 36 | |
397706240 | 1979 | The Islamic Revolution takes place in Iran | 37 | |
397706241 | 1215 | The Magna Carta is signed in England | 38 | |
397706242 | 1941 | Japanese attack Pearl Harbor which draws the US into World War II | 39 | |
397706243 | 1054 | The schism between eastern and western Christianity | 40 | |
397706244 | 1604 | Beginning of the Time of Troubles | 41 | |
397706245 | 63 | Romans remove the Jews from Jerusalem. The Jewish Diaspora | 42 | |
397706246 | 1600-1603 | Tokugawa Shogunate is founded | 43 | |
397706247 | 1949 | Peoples Republic of China is proclaimed | 44 | |
397706248 | 1917 | The Communist (Bolshevik) Revolution in Russia | 45 | |
397706249 | 1950 | Korean War begins | 46 | |
397706250 | 1571 | Spanish defeat the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto | 47 | |
397706251 | 1265 | The First English Parliament is convened | 48 | |
397706252 | 1481 | Portuguese fort of El Mina is established | 49 | |
397706253 | 1854 | Beginning of the Crimean War | 50 | |
397706254 | 1939 | World War II begins | 51 | |
397706255 | 1096 | The 1st Crusade begins | 52 | |
397706256 | 1368 | End of Mongol rule in China | 53 | |
397706257 | 1441 | First shipment of African Slaves to Portugal | 54 | |
397706258 | 1962 | Cuban Missle Crisis | 55 | |
397706259 | 1954 | Vietnamese defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu | 56 | |
397706260 | 1492 | Columbus discovers the Americas | 57 | |
397706261 | 1455 | Gutenberg's printing press | 58 | |
397706262 | 1050 | China's printing press | 59 | |
397706263 | 1831 | Gandhi leads the Salt March | 60 | |
397706264 | 1453 | Fall of Constantinople | 61 | |
397706265 | 1480 | End of Mongol rule in Russia | 62 | |
397706266 | 1789 | George Washington becomes the first American president as the new Constitution goes into effect | 63 | |
397706267 | 1918 | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk allows Russia to withdraw from World War I | 64 | |
397706268 | 1066 | William of Normandy is victorious at the Battle of Hastings | 65 | |
397706269 | 632 | Muhammad dies. | 66 | |
397706270 | 1947 | India and Pakistan achieve independence | 67 | |
397706271 | 1945 | World War II ends with the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan | 68 | |
397706272 | 1588 | Britain defeats the Spanish Armada | 69 | |
397706273 | 1514 | Ottomans defeat the Safavids at Childiran | 70 | |
397706274 | 1904 | Russo-Japanese War begins | 71 | |
397706275 | 1985 | Mikhail Gorbachev takes power in the Soviet Union | 72 | |
397706276 | 1917 | Balfour Declaration is issued | 73 | |
397706277 | 690 | Beginning of the reign of the Empress Wu. Buddhist influence peaks in China | 74 | |
397706278 | 1607 | First permanent British colony in Virginia | 75 | |
397706279 | 1961 | Berlin Wall is constructed | 76 | |
397706280 | 1757 | Victory at the Battle of Plassey gives the British dominance over India | 77 | |
397706281 | 1948 | Israel achieves independence. The first Arab-Israeli War begins immediately | 78 | |
397706282 | 1839 | Beginning of the Opium War | 79 |