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  • Crusades are fought
    Dec 25, 1096

    Crusades are fought

    Muslims and Christians fought for the holy land. The crossbow was introduced. Increased trade routes. 1096-1291
  • Renaissance Begins
    Sep 2, 1300

    Renaissance Begins

    The period after the black death. People started to think less about the church and more about themselves, art, sciences
  • 100 Year War Begins
    Sep 12, 1337

    100 Year War Begins

    Was between France and England, fought over land in France. A lot of peace between the time frames.
  • Black Death Begins in Europe
    Aug 26, 1347

    Black Death Begins in Europe

    Sread from Asia. The plague was caused by rats in fleas.
  • Ming Dynasty Begins
    Sep 16, 1368

    Ming Dynasty Begins

    The dynasty ruled China for 276 years. Known as one of the greatest orderly governments and social stabablilty in history. 1368-1644
  • Voyages of Zheng He
    Sep 30, 1405

    Voyages of Zheng He

    1405-1433, Were the seven Ming era maritime voyages of the treasure fleet. The grand project resulted in seven far reaching ocean voyages. to the islands in and around the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean.
  • Joan of Arc  burned at the stakes
    Sep 12, 1431

    Joan of Arc burned at the stakes

    Had visions and predicted war. Went out and battled with men.
  • Gutenburg creates the printing press
    Sep 18, 1450

    Gutenburg creates the printing press

    Began in approximately 1436 when he partnered with Andreas Dritzehn. A man who had previously instructed in gem-cutting.
  • Ottomans Conquer Constantinople
    Oct 2, 1453

    Ottomans Conquer Constantinople

    Was the capture of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire. The conquest of Constantinople followed a seven-week siege. Marked the end of the Roman Empire.
  • Columbus First Voyage
    Sep 8, 1492

    Columbus First Voyage

    Columbus landed in a New World. Landing in the Bahamas archipelago, on an island he named San Salvador.
  • Jews, gypsies, moors expelled from Spain.
    Oct 7, 1492

    Jews, gypsies, moors expelled from Spain.

    Groups were persecuted by the Spanish Christians. Jews and Moors were stripped of their possessions and expelled from Spain. It took place during the Spanish Inquisition.
  • Da Gama lands in India
    Sep 18, 1498

    Da Gama lands in India

    The fleet arrived in Kappadu near Calicut, India.The navigator was received with traditional hospitality, including a grand procession of at least 3,000 armed Nairs.
  • Safavid Empire
    Oct 7, 1501

    Safavid Empire

    One of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia. Is often considered the beginning of modern Persian history.
  • Naming of the New World
    Sep 18, 1503

    Naming of the New World

    First coined by the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci, in a letter written to his friend Lorenzo di Pier Francesco de' Medici.
  • Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
    Sep 18, 1503

    Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"

    A half portriat of a woman thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.
  • Michaelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
    Aug 28, 1508

    Michaelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel

    The ceiling shows sweeping scenes from the Old Testament of the Bible. Many artists consider it one of the greatest achievements in the history of painting.
  • Martin Luther posts 95 theses
    Sep 4, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 theses

    Widely regarded as the initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. The disputation protests against clerical abuses, especially nepotism, simony, usury, pluralism, and the sale of indulgences.
  • Magellan starts his around the world Trip.
    Oct 6, 1519

    Magellan starts his around the world Trip.

    The first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean. His expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Only 18 men out of the original 237 men were on board the only ship to return, approximately 232 sailors of assorted nationalities died on the expedition around the world with Magellan.
  • Mughal Empire Begeins
    Oct 7, 1526

    Mughal Empire Begeins

    The empire is conventionally dated to the founder Babur's victory over Ibrahim Lodi in the first Battle of Panipat. In the early 16th century, northern India, being then under mainly Muslim rulers,fell to the superior mobility and firepower of the Mughals.
  • Pizzaro invades the Inca Empire
    Sep 26, 1537

    Pizzaro invades the Inca Empire

    168 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and their native allies. It was the first step in a long campaign that took decades of fighting but ended in Spanish victory and colonization of the region as the Viceroyalty of Peru.
  • Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
    Oct 14, 1543

    Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

    It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets rotating around it in circular paths. Few astronomers were convinced by the Copernican system. Copernicus' major work was published during the year of his death.
  • Council of Trent
    Sep 26, 1545

    Council of Trent

    Was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the start of the Counter-Reformation.
  • Henry VIII founds The Church of England
    Sep 18, 1549

    Henry VIII founds The Church of England

    He was excoummunicated by the pope. He could not divorce his first wife in the catholic church so he made The Church of England.
  • Oct 17, 1556

    Phillip II rules Spain

    Known in Spanish as "Philip the Prudent". During his reign, Spain reached the height of its influence and power. This is sometimes called the Golden Age.
  • Elizabeth I rules England
    Oct 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I rules England

    Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII by second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was executed two and a half years after Elizabeth's birth. One of her first actions as queen was the establishment of an English Protestant church, of which she became the Supreme Governor. This Elizabethan Religious Settlement later evolved into today's Church of England.
  • Slave Trade across the Atlantic

    Slave Trade across the Atlantic

    Took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. Majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World.
  • Jamestown, colony in Virginia settled

    Jamestown, colony in Virginia settled

    the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
  • Oliver Cromwell rules England

    Oliver Cromwell rules England

    An English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. Cromwell was relatively obscure for the first 40 years of his life. Nicknamed "Old Ironsides", he was quickly promoted from leading a single cavalry troop to become one of the principal commanders of the New Model Army.
  • Louis XIV Becomes ruler of France

    Louis XIV Becomes ruler of France

    known as Louis the Great, or the Sun King, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin.
  • Qing Dynasty in China begins

    Qing Dynasty in China begins

    The last imperial dynasty of China. Ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917.
  • Phillip I becomes Czar

    Phillip I becomes Czar

    Through a number of successful wars he expanded the Tsardom into a much larger empire that became a major European power.He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with one that was modern, scientific, Europe-oriented, and based on The Enlightenment.ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother.
  • Age of Enlightment

    Age of Enlightment

    Was a cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in late 17th-century Western Europe emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It spread across Europe and to the United States, continuing to the end of the 18th century. The Enlightenment was a revolution in human thought.
  • Catherine the Great rules Russia

    Catherine the Great rules Russia

    The most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia. Her reign was called Russia's golden age. Came to power following the assassination of her husband, Peter III.
  • U.S. Constitution Ratified

    U.S. Constitution Ratified

    The supreme law of the United States of America. Originally comprising seven articles.
  • French Revolution

    French Revolution

    Was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799. Marking the decline of powerful monarchies and churches and the rise of democracy.
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror

    A period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution. The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands.
  • Napolean becomes emperor

    Napolean becomes emperor

    He implemented a wide array of liberal reforms across Europe. His legal code in France, the Napoleonic Code, influenced numerous civil law jurisdictions worldwide. Napoleon is remembered for his role in leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars.
  • Napolean defeated at Waterloo

    Fought near Waterloo in present-day Belgium. Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition.
  • Thomas Hobbes writes the Leviathm

    Thomas Hobbes writes the Leviathm

    Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government.