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May 29, 1453
Ottomans Conquer Constantinople
The Ottoman Empire, an islamic empire,conquered constantinople and took over trade operations in the middle east. this empire would spread throughout the middle east and north africa until 1919. -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabeth I becomes queen of england
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland until her death in march 1603 -
England defeats the spanish armada
The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña in August 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. -
Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokugawa clan takes over imperial japan and establishes itself as the shogun. They establish the capital at kyoto and rule until 1857. -
the thirty years war
The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648 -
the english civil war war
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government -
manchus found the Qing Dynasty in China
The Qing dynasty, also called the Empire of the Great Qing or the Manchu dynasty, was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917 -
the taiping rebellion
radical political and religious upheaval that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. -
peter the great becomes czar of russia
Peter the Great was born on June 9, 1672 in Moscow, Russia. Peter the Great was the 14th child of Czar Alexis by his second wife, -
the industrial revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. -
catherine the great becomes czarina of russia
Tsar Peter III reigned only six months; he died on 17 July 1762. After the death of the Empress Elizabeth on 5 January 1762 , Peter succeeded to the throne as Emperor Peter III, and Catherine became empress consort -
the british colonies of north america declare their independence
On this day in 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of a new United States of America from Great Britain and its king. -
the french revolution
As the 18th century drew to a close, France’s costly involvement in the American Revolution and extravagant spending by King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his predecessor had left the country on the brink of bankruptcy. Not only were the royal coffers depleted, but two decades of poor cereal harvests, drought, cattle disease and skyrocketing bread prices had kindled unrest among peasants and the urban poor. -
the napoleonic age
Napoleon has been called the "French Revolution on Horseback, The Age of Napoleon
The ideal of a social order that provided personal liberty remained far off. It soon could not even be heard enunciated in France, where the sound of trumpets and the beat of drums now suggested that any march forward by humanity was to be of a military sort. Napoleon turned the Revolution to his own uses--and they were not democratic. -
mexico declares independence from spain
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launched the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores, or “Cry of Delores.” The revolutionary tract called for the end of Spanish rule in Mexico, redistribution of land, and racial equality. -
the unification of italy
Italian unification, or the Risorgimento was the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century -
the great reform bill of 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament, that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales. -
the british colonization of india
Colonial India was one of the main types of trade in the world economy and was the main catalyst for the period of European exploration.[1][2] The search for the wealth and prosperity of India led to the accidental "discovery" of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492 -
the great potato famine
The Great Famine or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland -
karl marx and frederic engels publish the communist manifesto
On February 21, 1848, The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx with the assistance of Friedrich Engels, is published in London by a group of German-born revolutionary socialists known as the Communist League. -
he civil war begins in the united states
The bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than 4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. -
the emancipation proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on -
the unification of germany
The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France.
