AP World History By johnkim2880@gmail.com Jan 14, 622 Beginning of Islam Jan 1, 1054 1st Schism in Christian church Jan 1, 1100 Cotton introduced by Muslims to Africa become popular among African elites Jan 1, 1258 Mongols sack Baghdad Jan 1, 1337 Hundred Years' War begin Jan 1, 1347 Bubonic Plague in Europe Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Jan 1, 1348 Bubonic Plague in Europe Jan 1, 1433 End of Zheng He's voyages Jan 1, 1453 Ottomans capture Constantinople Jan 1, 1453 End of Hundred Years' War Jan 1, 1488 Bartolomew Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope Jan 1, 1492 End of Reconquista (Granada conquered) Oct 12, 1492 Columbus reaches San Salvador Jan 1, 1499 Vasco da Gama returns to Lisbon with spices Jan 1, 1502 First Slave to the Caribbean Jan 1, 1513 Balboa sights the Pacific Ocean Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther's 95 Thesis Jan 1, 1517 Ottoman conquest of Egypt Jan 1, 1522 Magellan crew's circumnavigation Jul 4, 1776 Declaratin of Independence signed
