AP World Histrory; Timeline - 1450-1750 (Early Modern)

Neo-confucianism

Mar 14, 772

a rise of new confucianism that stuck to the old ways

Joint Stock Company

Mar 14, 1250

is a business entity which is owned by shareholders. Each shareholder owns the portion of the company in proportion to his or her ownership of the company's shares (certificates of ownership).[This allows for the unequal ownership of a business with some shareholders owning a larger proportion of a company than others. Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company.

Ottoman Empire

Mar 13, 1299

The 2nd largest land based empire; ruled by Islamic people. Instilled fear into the HRE and forced them to find alternate sea routes to China.

Ming

Mar 13, 1368

Attempted to Undo the damages done that the mongols have done.

Aztec

Mar 13, 1400

A sacrifice based empire; originally migrational

Portugese Empire

Mar 13, 1415

Monarchy; Overseas empire. Indian Spice trade monopoly

Forbidden city

Mar 14, 1420

City constructed in ming dynasty

Zheng He

Mar 13, 1425

was a Hui-Chinese court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who commanded voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East

Prince Henry the Navigator; people

Mar 13, 1430

4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460; A Dutch explorer who was responsible for Maritime trade with other Continents

Gutenberg; People

Jun 19, 1439

Inventor of the Printing press in Europe. Created a means of exporting ideas such as protestantism.

Inca

Mar 13, 1440

A South American Empire

Atahualpa

Mar 13, 1444

was the last emperor of the the Inca Empire before the Spanish conquest.

Songhay

Mar 13, 1444

The Songhai Empire, also known as the Songhay Empire, was a state located in western Africa. From the early 15th to the late 16th century, Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history

Francisco Pizarro

Mar 13, 1452

Conquered incas

Mehmed II

Mar 13, 1453

he conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire, transforming the Ottoman state into an empire.

Fall of Constantinople

May 29, 1453

Marked the need to find a sea route around Africa. Bad for Business

Sunni Ali

Mar 13, 1462

He reigned from about 1464 to 1492. Sunni Ali was the first king of the Songhai Empire

Bartolomeu Dias; People

Mar 12, 1488

First european explorer to navigate to the Tip of Africa

Spain

Apr 14, 1492

Hereditary monarchy

Christopher Columbus; People

Aug 12, 1492

He was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer. He ushered a new era by adding the Americas into the world movement towards globalization thus causing population fluxes, increased usage of slavery, and other things.

Treaty of Tordesillas

Jun 7, 1494

Split up South America Between Spain and Portugal

English Empire

Mar 13, 1497

Monarchy; Mercantilism; the sun does not fall in the British Empire.

Vasco de Gama; People

May 20, 1498

He was an explorer created a new trade route to China without having to deal with the Ottomans or Venetians. The route circumnavigated the tip of South Africa and enters the Indian Ocean.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Mar 13, 1499

was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center.

Columbian Exchange

Mar 13, 1500

widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations (including slaves), communicable disease, and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

Shah Ismail

Mar 13, 1501

the founder of the Safavid dynasty

Safavid Empire

Mar 13, 1501

Smaller Sunni nation founded by Sufi Al-din

Vasco de Balboa; People

Jan 13, 1508

He was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. His best known achievment is for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, therefore becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.

Niccolò Machiavelli; People

Mar 13, 1508

was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He was a founder of modern political science, and more specifically political ethics. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is renowned in the Italian language. He was Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republi

Battle of Chaldiran

Aug 23, 1514

ended with a victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire.

Protestant Reformation

Mar 14, 1517

Began the Schism between protestants and catholics. used to clarify the wrong of the church.

Suleyman

Mar 13, 1520

Suleiman became a prominent monarch of 16th century Europe, presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire's military, political and economic power. Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies in conquering the Christian strongholds of Belgrade, Rhodes, as well as most of Hungary before his conquests were checked at the Siege of Vienna in 1529. He annexed much of the Middle East in his conflict with the Safavids and large areas of North Africa as far west as Algeria. Under his rule, the Ottoman fleet

Ferdinand Megellan; People

Mar 13, 1522

He was the First Portugese Explorer, and he lead the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean. He also managed to complete the full cycle of circumnavigation around the Earth.

Moctezuma II

Mar 13, 1522

Aztec Emeperor

Ignatius of Loyola; people

Mar 13, 1526

He was a Spanish knight from a local noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and was its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation.

