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Landmark Europe trade

Antwerp

1400 CE – still standing

Europe's most important commercial hub in the 16th century, center of the diamond trade and gateway to the Spanish Netherlands

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Landmark · Europe

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

350 BCE – 1404 CE

Polity · Europe

Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE

Trade route · Europe

Venice–Constantinople Route

800 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Europe

Butrint

800 BCE – 1800 CE

Polity · Europe

Holy Roman Empire

962 CE – 1806 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Trade route · Europe

Viking North Atlantic Route

870 CE – 1400 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1400 CE and 2026 CE.

1402 CE Battle of Ankara 1410 CE Battle of Grunwald 1415 CE Battle of Agincourt 1419 CE Hussite Wars 1453 CE Fall of Constantinople

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