AP Euro Composite Timeline
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Updated: 7 May 2024
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Franz Ferdinand AssasinatedBlank CheckLusitaniaRussia: February Revolution; establishment of provisional government; tsar abdicatesLenin returns from exileKerensky's GovernmentBolsheviks attempt to seize power failsBolsheviks gain a majority in the Petrograd SovietBalfour DeclarationWoodrow Wilson publishes The Fourteen PointsRussia- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk; Trotsky becomes head of the Red ArmyBolsheviks moblilized home front for war by establishing War CommunismTreaty of Versailles signedCivil war ends; Lenin and Bolshevik-Communists take control of RussiaThe League of Nations officially came into existenceMussolini stepped forward as the savior of order and property Mussolini in the midst of chaos largely created by his Black Shirt militiasBlack Shirts grew increasingly violentNew Economic Policy (NEP) (March)Hitler publishes Mein KampfStalin takes full control in the Soviet UnionStalin ordered the collectivization of agricultureLateran AgreementStalin dictated “Socialist Realism”Japan invades Manchuria (China)Hitler appointed chancellor of GermanyGermany withdraws from the League of NationsHitler announces German rearmamentMussolini invades EthiopiaGerman armies move unopposed into the RhinelandRome-Berlin Axis createdJapan invades ChinaGermany annexes AustriaKristallnacht (or the Night of Broken Glass progrom)Munich ConferenceGermany occupies the rest of Czechoslovakia; appeasement ends in BritainNazi-Soviet pact signedBlitzkriegBritain and France declare war on GermanyHitler established the “New Order”The Final Solution --> Start of HolocaustD-DayPetrarch publishes "Fragment of Vernacular Matters" --> creation of humanismChristine de Pisan publishes "The Tale of the Rose" --> femenist literatureCreation of the Printed PressGutenberg Bible --> latin bibleConcordat of Bologna (papacy + French treaty)Thomas More publishes UtopiaDa Vinci Publishes Virturian Man --> shows human proportionsErasmus (dutch humanist) translates new testament to GreekBaldassore Castiglione publishes the "Book of Cortier"Sacking of RomeMachiavelli publishes "The Prince"Martin Luther Publishes 95 ThesisMartin Luther excommunicated from HRE by PopePeasent RevoltHenry the 8th broke from Pope to create church of EnglandJohn Calvin published "Institutes of The Christain Religion"Peace of AugsburgSt. Bartholemew's Day MassacreDefenestration of PragueTreaty of WestphaliaPeace of Augsburg overturned/discontinuedBank of Amsterdam is establishedThomas Hobbes publishes "Laviathan" --> social contractLouise XIV of France makes Versailles main residence of French court and governmentRevocation of Edict of Nantes (Louis XIV outlawed protestants)English Bill of Rights passed (puts checks on monarchy and parliament)Locke Publishes "Second Treatise on Government" --> govt should protect us; natural rights; right to rebelDiplomatic RevolutionPeace of Paris of 1763"What is the Third Estate" is publishedEstates General meets at VersaillesThird Estate Declares itself the National AssemblyTennis Court OathStorming of the BastilleAbolishment of Feudal PrivilegesDeclaration of the rights of man and citizenWomen's March on VersaillesFrench Royal Family returns in ParisNational Assembly confiscates church landCivil Constitutuion of the clergy establishes a national churchLouis XVI (16) agrees to constitutional monarchy with the constitution of 1791The French Royal Family is arrested bwhile fleeing FranceDeclaration of Pillnitz (fearful absolutist rulers of HRE and Prussia agree to help King of France restore power)The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female CitizenFrance declares war on AustriaMob attacks the palace, and the Legislative Assembly takes Louis XVI (16) prisonerThe national convention abolishes Monarchy and declares France a republicLouis XVI (16) ExecutedRevolts in some parts (providences) of FranceFrance declares war on Britain, and the Dutch Republic, and Spain (get rid of monarchy)Struggle between the Girondists (moderates) and the mountain (extremists)Creation of the Committee of Public SafetyPrice control instituted in FranceNational Convention Bans Women's Political SocietiesMarie Antionette ExectuedRobespierre ExecutedThermidorian ReactionEconomic Controls AbolishedNapoleon seizes power by overthrowing the directorySuppression of the Sans-Culottes beginsNapoleon's new constitution approvedFoundation of The Bank of FranceConcordat with The Pope in FranceFrance defeats Austria and acquires Italian