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476
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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Period: 476 to 1453
Middle Ages
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493
Establishment of the Ostrogothic Kingodm by Theodoric the Great
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527
Justinian I ascends as Byzantine Emperor
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711
Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
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732
Battle of Poitiers, Charle Martel defeats the Islamic troops
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800
Crowning of Charle Magne
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843
Treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian empire into Charlemagne’s grandsons
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962
Otto I is crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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1054
The great schism divides the Eastern and Western Christians
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1066
Norman conquest of England
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1095
The pope calls for the 1st Crusade
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1099
Capture of Jerusalem during the first crusade
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1122
End of controversies between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope
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1147
Launch of the second crusade
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1187
Saladin recaptures Jerusalem
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1190
Beginning of the Third Crusade
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1215
Signing of the Magna Carta in England, laying foundations for Constituional governance
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1229
Albginasian crusade against Hieretichs in southern France
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1241
Mongol invation of Eastern Europe
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1265
First parliament in England
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1274
Second council of Lyon discusses Church reforms and possible reunitement of Eastern and Western Christianity
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1302
Pope Boniface VIII issues the papal bull Unam Sanctam, assuring papal supremacy
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1315
Beginning of the Great Famine in Europe
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1347
Outbreak of the Black Death in Europe
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1378
Western Schism splits the Catholic Church between rival popes
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1415
Execution of Jan Hus in Prague
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1417
End of the western schism with the election of one pope
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1453
Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire)
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Period: 1453 to
Renaissance
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1455
Invention of Gutenberg’s printing press
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1492
Cristopher Columbus journey begins the “discovery” of the America’s
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1494
Treaty of Tordesillas divides the known world
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1517
Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation
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1521
The Diet of Worms codecs Martin Luther
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1521
Cortez conquest of the Mexica empire
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1527
Charles V sacks Rome
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1534
Henry VIII funds the Anglican Church
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1543
Copernicus publishes on “Celestial spheres” revolutionising science and astronomy.
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1545
The council of Trent begins the Counter-Reformation
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1555
The peace of Augsburg establishes free state religions in the Holy Roman Empire
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The Spanish Armada is defeated by England, ending the Spanish golden age and beginning the English golden Century
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Period: to
Enlightenment
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The Defenestration of Prague begins the 30 years war
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The peace of Westphalia ends the thirty years war
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The English civil War changed the power in the UK
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The Glorious Revolution establishes a constitutional monarchy in England
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The English Bill of Rights reinforced parliamentary power
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Uniting of England and Scotland forming the UK
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End of the Spanish War os Succesion with the treaty of Utrecht
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Death of Louis XIV ending the absolute monarchy in France
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First global conflict with the 7 years war
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham ends the influence of New France in America
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Beginning of the Industrial Revolution
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Beginning of the American Independence War
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Declaration of American Independence
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Adam Smith creates the principles of Liberalism and Free Market
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End of the American Revolutionary War
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Beginning of the French Revolution
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French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
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Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power in France
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Napoleon crowns himself Emperor
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Battle of Austerlitz marks Napoleon’s peak
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The British Parliament abolishes slave trade in the British Empire
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Beginning of the Mexican Independence Wad
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Napoleon’s failed invasion of Russia
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Napoleon abdicates and the Congress of Vienna redraws European borders
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Battle of Waterloo marks Napoleon’s final defeat
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End of the Mexican Independence War
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Greek war of Independence marks the beginning of the Ottoman Empire fall
