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Period: 4000 BCE to 476
Ancient Age
The Ancient Age begins approximately between 4000 and 3000 B. C. With the emergence of writing. -
Period: 476 BCE to 1492
Middle Ages
It began in 476 with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and its end in 1492 with the discovery of America. -
1 BCE
Jesus Birth
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476
Fall of the Roman Empire
Fall of the Roman Empire to the barbarians, in the 5th century after Christ, in the year 476. -
Period: 1300 to 1496
In Canary
In the Canary Islands the kings of Castile begin the conquest on the Canary Islands, while on the mainland battles are fought to drive out the Muslims. -
1400
The Renaissance
The Renaissance movement was the name given to the cultural boom that occurred during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries in Europe, and it tried to rescue the culture that had been forgotten during the Middle Ages. It was developed especially in Italy and later in other European countries such as the Netherlands. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of the Byzantine Empire
The fall of Constantinople into the hands of the Ottoman Turks on 29 May 1453 was a historical event which, in classical periodization, and according to some historians, marked the end of the Middle Ages in Europe and the end of the last vestige of the Eastern Roman Empire. -
Period: 1492 to
Modern Age
The modern age begins with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, although other literatures mark the beginning with the discovery of America in 1492, and the end with the French Revolution in 1789 -
1496
Discovery of America
He dreamed of making a big deal out of the riches of Asia. In 1492, the navigator Christopher Columbus presented a project to Queen Isabella "The Catholic" of Spain, which would take her across the Atlantic Ocean to China and India. -
1500
Protestantism
The Protestant Reformation, or simply the Reformation, is the Christian religious movement, initiated in Germany in the 16th century by Martin Luther, which led to a schism in the Catholic Church to give rise to numerous churches grouped under the denomination of Protestantism. -
The Baroque
The Baroque is a cultural and artistic period, which began in post-Renaissance Italy, which began in the late sixteenth century, covering the entire seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries -
The French Revolution
The French Revolution (1789-1799) is one of the most transcendental events in Universal History. It was a political and social movement that convulsed all of Europe and had worldwide repercussions. -
World War I (date of completion)
The immediate cause of the outbreak of hostilities between Austria-Hungary and Serbia was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Habsburg. It began on July 28, 1914 -
World War II (date of completion)
World War II began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler's troops invaded Poland. -
The Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the third General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948 in Paris. None of the 56 UN members voted against the text, although South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union abstained. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall that divided Germany and the end of Soviet socialism.