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<attn>EUROPE'S HISTORY TIME LINE</attn>

<article>
<timeline type=line>
<start><date>600 BC</date></start>
<end><date>1980</date></end>
<timebar fid="scale002">

<range>
<from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to>
<slider>Greeks</slider>
</range>

<range>
<from>500 BC</from><to>401 BC</to>
<slider>Romans Greeks</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>400 BC</from><to>301 BC</to>
<slider>Romans Greeks</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>300 BC</from><to>201 BC</to>
<slider>Romans Greeks</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>200 BC</from><to>101 BC</to>
<slider>Romans Greeks</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to>
<slider>Romans</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1</from><to>100 </to>
<slider>Romans</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>101</from><to>200 </to>
<slider>Romans</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>201</from><to>300</to>
<slider>Romans</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>301</from><to>400</to>
<slider>Romans</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>401</from><to>500</to>
<slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range><from>501</from><to>600</to>
<slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>601</from><to>700</to>
<slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>701</from><to>800</to>
<slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>801</from><to>900</to>
<slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>901</from><to>1000</to>
<slider>Dark Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1001</from><to>1100</to>
<slider>Middle Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1101</from><to>1200</to>
<slider>Middle Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1201</from><to>1300</to>
<slider>Middle Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1301</from><to>1400</to>
<slider>Middle Ages, Byzantine</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1401</from><to>1500</to>
<slider>Renaissance Reformation</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1501</from><to>1600</to>
<slider>Renaissance Reformation</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1601</from><to>1700</to>
<slider>Modern Nations</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1701</from><to>1800</to>
<slider>Modern Nations</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1801</from><to>1900</to>
<slider>Modern Nations</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1901</from><to>2000</to>
<slider>Modern Nations</slider>
</range>



<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to></time>
<p>Greek city states emerge</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to></time>
<p>Celtic tribes move west</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>500 BC</from><to>401 BC</to></time>
<p>Athens builds empire in east Mediterranean</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>500 BC</from><to>401 BC</to></time>
<p>Athens fights Sparta</p>
</event>
<specific>
<date>490 BC</date>
<p>Greeks defeat Persians at battle of Salamis</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>400 BC</from><to>301 BC</to></time>
<p>Alexander the Great conquers Persian empire</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>400 BC</from><to>301 BC</to></time>
<p>Rome expands in Italy</p>
</event>
<specific>
<date>399 BC</date>
<p>Socrates dies</p>
</specific>
<specific>
<date>385 BC</date>
<p>Plato founds first university</p>
</specific>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>300 BC</from><to>201 BC</to></time>
<p>Roman expansion continues</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>300 BC</from><to>201 BC</to></time>
<p>Romans defeat Carthage and conquer Spain</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>200 BC</from><to>101 BC</to></time>
<p>Romans conquer Greece</p>
</event>
<specific>
<date>146 BC</date>
<p>Carthage destroyed</p>
</specific>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to></time>
<p>Julius Caesar conquers Gaul and invades Britain</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to></time>
<p>Roman Republic collapses</p>
</event>

<specific>
<date>27 BC</date>
<p>Augustus proclaims Roman empire</p>
</specific>
<event>
<specific>
<date>4 BC</date>
<p>Jesus Christ born</p>
</specific>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1</from><to>100</to></time>
<p>Britain becomes Roman province</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1</from><to>100</to></time>
<p>Persecution of Christians</p>
</event>

<specific>
<date>29</date>
<p>Jesus crucified</p>
</specific>

<specific>
<date>64</date>
<p>St Peter crucified in Rome</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>101</from><to>200</to></time>
<p>Roman empire at its peak under Emperors Trajan and Hadrian</p>
</event>
<specific>
<date>160</date>
<p>Barbarian tribes invade Roman empire</p>
</specific>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>201</from><to>300</to></time>
<p>Romans attacked by tribes beyond Rhine and Danube</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>301</from><to>400</to></time>
<p>Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes Roman capital</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>301</from><to>400</to></time>
<p>Christianity spreads</p>
</event>


<specific>
<date>313</date>
<p>Emperor Constantine makes Christianity an approved religion</p>
</specific>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>401</from><to>500</to></time>
<p>Western Roman empire collapses</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>401</from><to>500</to></time>
<p>Anglo-Saxons settle in Britain</p>
</event>

<specific>
<date>410</date>
<p>Rome captured by the Visigoths</p>
</specific>



<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>501</from><to>600</to></time>
<p>Christian missionaries convert people in France, Britain and Germany</p>
</event>

<specific>
<date>523</date>
<p>Benedict founds Benedictine order of monks</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>601</from><to>700</to></time>
<p>Kingdom of Franks strong</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>601</from><to>700</to></time>
<p>Pope's authority grows</p>
</event>



