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Aug 26, 1096
Crusades fought
The muslims and christtians fought in this war. The whole war was really a fight over religion for the holy land. Ended in 1291. -
Aug 28, 1300
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
For four years Michelangelo had used his celing as a canvas for his paintings. Each day he, and his assistants climbed a 40 foot ladder to paint. Some people said that the Sistine Chapel was so beautiful "as to make everyone astonished." -
Sep 2, 1300
Rensissance begins
Urban areas began to specialize. Nobles, merchants, and artisans dominated society. A new era is born. -
Sep 2, 1337
100 Years War
This war went from 1337 to 1453. It was between England and France. The reason they fought was over land. -
Aug 26, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
Thsi plague started in Europe in 1347 and didn't end til 1351. It wiped out a third of Europe's population. -
Sep 30, 1368
Ming dynasty in China
Peasant Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the last mongol emperor. Zhu then got the nickname Hongwu meaning vastly martial. The dynasty ended in 1644. -
Sep 30, 1405
Voyages of Zheng He
Ended in 1433. -
Sep 4, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
Girl that started havihng "visions" when she was 13. She started to have visions of war and they came true. Maid of New Orleans. She got burned at 19 years of age. -
Sep 12, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg - printing press
Johannes Gutenburg cast the alphabet onto metal plates in the mid 1400's, creating one of the most inovative tools in the era. Because of his great invention people could now print text onro sheet paper. Unlike before when people had to write just using their hands. -
Oct 2, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
This region was bordered in the early 1300's by the christian byzantine empire to the west, and the muslim empires to the east. These people now called the ottomans were once called the osman. -
Sep 8, 1492
1st voyage of Columbus
In this voyage Columbus sets out to go to Asia by sailing across the Atlantic ocean. He was not expecting a very long voyage. Like most people during this time, Columbus knew the Earth was round but did'nt know exactly how big or all the continents on the Earth -
Sep 30, 1497
Da Gama lands in India
This portuguese explorer set out on his voyage to India in 1497. On the way there he made serveral stops trading with muslims. It took him over 10 months but he finally reached India. -
Sep 18, 1500
Copernicus publishes heliocentric
Copernicus the polish astronomer changed the world of science forever when he discovered that the sun was the center of the solar system, instead of the beief that the earth was the center. This theory is now called the heliocentric theory. -
Oct 2, 1500
Slave trade across Atlantic
1500's-1800's. A shortage in people led people to get slaves from Africa making it the atlantic slave trade. They needed the people to work their plantations and estates. At first the people just used native americans but too many died. -
Oct 16, 1500
Safavid Empire
The founder of this empire was a 14 year old boy who went by the name of Esam'il. He led his army on a conquest across Persia. He was a success and gained control of what is now Iran. -
Sep 30, 1502
Naming of the new world
The error of thinking Columbus had figured out he found a new wasy to reach asia was not realized untill 1502 by Ameriigo Vespucci. So now, the new world was named the Americas after Amerigo. This is how America was named. -
Oct 6, 1503
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
The Mona Lisa and the Last Supper were Da Vinci's most famous paintings. -
Sep 16, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
The catholic monk nailed his theses to the doors critizising the catholic church. He wrote his work in latin because not many people read latin except for church leaders back then. Once word of his actions reached the pope they banned people from reading it. -
Sep 26, 1519
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
In 1519 Magellan took 5 ships with 250 men to sea. The voyage was long and hard, some of the men on the ship rebelled. After months out at sea, they reached the Phillipines where Magellan was killed in a fight against the natives. After that, the pther men still sailed on. -
Sep 26, 1532
Pizarro Invades the Inca Empire
Conquistador Francisco Pizarro went to Peru in search of wealth from the incan empire. When he got there smallpox had just swept through so the empire was already weak, this disease had also killed their emperor. Because of this, a new ruler named Atahualpa had taken control and there was a civil war going on. -
Sep 30, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
In 1534 Henry VIII breaks from the catholic church. He founds the church or England or Angelican church. Then he serves as it's head. -
Oct 16, 1545
Council of Trent
Pope Paul III brought together the council of Trent. They met on and off until 1563. They examined cirticisms made by different religions of the Protestants and Catholics. -
Oct 1, 1556
Phillip II rules Spain
Charles V gives up in his thrown, in reslut Phillip II takes thrown and rules not only Spain but, Sicily, and the Netherlands. Charles V gave up his thrown because he was frustrated with his failures. Then, he decided to devide his empires between his son and brother. -
Oct 2, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
The queen before Elizabeth was her half sister Mary who burned protestants and restored the catholic church. When Elizabeth gets into power she restores the Church of England and builds protestantism again. Her first act as a queen was draft a supremacy act. -
Age of Enlightenment
This age actually used to be called the Age of Reason. The age was an age of lots of education and new ideas. Many things also got published from writers in this age. -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia, foudned
The first colony ever established in America was Jamestown. The settlers in this colony hoped to find riches such as gold and silver (maybe even a route to the Pacific). Sadly, Jamestown wasn't much of a success, all they found was marshy ground, and impure water. About 80% of all the settlers died, but they still trudged on. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
When Louis XIII died in 1643, his son was crowned king. Ever since Louis was a child he was taught things to be king like interviewing foreign ambassadors, interpreting state papers , hunting, and dancing. His reign ended when he died in 1715. -
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty lasted from 1644 to 1911. Making it last 267 years. Qing means pure or clean. -
Oliver Cromwell rules England
Oliver Cromwell was a part of the parliament. He was an army general. The first battle he led was a success, 4,000 of the kings soldiers died. -
Thomas Hobbes writes Levaithan
English writer Thomas Hobbes wrote his book Levaithan over his views on the government at the time. He stated that people were "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short". He believed that people needed government to enforce order. -
Peter I (the Great) becomes Czar
Peter was still a child when he was crowned Czar in 1682, so his sister ruled instead. But once Peter turned 17 he removed his sister from the throne and took it himself. When Peter was in power he built a navy. -
Catherine the Great rules Russia
Catherine wanted to expand Russia's territory and make Russia more European. She is now referred to as Catherine the Great because she did just that. Her reign ended in 1796. -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
The constitution was mostly the work of James Madison. The document recognizes that government exists to serve the people. It broke up the government into the legistlative, executive, and judical branches. -
French Revolution
Right before the french revolutino started, the U.S. Constitution was written. Resentments from long ago fueled the french revolution. At the end of the revolution, Napoleon takes control of the French government. -
U.S. Constitution ratified
Mostly the work of James Madison, the U.S. Consitution was ratified in 1789. It recognized that government exists to protect and serve the people. Also it broke government into three branches, Legislative, Judicial, and Executive. -
Reign of Terror begins
People were worried about the course of the Revolution. The French was criticizing it. Outside of France, the countries Great Britian, Holland, Spain, Austria, and Prussia were worried enough about everything to start a war against France. -
Napoleon becomes emperor
In 1804 there was a vote if people wanted France to be an empire. People voted yes. Therefore, instead of Napoleon being a general he became an emperor. -
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
Fighting against the british, Germany's troops increason Wellington's. The fighting went on all day and it was intense. This war ended Napoleons military career when he was defeated. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
Tokugawa Shogunate was a ruler of a city now called Tokyo. He brings a period of relative unity, peace, and stability in Japan. This also brought prosperity to the land.
