B8 World History 1096-1867 By Newmanic Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291 Crusades are fought Jan 1, 1300 Renaissance Begins Jan 1, 1337 100 Years War begins Jan 1, 1347 Black Death begins in Europe Period: Jan 1, 1368 to Jan 1, 1644 Ming Dynasty in China Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433 Voyages of Zheng He Jan 1, 1431 Joan of Arc burned at the stake Jan 1, 1453 Ottomans conquer Constantinople Jan 1, 1455 Johannes Gutenberg - printing press Jan 1, 1492 1st voyage of Columbus Jan 1, 1492 Jews, gypsies & moors expelled from Spain Jan 1, 1498 Da Gama lands in India Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1800 Slave trade across Atlantic Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Jan 1, 1722 Safavis Empire Jan 1, 1502 Naming of the "new World" Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1507 Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa" Jan 1, 1508 Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 theses Jan 1, 1519 Magellan starts his "around the world" trip Jan 1, 1526 Mughal Empire begins Jan 1, 1534 Henry VIII founds Anglican Church Jan 1, 1537 Pizarro invades the Inca Empire Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563 Council of Trent Period: Jan 1, 1556 to Jan 1, 1598 Philip II rules spain Jan 1, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1792 Age of Enlightenment Jan 1, 1607 Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded Jan 1, 1643 Louis XIV becomes King of France Jan 1, 1644 Qing Dynasty in China begins Jan 1, 1651 Thomas Hobbes writes Levaithan Period: Jan 1, 1653 to Jan 1, 1658 Oliver Cromwell rules England Jan 1, 1682 Peter I (the Great) becomes Czar Period: Jan 1, 1762 to Jan 1, 1796 Catherine the Great rules Russia Jan 1, 1789 French Revolution begins Jan 1, 1789 U.S. Constitution is ratified Jan 1, 1793 Reign of Terror begins Jan 1, 1804 Napoleon becomes Emperor Jan 1, 1815 Napoleon defeated @ Waterloo Jan 1, 1867 Tokugawa Shogunate ends
