b2 world history 1096-1867 By taylorjes Sep 25, 1096 crusades are fought Oct 8, 1300 renaissance begins Sep 25, 1337 100 years war begins Oct 7, 1347 black death begins in europe Oct 7, 1405 voyages of zheng he Sep 25, 1431 joan of arc burned at the stake Sep 28, 1453 ottomans conquer conctantinople Oct 8, 1455 johannes publishes the printing press Sep 28, 1491 henry VIII founds anglican church Sep 28, 1492 columbus first voyage Sep 28, 1497 da gamalands of india Oct 7, 1500 slave trade across atlantic Sep 28, 1501 safavid empire Sep 25, 1503 da vinci paints the mona lisa Sep 28, 1503 naming the "new world" Oct 7, 1507 james, colony in virginia, founded Oct 8, 1508 michelangelo begins painting sistine chapel Sep 25, 1517 martin luther posts 95 theses Oct 7, 1537 pizarro invades the inca empire Oct 7, 1543 copernicus publishes heliocentric theory Sep 28, 1545 council of trent Sep 28, 1556 philip II rules spain Sep 28, 1600 age of enlightenment Oct 7, 1643 louis 14 becomes king of france Sep 28, 1644 ming dynasty in china Oct 7, 1644 qing dynasty in china begins Sep 28, 1653 oliver cromwell rules england Sep 28, 1696 peter I (the great) becomes czar Oct 7, 1762 catherine the great rules russia Sep 28, 1789 french revolution begans Sep 28, 1804 napoleon becomes emperor Sep 28, 1815 napoleon defeated at waterloo Sep 28, 1867 tokugawa shogunate ends