History Flashcards April 2015

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Dante finishes the Commedia

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1321

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2
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Great Hunger

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1315

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3
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Hundred Years War

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1337 - 1453

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4
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Black Death

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1347 - 1351

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5
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Medici Family Takes Control of Florence

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1434

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6
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Gutenberg invents the printing press

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1450

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7
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Ottoman Turks Capture Constantinople

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1453

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8
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End of Reconquista in Spain

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1492

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9
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Columbus Discovers America

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1492

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10
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Italian Wars begin

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1494

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11
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Luther posts his 95 Theses

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1517

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12
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Charles V becomes Holy Roman Emporer

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1519

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13
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Luther condemned by Council of Worms

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1521

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14
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English Act of Supremacy

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1534

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15
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Loyalty found the Jesuits

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1540

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16
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Copernicus writes on The Revolutions of the Heavens

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1543

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17
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Council of Trent meets

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1543-1563

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18
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Reign of Mary Tudor in England

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1553-1558

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19
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Peace of Augsburg

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1555

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20
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Reign of Philip II of Spain

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1556-1598

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21
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Calvin’s Final Version of the Institutes

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1559

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22
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Wars of Religion in France

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1562-1598

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23
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Spanish Armada defeated

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1588

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24
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Dutch East India Company founded

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1602

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25
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Jamestown Founded

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1607

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26
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Quebec founded

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1608

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27
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Thirty Years War

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1618 - 1648

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28
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Dutch founded New Neatherland

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1621

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29
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Galileo writes Dialogue on the Two World Systems

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1632

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30
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English Civil Wars

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1642 - 1649

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31
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Hobbes writes Leviathan

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1651

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32
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Reign of Louis XIV in France

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1643 - 1715

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33
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England takes over Jamaica

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1655

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34
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French take over Haiti

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1664

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35
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Versailles palace completed

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1682

36
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Newton writes Principia Mathematica

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1687

37
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“Glorious Revolution” in England

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1688

38
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War of the League of Augsburg

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1688 - 1697

39
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Locke publishes Two Treaties of Government

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1690

40
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War of the Spanish Succession

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1701 - 1714

41
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Tsar Peter the Great begins building St. Petersburg

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1703

42
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Voltaire leaves France

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1734

43
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Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne

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1740

44
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Seven Years War

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1756 - 1763

45
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Catherine “the great” rules Russia

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1762 - 1796

46
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Stamp Act taxes England’s American Colonists

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1765

47
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Richard Arkwright invents the water frame

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1769

48
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American War of Independence

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1775 - 1783

49
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13 colonies declare independence from England

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1776

50
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France allies with US in War of Indpendence

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1778

51
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James Watt invents continuous rotary steam engine

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1781

52
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13 states unite under Articles of Confederation

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1781 - 1788

53
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Washington resigns his military commission

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1783

54
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US constitutional convention meets in Philadelphia

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1787

55
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George Washington is President of US

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1789 - 1797

56
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Louis XVI calls the Estates-General in France

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1789

57
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Storming of the Bastilles in France

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1789

58
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Great Fear and abolition of feudal priviledge in France

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1789

59
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Wars of the French Revolution

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1792 - 1815

60
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Monarchy Abolished in France, Yr 1 of the Republic

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1792

61
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Louis XVI executed

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1793

62
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Reign of Terror in France

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1793 - 1794

63
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Napoleon’s Italian Campaign

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1796-1797

64
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Napoleon becomes First Consul of French Republic

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1799

65
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President Jefferson buys Louisiana Territory from France

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1803

66
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Napoleon becomes Emporer of the French People

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1804

67
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Battle of Trafalgar

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1805

68
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The Peninsular War

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1808-1814

69
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Simon Bolivar’s independence movement begins in Venezuela

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1811

70
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Napoleon’s invasion of Russia

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1812

71
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British Parliament authorizes the Gas Light & Coke Company in London

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1812

72
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War of 1812

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1812 - 1815

73
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Napoleon’s First Defeat

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1813 - 1814

74
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Congress of Vienna

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1814 - 1815

75
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Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo

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1815

76
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The congress of Vienna gives the Rhineland to Prussia

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1815

77
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Stephenson’s Rocket in Britain

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1829

78
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Andrew Jackson president of US

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1829 - 1837

79
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Liverpool-Manchester Railway opens

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1830

80
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Greek Independence

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1830

81
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Indian Removal in US

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1831 - 1837

82
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SS Great Western launched, first regular transAtlantic steamship

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1838

83
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Year of Revolution across Europe

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1848

84
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The Risorgimento unifies Italy

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1860-1861

85
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Seven Weeks War

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1866

86
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Franco Prussian War

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1870-1871

87
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German Unification, King of Prussia becomes Kaiser

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1871