<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>701</from><to>800</to></time>
<p>Muslim Moors conquer Spain and invade France</p>
</event>

<specific>
<date>732</date>
<p>Charles Martel defeats Moors at Poitiers</p>
</specific>

<specific>
<date>800</date>
<p>Charlemagne crowned emperor</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>801</from><to>900</to></time>
<p>Vikings raid Ireland, England, France and Italy</p>
</event>

<specific>
<date>845</date>
<p>Vikings sack Paris</p>
</specific>

<specific>
<date>878</date>
<p>King Alfred defeats Vikings in England</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
<p>Kingdom of Poland established</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
<p>German Holy Roman Empire established</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
<p>Russians converted by Greek Christians</p>
</event>



<specific>
<date>911</date>
<p>Vikings rule Duchy of Normandy</p>
</specific>

<specific>
<date>962</date>
<p>Otto the Great crowned Holy Roman Emperor</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1001</from><to>1100</to></time>
<p>Christendom divides &en; Roman Catholics in the West, Eastern Orthodox in the East</p>
</event>

<specific>
<date>1066</date>
<p>Battle of Hastings &en; Normans conquer England</p>
</specific>

<specific>
<date>1095</date>
<p>First crusade</p>
</specific>



<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1101</from><to>1200</to></time>
<p>French kings extend their power</p>
</event>



<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1101</from><to>1200</to></time>
<p>Crusades to Holy Land</p>
</event>

<specific>
<date>1187</date>
<p>Muslims reconquer Jerusalem from crusaders</p>
</specific>



<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
<p>Christians defeat Muslims in Spain</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
<p>Golden Horde conquers Russia</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
<p>Gothic architecture</p>
</event>

<specific>
<from>1271</from><to>1295</to>
<p>Marco Polo travels in China</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1301</from><to>1400</to></time>
<p>Venice, Florence and Genoa are powerful city states</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1301</from><to>1400</to></time>
<p>Hundred Years War between England and France begins</p>
</event>


<specific>
<date>1347</date>
<p>Black Death</p>
</specific>

<specific>
<date>1326</date>
<p>Ivan I Grand Prince of Moscow</p>
</specific>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1401</from><to>1500</to></time>
<p>Italian renaissance</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1401</from><to>1500</to></time>
<p>Europeans explore India and the Caribbean</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1401</from><to>1500</to></time>
<p>Russians expel Mongol Golden Horde</p>
</event>

<specific>
<date>1453</date>
<p>Turks capture Constantinople</p>
</specific>



<specific>
<date>1492</date>
<p>Christians conquer Granada</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
<p>Reformation of the church in Germany, England, Scotland and Scandinavia</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
<p>Spanish conquer the Aztecs and Incas</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
<p>Wars between Catholics and Protestants</p>
</event>


<specific>
<date>1526</date>
<p>Turks besiege Vienna</p>
</specific>


<specific>
<date>1571</date>
<p>Christians defeat Turks at battle of Lepanto</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1601</from><to>1700</to></time>
<p>European colonies in America</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1601</from><to>1700</to></time>
<p>Dutch Netherlands independent</p>
</event>


<specific>
<from>1642</from><to>1649</to>
<p>English Civil War</p>
</specific>



<specific>
<date>1672</date>
<p>St Paul's cathedral, London designed</p>
</specific>


<specific>
<date>1678</date>
<p>Palace of Versailles</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
<p>Britain loses American colonies, but expands empire in India and Canada</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
<p>Russia expands south-east</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
<p>Industrial and agricultural revolutions</p>
</event>


<specific>
<date>1703</date>
<p>St Petersburg founded</p>
</specific>


<specific>
<date>1789</date>
<p>French revolution</p>
</specific>



<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
<p>European empires in Africa and Asia</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
<p>Russian empire expands</p>
</event>


<specific>
<from>1799</from><to>1815</to>
<p>Napoleonic wars</p>
</specific>


<specific>
<from>1854</from><to>1856</to>
<p>Crimean war</p>
</specific>


<specific>
<date>1870</date>
<p>Unification of Germany, unification of Italy</p>
</specific>



<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
<p>Motor cars, aircraft, electronics, telecommunications, nuclear power, space exploration</p>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
<p>European empires end and former colonies become nation states</p>
</event>


<specific>
<from>1914</from><to>1918</to>
<p>World War I</p>
</specific>


<specific>
<date>1917</date>
<p>Russian Revolution</p>
</specific>


<specific>
<from>1939</from><to>1945</to>
<p>World War II</p>
</specific>


<specific>
<from>1989</from><to>1992</to>
<p>Collapse of communism, break-up of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union</p>
</specific>

</article>