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Period: Apr 25, 1394 to Apr 25, 1460
Henry the Navigator
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Period: Apr 25, 1451 to Apr 25, 1506
Columbus
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Period: Apr 25, 1460 to Apr 25, 1524
da Gama
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Period: Apr 25, 1480 to Apr 25, 1521
Magellan
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Period: Apr 25, 1485 to Apr 25, 1547
Cortes
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Apr 22, 1492
Columbian Exchange
Start of trading between the Old World and New World -
Period: Apr 22, 1500 to
Triangle Trade
(Best known triangular trade, according to Wikipedia) Atlantic slave trade between West Africa, American colonies, and European colonies -
Period: Apr 22, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
Ruled Persian Empire in Iran -
Period: Apr 18, 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
European movement that brought Protestantism to be a part of Christianity -
Period: Apr 22, 1526 to Apr 22, 1530
Babur
Emperor of India -
Period: Apr 22, 1526 to
Mughal Empire
Ruled the majority of India -
Period: Apr 25, 1529 to Apr 25, 1541
Pizarro
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Period: Apr 25, 1552 to
Matteo Ricci
Jesuit priest who made various achievements in China -
Period: Apr 25, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
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Period: to
Scientific Revolution
New ideas in sciences which led to the start of modern science -
Creation of Colonies in the New World
Along the eastern coast of North America -
Period: to
Tokugawa Shogunate
Goveernment of Japan ruled by the shoguns -
Period: to
Thirty Years' War
Fought between European powers because of religious and political conflicts -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty
Last dynasty in China, which was ruled by the Manchu, that fell because of weakening by political issues -
Period: to
Peter the Great
Emperor of Russia who modernized and expanded the Russian Empire -
The Enlightenment
Time in the 18th century in which people during this time used reason as a way to explain things -
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French and Indian War
Fought between Great Britain and France in North America because of a fight involving rivers -
Period: to
Catherine the Great
Empress of Russia who expanded the empire -
Period: to
American Revolution
Independence of thirteen colonies of North America from British power -
Period: to
Louis XVI
King of France, executed for going against own government -
Period: to
Marie Antoinette
Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI -
Declaration of Rights of Man
Document describing the rights of people during the french Revolution -
Period: to
French Revolution
Violence erupted for change in social and political structures in France -
Storming of the Bastille
Violence throughout Paris where Bastille was captured causing the start of the French Revolution -
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Haitian Revolution
Conflicts which occurred for independence and an end of slavery -
Period: to
Napoleon
Emperor of France and King of Italy who succeeded in winning multiple wars against other European powers, yet was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo -
Period: to
Congress of Vienna
Conference made to discuss political issues in France -
Waterloo
Battle occurred here, where Napoleaon's army was defeated