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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
Crusades are fought
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Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance begins
The Renaissance was all about Art and Literature. Michelangelo was a big part of the Renaissance because he had to paint the sixteen chapel. -
Jan 1, 1337
100 Years War begins
The status of the duchy of Guyenne (or Aquitaine)-though it belonged to the kings of England which was one reason they started the war. After a hiatus, Henry V of England renewed the war and proved victorious at Agincourt (1415), conquered Normandy (1417-1418), and then attempted to have himself crowned as the future king of France by the Treaty of Troyes (1420). -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
The Black Death was a deadly disease that occured in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It killed more then 3 million people altogether. If you got the Black Death, It was rare you lived. -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty in China
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Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
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Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
Joan’s real name was Jehanne d’Arc, Jehanne Tarc, Jehanne Romée or Jehanne de Vouthon but she didn’t go by any of these. While Joan was commander of the French Army, she didn't go to any battles. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
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Jan 1, 1455
Johannes Gutenberg - printing press
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Jan 1, 1492
1st voyage of Columbus
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Jan 1, 1492
Jews, gypsies & moors expelled from Spain
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Jan 1, 1498
Da Gama lands in India
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave trade across Atlantic
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Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
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Jan 1, 1502
Naming of the "New World"
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Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
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Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
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Jan 1, 1519
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
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Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empre begins
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Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
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Jan 1, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric therory
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Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
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Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Philip II rules Spain
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Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
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Period: to
Age of Enlightenment
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Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
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Louis XIV becomes King of France
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Qing Dynasty in China begins
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Tomas Hobbes Writes Leviathan
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Oliver Cromwell rules England
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Peter I (the Great) becomes Czar
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Catherine the Great rules Russia
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French Revolution begins
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U.S. Constitution is ratified
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Reign of Terror begins
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Napoleon becomes Emperor
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Napoleon defeated @ Waterloo
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Tokugawa Shogunate ends
