BASIC Europe Historical Timeline
10,000 BCE - Neolithic Revolution/1st Agricultural Revolution in Europe
Note: this is the end of “Hunter/Gathering” & the first transition to Agriculture/Settlement…growing/development of plants for food in place of nomadic life of following the food, which makes larger populations possible
1600 BCE - 1st Signs of Greek Culture/Civilization
Note: FYI this is 500 years AFTER the pyramids of Egypt!!
776 BCE - 1st Olympic Games held in Greece
753 BCE - Traditional Founding Date of Roman Empire
323 BCE - End of the Ancient Greek Empire/Death of Alexander the Gerat
Note: time period of Greek dominance ends
27 BCE - 1st Roman Emperor: Ceasar Augustas
4 BCE - Birth of Christ
BCE - Before Common Era (BC)
CE - Common Era (AD)
476 CE - Fall of the Roman Empire
Note: roughly 70 Emperors Ruled Rome…last one was Romulus Augustu
5th to 15th Centuries - Medieval Europe/Middle Ages/Dark Age WEBLINK
14th to 17th Centuries - Renaissance Period in Europe
Note: 1300s - 1600s CE or AD
1492 CE - Columbus Sails to the New World
16th Century - Reformation Period in Europe
17th Century - Scientific Revolution in Europe
18th Century - Enlightenment
1776 CE - United States of America becomes a country
19th Century - Industrial Revolution
FYI -
BCE = Before Common Era (BC = Commonly Referred to as “Before Christ”)
CE = Common Era (AD = AD stands for Anno Domini, Latin for “in the year of the Lord”)