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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. The empire would spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa until 1919. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth l becomes Queen of England
Queen of England and Ireland who succeeded the Mary I, a Catholic, and reestablished Protestantism in England. She was queen until her death. Queen Elizabeth was also called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess. -
England defeats the Spanish Armada
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 1957. -
The Thirty Years War
A series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. -
The English Civil War
Series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over the manner of England's government. -
Manchus found the Qing Dynasty in China
The Qing dynasty, 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. -
Peter the Great becomes Czar of Russia
Ian V ruled until 1682, when Ian died in 1696, Peter was officially declared Sovereign of Russia. -
The British Colonization of India
The British used this opportunity to kick out the other colonial powers from India. By the 18th century, India was under a crisis. -
The Industrial Revolution
Took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial. -
Catherine the Great becomes Czarina of Russia
Catherine the Great, was born on May 2, 1729, in Stettin, Prussia, and became the Russian empress in 1762. Under her reign, Russia expanded its territories and modernized. -
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. -
The French Revolution
A period of far-reaching social and political in France and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. -
The Napoleonic Age
The Napoleonic Age is a period in the history of France and Europe. It is classified as the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution. -
Mexico declares its independence from Spain
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, launched the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his “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
The Unification of Italy, 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
an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales. -
The Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving Anglo-Chinese disputes over British trade in China and China's sovereignty. -
The Great Potato Famine
The Great Famine or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. -
Karl Marx and Frederic Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx is published in London by a group of German-born revolutionary socialists known as the Communist League. -
The Taiping Rebellion
Taiping Civil War was a massive rebellion or civil war in China between the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the millenarian movement of the Heavenly Kingdom of Peace. -
The Suez Canal
An artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. It was constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869. -
Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species published on November 24, 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. -
The Civil War begins in the United States
A civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. -
The Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration was a chain of events that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. -
The Unification of Germany
The third and final act of German unification was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, with the French defeat, the German Empire was proclaimed in January 1871 in the Palace at Versailles, France. -
The Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference, regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. -
The Russo-Japanese War
This war was fought between Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial in Manchuria and Korea. -
The Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle. Recent research has focused on local and regional of the Mexican Revolution. It was a "genuinely national revolution." -
The Chinese Revolution
The Chinese Revolution of 1912. In October of 1912, a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. -
World War l begins
The immediate cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. A Serbian nationalist with ties to the secretive military group known as the Black Hand, major European military powers towards war. -
The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union
