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Dec 21, 711
Reconquista
The Reconquista is a centuries-long period in the Middle Ages in which several Christian kingdoms succeeded in reconquering the Iberian Peninsula from the Islamic kingdoms collectively known as Al-Andalus -
Dec 21, 1000
The Viking
The viking were the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century -
Dec 21, 1300
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. -
Jan 1, 1348
Black Plauge
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350, and killing between 75 million and 200 million people -
Industrialisation
Industrialisation is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one. -
World War 1
World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918 -
World War 2
World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2), was a global war that was underway by 1939 and ended in 1945 -
Cold war
The Cold War, often dated from 1945–1991, was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western world, dominated by the United States with NATO and other allies; versus powers in the Eastern world, dominated by the Soviet Union with its Warsaw Pact and other allies. -
End of Cold war
Cold war was end -
Greek economic crisis
Greek debt, put at €300 billion ($413.6 billion), is bigger than the country's economy, with some estimates predicting it will reach 120 percent of gross domestic product in 2010. The country's deficit -- how much more it spends than it takes in -- is 12.7 percent.
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