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A timeline (or several) relating to Europe.

The European heritage (800BC to 1647)

Ancient Greece
The Roman Empire (~756 BC to 476 AD)
The Enlightement

The formation of nation states (1648-1948)

1648: Treaty of Westphalia
- created the Wesphalian System of European sovereign states[1].
1713: Treaty of Utrecht
1815: Congress of Vienna
- redefined the territorial map of Europe following the defeat of Napoleon;incuding the creation of the Confederation of Germany
1918: The collapse of Austro-Hungary, and the proclamation of the separate republics of Austria and Hungary.
1919: Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
- concluded the treaties of Versailles (with Germany), St Germain (with Austria), Trianon (with Hungary), Neuilly (with Bulgaria), Sèvres and Lausanne (with Turkey).
1945: Partition of Germany
1946: Paris Peace Conference (1946-1947)
- concluded peace treaties with Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Rumania and Italy.

The formation of a union of nation states (1949- )

1949: Treaty of London
- created the Council of Europe
1957: Treaty of Rome
1973: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall
1990: German reunification
1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union
1992: Treaty of Maastricht
1994: Opening of the Channel tunnel
1997: Treaty of Amsterdam
2009: Treaty of Lisbon