APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ Foundations Hour ____ May 27, 2009 1. ____________________ Qin unified China 2. ____________________ Alexander the Great 3. ____________________ Roman capital moved to Constantinople 4. ____________________ Greek Golden Age - philosophers, etc. 5. ____________________ Beginnings of Christianity 6. ____________________ Beginnings of Bronze Age - and early civilizations 7. ____________________ end of Pax Romana 8. ____________________ Fall of Rome 9. ____________________ Iron Age 10. ____________________ Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire 11. ____________________ end of Han Dynasty 12. ____________________ life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzi (beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taosim) 13. ____________________ Beginnings of agriculture 14. ____________________ Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ 600-1450 Hour ____ May 27, 2009 1.____________________ Mongols sack Baghdad 2.____________________ Bubonic plague in Europe 3.____________________ 1st Schism in Christian Church 4.____________________ travels of Ibn Battuta 5.____________________ Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France) 6.____________________ end of Zheng He’s voyages 7.____________________ Rise of Islam 8.____________________ Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage 9.____________________ Marco Polo’s travels 10.____________________ Norman conquest of England 11.____________________ Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks over Byzantium) 12.____________________ Rise of Ottomans 13.____________________ 1st Crusade APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ 1450-1750 Hour ____ May 27, 2009 1. _______________ Martin Luther/95 theses 2. _______________ unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna 3. _______________ Battle of Sekigahara - unification of Japan - beginning of Tokugawa rule 4. _______________ Columbus / Reconquista of Spain 5. _______________ Cortez conquered the Aztecs 6. _______________ defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British 7. _______________ Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope 8. _______________ foundation of Jamestown 9. _______________ 30 years war 10. _______________ Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights 11. _______________ Ottomans capture Constantinople 12. _______________ Pizarro toppled the Inca 13. _______________ 1st Slaves to Americas 14. _______________ Battle of Lepanto (defeat of Ottoman Navy) APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ 1750-1914 Hour ____ May 27, 2009 1. ________________ 1st Opium War in China 2. ________________ 7 years war/French and Indian War 3. ________________ American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations 4. ________________ Berlin Conference - division of Africa 5. ________________ Boer War - British in control of South Africa 6. ________________ Chinese Revolution / End of Dynastic China 7. ________________ Commodore Perry opens Japan 8. ________________ Congress of Vienna 9. ________________ Emancipation Proclamation in US 10. _______________ end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification 11. _______________ European revolutions/Marx & Engles write Communist Manifesto 12. _______________ French Revolution begins 13. _______________ German unification 14. _______________ Haitian independence 15. _______________ Independence in Latin America 16. _______________ Mexican Revolution 17. _______________ Russo-Japanese war 18. _______________ Sepoy Mutiny 19. _______________ Spanish-American War - US acquires Philippine, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico APWH “Must-Know” Dates Name _________________________ 1914-present Hour ____ May 27, 2009 1. ________________ 1st Palestinian Intifada 2. ________________ 6-day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution 3. ________________ 9/11 4. ________________ birth of Israel 5. ________________ Chinese Communist Revolution 6. ________________ Cuban Revolution 7. ________________ Cuban missile crisis 8. ________________ de-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal 9. ________________ end of WWII 10. _______________ fall of USSR/1st Gulf war 11. _______________ genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa 12. _______________ German blitzkrieg in Poland 13. _______________ independence & partition of India 14. _______________ Iranian Revolution 15. _______________ Italian invasion of Ethiopia 16. _______________ Japanese invasion of Manchuria 17. _______________ Korean War 18. _______________ Pearl Harbor 19. _______________ Russian Revolution 20. _______________ stock market crash 21. _______________ Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall 22. _______________ Treaty of Versailles - end of WWI 23. _______________ Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu 24. _______________ WWI begins 25. _______________ Yom Kippur war 6 APWH “Must-Know” Dates 1750-1914 Foundations (8000 B.C.E. - 600 CE) Industrial Revolution 1756-1763 -7 years war/French and Indian War 8000 B.C.E. - Beginnings of agriculture 1776 - American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of 3000 B.C.E. - Beginnings of Bronze Age - early civ’s Nations 1300 B.C.E. - Iron Age 1789 - French Revolution 6th century B.C.E. - life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu 1804 - Haitian independence (beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taosim) 1815 - Congress of Vienna 5th C B.C.E. - Greek Golden Age - philosophers. 1820s- Independence in Latin America 323 B.C.E. - Alexander the Great 1839 - 1st opium war in China 221 B.C.E. - Qin unified China 1848 - European revolutions/Marx & Engles write 32 C.E. - Beginnings of Christianity Communist Manifesto 180 C.E. - end of Pax Romana 1853- Commodore Perry opens Japan 220 C.E. - end of Han Dynasty 1857- Sepoy Mutiny 333 - Roman capital moved to Constantinople 1861- end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification 4th C - Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation in US 476 - Fall of Rome 1871- German unification 527 - Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire 1885 - Berlin Conference - division of Africa 1898 - Spanish-American War - US acquires 600-1450 Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico 622 - Founding of Islam 1899 - Boer War - British in control of South Africa 732 - Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France) 1905 - Russo-Japanese war 1054 - Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman 1910 -1920 - Mexican Revolution Catholic & Eastern Orthodox 1911- Chinese Revolution 1066 - Norman conquest of England 1071 - Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat Byz) 1914-present 1095 - 1st Crusade 1914-1918 - WWI 1258 - Mongols sack Baghdad 1917 - Russian Revolution 1271-1295 - Marco Polo travels 1919 - Treaty of Versailles - end of WWI 1324 - Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage 1929 - stock market crash 1325-1349 - travels of Ibn Battuta 1931 - Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1347-1348 - Bubonic plague in Europe 1935 - Italian invasion of Ethiopia 1433 - end of Zheng He’s voyages/Rise of Ottomans 1939 - German blitzkrieg in Poland 1941 - Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII 1450-1750 1945 - end of WWII 1453 - Ottomans capture Constantinople 1947 - independence & partition of India 1488 - Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope 1948 - birth of Israel 1492 - Columbus sailed the ocean blue/ Reconquista of 1949 - Chinese Communist Revolution Spain 1950-1953 - Korean War 1502 - 1st Slaves to Americas 1954 - Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu 1517 - Martin Luther/95 theses 1956 - de-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal 1521- Cortez conquered the Aztecs 1959 - Cuban Revolution 1533- Pizarro toppled the Inca 1962 - Cuban missile crisis 1571 - Battle of Lepanto, (naval defeat of Ottomans) 1967 - 6-day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution 1588 - defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British 1973 - Yom Kippur war 1600 - Battle of Sekigahara - beginning of Tokugawa 1979 - Iranian Revolution 1607 - foundation of Jamestown 1987 - 1st Palestinian Intifada 1618-1648 - 30 years war 1989 - Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall 1683- unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna 1991 - fall of USSR/1st Gulf war 1689 - Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights 1994 - genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa 2001 - 9/11 Attacks .