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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
crusades are fought
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Jan 1, 1300
renaissance begins
a memorable period of time where art, literature got bigger and better all over the world. -
Jan 1, 1337
100 year war begins
a series of conflicts that began in england against house of valois for the control of the kindom of france -
Jan 1, 1347
black death begins in europe
a disease that was carried on rats that traveled all over by ships and killed millions of people and jews got blamed for it. -
Jan 1, 1431
joan of arc burned at the stake
a roman catholic saint, that was burned cause was thought to be a witch. -
Jan 1, 1453
ottomans conquer constantinople
invaded the ottoman empire, were commanded by a 21- year old named ottoman sultan mehmed II. -
Jan 1, 1453
copernicus publishes helicentric theory
that the sun is the center of the universe and everything revolves around it. -
Jan 1, 1455
johannes gutenberg- printing press
gutenberg made the first print press which made it easier for people to learn how to read and get the word of something out easier. -
Jan 1, 1492
1st voyage of columbus
was sent to circum navigate the globe, and was sent by elizabeth the first. -
Jan 1, 1492
jew and more expelled from spain
issued by the catholic rulers that all jews who dont convert to catholic will be expelled from spain. -
Jan 1, 1498
da gama lands in india
vasco da gama was the first european to reach india by sea,linking europe and asia for the first time. -
Jan 1, 1502
naming of the new world
western hemisphere, pacific and atlantic to which is the closet toto the continental shelf. -
Jan 1, 1504
Da vinci paints the "mona lisa"
is a half length portrait, suppose to be the wife of francesco giocondo -
Jan 1, 1508
michelangelo begins sistine chapel
was painted at the comminson of the pope julius II, was built within the vatican. -
Jan 1, 1517
martin luther posts 95 theses
martin luther posted the 95 theses on the churches doors, saying how they are not fair to everyone else. -
Jan 1, 1519
magellan starts his "around the world trip
became the expedition to sail from the atlantic into the pacific ocean,(then named peaceful sea) -
Jan 1, 1526
mughal empire begins
was expanding over large parts of the indian subcontinent, and ruled by a dynasty of chagatia-turkic origin. -
Jan 1, 1534
henry VIII founds anglican church
the british parliament retaliated against the pope by passing the act of supermacy, the king is the head of the church. -
Jan 1, 1537
pizarro invades the inca empire
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jamestown, colony virginia, founded
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
louis XIV becomes king of france
he was public shunned, and started reforming france, started to create his own rules. -
qing dynasty in china begins
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qing dynasty in china begins
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thomas hobbes writes leviathan
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oliver cromwell rules england
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U.S. constitution is ratified
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. -
reign of terror begins
was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution. -
napoleon becomes emperor
In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. -
Napoleon defeated at waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte -
tokugawa shoguante ends
was the last feudal Japanese military government which existed between 1603 and 1868.
