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Mar 27, 1299
Ottoman Empire
Was an empire founded by Oghuz Turks under Osman Bey in northwestern Anatolia. -
Period: Mar 28, 1394 to Mar 28, 1460
Henry the Navigator
Because Henry devoted the rest of his life to promoting exploration, he is known as Henry the Navigator. -
Mar 26, 1440
Portuguese Slave Trade
The start of African Slave trade. -
Period: Mar 29, 1464 to Mar 29, 1492
Reign of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali was the first king of the Songhai Empire, located in west Africa and the 15th ruler of the Sonni dynasty. -
Mar 29, 1481
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
Was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice. -
Period: Mar 27, 1483 to Mar 27, 1546
Martin Luther
A young professor of sacred scripture, objected to this practice and to other excesses. -
Mar 26, 1488
Dias Reaches the Indian Ocean
Bartolomeu Dias became the first Portuguese explorer to round the southern tip of Africa and enter the Indian Ocean. -
Mar 26, 1492
Columbus first voyage
First voyage to the Carribean. -
Mar 31, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain. -
Mar 27, 1500
Mughal Dynasty
The Mughal emperors of India largely ignored Portugal’s maritime intrusions, seeing their interests as maintaining control over their vast land possessions. -
Mar 30, 1500
Songhay Empire
Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history. -
Mar 30, 1501
Safavid Dynasty
Was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia. -
Period: Mar 27, 1509 to Mar 27, 1564
John Calvin
A well- educated Frenchman who left the study of law for theology after experiencing a religious conversion, became an influential Protestant leader -
Period: Mar 30, 1519 to Mar 30, 1521
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Spanish Conquistadores against Aztecs -
Period: Mar 29, 1520 to Mar 29, 1566
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent
Was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. -
Mar 26, 1540
Foundation of Society of Jesus
Was the most important event of the Catholic Reformation, which well- educated Jesuits helped stem the Protestant tide. -
Period: Mar 26, 1545 to Mar 26, 1563
Council of Trent
A council that met in the city of Trent to distinguish Catholic doctrines from Protestant "error." -
Period: Mar 29, 1563 to
Reign of Emperor Wanli
Was the thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China. -
Period: Mar 27, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
Galileo built a telescope through which he could look more closely at the heavens. Able to magnify distant objects thirty times beyond the power of the naked eye, Galileo saw that heavenly bodies were not the perfectly smooth spheres of the Aristotelians. The moon had mountains and valleys, the sun had spots, other planets had their own moons. In other words, the earth was not alone in being heavy and changeable. -
Mar 28, 1572
Reign of Akbar
The Mughal emperor Akbar permitted the Portuguese to continue their maritime monopoly in return for allowing one ship a year to carry pilgrims to Mecca without paying the Portuguese any fee. -
Spanish Armada
Was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña. -
Tokugawa Shogunate
Was the last feudal Japanese military government. -
Period: to
Thirty Years War
Was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe, involving most of the countries of Europe. -
Period: to
John Locke
An English political philosopher disputed monarchial claims to absolute authority by divine right. -
Qing Dynasty
Was the last imperial dynasty of China. -
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed. These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic. -
Period: to
Seven Years War
It involved most of the great powers of the time and affected Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines. -
Establishment of 1st colony in Australia
British set up the first colony because they needed to find alternative land since they lost the American colonies.
