The war for the union  1862    a bayonet charge (boston public library)

Western Europe Timeline Project

  • 476

    Middle Ages (Dark Ages)

    Middle Ages (Dark Ages)
    the Middle Ages began because of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
  • 476

    Fall Of The Roman Empire

    Fall Of The Roman Empire
    the Roman emperors was overthrown by the a Germanic leader Odoacer. Odoacer was a barbarian.
  • 1095

    Crusaders

    Crusaders
    The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period.
  • 1300

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    It is an era i witch many things were invented such as the Mona Lisa, the parachute, thermoscope and many other things.
  • 1517

    Protestant Reformation

    Protestant Reformation
    The Reformation was a division beliefs among people Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • The Age Of Enlightenment

    The Age Of Enlightenment
    The Age Of Enlightenment was a time where philosophers and and inventors created great things and new advances and ideas.
  • French Revolution

    French  Revolution
    The French Revolution was when the people overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government.
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution
    The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes.
  • WWI

    WWI
    The War started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
  • WWII

    WWII
    The war started when Hitler invaded Poland, after that Britain and France declared war against Germany
  • Cold War

    Cold War
    the end of WWII the only powers that were left were america and soviet union which started a rivalries between them.
  • NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

    NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
    NATO is an international Military alliance that consists of 29 states from North America and Europe.
  • Fall Of The Berlin Wall

    Fall Of The Berlin Wall
    The cold war started to spread across eastern Europe and they decided to take it down.
  • Collapse of the Soviet Union

    Collapse of the Soviet Union
    the Soviet Union's oil and gas revenue dropped and began to lose control of Eastern Europe. And On December 25, Gorbachev resigned as leader of the USSR and is collapsed.
  • Creation of the European Union

    Creation of the European Union
    Coal and Steel begins to unite European countries economically and politically in order to secure lasting peace they made a union.