| A | B |
|---|
| 1555* | *Peace of Augsburg, signed by Charles V |
| 1867 | Compromise that marked the establishment of the dual monarchy for Austria-Hungary |
| 1789* | *the French Revolution begins, the storming of the Bastille in July |
| 1848* | *(19th century) series of revolutions across Europe |
| 1517* | *Martin Luther writes the 95 Theses |
| 1588 | the Spanish armada is sunk during the reign of Queen Elizabeth |
| 1688* | *the Glorious Revolution-overthrow of King James II of England |
| 1914* | *World War I begins with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand on June 28 |
| 1939 | WWII begins--Nazi Germany carries out a blitzkrieg invasion of Poland |
| 1989* | *the fall of the Berlin Wall, which signals the beginning of the end of the Cold War |
| 1648* | *Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War, permanently weakening the HRE |
| 1453 | the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, cutting off efficient trade routes to Asia |
| 1929 | the stock market crash in the USA--Great Depression begins |
| 1991-1992 | Treaty of Maastricht, which establishes the Euro and sets up the EU framework |
| 1933 | Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany |
| 1945* | *WWII ends, Treaties of Yalta and Potsdam; dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan |
| 1871* | *unification of Germany through Prussian efforts |
| 2001 | terrorist attack on the World Trade Center; beginning of "War on Terror" in Afghanistan and Iraq |
| 1919* | *Treaty of Versailles settles WWI, imposes reparation on Germany |
| 1763 | Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War |
| 1453-54 | Gutenberg Bible is published on a printing press |
| 1968* | *Prague Spring + student revolts |
| 1815* | *Congress of Vienna |
| 1853-56 | Crimean War |
| 1713 | Treaty of Utrecht |
| 1649 | execution of Charles I of England |
| 1776 | American Declaration of Indepedence |
| *1938 | *Munich Conference |
| 1348* | *Black Death appears in Europe |
| 1524-1525* | *Peasants' Revolt in Germany |
| 1585-89 | War of the Three Henrys in France |
| 1598* | *Edict of Nantes |
| *1689 | *English Bill of Rights |
| 1884-85 | Berlin Conference sets rules of the Scramble for Africa |
| 1953 | death of Joseph Stalin |
| 1975 | Helsinki Accords--detente apex |
| 1995 | Dayton Accords--fragile peace for the Balkans |
| 1905* | *Bloody Sunday Revolution |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War |
| 1922 | Mussolini comes to power |
| 1947 | Marshall Plan for Europe |
| 1740-48 | War of the Austrian Succession |
| 1545 | beginning of the Council of Trent |
| 1848 | Marx publishes the Communist Manifesto |
| 1521 | Diet of Worms |
| 1871 | Paris Commune |
| 1935 | Nuremberg Laws |
| 1956 | Suez Crisis |
| *1830 | *July Revolution in France; Charles X abdicates |
| *1848 | *Frankfurt Assembly, and rejection of the "crown from the gutter" |
| 1924 | Dawes Plan restructures German reparations payments |
| 1937 | bombing of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War |
| 1899-1902 | Boer War |
| 1944 | D-Day in WWII |
| 1943 | Stalingrad in WWII |
| 1915 | Battle of the Somme in WWI |
| *1789 | *Louis XVI convenes the Estates General |
| *1793-1794 | *Reign of Terror under Robespierre |
| 1799 | Napoleon leads a coup against the Directory |
| 1793 | Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed |
| 1949 | NATO established |
| 1795 | Thermidorian Reaction |
| 1998 | Vladimir Putin becomes President of Russia for the first time |
| 1995 | Schengen Agreement establishes area in Europe in which countries reduce controls on common borders |
| 1957 | EEC and Common Market established |
| 2008 | Turning point in history!!! Liechtenstein joins the EU |
| 1916 | Rasputin, Russian faith healer to the Romanovs is assassinated |
| 1964 | In Luxembourg, Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicates in favour of her son, who becomes Grand Duke Jean. |
| 1469 | Marriage of Ferdinand of Aragorn to Isabella of Castile, thereby uniting the 2 kingdoms into Spain |
| 2003 | Crisis in Liechtenstein!!! People vote in referendum to give sweeping new political powers to Crown Prince Hans-Adam. |
