APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ Foundations (8000 B.C.E. - 600 C.E.) Hour ___ September 21, 2012 1. ____ c. 8000 B.C.E. A. Alexander the Great 2. ____ c. 3000 B.C.E. B. BegJapanese invasion of (rest of) Chinainning of Trans- Saharan Trade Routes 3. ____ c. 1300 B.C.E. C. Beginnings of Christianity 4. ____ 6th century B.C.E. D. Beginnings of agriculture 5. ____ 5th century B.C.E. E. Beginnings of Bronze Age - and early civilizations 6. ____ 323 B.C.E. F. end of Han Dynasty 7. ____ 221 B.C.E. G. end of Pax Romana 8. ____ 184 B.C.E. H. Fall of Gupta Dynasty/Empire – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – I. Fall of Mauryan Dynasty 9. ____ 32 C.E. J. Fall of Rome 10. ____ 180 C.E. K. Greek Golden Age - philosophers, etc. 11. ____ 220 C.E. L. Iron Age 12. ____ 312 C.E. M. Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire 13. ____ 333 C.E. N. life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi (beginnings of 14. ____ 4th century C.E. Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism/Taosim) 15. ____ 476 C.E. O. Qin unified China 16. ____ 527 C.E. P. Roman capital moved to Constantinople 17. ____ 550 C.E. Monica Bond-Lamberty, Northwood HS http://moodle.egrps.org/course/view.php?id=136 APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ 600-1450 Hour ___ September 21, 2012 1. ____ 622 A. Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox) 2. ____ c. 730 B. 1st Crusade 3. ____ 732 C. Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China 4. ____ c. 900 D. Ming Dynasty 5. ____ 1054 E. Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France) 6. ____ 1066 F. Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks over Byzantium) 7. ____ 1071 G. Bubonic plague in Europe 8. ____ 1095 H. Zheng He’s voyages 9. ____ 1206 I. Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage 10. ____ 1258 J. Marco Polo’s travels 11. ____ 1271-1295 K. Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid caliphate 12. ____ 1279-1368 L. Printing invented in China 13. ____ 1324 M. Norman conquest of England 14. ____ 1325-1349 N. Rise of Inca Empire 15. ____ 1347-1348 O. Founding of Islam P. Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests 16. ____ 1368-1644 Q. End of Classic Maya 17. ____ 1405-1433 R. travels of Ibn Battuta 18. ____ 1438 Monica Bond-Lamberty, Northwood HS http://moodle.egrps.org/course/view.php?id=136 APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ 1450-1750 Hour ___ September 21, 2012 1. ____ 1453 A. 30 Years War 2. ____ 1480s B. Battle of Sekigahara - unification of Japan - beginning of Tokugawa rule 3. ____ 1488 C. Battle of Lepanto (defeat of Ottoman Navy) 4. ____ 1492 D. Columbus/Reconquista of Spain 5. ____ 1502 E. Cortez conquered the Aztecs 6. ____ 1517 F. defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British 7. ____ 1521 G. Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope 8. ____ 1529 H. Discovery of silver at Potosí 9. ____ 1533 I. End of Ming/Beginning of Qing Dynasty 10. ____ 1545 J. Founding of Jamestown 11. ____ 1571 K. Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights 12. ____ 1588 L. Height of Aztec Empire 13. ____ 1600 M. Martin Luther’s 95 Theses 14. ____ 1607 N. Ottomans capture Constantinople 15. ____ 1618-1648 O. Pizarro toppled the Inca 16. ____ 1644 P. 1st African Slaves to Americas 17. ____ 1683 Q. 1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna 18. ____ 1689 R. 2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna Monica Bond-Lamberty, Northwood HS http://moodle.egrps.org/course/view.php?id=136 APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ 1750-1900 Hour ___ September 21, 2012 1. ____ 1756-1763 A. 1st Opium War in China 2. ____ 1767 B. 7 Years War/French and Indian War