European History

  • 476

    Fall of Rome

    Fall of Rome
  • 793

    First Viking Raids

    First Viking Raids
    the first vikings invaded paris in 793
  • 1095

    The Crusades

    The Crusades
    1095-1492
  • 1231

    The Inquisition

    The Inquisition
    It was a time of execution from 1231- 1826 A.D. (The last execution was in 1826)
  • 1300

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance
    It was a rebirth of Europe
  • 1350

    The Black Death

    The Black Death
    the black death was a terrible disease that killed half the Europe population
  • 1440

    Invention of the Printing press

    Invention of the Printing press
    the first press was invented in Rome by Johannes
  • 1492

    Columbus Exploration

    Columbus Exploration
    On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain
  • The Reformation

    The Reformation
    The Reformation was a movement in christianity
  • The Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment
    The Enlightenment was a movement in phisology
  • The French Revolution

    The French Revolution
    1789- late 1790s
  • WW1

    WW1
    The first war and also the deadliest. The Americans teamed up with the British to defeat the Germans
  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution
    which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union
  • Interwar Germany

    Interwar Germany
    Imperial Germany collapsed at the end of World War I
  • WW2

    WW2
    the germans tried to take the world and to the alliance of other countries.
  • cold war

    cold war
    a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states, and the United States with its allies after World War II
  • USSR

    USSR
    launched Sputnik into space
  • poland

    poland
    Poland overthrow communism. Tim Berners-Lee of Great Britain, created the World Wide Web. Berlin Wall demolished
  • heat wave

    heat wave
    Ten thousand people died in heat wave in France
  • french protest

    French protesters rioted in the streets. Pope John Paul II died. Bomb attack on three of London's underground trains killed 56, injured over 700