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6500 BCE
Start of stone age
Palelithic perid characterized by the use of stone tool for harvest and hunting. -
4500 BCE
Neolithic period
Neolithic tribes build burial tombs, barrows, stone circles and alignments across Europe. Including Stonehenge and Carnac. -
2500 BCE
Greek thalassocracy
Europe was dominated by the Greek civilization, which expanded their culture throughout the continent. -
410 BCE
Sack of Rome
The city was attacked by the Visigoths led by the King Alaric. They launched into a three-day frenzy of murder and plunder. -
100 BCE
Conquest of Europe
The romans conquered much of Europe. The Roman Empire developed under the command of Augustus and his successors. -
1340
Black death
Black death reaches its peak in Europe. Killing between 30% and 60% of Europe population. -
1453
Fall of Constantinople
The Ottomans commanded by Mehmed the conqueror captured the capital of the Byzantine Empire. -
1492
European civilization in America
There were born two world powers: Spain and Portugal, whose explorations and conquests allowed them to spread by seaway and divide the world through the Tordesillas treaty. -
Industrial revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1780 and 1840. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo takes place near the Waterloo, Belgium on June, 1815. In this battle, the forces of the French Empire under the leadership of Michael Ney and Napoleon Bonaparte were defeated by the Seventh Coalition and a Prussian Army, which was commanded by Gebhard Von Blucher. -
Assassination of archduke Frank Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip. -
WWII breaks for the attack on Pearl Hairbour
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. -
Formation of the EU (european union)
EU is a political and economic union between European countries which makes its own policies concerning the members’ economies, societies, laws and security.
Dates of Joining
1957:Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands
1973:Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom
1981:Greece
1986:Portugal, Spain
1995:Austria, Finland, and Sweden
2004:Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia.
2007:Bulgaria, Romania
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Fall of Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, the unthinkable happened in Germany. The Berlin Wall, which split in two into the present German capital and became the symbol of the division of the German people during the Cold War, fell after 28 years of being built. -
Currency of the euro
The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of the eurozone, which consists of 19 of the 28 member states of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. -
End of European colonial empires
End of European colonial empires with the independence of East Timor, formerly Portuguese Timor. -
New members in the EU
EU welcomes 10 new members, enlarging to 35 member states -
Pope John Paul's death
Pope John Paul dies at age 84 -
Islamic attack
52 people are killed and around 700 are injured in four Islamist suicide bomb attacks on London's transport network -
New members in the EU
Romania and Bulgaria join the European Union -
Recession in Europe
The Great Recession begins. Unemployment rises in some parts of Europe. -
Britain's intervention
March-September: Britain plays a prominent part in the international intervention in the conflict in Libya. -
Olympics in UK
August-September - Britain hosts the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics to widespread international acclaim. -
Pope Francisco
Church picks first south american pope -
Revolution in Ukraine
and serious tensions between Russia with Ukraine and the European Union 2014 September - Voters in a referendum in Scotland reject independence, -
European migrant crisis starts.
The European migrant crisis, or the European refugee crisis, is a term given to a period beginning in 2015 when rising numbers of people arrived in the European Union, travelling across the Mediterranean Sea or overland through Southeast Europe -
United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union.
A referendum (a vote in which everyone of voting age can take part) was held on Thursday 23 June, 2016, to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. Leave won by 51.9% to 48.1%. The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with more than 30 million people voting. -
End of Britain's presences in European Union
Formal negotiations begin to end Britain's membership of the European Union. Islamist attacks in Manchester and London leave a total of 30 people dead. Macron defeats LePen becoming president of France
