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History
Undergraduate 2
10/13/2009

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1054
Definition
Great schism - eastern orthodox/western Catholicism
Term
1066
Definition
Norman Invasion
Only time England has been successfully invaded!!
Term
1095
Definition
Crusades
(1st is the only successful one)
Term
1348-1350
Definition
Black death!
Term
1453
Definition

Fall of Constantinople

&

End of 100 Years War between France & England

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1494
Definition

Treaty of Tordesillas

Spain & Portugal split the world 

Land to the West goes to Spain; to the East, Portugal

Term
1517
Definition
Reformation
Term
1555
Definition

Peace at Augsburg- 

"Cius regio, eius religio" 

"He who rules makes the religion" 

Term
1598
Definition

Edict of Nantes - 

French protestants (Hugenots) are equal by law, can hold office. Religious tolerance under Henry IV

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1588
Definition

English defeat over the Spanish Armada

Frees England to go to the New World 

Term
1618-1648
Definition
30 years war - HRE. Disastrous to all of Europe. Protestants/Catholics
Term
1683
Definition
Last siege of Vienna by Ottomans (failed)
Term
1688
Definition

Revolution of 1688

Glorious Revolution! William & Mary sign English Bill of Rights, which balances Parliament & King. 

Term
1730
Definition
The Enlightenment
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1776
Definition
American Revolution,
Term
1789
Definition
French Revolution - storming of the bastille
Tennis Court Rebellion
American Dec. of Ind
Term
1815
Definition
Napoleon is exiled
Term
1842
Definition

Treaty of Nanking - China opened!

British get Hong Kong until 1997

Term
1871
Definition
Japanese, German & Italian constitution
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1215
Definition
Magna Carta - limits power of the king
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1250
Definition
Beg. of High Mid Ages
Pax Mongolia in 1260
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