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Aug 26, 1096
Crusades are fought
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Sep 2, 1300
Michelangelo begins painting sistine chapel
the sistine chapel was painted by michelangelo.Took almost four years for it to be finished. painted vivid scenes form figures in the bible. -
Sep 2, 1300
Renaissance begins
The word renaissance means "rebirth" and was the begining of a new age of art and discovery. The renaissance began in itally. it began in italy because of its thriving cities and icreased trade as well as wealthy merchants . -
Sep 12, 1337
100 year war begins
war between france and england. fought about land in france. england owned land in frace and was trying to take more. they call it the hundered year wars even though it was longer than a hundered years. -
Aug 26, 1347
Black death begins in Europe
This plague speard from Asia to Europe through trade. Roughly one thrird of Europes population died. -
Sep 18, 1368
Ming dynasty in china
"ming" which means brilliant. the ming china lasted nearly 300 years until 1644. during this time china was rebuilt. the kind of the ming dynasty was zhy yuanzhang. -
Sep 10, 1400
johannes gutenberg-printing press.
cast the letters of the alphabet onto a metal plate and locked them into a wooden press. first book published was the bible. -
Oct 2, 1405
voyages of zheng he
between 1405b and 1433, he led 7 voyages around the indian ovean as far as africa. sailed with huge fleats of 300 ships. was to extend the influence of china. -
Sep 1, 1431
joan of arc burned at the stakes
"the messanger" she was 13 when they started having visions. used her to help france. but was then burned at the stake at age 19. she became a saint in 1920. -
Oct 2, 1453
Ottomans conquer constantinople
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Sep 12, 1492
1st voyage of columbus
set sail to cross the atlantic, he didnt expect the voyage to be long. he knew the earth was round but didnt expect it to be so large. his cre became restless until october 12 when they first spotted land. -
Sep 18, 1497
da gama lands in india
it took more than 10 monthsfor the return of da gama caused great excitement. he learned that muslim merchants we already activley involved in trade. -
Sep 16, 1500
copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
conlusion that the sun, not the earth, was near the center of the solar system.his discovery that the earth revolves around the sun was not believed at first. and the idea/ theory was not a new idea. -
Oct 16, 1500
safavid empire
the founder was a kid that was 14 named sma'il. his dad died. so his son join his dads friends and concored persia. since he won so many battles he took control of modern day iran and iraq. -
Sep 4, 1517
Martin luther posts 95 theses
Luthers theses were not intended for the common people of his parish but for the church leaders. They were nailed to the front door of the church.. -
Sep 10, 1517
Da vinci paints the mona lisa
the mona lisa tries to capture the complexity of the human spirit with its mysterious smile. was painted by leonardo da vinci. -
Sep 16, 1519
magellan starts his "around the world" trip
ferdinand magellan's crew was the first to sail completely around the world. Ferdinand was killed right after ariving to portugal by the natives. however the crew continued their journey led by jaun sebastian de elcano. -
Sep 18, 1525
Henry VIII founds anglican church
after his wife catherine of aragon, had born only one child ( a female named mary) he wanted to get his marrage annulled. -
Oct 8, 1526
Mughal empire begins
founded by babur, nicknamed the "tiger". he failed to create and empire in asia he decided to try in india. Mughal comes from the word mongol. this empire was know for its "wealth and power." -
Sep 22, 1527
Philip II rules spain
wanted to spread the roman catholic faith and conquer engladn. -
Sep 16, 1532
pizarro invades the inca empire
The inca empire that he found had already had a small pox out brake and was week. he invaded the inca about 10 years after the aztec. v -
Sep 24, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of england
throughout her rein, elizabeth was threaatened by catholics who plotted to replace her. She restored the church of england and support for protestanism. -
age of enligtenment
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jamestown, colony in virginia, founded
english colony established the first town called jamestown. they hoped to find gold and silver and possibley a marshy and impure water. -
Louis XIV becomes king of france
he became king at a very young age. he was supremely confident in his ability to rule. he chose the sun to represent him, stating that the world revolved around him. -
qing dynasty in china begins
Came right after the ming dynasty. the machu people to the north west of manchuria saw their chance and killed the emperor. -
thomas hobbes writes the laviathan
It was about the government. after his experence in the english civil war he was conviced that people were greedy and selflsih. he believed that the people needed a government to impose order. -
Oliver cromwell rules england
althought he was skilled he demanded complete obediance. (not a good trate to have) he led military expeditions to scotland and ireland. his economic policies led to war with the dutch. -
peter I ( the great( becomes czar
called peter the great he wsa still a kid when he was crowned. his sister insited on ruling in his place. at age 17,peter removed his sister from the throne and took power. -
Catherine the great rules Russia
wanted to expand russias teritory and make russian more european. -
french revolution begins
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reign of terror begins
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slave trade across europe
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napoleon defeated at waterloo
a war between napoleons troops and brittans troops. prussia came to brittans aid. the battle of waterloo was a crushing defeat for napoleon. -
Tokugawa shogunate ends
was started by tokugawa ieyasu. This era known as tokugawa shogunate was a time of peice and stability in japan.
