1450-1914 By jassmin100 Apr 6, 1453 1453- Ottomans capture Constantinople Sep 24, 1488 Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope Apr 24, 1492 1492- Columbus sailed to Hispaniola/Reconquista of Spain Aug 3, 1502 First slaves to Caribbean Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther/ 95 Theses Aug 13, 1521 Cortez conquered the Aztecs Apr 24, 1533 Pizarro toppled the Inca Apr 1, 1545 Discovery of silver at Potosi Oct 7, 1571 Battle of Lepanto - naval defeat of Ottomans Aug 1, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Oct 21, 1600 Battle of Sekigahara- beginning of Tokugawa shogunate Apr 27, 1607 Founding of Jamestown Apr 24, 1618 30 years war Jul 14, 1683 Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna Dec 16, 1689 Glorious Revolution/ English Bill of Rights Feb 10, 1756 7 years war/ French and Indian war Apr 19, 1776 American Revolution/ Smith writes Wealth of Nations Apr 24, 1789 French Revolution Apr 24, 1804 Haitian Independence Apr 24, 1815 Metternich hosts Congress of Vienna Apr 24, 1839 1st Opium war Apr 24, 1848 uropean revolution/ Marx & Engels write Communist Manifesto
