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The Black Death

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1348-1351

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End of the hundred years war

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1453

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Printing Press invented

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1455

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Columbus goes to the new world

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1492

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Protestant reformation begins

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1517

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Peace of Augsberg

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1555

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Defeat of the spanish armada

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1588

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Edict of Nantes

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1598

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Dutch east india company founded

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1600

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Defenestration of prague

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1618

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Reign of Louis XIV in france

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1643-1715

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Treaty of westphalia

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1648

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13
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Hobbes “leviathan” is published

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1651

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Newton publishes “principia mathematica”

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1687

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Glorious revolution

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1688

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English bill of rights

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1688

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Locke publishes “two treatises on govt”

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1689

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Treaty of Paris ends the 7 years war

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1763

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Adam smith published “wealth of nations”

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1776

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French revolution

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1789-1799

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Napolean comes to power

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1799

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Congress of vienna

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1815

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Age of Metternich

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1815

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Revolutions in france, belgium, and greece

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1830

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Liberal revolution

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1848

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Marx and Engel publish “the communist manifesto”

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1848

27
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Unification of Italy

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1861

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Emancipation of Serfs in Russia

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1861

29
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Unification of Germany

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1871

30
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Berlin conference (scramble for Africa)

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1884

31
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Freud publishes “interpretation of dreams”

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1900

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Russian revolution

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1905

33
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World War I

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1914-1918

34
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Russian revolution

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1917

35
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Treaty of versailles ends world war I

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1918

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Stock market crash, great depression ends

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1929

37
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World war II in europe

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1939-1945

38
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UN established

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1945

39
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NATO formed

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1949

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Sputnik launched

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1957

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Berlin wall

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1961-1989

42
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Second vatican council

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1962

43
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Prague Spring

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1968

44
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Breakup of soviet union

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1991

45
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Maastricht treaty created European Union

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1992

46
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Euro introduced (new european currency)

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1999

47
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Putin elected president of Russia

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2000