Ancient Medieval Modern Contemporary Other periods - periodisationsused, particularly for the national history When established
AT 500BC-400AD 400-c.1500 c.1500-1945 1945-- Dual Monarchy 1867-1918Austro-Fascism 1933-1938part of Nazi Germany 1938.1945Second Republic 1945-- second part of 19thc., definitive 1900 (for general periodisation)
AT 2008     Division between Modern and Conteporary is variable according to end-date:
1918 End Habsburg
1938 Annexation of Austria by Germany
1945 Second Republic 		   
BE to 476 476-1453 1453-1789 1789 to 2002 "Current History" approx 1995-2002 End 19th century
BE 2008 ca. 400 ca. 400 - 1500

Early modern:
16th - 18th century

Modern and Contemporary
End 18th - 21 st century

 History of the Low Countries:
Roman to Present (focus before 1830)
History of Belgium
19th - 21st century 		Division into Ancient, Medieval, etc. only used for first part of first cycle
BG 2nd millenniumBC-4-5th century AD 5th-6th cent AD- end 15th/beg 16th 1500c.-1918 1918-2001 National History:Thracian, 2nd mill BC-2nd-1st century ADRoman Byzantine etc etc  
BG 2008 3000 BC - 453 AD 476 AD - 1492 1492 - 1918 1918 - to present National History:
Thracian Period
Medieval to 1396 (fall of Second Bulgarian Empire)
Ottoman Period 1396 to ca. 1700
Nation Revival to Berlin Treaty 1878
National Bulgarian State 1878 - 1944
Socialist Period 1944 - 1989
Transition 1989 - to present 		Balcan or South Eastern European History is developing new periodisations
CZ (Prehistory 2-3 mil. BC-3500 BC)
3500 BC-500 AD		 500-1500 1500-1914 1918-Till today   2003/04
CY 2008        

Turkish History has other categories
Local History:
Classical and Late Classical
Byzantine
Lusignano and Venetian 1191-1571
Ottoman 1571-1878
British 1878 - 1960
Independence from 1960

from 1997 - 2000
DE Greek History-
Roman History
~500 AD		 around 500 French
Revolution
1789 		2002 This is only typical for Bielefeld,
otherwise in german
universities is: Ancient (as
above), Medieval (ca. 500-1500)
and Modern (ca. 1500-present
time) 		 
DK 3000BC-1050 AD 1050 - 1500 Early modern: 1500-1800Modern: 1800-1945 1945--   between 1880-1945
EE 2008 Until the fall of the Roman Empire 5th century to 15th century 15th century to 19th century 1850/60 to present National History:
Estonian medieval 1200-1558
Early Modern 1558-1710
Modern 1710-1900
Contemporary 1900 to present 		From 2007-2008
(new curicula)
ES Middle Eastern Civilisations (3rd m. BC) or prehistory to fall of the Roman Empire 5th c AD-15thc AD-1492 end of 15th century to 1789For Spain:1492-1808In general 1789 to presentFor Spain: 1808 to present High Middle Ages: 5th century to 12th centuryLow Middle Ages:12th century to 15th century "Present History" sometimes used: 1989 to present, or, for Spain, 1975 to present Designed in the 1960s and fixed by the Plan of Studies of 1973 (previously a periodisation was used which was more compatible with a unified view of the Humanities including
ES 2008 3rd Millenium BC to 5th century AD 5th century to 15th century 15th to 18th century 1789-1945
Present World 1914-1991

National History:
Ancient: 12th century BC to 5th century AD
Medieval: 5th to 15th century
Modern: 15th to 18 th century
Contemporary: 1808-1939
Present Spain: 1936-1996

 Other periodisations for Latin American History and Global History
FI Ancient or prehistory (for Finland): until 1150 1150-1520s 1520s Swedish Era 1150-1809Russian Era 1809-1917Finnish Independence 1917 ---    
FR 1500BC to 5th century 5th century to end of 15th 1500-1815 1815 ---   19th c
FR 2008 3500BC to 476AD 476-1500 16th - 18th 18th - 21st    
HU --- to 476 AD 476-1492/1500 Early modern: 1500-1789/Modern 1789-1945 1945--   After World War II except for the Early modern period. Considering the Early modern period as distinct came into fashion in the 1980's. Before that the English Revolution and Civil War was considered the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of Modern times
IE 800 BC-400 AD 400 AD-1500 AD 1500-1800 (early modern) 1800- Renaissance/Reformation1450-1600 late 19th century
IS (Prehistory until c.3000BC)3000BC-500AD 500-1500 Early modern: 1500-1815Modern: 1815-1939 1939 --    
IT to 'fall' of Roman Empire(476 in school books) fall of Roman empire to 1492c 1492/94-1789/1815
 1789/1815- In Italian History also used:Renaissance: 1350-1550Wars of Italy: 1494-1555Italian Unification  
LV   until Enlightenment, 18th century 19th-20th century from 1945 on Latvian National History starts around 1850 now under discussion
NL 1000bc-450AD 450-1450/1500 1450/1500-1815 1815 to present    
NL 2008 1300BC - 500AD 450 - 1500 1500 - 1800/1900 1900 Thematic areas:
Social, Economic or Cultural History tend to use difrerent and often longer periodisations 		 
NO 3000 BC-500AD 500AD-1500AD 1500-(1750-1814) 1900 1900 c. to present Distinction between Early Modern (1500-1750), Modern (1750-1814)The Union with Sweden (1814-1905)The Union with Denmark 1537-1814Lydrike Perioden (1537-1660)Absolutism (1660-1814) Sharp political breaks in Norwegian History:1319 Common King with Denmark1397 Nordic Union established1537 Reformation by Royal Edict, dissolution of old Norwegian medieval state1814 The constitution of Eidscoll1905 Dissolution of Union with Sweden
PT to 5th century AD 6th century AD to 15th century AD 16th century AD to 1789 1789 --- For Portugal:Barbarian Kingdom: 5th century to 8th century
Moorish Rule: 8th century to 11th century
Middle Ages: 11th century to 15th century
Discoveries: 15th century to 16th century
Counter Reformation: 16th century to 17th century
Liberalism 1820 to end 19th centuryRepublic 1910--		  
PT 2008         Other periodisations for specific courses e.g. Asian History or History of Lisbon.
National history:
PT Medieval 9th - 15th cent.
PT Modern 15th - 18th
PT Conteporary 19th - 20th
History of Brasil 16th - 19th
History of Al-Andaluz 8th - 15th
History and civilization of Islam 8th - 19th 		Traditional system coming from French Historiography 19th century
RO 3rd BC-4th AD 9thAD-16thAD 17thAD-19thAD 20th-21thAD Migrations: Vth century AD;Early Modern 16th-18th AD 1990-2000
SE until 1050 1050-1523 1523-1914 1914 -- arly modern: 1523-1809Modern 1809-1914 The concept of an Early modern period is fairly new (established in the 1970s). The other division was established early in the 19th century
SI -- 476 476-1492 1492-1750 Nineteenth Century History: 1750-1918 1918---   after 1945
UK England:to fall of Roman Empire Post Roman to end 15th century End 15th century to Contemporary Various beginning dates used: 1870, 1900, 1914, 1933, 1939, 1945 Early modern: end of 15th century to end of 17th century, or to about 1830  
  GB (Scotland)Prehistory to 300 AD 300-1500 1500-1900 1900-present Early modern 1500-1750Late Modern 1750 to 2000 19th cent.
                       Wales:before 7000 BC-400AD 400-1500 1500-present not used   19th-20th c