Events and Dates to Memorize
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| Eras | Date Range |
| Middle Ages Renaissance Age of Reason/ Revolutions Victorian Era Industrial Revolution Modern Era |
500 AD- 1500 AD 1300 AD - 1600 AD 1600 AD - 1800 AD 1800's 1700's - 1920's 1600 - Present Day |
| Events Before Christ | Dates |
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Egyptian Civilization Buddah born Confucius born Greek Persian Wars Peloponnesian Wars (Sparta defeats Athens) Nehemiah rebuilds wall of Jerusalem Death of Socrates (suceeded by Plato then Aristotle) Alexander the Great visits Jerusalem Ch'in's Reign in China Punic War #1 Maccabees revolt against Antiochus Epiphanes Rome destroys Carthage Judah annexed to Rome by Pompey |
3100 - 2700 563 551 490 - 479 431 - 404 444 399 332 276 264 167 146 63 |
| Events After Christ | Dates |
| Resurrection of Christ, Judean earthquake Battle of Hastings Crusades Signing of the Magna Carta Hulegu Khan (grandson of Ghengis) takes Muslims' Baghdad Mansu Musa travels from Mali to Mecca Byzantine Empire falls Gentenburg prints the first book - A Bible Columbus discovers San Salvador Muslims and Jews expelled from Spain Martin Luther posts 95 thesis Magellan's 5 ships, 265 men - reduced to 1 ship, 18 men Cortes conquers Aztecs England defeats Spanish Armada English settle Jamestown Galileo tried before the Inquisition English Civil War British gain control of India Battle of Lexington and Concord Constitution of the US ratification French Revolution begins Whitney invents cotton gin Napolean overthrows French Directory US makes Louisana Purchase from France Toussaint wins Haitian independence against France Slave trade outlawed by Britian then US Congress of Vienna (Napolean defeated at Waterloo) Monroe Doctrine prohibits European recolonization Bolivar completes liberation of South America British outlaw slavery Telegraph invented End of Opium war gives British control in Hong Kong Communist Manifesto published by Marx and Engels Taiping Rebellion fails in China (20 million killed) Meiji Restoration in Japan Darwin publishes "Origin of the Species" Alexander II ends surfdom in Russia American Civil War Suez Canal opens Franco - Prussian War European nations divide Africa Japan defeats China Zionist Herzl calls for Jewish homeland Spanish - American War Boxer Rebellion fails in China Death of Queen Victoria Panama seceeds from Colombia, US starts canal Einstein publishes theory of relativity Sun Yat-sen Nationalist Revolution Russian Bolshevik Revolution (brings Lenin to power) World War I (beginning and ending) Spanish Influenza kills at least 20 million Vatican City becomes world's smallest country Axis leaders take power. Mussolini / Hitler Stalin's "Great Purge" sends 8 million to prison camps World War II (beginning and ending) US entry into WWI / WWII Nation of Israel re-established after 1,878 years Communists take power in China Korean War Ghana first African nation to gain Independence Second Vatican Council updates Catholic doctrines Vietnam War Apollo 11 sends 1st man to walk on moon Building & Fall of the Berlin Wall Mandela released in South Africa Twin Towers destroyed |
30 1066 1100 - 1300 1215 1258 1324 1453 1456 1492 1492 1517 1519 - 1522 1521 1588 1607 1633 1642-46 1763 1775 1789 1789 1793 1799 1803 1804 1807-08 1815 1823 1824 1833 1837 1842 1848 1850 - 1864 1853 1859 1861 1861 - 1865 1869 1870 - 1871 1884 1895 1896 1898 1900 1901 1903 1905 1911 - 1913 1917 August 1914-November 1918 1918 1929 1922 / 1933 1935 - 1939 Sept 1939- May 1945 March 1917 / December 7, 1941 1948 1949 1950-1953 1957 1962 1964 - 1975 1969 1961 & 1989 1990 Sept 11, 2001 |
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