A shared history

European construction did not begin in 1950. This thread links the ancient inheritance, the Judeo-Christian matrix and the contemporary Union.

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326 events

3600 BC earliest marker

46 countries covered

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Event density

One century per bar before 1500, one decade after: archives are not evenly spread.

Ancient Greece Early Middle Ages Renaissance Enlightenment Concert of Europe European integration Rome High and Late Middle Ages Reformation and wars of religion Age of revolutions World wars Cold War

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1240 War Middle Ages Ukraine

Sack of Kyiv

The Mongol invasion destroys the capital and disperses the political legacy of Rus’.

1243 Event Middle Ages San Marino

First captains-regent

Two heads of state elected for six months: the system still operates today.

1253 Figure Middle Ages Lithuania

Coronation of Mindaugas

Lithuania’s only king is crowned with papal approval; the state enters the European concert.

1262 Treaty Middle Ages Iceland Norway

Old Covenant

Iceland recognises the sovereignty of the king of Norway; the free state ends.

1278 Event Middle Ages Andorra

First paréage

The feudal act sharing sovereignty is still the country’s constitutional basis.

1278 Event Middle Ages Austria

Rise of the Habsburgs

Rudolf’s victory on the Marchfeld opens six centuries of dynastic rule.

1282 Event Middle Ages Latvia

Riga joins the Hanse

Trade in timber, flax and grain links Livonia to Lübeck, Bruges and Novgorod.

1290 Institution Middle Ages Portugal

University of Coimbra

Founded by King Dinis, it transmits canon and Roman law to the whole Lusophone world.

1291 Treaty Middle Ages Switzerland

Federal Charter

Three Alpine valleys swear mutual assistance: the founding act of the Confederation.

1297 Event Middle Ages Monaco

Capture of the rock

Francesco Grimaldi seizes the fortress; the dynasty has reigned ever since.

1300 1399

High and Late Middle Ages 1 event

1302 War Middle Ages Belgium

Battle of the Golden Spurs

Flemish communal militias crush the French chivalry: an assertion of urban power.