Martin Luther

Mar 13, 1527

was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.

John Calvin

Mar 13, 1532

He was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation.

Hernán Cortés

Mar 13, 1532

Conquered Aztecs

Russian empire

Mar 13, 1533

A convuluted Nation; Siberian Fur strangle; late nation

Empire of France

Mar 13, 1534

Absoloute Monarchy

triangle trade

Mar 14, 1544

Trade between Europe (produced Items), Africa (Slaves), and the Americas (Raw Materials).

Diaspora

Mar 14, 1544

African deposition due to slave trade in Americas

Catholic Counter Reformation

Mar 14, 1545

An attmpt to mend the wrong of the CHurch by applying education and attmepting to remove the sin with Jesuits.

Council of Trent

Mar 14, 1547

Jesuits; nuff said; education; counter reformation

Akbar

Mar 13, 1556

the ruler who founded the Mughal dynasty in India. At the end of his reign in 1605 the Mughal empire covered most of northern and central India. He is most appreciated for having a liberal outlook on all faiths and beliefs and during his era, culture and art reached a zenith as compared to his predecessors.

Spanish Inquisition

Mar 14, 1568

Hunted Jews and other non-confomers to their religion

Enlightenment

Mar 14, 1576

Period of time where secular became more importnant than religious.

Matteo Ricci

Mar 13, 1582

was an Italian Jesuit priest, and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China Mission

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Mar 13, 1600

the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan

Tokugawa Shogunate

Mar 13, 1600

was a feudal Japanese military government which existed between 1600 and 1868. The heads of government were the shoguns.

East India Company

Mar 14, 1600

British joint-stock company formed for pursuing trade with the East Indies which ended up trading mainly with only the Indian subcontinent

Galileo Galilei; people

Mar 13, 1602

He was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations

Thomas Hobbes; People

Mar 13, 1605

He was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.

Jamestown

May 14, 1607

English Colony established in America

Dutch Learning

Mar 14, 1641

Japanese xenophobia

Qing

Mar 13, 1644

Manchurian ruled dynasty. after the ming dynasty.

Louis the XIV; people

Mar 13, 1661

Louis XIV continued the European trend by creating a centralized state governed from the capital. Like, the rest of Europe, he sought to eliminate the remnants of feudalism that persisted in parts of France. He accomplished this by housing the many members of the nobility to inhabit his lavish Palace of Versailles. He succeeded in pacifying the aristocracy

Kangxi

Mar 13, 1661

Kangxi is considered one of China's greatest emperors. He suppressed the Revolt of the Three Feudatories, forced the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan to submit to Qing rule, blocked Tsarist Russia on the Amur River and expanded the empire in the northwest. He also accomplished such literary feats as the compilation of the Kangxi Dictionary.

Peter the Great; People

May 7, 1682

A ruler of Russia. Involved in the Westernization of Russia which explains the similarities of the buildings between russia and europe.

John Locke

Mar 13, 1685

widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism,[2][3][4] was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work had a great impact upon the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as wel

Qianlong

Mar 13, 1735

Manchurian Emperor of China

Adam Smith; People

Mar 13, 1740

He was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith is best known for two classic works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments , and An Inquiry into the Nature

Jean-Jacques Rousseau; people

Mar 13, 1748

He was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism of French expression. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological, and educational thought.

Voltaire

Mar 13, 1748

was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works.

7 Yrs. War

Mar 14, 1754

A war between the interanal nations within the hagemony known as the Holy Roman Empire.

Catherine the Great; People

Jun 15, 1762

Tsar responsible for inspiring Russia's Golden age. Built the face of Russia.

Quebec

Oct 7, 1763

French Colony in America

Felix Thai Finishing his Homework

Mar 14, 2013

I probably shouldn't procrastinate next time. Howeever, did start the a few before yesterday and today, but it wasn't enough. My vital signs are extremely low, and Caffeine no longer has an effect on me. I feel like death and smell like a dead body. I'm going to go crawl into a hole now and think about what I've done. Good night mrs. Reid

Holy Roman Empire

Mar 2, 2022

was a varying complex of lands[1] that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.[2] It grew out of East Francia, one of the primary divisions of the Frankish Empire. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes. In its last centuries, it had become quite close to a union of territories.