and German territories in the treaty of Lunéville; Napoleon signs papal concordatTreaty of Amiens (pause in French wars)Napoleon crowns himself EmperorNapoleonic Codes EstablishedBritain defeats the French fleet at the Battle of TrafalgarNapoleon defeats Austria and Russia at the battle of AusterlitzNapoleon redrew the map of Europe in the Treaty of TilsitHeight of Napoleon's EmpireNapoleon invades RussiaBattle of Borodinoinvasion of Russia ends with a disastorus retreat come winterRussia, Prussia, Austria, and Britian sign the Treaty of Chaumont, pledging alliance to defeat NapoleonNapoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba; Louis XVIII(17) is put on throne and France is restored to a constitutional monarchyWilliam Blake publishes “The Lamb”Edmund Burke publishes “Reflections on the Revolution in France”Charles Fourir publishes his first work, “The Social Destiny of Man”Grimm Brothers published their first volume of fairy talesDavid Caspar Friedrich completed his painting, “Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog”John Constable completes his painting, “The Hay Wain”Henry de Saint-Simon (a french social theorist and one of the main founders of the Christian socialism idea) published his work, “Nouveau Christianisme”Eugene Delacroix creates the painting "Liberty Leading the People"Victor Hugo published “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”William Wordsworth publishes “The Prelude”Ypsilanti (Greek Nationalist fighting for freedom of Turkey)Mary Shelly publishes FrankensteinBeethoven published his first worksDecembrist RevoltPrussian Constituent Assembly"Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville is publishedZollvereinMost capitalist countries have instituted social welfare programsCount Gobineau publishes An Essay on the Inequality of the Human RacesGiuseppe Mazzini published “Duties Towards Your County”The historic meeting in Naples between the leader of Italy’s revolutionary nationalists and the king of Sardinia sealed the unification of northern and southern Italy.Victor Emannuele II became King of a Unified Italy“Syllabus of Errors” published by Pope Pius IXDual Monarchy is established with Austria and HungaryThird Republic of FranceUnification of GermanyBeginning of pogroms in Eastern Europe and RussiaThe People's Will assasinated Alexander II of RussiaNietzche publishes “God is Dead”Reform Bill of 1884 (United Kingdom)Realpolitik idealogy is widespread in GermanyTheodor Herzl published the pamphlet Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State)Thomas Aquinas - Completed "Summa Theologica"Copernicus finished the first manuscript of his book, "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" ("On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres")Paracelsus - Published "Die grosse Wundartzney"Andreas Vesalius - Published "De humani corporis fabrica"Tycho Brahe - Published "Astronomiae instauratae mechanica"Galileo Galilei publishes “Sidereus Nuncius” (The Sidereal Messenger)Kepler published his third law about planetary motionFrancis Bacon - Published "Novum Organum"William Harvey - Published "Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus"René Descartes - Published "Meditations on First Philosophy"Baruch Spinoza - Published "Ethics"Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Principia)Charles Montesquieu - Published "The Spirit of the Laws"Voltaire - Published "Candide"Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Published "The Social Contract"Cesare Beccaria - Published "On Crimes and PunishmentsEncyclopedia published by Denis DiderotImmanuel Kant - Published "Critique of Pure Reason"Mary Wollstonecraft - Published "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”Periods
Triple Alliance FormedTsar Nicholas II Ruler of RussiaGeorge Clemenceau is Prime Minister of FranceTriple Entente establishedWoodrow Wilson is President of the U.S.World War OneDavid Lloyd George is British Prime MinisterTsarist government in crisisBattle of the SommeGeorge Clemenceau is Prime Minister of FranceRussian RevolutionAlexander Kerensky is head of Russian provisional governmentRussian Civil WarBolsheviks seize power; Lenin named head of new Communist governmentWeimar Republic EstablishedRussia five-year plansNational SocialismCivil War in SpainGreat Purge in RussiaNeville Chemberlain is U.K. Prime MinisterBritain policy of appeasementWorld War TwoWinston Churchill
