Download European History Timeline

European History Timeline
Date
15,000 B.C.
6000 B.C. –
3000 B.C.
3000 B.C. –
1400B.C.
800 B.C. –
500 B.C.
400 B.C. –
300 B.C.
27 B.C. – 180
A.D.
380 A.D.
400 A.D.
600 A.D.
1000 A.D.
500 A.D. –
1500 A.D.
1000 A.D.
1300
1400
1500
1500s – 1600s
1600s
Event
Prehistoric man painted cave in France
Europe developed farming and cities began to emerge in
southeastern Europe
First European civilization began on Aegean Islands east of
present day Greece, people developed writing, civilizations
spread to western coasts of Europe
Etruscans built a trading empire in Italy
Greek civilization spread reached its peak
Roman Empire reached its height, they borrowed from the
Greeks, Roman Empire expanded into Middle East, into
Europe and north Africa.
Christianity became the official religion of Roman Empire
and Roman Empire split into two empires: East and West
Germanic tribes from north of the West Roman Empire
overthrew Roman rule of present day Spain, France, Italy,
and Britain
Islam Religion began, the religion spread through
Southwest Asia, North Africa and Spain
Christian Church split : Roman Catholic and Eastern
Orthodox
Feudal system developed, Roman Catholic church became
the most powerful force in Europe. Cathedrals and
Monasteries became the centers of learning
Christian Crusades began, wars to win Palestine from
Muslim control
Renaissance period began, a 300 year time period which
inspired a period of learning and the arts – brought great
advances to Europe
Portuguese explorers searched for new trade routes to Asia
around Africa; Christopher Columbus reached the
Americas in the late 1400s
Reformation; lessened the power of the Catholic Church
and led to the beginnings of Protestantism; time period
encouraged advances in science
Many European nations sent out explorers; colonies were
established in other lands and often destroyed the cultures
already thriving there; brought great wealth to Europe
British Parliament passed a bill of rights limiting the power
of the monarch
1700s
1789
1800s
1900s
1914-1918
1939-1945
1949
1958
1980s
1989
1990
Wars and the building of empires had made Europe
powerful; industrial revolution began in Great Britain;
middle class grew
French Revolution; France became a republic and spread
ideas of democracy
Uprisings occurred in Spain, Italy, Greece, Belgium, and
Poland
Most European nations had a democratic form of
government
First World War in Europe
Second World War in Europe
Cold War – a power struggle between the communist world
led by the Soviet Union and the non-communist world led
by the United States
European Community formed – economic unit forming a
single market- allows goods, services, workers, and money
to flow freely
Reforms swept through Eastern Europe: Poland, Hungary,
Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Romania and Bulgaria
Free elections ended communist control in Eastern Europe
East and West Germany were united into a single, noncommunist nation