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ibneko1066 – Battle of Hastings
1215 – Magna Carta Signed
1453 – End of 100 Years’ War; British lose France
31 Oct. 1517 – Martin Luther posts his 95 theses; beginning of Protestant Reformation
1588 – War of the Three Henries
1588 – Defeat of Spanish Armada; beginning of Britain’s naval supremacy
*25 March 1634 – Maryland founded
1648 – Treaty of Westphalia ends 30 Years’ War
1688 – “Glorious Revolution” brings William and Mary to British Throne
14 July 1789 – Storming of the Bastille
1812 – Napoleon crushed by Russians, abdicates
1848 – Revolutions throughout Europe (except England) following publication of Communist Manifesto [Esp. France (where Napoleon III comes to power) and Hungary]
1878 – Treaty of San Stefano; Congress of Berlin; Balkan Crisis
22 Jan. 1905 – Bloody Sunday
1914 – Beginning of Great War (WWI)
March 1917 – Russian Revolution in Petrograd
November 1917 – Bolshevik revolution
9 Nov. 1923 – Beer Hall Putsch
10 Jan. 1933 – Hitler named German Chancellor
1 Sept. 1939 – Hitler begins invasion of Poland
14 May 1948 – British leave Palestine, Ben Gurion declares Israel
1 Oct. 1949 – Mao at Heavenly Peace Gate (Tiananmen); Nationalist China falls
1956 – 20th Party Congress, Destalinization speech
1215 – Magna Carta Signed
1453 – End of 100 Years’ War; British lose France
31 Oct. 1517 – Martin Luther posts his 95 theses; beginning of Protestant Reformation
1588 – War of the Three Henries
1588 – Defeat of Spanish Armada; beginning of Britain’s naval supremacy
*25 March 1634 – Maryland founded
1648 – Treaty of Westphalia ends 30 Years’ War
1688 – “Glorious Revolution” brings William and Mary to British Throne
14 July 1789 – Storming of the Bastille
1812 – Napoleon crushed by Russians, abdicates
1848 – Revolutions throughout Europe (except England) following publication of Communist Manifesto [Esp. France (where Napoleon III comes to power) and Hungary]
1878 – Treaty of San Stefano; Congress of Berlin; Balkan Crisis
22 Jan. 1905 – Bloody Sunday
1914 – Beginning of Great War (WWI)
March 1917 – Russian Revolution in Petrograd
November 1917 – Bolshevik revolution
9 Nov. 1923 – Beer Hall Putsch
10 Jan. 1933 – Hitler named German Chancellor
1 Sept. 1939 – Hitler begins invasion of Poland
14 May 1948 – British leave Palestine, Ben Gurion declares Israel
1 Oct. 1949 – Mao at Heavenly Peace Gate (Tiananmen); Nationalist China falls
1956 – 20th Party Congress, Destalinization speech
