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AP World History Red Letter Dates Flashcards

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324 BC

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Chandragupta founds Mauryan dynasty

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323 BC

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Alexander the Great dies

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221 BC

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Shi Huangdi establishes Qin Empire

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44 BC

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Murder of Julius Caesar

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220 AD

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Fall of the Han Dynasty

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313 AD

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Edict of Milan (Constantine legalizes Christianity in Roman Empire)

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476 AD

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Fall of the Roman Empire in the West

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622 AD

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The Hijra (flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina)

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800 AD

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Charlemagne crowned first Holy Roman Emperor

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1066 AD

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Norman Conquest of England

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1095 AD

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Council of Clermont begins Crusades

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1206 AD

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Delhi Sultanate founded in India; Genghis Khan’s reign begins

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1215 AD

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Magna Carta in England

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1347 AD

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Black Death in Europe

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1324 AD

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Mansa Musa’s Hajj

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1368 AD

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Ming Dynasty founded

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1453 AD

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Ottomans take Constantinople

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1454 AD

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Gutenberg Bible printed

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1492 AD

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Christian Reconquista of Spain; Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas

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1517 AD

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Martin Luther posts 95 Theses; igniting the Protestant Reformation

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1520 AD

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Suleiman the Magnificent ascends Ottoman throne

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1526 AD

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Babur founds Mughal Empire (India)

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1592 AD

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Japanese invasion of Korea

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1644 AD

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Qing dynasty defeat Ming, capture Beijing

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1642-49 AD

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English Civil War

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1688 AD

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Glorious Reformation (England)

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1712 AD

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Peter I moves Russian capital to St. Petersburg

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1776 AD

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Declaration of Independence

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1787 AD

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US Constitutional Convention

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1789 AD

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Storming of Bastille (French Revolution)

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1804 AD

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Haiti achieves independence

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1807 AD

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Abolition of Slave Trade in British Empire

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1815 AD

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Battle of Waterloo (Allies defeat Napoleon); Congress of Vienna

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c. 1820

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Latin American states achieve independence; Year of Revolutions in Europe; Marx & Engels publish The Communist Manifesto; Women’s Rights Convention of Seneca Falls

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1850-64 AD

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Taiping Rebellion

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1857 AD

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“Sepoy Rebellion” (India)

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1861 AD

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Alexander II frees the serfs (Russia); American Civil War begins

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1871 AD

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Unification of Germany

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1884-85 AD

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Berlin Conference sets off the “Scramble for Africa”

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1914-1919 AD

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World War I

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1917 AD

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Russian Revolution begins

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1939-1945 AD

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World War II

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1947 AD

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Indian and Pakistani Independence

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1960s AD

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Many successful African independence movements

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1961-1989 AD

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Berlin Wall separates East and West Berlin

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2003 AD

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U.S. invasion of Iraq

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2008 AD

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Housing Market Crash

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2011 AD

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Arab Spring

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