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Timeline for A.P. Modern European History

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101397721815Congress of Vienna followed the defeat of Napoleon
101397731750-1850Industrial Revolution began in England
101397741848Karl Marx argued for socialism as revolutions swept Europe
101397751861Czar Alexander II freed the Russian serfs
101397761860'sNationalism: Italy and Germany unified into modern nations
101397771870-1914British Empire dominated the age of imperialism
101397781905Czar Nicholas II forced to set up the Duma
101397791914-1918World War I: the old monarchies swept away
101397801917Russian Revolution won by Lenin's Bolsheviks
101397811919Treaty of Versailles ended WWI and helped cause WWII
101397821930'sGreat Depression weakened democracies and promoted dictators
101397831939-45World War II destroyed Europe and let Russia expand
101397841946-1990Cold War: U.S. and Russia struggled to dominate world power
101397851969Prague Spring: Czech effort to throw off communism crushed
101397861989Solidarity Movement in Poland overthrew communism
101397871992Maastricht Treaty created European Union
11302935c. 1350Renaissance began in cities of northern Italy
113029361492Columbus began European exploration of the "New World"
113029371517Luther began the Protestant Reformation
11302938c. 1520High Renaissance at its peak in Italy
11302939c. 1550Power shifted from Mediterranean to Atlantic countries
113029401588England defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada
11302941c. 1600Galileo and other astronomers challenged geocentric worldview
113029421640'sEnglish Civil War: Cromwell's Puritans defeated the Stuarts
113029431648Treaty of Westphalia ended the 30 Years' War
113029441687Scientific Revolution: Newton and Locke found "natural laws"
113029451689Glorious Revolution created England's constitutional monarchy
113029461650-1750Enlightenment "philosophies" spread modern ideas
11302947c. 1690Absolute monarchy symbolized by Louis XIV at Versailles
113029481713Power shifted to England after the treaty of Utrecht
113029491740Frederick the Great attacked Austria
113029501789French Revolution began with the attack on the Bastille
113029511792Robespierre led the Reign of Terror in France

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