b8 world history 1096-1867 By stambeli 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 in Europe begins Period: Jan 1, 1368 to Jan 1, 1644 ming dynasty in china Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433 voyage of Zheng He Jan 1, 1431 Joan of Arc burned at stake Jan 1, 1453 Ottomans conquer Constantinople Jan 1, 1455 Joannes Gutenberg - printing press Jan 1, 1492 first voyage of Columbus Jan 2, 1492 Jews, Gypsies, and Moors expelled from Spain Jan 1, 1498 Da Gama lands in India Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1800 slave trade across the Atlantic Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Jan 1, 1722 Safavid Empire Jan 1, 1502 naming of the new world Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506 Da Vici paints the "Mona Lisa" Jan 1, 1508 Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chaple Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luthur post 95 Theses Jan 1, 1519 Mangellan starts his voyage "around the world" trip Jan 1, 1526 Mughal empire begins Jan 1, 1534 Pizarro invades the inca empire Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563 Council of Trent Period: Oct 1, 1556 to Jan 1, 1598 Phillip the second rules Spain Jan 1, 1558 Elizebeth the first becomes queen of England Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1792 age of enlightment Jan 1, 1607 jamestown, colony in virginia, founded Jan 1, 1643 louis the forteenth becomes king of France Jan 1, 1644 Qing dynasty begins Jan 1, 1651 Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathen Period: Jan 1, 1653 to Jan 1, 1658 Oliver Cromwell rules England Jan 1, 1682 Peter the great becoms Czar Period: Jan 1, 1762 to Jan 1, 1796 Catherine the great rules Russia Jan 1, 1789 The French revolution begins Jan 1, 1793 reign of terror begins Jan 2, 1798 U.S constitution is ratified Jan 1, 1804 Napoleon becomes emperor Jan 1, 1815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo Jan 1, 1867 Tokugawa Shogunate ends Jan 1, 1921 Henry the eighth founds Angelican church