US History

European Renaissance

Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1700

14th Century

Period: Jan 1, 1301 to Dec 31, 1400

The Hundred Years War

Period: Apr 30, 1337 to Jul 17, 1453

The Bubonic Plague Begins in Sicily

Oct 31, 1347

Begins in Sicily

Ming Dynasty

Jan 23, 1368

Columbian Exchange

Period: Apr 10, 1450 to Nov 10, 1750

Columbus sails west

Aug 3, 1492

Peasants' War

Aug 13, 1524

Mughal Empire

Period: Apr 21, 1526 to Sep 10, 1857

Triangular Trade

Period: Feb 20, 1562 to Feb 20, 1860

Age of Enlightenment

Period: Jul 7, 1637 to Sep 11, 1780

American Revolutionary War

Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783

French Revolution

Period: May 14, 1789 to Nov 6, 1799

Haitian Revolution

Period: Apr 5, 1791 to Sep 11, 1804

Revolution of 1820

Mar 22, 1820

Revolution of 1830

Jan 3, 1830

The Communist Manifesto published

Feb 21, 1848

Revolution of 1848

Nov 21, 1848

American Civil War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

Meiji Period-Japan

Period: Oct 23, 1868 to Jul 30, 1912

World War I

Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Russian Revolution

Mar 8, 1917

Ends 8 months later

Communism

Nov 7, 1917

World War II

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

Cold War

Period: Jan 11, 1947 to Dec 11, 1991