C. American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations 3. ____ 1776 D. Battle of Adowa (Ethiopians defeat Italians) 4. ____ 1789 E. Berlin Conference - colonial division of Africa 5. ____ 1804 F. Boer War - British in control of South Africa 6. ____ 1807 G. British abolition of Trans-Atlantic slave trade 7. ____ 1815 H. Commodore Perry opens Japan 8. ____ 1820s I. Congress of Vienna 9. ____ 1839 J. Emancipation Proclamation in US K. end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification 10. ____ 1848 L. European revolutions/Marx & Engles write Communist 11. ____ 1853 Manifesto 12. ____ 1857 M. French Revolution begins 13. ____ 1861 N. German unification O. Haitian independence 14. ____ 1863 P. Independence in Latin America 15. ____ 1871 Q. Invention of the Spinning Jenny (using machines to 16. ____ 1885 manufacture) 17. ____ 1893 R. New Zealand grants women suffrage S. Sepoy Mutiny 18. ____ 1896 T. Spanish-American War - US acquires Philippines, Cuba, 19. ____ 1898 Guam, & Puerto Rico 20. ____ 1899-1902 Monica Bond-Lamberty, Northwood HS http://moodle.egrps.org/course/view.php?id=136 APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ 1900-1950 Hour ___ September 21, 2012 1. ____ 1905 A. Armistice (end of WWI fighting) 2. ____ 1910-1920 B. Berlin Blockade/Airlift 3. ____ 1911 C. birth of Israel 4. ____ 1914-1918 D. Chinese Revolution (end of Qing) 5. ____ 1917 March E. Chinese Communist Revolution 6. ____ 1917 Oct/Nov F. end of WWII (Japan surrenders) 7. ____ 1918 Nov G. German blitzkrieg in Poland 8. ____ 1919 H. Hiroshima/Nagasaki 9. ____ 1928 I. independence & partition of India 10. ____ 1929 J. Italian invasion of Ethiopia 11. ____ 1931 K. Japanese invasion of (rest of) China (rape of Nanking) 12. ____ 1935 L. Japanese invasion of Manchuria 13. ____ 1937 M. Kellogg-Briand Pact (outlawing war) 14. ____ 1939 N. Mexican Revolution (Diaz overthrown) 15. ____ 1941 O. NATO founded 16. ____ 1945 Feb P. Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII 17. ____ 1945 Aug Q. Russian Revolution (Czar Abdicates) 18. ____ 1945 Sept R. Russian Revolution (Communist/Bolshevik) 19. ____ 1947 June S. Russo-Japanese war 20. ____ 1947 Aug T. stock market crash 21. ____ 1948 U. Treaty of Versailles 22. ____ 1948-49 V. Truman Doctrine (“official” decl of Cold War) 23. ____ 1949 Apr W. World War I 24. ____ 1949 Oct X. Yalta Conference (beg of Cold War?) Monica Bond-Lamberty, Northwood HS http://moodle.egrps.org/course/view.php?id=136 APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ 1950-present Hour ___ September 21, 2012 1. ____ 1950-1953 A. 1st Palestinian Intifada 2. ____ 1954 B. 1st Persian Gulf war 3. ____ 1955 C. 1st all race elections in S. Africa 4. ____ 1956 Feb D. 6-Day War 5. ____ 1956 Fall E. 9/11 Attacks 6. ____ 1957 F. Bandung Conf (Non-Aligned Nations) 7. ____ 1959 G. China begins “Socialist Market Economy” reforms (Deng Xiaoping) 8. ____ 1962 H. Chinese Cultural Revolution 9. ____ 1966-1976 I. Cuban Missile Crisis 10. ____ 1967 J. Cuban Revolution (Fidel Castro) 11. ____ 1973 K. Facebook founded 12. ____ 1979 L. fall of Berlin Wall 13. ____ 1979 M. genocide in Rwanda 14. ____ 1987 N. Global “Great Recession” begins 15. ____ 1989 June O. Iranian Revolution 16. ____ 1989 Nov P. Khrushchev begins de-Stalinization 17. ____ 1990 Q. Korean War 18. ____ 1991 Jan R. Namibia gains independence (last African colony) 19. ____ 1991 Dec S. Nationalization of Suez Canal 20. ____ 1994 Apr-July T. Sputnik 21. ____ 1994 Apr U. Tiananmen Square 22. ____ 2001 V. US invades Iraq 23. ____ 2003 W. USSR disbands 24. ____ 2004 X. Vietnam expels France (Dien Bien Phu) 25. ____ 2007 Y. Wikileaks, “Arab Spring” democracy 26. ____ 2011 Z. Yom Kippur war (OPEC Oil Embargo) Monica Bond-Lamberty, Northwood HS http://moodle.egrps.org/course/view.php?id=136.