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Aug 26, 1095
Crusades are faught
The muslums and the christians faught for the holy lands. They made the cross bow. They ended in 1291 with the muslums still in control. 1096-1291 -
Sep 2, 1300
Renaissance begins
Renaissance means rebirth. People started to create new things. People also started to do things differently. This changed Italy to become wealthy and thriving. -
Sep 12, 1337
100 years war begins
About land in France. England had and wanted nore land from France. It went on for many years, even longer than 100 years, fighting on and off. -
Aug 26, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
Fleas infected the rats that got on the trade ships and spread the disease. The black death killed 25 million people. The disease pread quickly from China. -
Sep 18, 1368
Ming Dynasty in China
After Kulabi Khan's death in 1294 the Yuan dynasty weakened. The weakening made them combine with Chinese resentment of Mongol rule, made China ripe fro rellion and the rise od a new dynasty, the Ming Dynasty. -
Sep 30, 1405
Voyages of Zheng He
1405-1433 Zheng he was a Chinese muslim admiral who led seven voyages. His voyages went around the Indian ocean as far as Africa. To show the power of his country he saild with as many as 300 ships. -
Sep 12, 1431
Joan of Arc
They were buned at steak. They started having visions at 13. Was a symbol of the reversions of france. -
Sep 4, 1450
Johannes Gitenberg- Printing press
Before the printing press the only way to put text onto paper was t write it. The first book publication was the bible. This made some things easier and progressed our technology. -
Oct 16, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
The Ottmans conquered constantinople under the command of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. The siege lasted from Friday, 6 April 1453 until Tuesday, 29 May 1453 (according to the Julian Calendar.) The fall of the Constantinople was the end of the Byzantine empire which laster ober 1,100 years. -
Sep 12, 1492
1st Voyage of columbus
Columbus was searching for where the world ended. He realized the wold is round. This is how we made globes and maps and discovered the truth about the earths shape. -
Oct 16, 1492
Jews, gypsies, & moors expelled from Spain
The jews, gypsies, & moors were all expelled from Spain from the spanish inquisition during the Flamenco time. The rulers banned the jews to strengthen the Spanish church by using the Inquisition to find those practicing Judaism. Martin Gilbert in ‘The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilisation’ estimates that there were 230,000 in Spain that were expelled and many died. -
Sep 16, 1497
Da Gama lands in India
It took Gama 10 months to get to India. He stopped at 7 ports where he learned that muslims were already aactive in trade. When Gama returned the Portuguese were very exited and hurried to another expidition to India. -
Oct 16, 1501
Safavid Empire
Safavids are perian muslims. They began to build the Safavid empire in the 1500's. Soon after the Safavids got into conflitwith the Ottomans,other muslims. -
Sep 10, 1503
Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Leanado De Vinci is one of the most important artists of the reniassnce. He painted many famous things including the last super. He was also a genious in his time, and brought many important pieces of art into history. -
Sep 12, 1503
Naming of the new world
In a letter to his friend a flourentine explorer calls the presernt day western hemesphere the new world. After the letter was published it spread quickly through Europe. Tellng the people of that time all about the new world, and sparking intrest in the eyes of many. -
Aug 28, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting sistine chapel
Michelangelo painted the cealing of the sistine chapel. He painted scences from the bible. He and his assistence had to climb a 40-foot ladder, from thre three steps rose another 20 feet to a platform 7 feet beneath the cealing. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
He was a man of god who is important to religion today. He posted his 95 thesis on a door in the church of the roman impire. It was a big contraversy, and is a relic today. -
Sep 12, 1519
Megellan starts his "around the world" trip
He started the voage witha crew of about 220 men. After three month he landed in present day Rio De Janero. It was an importand discovory in finding the new world. -
Sep 24, 1525
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
Henry changed religious so he oculd annul the marrige with his wife. "the kings great metter is what we call the issue that pushed him to change religioun. Mary his first daughter later beceomes very hateful and burns people of that religion. -
Oct 16, 1526
Mughal Empire begins.
Babur and Akbar laid the foundation for this powerful empire. They took this empire and built it into new wealths. The Delhi sultanate was strong for around 300 years but started weakening by the early 1500's. -
Sep 26, 1527
Philip II rules Spain
During the reign of Philip II Spain peaked of grandeur. One reason was because of the steaady stream of gold and silver that flowed from americn colonies. With that wealh Spain grew powerful. -
Sep 12, 1532
Pizarro invades the inca empire
Spanish conquistadors invaded the inca empire under the leadership of Pizarro. The Inca empire ruled part of present day Peru, equidore, and Chile. Helped the spaniards to settle in south america. -
Sep 10, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
He was an important renassaince mathmitition. Came up with the idea the earth revolved around the sun. Ended up being one of the most important astronomical discoveries. -
Dec 13, 1545
Council of Trent
The council of Trent was highly important for its decrees on self-reform and for its dogmatic definitions. The council played a vital role in revitalizing the Roman Catholic church in many parts of Europe. Paul III thought that christian unity and effective church reforn could only be reached through a counsil. -
Sep 26, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of england
On of Queen Elizabeth's favorite act as a queen was to draft a new Supremacy. In 1559 that split England once again from Rome. She established the Church of England -
Slave trade across Atlantic
There was a shortage of labore in America that lead to the trade across Atlantic. Millions of slaves were forced into the America before the slave trade ended in the 1800's. Captured africans were marchede to trade ships and forced to do slave work across the atlantic. -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
Jamestown was the first English colony established. People settling there hopes to find silver, gold and possible a river route to the Pacific. Some 80% of people died during their first winter in America. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
Wanted fame for himself and glory for France. Louis led FRance during time of great power; prosperity, and glory. He was historys best example of a monarch. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
The Qing Dynasty ruled from 1644 to 1911. Under Qing dynasty's Muanchu rulers, China again grew to it's largest size in history. It became the last dynasty in 3,500 years of imperial rule in china. -
Thomas Hobbes writes "Leviathan"
Thomas Hobbes wrote a book about this veiws on the government, called "Leviathan." Thomas thought the goverment was selfish and greedy. Hobbes called the change in society between society and government the social contract. -
Oliver Cromwell rules England
1653-to1658 Oliver pushed for the execution of Charles. He believed everyone should live their lives acroding to the bible. He remains one of the most famous characters in history. -
Peter I (the Great) becomes Czar
Peter became Czar when he was just a child so he sister took over. When peter turned 17 he took over as Czar. Peter build a Navy. -
Age of enlightment
Begining of cultural movement of intellectuals. Began in early 1700's in Europe. Emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. -
U.S constitution is ratified
The U.S constitution reamins the oldest written constitution still used today. The constitution went ito effect 1789. The constitution created a federal system of government. -
French revolution begins
The French monarchy was unequal so sthe french revolution began. The government gave less power to the king after the revolution. The french revolution changed the government dramatically. -
Reign of terrtor begins
The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that occurred after the of the French Revolution, The reign of terror began after the death of Louis VXI. The Terror was designed to fight the enemies of the revolution. -
Nepoleon defeated at waterloo
In the year 1815 Nepoleon was fighting a battle against prussians. After becoming the ruler of France he soon faced many battles. At the waterloo he was defeated and it had a big effect on the uphold of the french government. -
Napoleon becomes emperor
When Nepoleon was elected emperor is started the time known as the Second Empire. He made reforms like increasinf voting rights, but he always kept abosolute power. He built many railroads making trad easier -
Tokugawa Shotgunate ends
Tonkugawa was the last fuedal Japanese government. The downfall of the Tokugawa shotgunate was caused by both internal and external facters. After a period of fighting, Emperor Meiji took control of the country.
