| A | B |
|---|
| 1695 | English government ends press censorship |
| 1453 | the sack of Constantinople by the Ottomans |
| 1348 | the Black Death appears in Europe |
| 1689 | English Bill of Rights is confirmed |
| 1789 | the French Revolution begins |
| 1519 | Magellan begins circumnavigation of the globe |
| 1517 | Luther nails the 95 Theses to a door which starts the Reformation |
| 1588 | the Spanish Armada is wholly defeated by England |
| 1713 | Treaty of Utrecht |
| 1545 | Council of Trent begins |
| 1648 | the Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War |
| 1555 | the Peace of Augsburg states each ruler could choose the religion of his region of the HRE |
| 1812 | Napoleon invades Russia |
| 1763 | Treaty of Paris which ends the 7 Years War and makes England the dominant colonial power in North America |
| 1764 | James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny |
| 1450 | printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg |
| 1815 | the Hundred Days and Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo |
| 1776 | the 13 colonies declare independence from England |
| 1776 | Adam Smith publishes the Wealth of Nations which advocates a free market economy |
| 1649 | Charles I of England is beheaded in a revolution |
| 1492 | Columbus reaches the West Indies |
| 1793 | Louis XVI is executed |
| 1516 | Charles V inherits the Spanish Crown |
| 1769 | James Watt improves the principle of the steam engine |
