AP Euro Timeline

By nhink
  • Period: Jan 1, 1375 to Jan 1, 1527

    Renaissance

    Was the buliding up towards the enlightenment. This connects to individuals vs society because they were painting pictures showing the struggle of change in society. (Intellectual)
  • Jan 1, 1455

    Creation of Printing Press

    Creation of Printing Press
    This follows the theme of poverty/rich because it allowed for everyone to be able to access newspapers.
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Ferdinand and Isabella Expel Jews

    Ferdinand and Isabella Expel Jews
    This conncects to equality because they expelled them for not following the same religion, and eventually led up to reformations to allow freedom of religion.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Early Modern Society

    Early Modern Society
    This connects to equality because it brought the isolated capatilst econmies to a more equal level with the others.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther, 95 Theses

    Martin Luther, 95 Theses
    This connects to equality, again, because it was really the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
  • Period: Feb 19, 1517 to

    Protestant Reformation

    This was a long period of time that was all about Protestants being able to worship freely without persecution. This obviously connects to equality. (culture)
  • Feb 19, 1521

    Diet of Worms

    Diet of Worms
    Luther was excommunicated but was not killed because he had friends who were willing to protect him. This connects to individuals vs society.
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Founding of Anglican Church

    Founding of Anglican Church
    This connects to social and economic because it was a way for Henry VII to be able to divroce his wife in order to have a proper heir to the throne, this in turn, changed the way a society was allowed to marry.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563

    Council of Trent

    This connects to equality because it was the response to the Protestant Reformation. (political)
  • Period: Feb 19, 1553 to Feb 19, 1558

    Reign of Mary I

    Catholicism was the main force during her reign, leading to the execution of many Protestants. This connects to individuals vs society because they were exiled for following a different religion. (political)
  • Jan 1, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Peace of Augsburg
    This relates to individuals vs society because it was the ruling of a Prince over Germany to contorl their religious say, which resulted in the segregation of the non-dominant religions.
  • Feb 19, 1559

    Act of Supremacy

    Act of Supremacy
    This act repealed all the laws that did not allow Protestants to woship freely. This connects to equality.
  • Feb 19, 1572

    Bartholomew's Day Massacre

    Bartholomew's Day Massacre
    This was the killing of Huguenots and Protestants as ordered by Catherine. This connects to equality because the Protestants and Huguenots wanted to be able to worship freely.
  • Henry IV Converts to Catholicism

    Henry IV Converts to Catholicism
    This connects to individuals vs society because he changed his religion in order to fit in with the country he was ruling, France.
  • Edict of Nante

    Edict of Nante
    This connects to equaltiy because it was a way to stop the wars between Huguenots and Catholics, who were willing to go to war over religion.
  • French Acadamy of Science

    French Acadamy of Science
    This connects to knowledge vs subjective visions this was an institute made for science to be conducted to help better their understanding of the world around them.
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    Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

    This relates to knowledge vs subjective visions because it changed the way an entire society viewed the way the univers works. (intellectual)
  • Galileo and his Telescope

    Galileo and his Telescope
    This changed how society viewed space and was the start of the Scientific Revolution, eventhough it took place many years later.
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    Thirty Year's War

    This connects to interaction with other nations because it was a series of wars due to the fact that the countries did not share the same religious views. (politcal)
  • Period: to

    Reign of Louis XIV

    This connects to individuals vs society because he also used Devine Right of Kings to justify for his ruling. (political)
  • Treaty of Westphalia

    Treaty of Westphalia
    This connects to equality because it ended the Thirty Year's War, which was fought over religion.
  • Academy of Experiments

    Academy of Experiments
    This connects to knowledge vs subjective visions because it allowed for new experiements to be done, in turn developing the understanding of science.
  • Royal Society of London

    Royal Society of London
    This is another institute for science to be conducted, connecting it to knowledge vs subjective visions.
  • Period: to

    English Game Laws

    This connects to poverty vs rich because this allowed for aristocrats to keep their priviledges while losiing politcal power.
  • Louis XIV Revokes Edict of Nante

    Louis XIV Revokes Edict of Nante
    This connects to equality because he revoked a major document that was made for religious toleration in Europe.
  • Newton Publishes Principia Mathmatica

    Newton Publishes Principia Mathmatica
    This connects to knowledge because Newton discovered one of the most game changing thing in science at the time.
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution
    This connects to individuals vs society because it was caused by a large amount of people who wanted change to happen.
  • Essay Concerning Human Understanding

    Essay Concerning Human Understanding
    This connects to individuals vs society because Locke said that only experiences can mold a personlaity, which was another main starting point of the enlightenment.
  • Period: to

