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410
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Visigoths looted, burned, and pillaged their way through the city, leaving a wake of destruction wherever they went. The plundering continued for three days. For the first time in nearly a millennium, the city of Rome was in the hands of someone other than the Romans. This was the first time that the city of Rome was sacked but by no means the last. http://www.ushistory.org/civ/6f.asp -
476
The Middle Ages
Also called the medieval ages began with the fall of the western Roman empire. The main events in this were Charles the Hammer and the Battle of Tours(732 AD), The Ottonian Holy Roman Empire of Germany(962 AD), Battle of Hastings(1066 AD), and the Declaration of the Magna Carta(1215 AD) It Started 476 AD and ended on 1453 AD www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/events-in-the-middle-ages.html -
1096
Crusades
Where a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups. In all, eight major Crusade expeditions occurred between 1096 and 1291. One of the most famous people was Saladin https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/crusades -
1300
The renaissance
This era bridged the middle ages and modern times. Many famous paintings come from this era. Most inventions were from here but they are more modernized. Some medical knowledge was from this time. Four men were most famous for their paintings or sculptures their names were Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. https://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance.php -
1517
Protestant Reforation
16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. The Reformation was a schism in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther and continued by Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, and other Protestant Reformers. https://www.history.com/topics/reformation/reformation -
The Age of Enlightenment
Also known as the age of Reason was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, the "Century of Philosophy. Enlightenment thinkers were the liberals of their day. The Enlightenment presented a challenge to traditional religious views. https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/enlightenment
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Industrial revolution
It was the transition to a new manufacturing process in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820. Child labor was a thing during this time most kids and adults worked because their family did not have enough money https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution -
French Revolution
French citizens razed and redesigned their country's political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the federal system. The upheaval was caused by widespread discontent with the French monarchy and the poor economic policies of King Louis XVI, who met his death by guillotine, as did his wife Marie. Although it failed to achieve all of its goals and at times degenerated into a chaotic bloodbath. It shaped many nations today. History.com -
WWI
World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). Thanks to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, World War I saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. -
WWII
World War 2 started with Adolf Hitler Invading Poland. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China. The war was in many respects a continuation, after an uneasy 20-year hiatus, of the disputes, left unsettled by World War I. This actually helped America taking us out of the war. -
Cold War
The relationship between the two nations was a tense one. Americans had long been wary of Soviet communism and concerned about Joseph Stalin's tyrannical, blood-thirsty rule of his own country. For their part, the Soviets resented the Americans' decades-long refusal to treat the USSR as a legitimate part of the international community. Wich resulted in deaths of 10000000 Russians. It was basically a political fight. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This is an international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO -
Creation of the European Union
It was formed to try to stop the frequent bloody wars between neighbors, which culminated in the Second World Wars. European Coal and Steel Community begins to unite European countries economically and politically in order to secure lasting peace. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/0/what-is-the-eu-why-was-it-formed-and-when-was-it-created/ -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The point of the Berlin Wall was to keep western fascists from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served as the objective of stemming mass defections from the east to west. Most people didn't see friends or family members during this time. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin after that replaced by the Russian tricolor. Earlier in the day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/collapse-soviet-union
