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Mr. Napier's AP World History class; important dates.

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397706203610Muhammad begins recieving revelations0
3977062041517Martin Luther nails 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg1
397706205551 BCEBirth of Confucius2
3977062061861emancipation of serfs in Russia3
3977062071990Nelson Mandela is released from prison4
3977062081469The union of Aragon and Castile, which creates a united Spanish monarchy5
3977062091200 BCEJudaism, the first monotheistic religion, begins.6
397706210535Fall of the Gupta Empire7
397706211220Fall of Han China8
397706212476 CEFall of Roman Empire9
3977062131613Beginning of the Romanov dynasty10
397706214313The Roman Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity11
3977062151815The Congress of Vienna begins12
3977062161803The purchase of Lousiana from France by the United States13
3977062171776The Wealth of Nations is published14
3977062181324The pilgimage of Mansa Musa.15
39770621939The Trung Sisters revolt in Vietnam16
397706220500 BCELao-zi and Daoism17
397706221563 BCEBirth of Siddhartha Gautama who later became the Buddha18
397706222622Muhammad leaves Mecca for Medina. The Hijra, the official beginning of Islam19
397706223330Constantine establishes Constantinople as the capital of the eastern Roman Empire20
3977062241533Fall of the Inca to Pizarro21
3977062251929Beginning of the Great Depression22
3977062261492Fall of Granada the last Muslim kingdom in Spain23
3977062271792Slave rebellion in Saint Domingue led by Toussaint L'Overture24
3977062281258Fall of Baghdad to Mongol destruction25
397706229794Japanese capital moves to Heian26
397706230800Crowning of Charlemagne27
3977062311919Treaty of Versailles ends World War I28
3977062321991Fall of the Soviet Union29
3977062331869the opening of the Suez canal30
3977062341914the opening of the Panama Canal31
3977062351776The Declaration of Independence is written in America32
3977062361789The French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille33
3977062371519Hernan Cortes invades Tenochtitlan34
3977062381997The British return Hong Kong to China35
3977062391914World War I begins36
3977062401979The Islamic Revolution takes place in Iran37
3977062411215The Magna Carta is signed in England38
3977062421941Japanese attack Pearl Harbor which draws the US into World War II39
3977062431054The schism between eastern and western Christianity40
3977062441604Beginning of the Time of Troubles41
39770624563Romans remove the Jews from Jerusalem. The Jewish Diaspora42
3977062461600-1603Tokugawa Shogunate is founded43
3977062471949Peoples Republic of China is proclaimed44
3977062481917The Communist (Bolshevik) Revolution in Russia45
3977062491950Korean War begins46
3977062501571Spanish defeat the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto47
3977062511265The First English Parliament is convened48
3977062521481Portuguese fort of El Mina is established49
3977062531854Beginning of the Crimean War50
3977062541939World War II begins51
3977062551096The 1st Crusade begins52
3977062561368End of Mongol rule in China53
3977062571441First shipment of African Slaves to Portugal54
3977062581962Cuban Missle Crisis55
3977062591954Vietnamese defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu56
3977062601492Columbus discovers the Americas57
3977062611455Gutenberg's printing press58
3977062621050China's printing press59
3977062631831Gandhi leads the Salt March60
3977062641453Fall of Constantinople61
3977062651480End of Mongol rule in Russia62
3977062661789George Washington becomes the first American president as the new Constitution goes into effect63
3977062671918Treaty of Brest-Litovsk allows Russia to withdraw from World War I64
3977062681066William of Normandy is victorious at the Battle of Hastings65
397706269632Muhammad dies.66
3977062701947India and Pakistan achieve independence67
3977062711945World War II ends with the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan68
3977062721588Britain defeats the Spanish Armada69
3977062731514Ottomans defeat the Safavids at Childiran70
3977062741904Russo-Japanese War begins71
3977062751985Mikhail Gorbachev takes power in the Soviet Union72
3977062761917Balfour Declaration is issued73
397706277690Beginning of the reign of the Empress Wu. Buddhist influence peaks in China74
3977062781607First permanent British colony in Virginia75
3977062791961Berlin Wall is constructed76
3977062801757Victory at the Battle of Plassey gives the British dominance over India77
3977062811948Israel achieves independence. The first Arab-Israeli War begins immediately78
3977062821839Beginning of the Opium War79

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