AP World History Era 4 By duckboy Jan 1, 772 Neo-Confucianism Originated Period: Jan 1, 800 to Jan 1, 1806 Holy Roman Empire Period: Jan 1, 1299 to Jan 1, 1922 Ottoman Empire Period: Jan 1, 1368 to Jan 1, 1644 Ming Dynasty Jan 1, 1371 Zheng He Birth Jan 1, 1394 Prince Henry the Navigator Birth Jan 1, 1398 Johannes Gutenberg Birth Jan 1, 1406 Forbidden City Period: Jan 1, 1415 to Jan 1, 2002 Portuguese Empire Period: Jan 1, 1428 to Jan 1, 1521 Aztec Empire Jan 1, 1432 Mehmed the Conqueror Birth Period: Jan 1, 1438 to Jan 1, 1533 Inca Empire Jan 1, 1440 Sunni Ali Birth Jan 1, 1450 Bartolomeu Dias Birth Jan 1, 1450 Triangular Trade Jan 1, 1450 African Diaspora Jan 1, 1453 Fall of Constantinople Period: Jan 1, 1464 to Jan 1, 1592 Songhai Empire Jan 1, 1466 Moctezuma II Birth Jan 1, 1469 Niccolò Machiavelli Birth Jan 1, 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus Birth Jan 1, 1475 Vasco de Balboa Birth Jan 1, 1476 Francisco Pizarro Birth Jan 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition Jan 1, 1480 Ferdinand Magellan Birth Jan 1, 1483 Martin Luther Birth Jan 1, 1485 Hernán Cortés Birth Jan 1, 1487 Ismail I Birth Jan 1, 1491 Ignatius of Loyola Birth Jan 1, 1492 Columbus Sails, Reconquista Jan 1, 1492 Columbian Exchange Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1975 Spanish Empire Jan 1, 1494 Suleiman the Magnificent Birth Jan 1, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Jan 1, 1997 British Empire Jan 1, 1498 Vasco da Gama Sails to India Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Jan 1, 1736 Safavid Dynasty Jan 1, 1502 Atahualpa Birth Jan 1, 1509 John Calvin Birth Jan 1, 1514 Battle of Chaldiran Jan 1, 1517 Protestant Reformation Period: Jan 1, 1526 to Jan 1, 1857 Mughal Empire Period: Jan 1, 1534 to Jan 1, 1980 French Empire Jan 1, 1542 Akbar Birth Jan 1, 1543 Tokugawa Ieyasu Birth Jan 1, 1545 Catholic Counter Reformation Jan 1, 1545 Council of Trent Jan 1, 1552 Matteo Ricci Birth Jan 1, 1564 Galileo Galilei Birth Jan 1, 1588 Thomas Hobbes Birth Jan 1, 1600 East India Company Established Period: Jan 1, 1603 to Jan 1, 1867 Tokugawa Shogunate Jan 1, 1606 Virginia Joint Stock Company Jan 1, 1607 Jamestown Established Jan 1, 1608 Quebec Founded Jan 1, 1632 John Locke Birth Period: Jan 1, 1644 to Jan 1, 1912 Qing Dynasty Jan 1, 1654 Emperor Kangxi Birth Jan 1, 1672 Peter the Great Birth Jan 1, 1685 Enlightenment Jan 1, 1694 Voltaire Birth Jan 1, 1711 Emperor Qianlong Birth Jan 1, 1712 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Birth Jan 1, 1715 Death of Louis XIV Jan 1, 1720 Dutch Learning Period: Jan 1, 1721 to Jan 1, 1917 Russian Empire Jan 1, 1729 Catherine the Great Birth Jan 1, 1756 Seven Years War