10 Important Events By jade1295 Period: Sep 24, 1500 to Sep 24, 1800 Europe Sep 24, 1521 Cortes conquers Aztec Empire Sep 24, 1533 Pizarro conquers Incan Empire Sep 24, 1588 Brittish defeat Phillip ll's Spanish Armada Sep 24, 1603 Tokugawa shoguns rule japan Sep 24, 1631 Shah Jahan orders construction of Taj Mahal Sep 24, 1643 Louis XIV begins to rule France. Sep 24, 1649 Puritans under Oliver Cromwell (at right) execute English king. Sep 24, 1696 Peter The Great becomes sole czar of Russia. Sep 24, 1756 Prussian king Fredrick the Great begins Seven Years' War against Austria. Sep 24, 1776 American Colonists declare their independance from England.
