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1095
Crusades are fought
The crusades fought the Arabs that controlled Jerusalem and Europe's armies and mainly the Holly Roman Empire. The first crusade was fought between 30,000 soldiers from Europe and the Seljuk Turks who took control of The Holy Land from the Arabs. -
Period: 1300 to 1400
Renaissance
took place at end of the Middle Ages.It started as a cultural movement in Italy and later spread to the rest of Europe.often called rebirth.The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific and artistic transformation during the dawn of modern European history. It marks the transitional period between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the Modern Age. -
1337
100 year War
The Hundred Year War was a long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne. It lasted from 1337 to 1453. Some people call it the116 Years War. -
1348
Black Death in Europe begins
Rats with fleas on ships
cough up blood
Bumps that "explode"
come in contact you would die too.
killed 30–60% of Europe's total population. -
1398
Johannes gutenberg
1st to discover printing. He began printing the bible. -
1431
Joan of Arc Burned at stake
A national heroine of France at age 18 she led the French army and won victory over the English at Orléans. They accused her of witchcraft, heresy and dressing like a man. The Anglo-Burgundians were aiming to get rid of her. Executed in France. -
1453
Fall of Constantinople
the capital of the Byzantine Empire and 1 of the most fortified cities in the world that took place in 1453. Sultan Mehmed II was the ruler of the Ottoman Turks and led the assault. The city was defended by 10,000 men. -
1478
Start of the Spanish Inquisition
Ferdinand and Isabella chose Catholicism to unite Spain and in 1478 asked permission of the pope to begin the Spanish Inquisition to purify the people of Spain. They began by driving out Jews & Protestants and other nonbelievers. was a group of institutions within the government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. It started in 12th-century France to combat religious sectarianism. -
1492
Christopher Columbus lands in New World
In August 1492 Columbus set sail from Palos Spain with three small ships. In October the expedition sighted land probably Watling Island in the Bahamas and went ashore the same day claiming it for Spain. -
Period: 1492 to
Columbian exchange
The Columbian Exchange was the widespread of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries, related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage. -
1504
Mona lisa completed
a portrait of a young woman painted by Leonardo da Vinci and admired for her enigmatic smile. -
1508
Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512 it is a is a piece of work he did during Renaissance art. -
Period: 1509 to 1547
King Henry VIII Reign
King of England. divorced from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538 and leading to the start of the Reformation in England -
1517
Martin Luther 95th thesis
Martin Luther was a priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. -
1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in 1521 led by Hernandez Cortes was a land victory for the European settlers. Following the Spanish arrival a huge battle happened between the army of Cortes and the Aztec people under the rule of Montezuma. -
1532
"The prince"
The Prince is an extended analysis of how to acquire and maintain political power. -
Period: 1533 to 1547
Ivan the terribles reign
He was there first Czar. He turned Russia from a medieval state to an World empire.He was a lonely kid during his childhood. He took medication he thought it would help him but it only made him more crazy. He started ordering the killing of people even closest to him. -
Period: 1545 to 1563
Counter reformation
There was little significant papal reaction to the Protestants or to demands for reform from within the Roman Catholic Church before mid-century. Pope Paul III (reigned 1534–49) is considered to be the first pope of the Counter-Reformation. It was he who in 1545 convened the Council of Trent. -
1555
Peace of Augsburg
The peace of Augsburg was a treaty between Charles V and the Holy Roman Emperor and the League signed on September 1555 at the imperial city of Augsburg. -
Period: 1558 to
Queen Elizabeths reign
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from November of 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen. Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. -
Spanish Armada
a fleet of 130 ships that sailed from La Coruña in August 1588 under the command of the Duke of Medina with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. -
Edict of Nantes
In 1598 the French royal decree establishing toleration for Huguenots and or Protestants. It granted freedom of worship and legal equality for Huguenots within limits and ended the Wars of Religion. The Edict was revoked by Louis XIV in 1685 causing many Huguenots to emigrate. -
Period: to
Era of the Samurai
The samurai were the warriors of premodern Japan. They later made up the ruling military class that eventually became the highest ranking social caste of the edo Period. -
William Shakespeare Death
William Shakespeare died in April 1616. the exact date of Shakespeare's death is not known but assumed from a record of his burial two days later in April 1616 at Holy Trinity Church. Stratford Upon Avon where his grave remains. -
Petition of Rights
major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. in 1628 is one of England's famous Constitutional documents. It was written by Parliament as an objection to an overreach authority by King Charles I. During his reign English citizens saw this overreach of authority as a major infringement on their civil rights. -
King Charles the first executed
King Charles is beheaded for treason in 1649. Charles ascended to the throne in 1625 following the death of his dad King James I. In the first year of his reign Charles offended his Protestant subjects by marrying a Catholic French princess. -
Period: to
Slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people mainly from Africa to the Americas and then their sale there. On this ship there was not enough room for them to stand, sit, or lay down. -
Lord George Macarteny Expelled
was a British statesman,colonial administrator ,and diplomat. He is sometimes remembered for his observation following Britain's success in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion. -
Period: to
Opium Wars
The Opium wars consisted of two armed conflicts in China in the mid-19th century between the forces of Western countries and of the Qing dynasty who ruled China in 1644. The first Opium War in 1839 was fought between China and Britain.
