History of Europe

By jelson
  • 1517 BCE

    Protestant reformation begins

    it was the 16th century religious political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered catholic Europe.
  • 1337 BCE

    Hundred year war

    Hundred year war
    a wage from 1337 to 1453
  • 1300 BCE

    Renaissance

    the cultural bridge between the middle ages
  • 814 BCE

    charlemagne dies

    charlemagne dies
    he united a large part of Europe during early middle ages
  • 750 BCE

    Sparta and Athens emerge as city-states

    They had the same religion so they emerged as city-states
  • 505 BCE

    people begin settling on peloponnesus

    A large peninsula linked to the northern territory of greece
  • 380 BCE

    Scientific Revolution

    Scientific Revolution
    When people started discovering more things with science
  • 368 BCE

    King philip 2 seizes control of Greece

    When king philip the 2 seized control of Greece
  • 285 BCE

    Division of roman empire

    Division of roman empire
    they couldn't govern all of it so they did a Division
  • 509

    Romans setup a republic

    When Romans setup a republic
  • Nov 28, 1095

    crusades

    crusades
    when armies of Chirstians from western Europe responded to pope Urban pea to go to war against Muslim forces in the holy land.
  • Enlightenment

    Enlightenment
    A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
  • Industrial revolution

    Industrial revolution
    A movement in which machines changed peoples way of life as well as their methods of manufacture.
  • French Revolution

    French Revolution
    was a period of far reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799
  • napoleon seizes control of france

    he took power of France on November 9th
  • WW1

    WW1
    A war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to November 1918
  • WW2

    WW2
    A global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
  • European Union

    A politico-economic union of 28 states member states that are located primarily in Europe.
  • EU nations adopt the euro

    is the ofifical currency of the eurozone