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European History Dates
Dates which Dr. Stoner-Eby has deemed to be important enough for us to committ to memory.
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Undergraduate 3
01/12/2011

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Conversion of Ethiopian King to Christianity
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330 AD
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Columbus arrives in the Americas
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1492
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Portuguese are the First Europeans to arrive in India by Sea
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1498
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Apogee of Atlantic Slave Trade
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1700s
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Beginnings of the Evangelical movement in Great Britain
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1730s
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Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
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1780-1840
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Formation of the first British missionary societies
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1790s
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British abolition of the slave trade
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1807
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Unification of Italy, Unification of Germany
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1870
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Europeans (primarily British and French) conquer the continent of Africa
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1890
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Ethiopians defeat the Italians at the Battle of Adowa in Ethiopia
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1896
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World War I
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1914-1918
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World War II (as WWII ends, the Cold War Begins)
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1939-1945
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Decolonization: Independence movements bring an end to European rule in Africa-- except Portuguese colonies and white settler regiemes
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1960s
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Collapse of Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, Beginning of the end of the Cold War, Pro-democracy movements emerge in many African Countries
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1989
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