Timeline Dates Flashcards

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Italian Renaissance

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1397 - Giovanni de Medici founded first Medici Bank

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Printing

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1450 - Gutenberg Press

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Northern Renaissance

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1516 - Thomas More’s “Utopia”

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Protestant Reformation

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1517 - Martin Luther posted “95 Theses”

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Age of Exploration

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1492 - Columbus came to the New World

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Catholic Counter-Reformation

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1534 - Ignatius started the Jesuits order

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Age of Absolutism

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1682 - Louis XIV moved royal Court to Versailles

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Constitutionalism/Limited Monarchies

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1689 - English Bill of rights (influenced by John Locke)

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Scientific Revolution

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1543 - Copernicus published heliocentric ideas (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres)

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Enlightenment

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1751 - Diderot created Encyclopedia

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Dutch Golden Age

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1602 - Dutch East India Company established

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Economic Change

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1661 - Jean Baptiste Colbert became First Minister

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Enlightened Deposits

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1740 - Fredrick II became king of Prussia

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French Revolution

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1793 - Marat was stabbed by Corday

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Napoleon/Congress of Vienna

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1804 - Napoleon became Emperor of France

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First Industrial Revolution

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1781 - James Watt improved steam engine

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Romanticism/Realism

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1789 - Tennis Court Oath

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Second Industrial Revolution

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1876 - Graham Bell’s telephone

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Imperialism

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1884 - Berlin Conference

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Modern Art

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1874 - Claude Monet’s “Impression: Sunrise”

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Modernism/Uncertainty Grows

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1905 - Einstein’s “Theory of Relativity”

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World War I

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1914 - 1918 (world war I)

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Rise of Dictators/Fascism/Totalitarianism

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1919 - Mussolini organized first Fascist party

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World War II

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1939 - 1945 (World War II)

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Cold War

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1947 - 1991 (cold war)

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Decolonization

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1947 - Indian Independence Act

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Thatcherism/Regan

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1979 - Margaret Thatcher became prime minister

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Terrorism/UN Nations/9/11

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2001 - 9/11