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AP Euro Important Dates
Important dates for the AP European History test.
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History
10th Grade
03/09/2011

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1450 (approximately)
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Gutenberg invents the printing press with movable type
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1492
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Columbus "discovers America"
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1517
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Martin Luther's 95 Theses
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1520
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Peak of Italian Renaissance
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1588
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English defeat of Spanish Armada
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1640s
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English Civil War
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1648
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Treaty of Westphalia ends Thirty Years' War
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1688/89
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Glorious Revolution in Britain
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1763
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End of French/ Indian War, considered the "start" of American colonies' power
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1789
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Start of French Revolution, National Assembly's Tennis Court Oath, Storming of the Bastille
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1793
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Robespierre starts the Reign of Terror
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1799
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Napoleon takes power
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1815
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Congress of Vienna
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1848
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Socialist revolutions across Europe
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1861
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Italy unified
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1871
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Germany unified
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1914-1918
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World War I
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1917
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
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1919
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Treaty of Versailles (that settled WWI)
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1930s
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Great Depression
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1939
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Hitler invades Poland and sets off WWII
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1939-1945
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World War II
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1946-1990
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Cold War
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1968
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"Prague Spring" in Czechoslovakia
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1989
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Fall of Berlin Wall
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1991
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Maastricht Treaty creates European Union
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