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476 BCE
Fall of Rome
when Romes population started to decline Because people didn't want to have children. The government also started printing money which made it less valuable. -
1066
Viking Raids
viking raids were raids by vikings in Northern Europe at the beginning of the 8th Century. The Vikings began raiding coasts of the British Isles across the sea from Scandinavia. The first known raid was on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne off the English coast in 793. -
1340
The Black Death
The Black Death was one of the most feared diseases of the 14th Century. It killed almost 25 million people spread by fleas on rats. -
1440
Invention of the Printing Press
The Printing Press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg during 1440. -
1450
The Inquisition
During The Inquisition, priests' job was to find and punish anyone who was against the church or working with the devil called heretics. During the time many catholic churches were worried because they thought the Devil was stealing people's souls. -
1492
The Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims to gain power over the Holy Land -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus began his exploration of the New World
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who stumbled upon the Americas and whose journeys marked the beginning of centuries of colonization on the Americas. -
1517
The Reformation
The Reformation was a religious moment in Europe. Leaders disagreed with the Roman Catholic Religion on religious issues and criticized the churches great power and wealth. They eventually broke away from the Catholic Church. -
The Renaissance
European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. When Europe made the change to modern technology -
Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London happened between 2-5 September in 1666. The Fire started in a bakery in Pudding Lane. It spread to lots of houses made of Straw and wood. Many houses were built close together causing the fire to spread quickly. It destroyed the homes of 70,000 out of the 80,000 inhabitants of the city. The death toll remained very low at 6 recorded deaths. -
The Enlightenment
European , philosophy, science and communications were re-born during the course of the “long 18th century” it also said goodbye to the medieval time period. -
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a big change in the was products were made. During the time many factories were built. People started using engine powered machines to make product -
The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of time in France when the people overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government. It began on July 14, 1789 when revolutionaries stormed a prison called the Bastille. -
Building of the Eiffel Tower
Stephen Sauvestre, Émile Nouguier, and Maurice Koechlin built it in 1817. It took only two years, two months and five days to build the tower. Finished in 1889 -
building of the statue of liberty
The Statue of Liberty was a effort between France and the United States, to commemorate the lasting friendship between the peoples of the two countries. The Statue of Liberty was then given to the United States and intend to adopt an American-designed put on a small island New York Bay, now known as Liberty Island, and dedicated by President Grover Cleveland in 1886. Over the years, the statue stood tall as millions of immigrants arrived in America. the statue supports freedom and democracy -
WWI
began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917. The Russians were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group called the Bolsheviks. The new communist government created the country called the Soviet Union. -
Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu killed 20,000,000-50,000,000 people world wide. The Spanish Flu traveled through the air and can be inhaled by any one nearby causing them to get sick to. -
WWII
World War 2 was a conflict between countries involving every part of the world during 1936-1945 -
Cold War
The Cold War was a long period of conflict between the democracies of the Western World and the communist countries of Eastern Europe. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall separated East Berlin and West Berlin. It fell when the East German government announced on 9 November 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin.
