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History Final
Dates to remember
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 31 | Battle of Actium |
| 29 | Virgil begins the composition of The Aeneid; "Pax Romana 29 BC-180 AD |
| 312 | Battle of Milvian Bridge |
| 313 | Edict of Milan |
| 325 | Council of Nicaea |
| 330 | Constantine moves Imperial Capital from Rome to Constantinople |
| 354-430 | Life of St. Augustine of Hippo |
| 410 | Alaric sacks Rome |
| 476 | Fall of Rome |
| 527-565 | Justinian's Reign of Byzantine Empire |
| 532 | Nika Revolt |
| 537 | Dedication of Hagia Sophia |
| 632 | Muhammad's Death |
| 714-741 | Reign of Charles Martel |
| 732 | Battle of Tours |
| 768-814 | Reign of Charlemagne |
| 800 | Crowning of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope on Christmas Day |
| 962 | Otto the Great Crowned H.R.E. (first since Charlemagne) |
| 987-996 | Capetian Dynasty begins with Hugh Capet |
| 1054 | The Great Schism |
| 1066 | Battle of Hastings, Norman Conquest |
| 1096-1099 | First Crusade |
| 1122 | Concordat of Worms |
| 1154-1399 | Plantagenet Dynasty, beginning with reign of Henry II, ending with deposal of Richard II |
| 1155-1227 | Life of Genghis Khan |
| 1204-1206 | Fourth Crusade |
| 1215 | Magna Carta |
| 1302 | Pope Boniface VIII publishes papal bull Unam Sanctam |
| 1305-1378 | Avignon Papacy (a.k.a. the Babylonian Captivity) |
| 1328 | Royal House of Valois begins |
| 1337-1453 | Hundred Years War |
| 1399-1461 | House of Lancaster (red rose) Dynasty, followed by York (white rose) |
| 1413-1422 | Reign of Henry V of England (and France) |
| 1415 | Battle of Agincourt |
| 1422-1461 | Reign of Charles [a Valois] (Joan of Arc helped him to the throne) |
| 1431 | Joan of Arc burned at the stake |
| 1453 | Fall of Constantinople, end of Byzantine Empire |
| 1454 | Gutenberg Bible printed (Cicero printed second) |
| 1455-1485 | War of the Roses (red--Lancaster vs white--York) |
| 1483-1485 | Reign of Richard III |
| 1516 | Thomas More publishes Utopia |
| 1517 | Martin Luther publishes his Ninety-five Theses |
| 1520 | Luther declared a heretic |
| 1521 | Diet of Worms |
| 1530 | Augsburg Confession |
| 1535 | Thomas More beheaded by order of Henry VIII |
| 1545-1563 | Council of Trent |
| 1555 | Peace of Augsburg (cuius regio, eius religio) |
| 1558-1603 | Reign of Queen Elizabeth |
| 1571 | Battle of LePanto |
| 1588 | Spanish Armada |
| 1618-1648 | Thirty Years War, ending with Peace of Westphalia |
| 1643-1715 | Louis XIV |
| 1649 | Execution of King Charles |
| 1653-1659 | Cromwell's Protectorate |
| 1659 | The Restoration |
| 1688 | The Glorious Revolution |
| 1689 | Toleration Act, English Bill of Rights |
| 1689-1702 | King William of Orange (William and Mary) |
| 1712-1778 | Life of Jean Jacques Rousseau |
| 1769-1821 | Life of Napoleon Bonaparte |
| 1789 | Fall of the Bastille, July 14 |
| 1793 | Louis XVI and his Queen Marie Antoinette executed during reign of terror |
| 1794 | Maximiliam Robespierre executed |
| 1812 | Invasion of Russia |
| 1815 | Battle of Waterloo |
Created by:
C Dilly
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