Prime Minister of U.K.Marshal Pétain Leader of FranceThe Vichy RegimeHolocaustBattle of StalingradWinston Churchhill Prime Minster againMedici Family Rules (Tuscany and later Florence)Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples, Papal StatesFerdinand and Isabella ruled a united SpainCesare Borgia --> enhanced papcy's political power and attempted to create his own principality in EnglandPope Alexander VI (lots of corruption --> start of protestant Reformation)Leader of Florence Savonarola (brief period of time Medici's lost power)Henry VII (8th) rules EnglandMedici Family rules Tuscany and FlorenceMedici family rules Tuscany and FlorenceScientific RevolutionMain ideas of RenaissanceMain ideas of Reformation and Religious Wars EraWitch HuntsHenry VIII (8) King of EnglandCharles V (Ruler of Spain and HRE)Counter ReformationCouncil of TrentCatherine De Medici was alive and running FranceEdward VI rules England (protestant)Mary 1 rules England (catholic)Elizabeth 1 (politique --> religious tolerance)Henry Navarre --> Henry IV (4) (politique) of France"Index of Prohibited Books" in effectThirty Year WarIvan IV (Ivan the terrible) rules russia --> economy is awfulGolden Age of NetherlandsJames 1 (catholic) (rules England as an absolutistCharles 1 (rules England as catholic absolutist)English Civil War (between Parliament and Monarchy)Louis XIV rules France (Absolutist; Palace of Versailles)Russia undergoes Westernization (Peter the Great brings this about)Peter The Great is Tsar and later emperor of Russia --> Westernized Russia society --> brought about reforms and made Russia more prosperousGreat Northern War (Peter the Great amassing land and trying to reach the Balric Sea against Sweden)William and Mary Rule England (Golden Era of England)Glourius Revolution in EnglandWar of Spanish SuccessionWar of Jenkins Ear (Britain v. Spain for colonial power)War of Austrian Succession (Maria v. Fredrick)Maria Teresa ruled Austria and improved the life for the people and economyFrederick The Great ruled Prussia (expanded territory, military, and reforms)Seven Years War (Native American War in America) (France v. England)Absolutism is prevalent across EuropeSerfdom is Prevalent Across EuropeThe Habsburgs ruled Austria as dukes, archdukes, and emperors,Hohenzollern family in Power in Prussia and later GermanyNational Assembly (France)De-Christinization (France)Assignats (paper currency) to prevent imminent bankruptcy in FranceFrench RevolutionMarie Antoinette / Louis XVI RuleLegislative Assembly (France)National Convention (France)Reign of TerrorCommittee of Public Safety (France)The Directory (France)The Great FearSeptember Massacres --> Start of Reign of TerrorFrench Armies were vctorious on all fronts expanding their empire and bringing down monarchiesContinental SystemLouis XVIII (17) Rules France excpet for a brief 100 day period from Frebruary to June of 1815 when Napoleon regained powerPrince Klemens von Metternich in office in AustriaLouis Blanc in Office in FranceLouise Philipe Rules FranceRomantic PeriodGerman ConfederationChartists movement gained influence with conservatives and working classesFranz Joseph Emperor of Austria-HungaryLouis Napoleon is President and later Emperor of FranceTories and Whigs fight for control as political parties in BritainNew forms of Government introducedWilliam I or Wilhelm I was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and German Emperor from 18 January 1871 until his death in 1888.Risorgimento (Italian Unification)Victor Emannuele II in power in ItalySecond Empire of FranceCount Cavour is prime minister of Sardinia-Piedmont (Northern Italian city-state)Alexander II rules Russia (Westernization)The Liberal Party was in power in the United Kingdom for various periodsGiuseppe Garibaldi works to unifies ItalyOtto von Bismarck is Chancellor of PrussiaAustro-Prussian WarBenjamin Disraeli is Prime Minister of BritainWilliam Gladstone served as Prime Minister of the United KingdomBenjamin Disraeli is the Prime Minister of BritainFranco-Prussian WarOtto von Bismarck is Chancellor of GermanyKulturkampfRusso-Turkish WarWilliam Gladstone served as Prime Minister of the United KingdomWilliam Gladstone's four terms as Prime MinisterWilliam Gladstone served as Prime Minister of the United KingdomTsar Nicholas II is the last Emperor of RussiaSergei Witte is Russian Prime MinisterFrederick II (or Frederick the Great) rules PrussiaMaria Theresa was the archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (only empress/wife of Francis 1 of HRE (1745-1765))Catherine II (or Catherine the Great) rules RussiaJoseph II was the Holy Roman emperor, at first co-ruler with his mother, Maria Theresa, and then sole ruler (1780–1790) of the Austrian Habsburg dominions.Pugachev Uprising
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