APWH “Must-Know” Dates 1

Foundations (8000 B.C.E. - 600 C.E.)

1. ____ 8000 B.C.E. A. Alexander the Great

B. Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
2. ____ 3000 B.C.E.
C. Beginnings of Christianity
3. ____ 1300 B.C.E.
D. Beginnings of agriculture
4. ____ 6th century B.C.E. E. Beginnings of Bronze Age - and early
civilizations
5. ____ 5th C B.C.E.
F. end of Han Dynasty
6. ____ 323 B.C.E. G. end of Pax Romana
H. Fall of Rome
7. ____ 221 B.C.E.
I. Greek Golden Age - philosophers, etc.
8. ____ 32 C.E.
J. Iron Age
9. ____ 180 C.E. K. Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire
L. life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu (beginnings
10. ____ 220 C.E.
of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taosim)
11. ____ 333 M. Qin unified China
N. Roman capital moved to Constantinople
12. ____ 4th C

13. ____ 476

14. ____ 527

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600-1450

1. ____ 632 A. 1st Schism in Christian Church

B. 1st Crusade
2. ____ 732
C. Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into
3. ____ 1054 France)
D. Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks over
4. ____ 1066
Byzantium)
5. ____ 1071 E. Bubonic plague in Europe
F. end of Zheng He’s voyages
6. ____ 1095
G. Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage
7. ____ 1258
H. Marco Polo travels
8. ____ 1271-1295 I. Mongols sack Baghdad
J. Norman conquest of England
9. ____ 1324
K. Rise of Ottomans
10. ____ 1325-1349
L. Rise of Islam
11. ____ 1347-1348 M. travels of Ibn Battuta

12. ____ 1433

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1450-1750

1. ____ 1453 A. 30 years war

B. Battle of Sekigahara - unification of Japan - beginning
2. ____ 1488
of Tokugawa rule
3. ____ 1492 C. Battle of Lepanto (defeat of Ottoman Navy)
D. Columbus / Reconquista of Spain
4. ____ 1502
E. Cortez conquered the Aztecs
5. ____ 1517
F. defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British
6. ____ 1521 G. Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope
H. foundation of Jamestown
7. ____ 1533
I. Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights
8. ____ 1571
J. Martin Luther/95 theses
9. ____ 1588 K. Ottomans capture Constantinople
L. Pizarro toppled the Inca
10. ____ 1600
M. 1st Slaves to Americas
11. ____ 1607
N. Treaty of Horowitz
12. ____ 1618-1648 O. unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna

13. ____ 1683

14. ____ 1689

15. ____ 1699

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1750-1914

1. ____ 1756-1763 A. 1st opium war in China

B. 7 years war/French and Indian War
2. ____ 1776
C. American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations
3. ____ 1789
D. Berlin Conference - division of Africa
4. ____ 1804 E. Boer War - British in control of South Africa
F. Chinese Revolution / End of Dynastic China
5. ____ 1815
G. Commodore Perry opens Japan
6. ____ 1820s
H. Congress of Vienna
7. ____ 1839 I. Emancipation Proclamation in US
J. end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification
8. ____ 1848
K. European revolutions/Marx & Engles write Communist
9. ____ 1853 Manifesto
L. French Revolution begins
10. ____ 1857
M. German unification
11. ____ 1861
N. Haitian independence
12. ____ 1863 O. Independence in Latin America
P. Mexican Revolution
13. ____ 1871
Q. Russo-Japanese war
14. ____ 1885
R. Sepoy Mutiny
15. ____ 1898 S. Spanish-American War - US acquires Philippine, Cuba,
Guam, & Puerto Rico
16. ____ 1899-1902

17. ____ 1905

18. ____ 1910 -1920

19. ____ 1911

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1914-Present
1. ____ 1914 A. 1st Palestinian Intifada

2. ____ 1917 B. 6-day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution

C. 9/11
3. ____ 1919
D. birth of Israel
4. ____ 1929
E. Chinese Communist Revolution
5. ____ 1931
F. Cuban Revolution
6. ____ 1935 G. Cuban missile crisis
7. ____ 1939 H. de-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal

8. ____ 1941 I. end of WWII

J. fall of USSR/1st Gulf war
9. ____ 1945
K. genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa
10. ____ 1947
L. German blitzkrieg in Poland
11. ____ 1948
M. independence & partition of India
12. ____ 1949 N. Iranian Revolution
13. ____ 1950-1953 O. Italian invasion of Ethiopia

14. ____ 1954 P. Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Q. Korean War
15. ____ 1956
R. Pearl Harbor
16. ____ 1959
S. Russian Revolution
17. ____ 1962
T. stock market crash
18. ____ 1967 U. Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall
19. ____ 1973 V. Treaty of Versailles - end of WWI

20. ____ 1979 W. Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu

X. WWI begins
21. ____ 1987
Y. Yom Kippur war
22. ____ 1989

23. ____ 1991

24. ____ 1994

25. ____ 2001