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May 29, 1453
Ottomans conquer constantinople
The ottoman empire who were islamic take over trade operations in the middle east. This empire will spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa until 1919. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of england
Elizabeth I 7 september 1533- 24 march 1603 establishes England as a super power. Sometimes called the virgin queen. LAst monarch fin the tudor dynasty -
England defeats the spanish armada
The spanish armada the most greatest and fortunate navy, spanish fleet of 130 ships sailed from a coruna in august 1588. escorting an army from flanders to invade england -
Tokugawa shogunate
Tokugawa clan takes over imperial japan and establishes itself as the shogun,That was between 1603 and 1867 -
Thirty year war
series of wars in central europe between 1618 and 1648, one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in european history and on of the deadliest religious wars -
The english civil war
series of armed and political wars between parliamentarians and royalists -
Manchus found the qing dynasty in China
last imperial dynasty of china ruling from 1644 to 1912 it was preceded by the ming dynasty and succeeded by the republic of china -
Peter the great becomes czar of Russia
was born Pyotr Alekseyevich on june 9, 1672 in moscow russia. peter the great was the 14th child of the czar. ruling with his brother Ivan V from 1682, when Ivan dies in 1696 Peter the great was officially declared sovereign of all russia -
Catherine the great becomes czarina of russia
Tsar Peter reigned only six months; he died on 17 july 1762 After the death of empress elizabeth on 5th january 1762 Peter succeeded to the throne as Peter the III. catherine became empress consort -
The industrial revolution (Jethro Tull, Eli whitney, James hargreaves, James watt, Richard Trevithick)
Jethro Tull was an important inventor who invented plowing and seeding contraptions
Eli whitney created the cotton gin and created a faster and less expensive way to create guns
Richard trevithick created the very first locomotive -
The british colonies of north america declare their independance
1776 philadelphia,pennsylvania,the continental congress adopts the declaration of independence which proclaims the independence of a new united states -
the french reveloution
The french revolution was a period of political and social upheaval in france that lasted from 1789 until 1799 and was partially carried by Napoleon during the later expansion of the french empire -
The napoleonic age
a period of history in france and europe. it is generally classified as classifying the fourth and final stage of the french revolution.The Napoleonic era begins with Napoleon Bonaparte overthrowing the directory establishing the french consulate -
Mexico declares its independence from spain
is the document which the Mexican Empire declared its independence from the Spanish Empire. The founding document was drafted in the national palace -
The british colinization of india
colonial india was one of the main types of trade in the world economy and was the main catalyst for european exploration. The search for the prosperity of india led to accidental discovery of the americas by Christopher columbus -
The great reform bill of 1832
gives middle class the right to vote which was a huge push forward politically -
The opium wars
Two wars in the 19th century disputes about british trade in china and china's sovereignty weekend the qing dynasty and forced them to trade with the rest of the war -
The great potato famine
period of disease and mass starvation. affected two fifths of the population which forced them to migrate to america -
The unification of italy
political and social movement that consolidated different states of the italian peninsula into the single state of the kingdom of italy in the 19th century -
Karl Marx and Frederic Engels Publish The Communist Manifesto
February 21 1848 political pamphlet be german philosophers karl marx and friedrich engels -
The taiping rebellion
rebellion in china against the manchu led qing dynasty and the millenarian which lasted till 1850 until 1864 -
Charles darwin publishes the origin of species
Alfred russel wallace was describing charles darwin theory of natural selection which prompted him to do a joint publications of darwins 1844 essay -
The civil war begins in the united states
when general P.G.T beauregard open fired on union-held fort sumter in south carolina's bay. During the next 34 hours they supplied the poorly supported fort -
The emancipation proclamation
presidential proclamation that stated that any of the 3 million people enslaved in the south who have been able to escape captivity by advancing with federal troops have been given their right.Made by Abraham lincoln in 1863 -
The Meiji restoration
The revaluation restored imperial rule to japan in 1868 under emperor Meiji. This lasted until 1912 -
The suez canal
artificial sea level waterway in egypt that connects the Mediterranean sea to the red sea.constructed by the suez canal company between 1859 and 1869 -
The unification of germany
occurred on january 18 1871 in the hall of mirrors at the pallace of versailles in france. princes gathered to proclaim wilhelm I of prussia as german emperor -
The berlin conference
Splits up africa into colonies for the european nations.First step of imperialism. -
The russo japanese war
The russo japanese war was fought between the Russian empire and the empire of Japan over -
The mexican revolution
major armed struggle 1910-1920 that changed the mexican culture and government -
The chinese revolution
the chinese revolution can be refered to the xinhai revolution overthrow of the qing dynasty and establishment of the republic of china in 1911 -
world war 1 begins
started with group of serbian calling themselves the black hand assassinated archduke ferdinand -
world war 1 begins
first world war originated in europe that lasted from 28 july 1918 to 11 november 1918 , one of the largest wars in history -
The russian revolution
was a pair of revolutions which eliminated the tsarists autocracy and helped the soviet union rise