    Enlightenment

    This ties in to knowledge because it was literally the turning point of knowledge in human history. (intellectual)
  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine
    This connects to knoweledge because it was a great invention that improved the lives of thousands of people by allowing trains the be able to bring more merchandise to more places.
  • Period: to

    Spanish War of Succession

    This connects to centralization of power because Europe wanted to keep the balance of power in order so that one state did not become too powerful. (political)
  • Pragmatic Sanction

    Pragmatic Sanction
    This connects to centralization of power because Charles VI wanted to keep the power in his family, so he signed a document in order to give his daughter the throne.
  • Polish Nobles Exempt from Taxes

    Polish Nobles Exempt from Taxes
    This connects to poverty vs rich because they made the serfs pay taxes, and they exercized their politcal power by not allowing for their class to pay taxes.
  • Rousseau Publishes Emile

    Rousseau Publishes Emile
    This connects to individuals vs society because he stated that men and women should be in different spheres, in order to keep the balance in the home and economy. He was one of the few people that believed this.
  • First Partition of Poland

    First Partition of Poland
    This connects to centralization of power because Russia's main form of wealth was land, so they decided to take land from Poland in order to improve their economy and expand the country.
  • Period: to

    Pugachev's Rebellion

    This connects to individuals vs society becasue Pugachev told serfs they would own their own land if they rebelled, however Catherine fought back with very deadly repercussions. (economic)
  • Wealth of Nations

    Wealth of Nations
    This was written to show the advantages of mercantilsm compared to capatlism. This connects to knowledge vs subjective.
  • Charter of Nobility

    Charter of Nobility
    This connects to poverty vs rich because it was a document that said the nobility were exempt from taxes.
  • French Revolution of 1789

    French Revolution of 1789
    This connects to equality because it was trying to make the other classes more equal with the upper class, however, it did not work because they took a poor approach to it.
  • Decleration of the Rights of Women

    Decleration of the Rights of Women
    This connects to equality because women viewed that they should have the same rights as men.
  • Invention of Cotton Gin

    Invention of Cotton Gin
    This improved the way clothes were made and could allow them to be mass produced. This connects to knowledge because the invention changed lives for the better.
  • Napoleonic Code

    Napoleonic Code
    This connects to individuals vs society becasue all women during this time were not able to have any control during a relationship, which meant men got final say on everything.
  • Congress of Vienna

    Congress of Vienna
    This connects to centralization of power because the heads of European nations came together to talk about how they can all gain land without further conflicts between each other.
  • Greek Revolution

    Greek Revolution
    This connects to individuals vs society because the people of Greece wanted to gain indepenedence from the Ottoman Empire.
  • Poor Law

    Poor Law
    This connects to poverty vs rich because it was made for poor people to receive more dangerous and life threathening jobs in order to earn money, which kept everyone in their class.
  • Public Health Act

    Public Health Act
    This connects to knowledge vs subjective visions because Lister found out the cholera is linked to poor sewer systems, so the states then improved sewage and water systems.
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    Crimean War

    This connects to centralization of power becasue it was a war with mainly Russia and the Ottoman Empire over land in the Balkans. (economic)
  • Origin of Species, Charles Darwin

    Origin of Species, Charles Darwin
    This connects to knowledge vs subjective visions because Darwin showed how evolution takes place, but the church did not want to accept it because it showed that the nature was not perfect.
  • Emancipation of Russian Serfs

    Emancipation of Russian Serfs
    This connects to poverty vs rich because Tsar Alexander I knew that in order for Russia to gain economic ground on the rest of Europe, it would have to free the serfs.
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    Franco-Prussian War

    This connects to centralization of power because Bismarck tricked France into a war they could not win, in order for Germany to become unified. (political)
  • Discovery of Pastuerization

    Discovery of Pastuerization
    This helped with keeping food and drinks better for longer periods of time. This connects to knowledge vs subjective because it was creative and helped many people.
  • Married Women Property Act

    Married Women Property Act
    This connects to equality because women wanted to be able to own property as men could.
  • Womens Voting Rights, Britain

    Womens Voting Rights, Britain
    This connects to individuals vs society because women wanted to be able to vote and have the same rights as men had. (This can also go with social but it won't let me have 2 pictures.)
  • Fall of Berlin Wall

    Fall of Berlin Wall
    This connects to individuals vs society because people wanted Germany to be unified once again.
  • James IV to James I

    James IV to James I
    He believed in Devin Right, which he exercized while he was ruling. This connects to individuals vs society because he believed he had absolute power and no one could tell him otherwise.