Eastern Europe Timeline by Abishta Sripuram

Through 400-500...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 00:36:15 UTC

Slavs moved west and south, coming into contact with migrating Celtic and Germanic groups.

In the 800s...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 00:43:11 UTC

Slav groups in present-day Czech Republic made the Great Moravia. It covered most of central Europe.

In 896...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 00:44:08 UTC

Magyars/Hungarians moved to the Carpathian Basin.

In the Mid-900s...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 00:44:54 UTC

Slav groups untied to form the Kingdom of Poland.

In 1000...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 00:46:54 UTC

Hungary became a Christian Kingdom, and Stephen I became the first king.

Through 1300-1400...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 00:50:12 UTC

Most of Eastern Europe came to be ruled by different empires. The first one was the Ottoman Empire.

In the Late 1600s...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 00:53:18 UTC

The Ottoman and Russian Empires competed for control of the rest of Eastern Europe. They fought wars on and off until the late 1800s. Russia successfully extended south into the Ottoman territory near the Black Sea.

In 1700...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 00:55:01 UTC

The Ottoman Empire began to shrink. As they weakened, Austria and Russia competed for Eastern Europe's control.

In the Late 1700s...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 00:57:15 UTC

Russia, Prussia, and Austria divided Poland amongst themselves.

On July 28, 1914...

abishtasripuram — 2023-11-28 01:00:49 UTC

World War I started. It started due to the European Expansionism. Several European nations had empires across the globe where they got control over vast amounts of land. It ended on November 11, 1918.