European History

By carltonward
  • 200 BCE

    Rise of the Roman Empire

    Roman armies began seizing territory throughout the Mediterranean; as it expanded it evolved into the Roman Empire.
  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

    The Western Roman Empire officially ended 4 September 476 when Emporer Romulus was deposed by Germanic King Odoacer.
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1200

    Dark Ages

    A period of intellectual darkness between extinguishing the "light of Rome".
  • Jan 1, 800

    Middle Ages

    This was a time of castles and peasants, guilds and monasteries, cathedrals and crusades. Great leaders like Joan of Arc and Charlemagne were part of the Middle Ages
  • Period: Sep 21, 1095 to Aug 15, 1295

    Crusades

    This is when Pope Urban II asked the Christians to go to war against Muslims in the Holy Land.
  • Period: Nov 11, 1300 to

    The Renaissance

    During the Renaissance, literature, philosophy, music, art, politics, science, religion, and other aspects of intellectual exploration were influenced and changed.
  • Period: Jun 10, 1347 to Aug 14, 1354

    The Black Death

    The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. Resulting in the death of 200 million people which was 1/3 of the population of Europe.
  • Nov 19, 1500

    Reformation

    Reformation was a series of events in 16th century England by which the church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church

  • Enlightenment

    Europe questioned traditional authority and embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational change. It was the rise of secret societies like the Bavarian Illuminati.
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    The Industrial Revolution

    This was when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transport, and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions.

  • French Revolution

    The French Revolution began 1789 and ended in 1970 with Napolean Bonatents. France went from a monarchy ruled by King Louis XVI to a republic ruled by the people.
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    World War I

    World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history.
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    The Holocaust

    The Holocaust, also referred to as the Shoah, was a genocide in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about six million Jews.
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    World War II

    a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries.

  • The EU was formed.

    The EU can trace its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), formed in 1951 and 1958 respectively by the Inner Six countries of Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.