Timeline: Mueggenborg Timeline Project: Unit 3 | Timetoast

Period: Apr 25, 1394 to Apr 25, 1460

Henry the Navigator
Period: Apr 25, 1451 to Apr 25, 1506

Columbus
Period: Apr 25, 1460 to Apr 25, 1524

da Gama
Period: Apr 25, 1480 to Apr 25, 1521

Magellan
Period: Apr 25, 1485 to Apr 25, 1547

Cortes
Apr 22, 1492

Columbian Exchange

Start of trading between the Old World and New World
Period: Apr 22, 1500 to Apr 22, 1800

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 Apr 22, 1736

Safavid Empire

Ruled Persian Empire in Iran
Period: Apr 18, 1517 to Apr 18, 1648

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 Apr 22, 1858

Mughal Empire

Ruled the majority of India
Period: Apr 25, 1529 to Apr 25, 1541

Pizarro
Period: Apr 25, 1552 to Apr 25, 1610

Matteo Ricci

Jesuit priest who made various achievements in China
Period: Apr 25, 1564 to Apr 25, 1642

Galileo Galilei
Period: Apr 18, 1600 to Apr 18, 1700

Scientific Revolution

New ideas in sciences which led to the start of modern science
Apr 22, 1600

Creation of Colonies in the New World

Along the eastern coast of North America
Period: Apr 25, 1600 to Apr 25, 1868

Tokugawa Shogunate

Goveernment of Japan ruled by the shoguns
Period: Apr 18, 1618 to Apr 18, 1648

Thirty Years' War

Fought between European powers because of religious and political conflicts
Period: Apr 25, 1644 to Apr 25, 1912

Qing Dynasty

Last dynasty in China, which was ruled by the Manchu, that fell because of weakening by political issues
Period: Apr 25, 1682 to Apr 25, 1725

Peter the Great

Emperor of Russia who modernized and expanded the Russian Empire
Apr 18, 1700

The Enlightenment

Time in the 18th century in which people during this time used reason as a way to explain things
Period: Apr 18, 1754 to Apr 18, 1763

French and Indian War

Fought between Great Britain and France in North America because of a fight involving rivers
Period: Apr 25, 1762 to Apr 25, 1796

Catherine the Great

Empress of Russia who expanded the empire
Period: Apr 25, 1763 to Apr 25, 1783

American Revolution

Independence of thirteen colonies of North America from British power
Period: Apr 25, 1774 to Apr 25, 1791

Louis XVI

King of France, executed for going against own government
Period: Apr 25, 1774 to Apr 25, 1792

Marie Antoinette

Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI
Apr 25, 1789

Declaration of Rights of Man

Document describing the rights of people during the french Revolution
Period: Apr 25, 1789 to Apr 25, 1799

French Revolution

Violence erupted for change in social and political structures in France
Jul 14, 1789

Storming of the Bastille

Violence throughout Paris where Bastille was captured causing the start of the French Revolution
Period: Apr 25, 1791 to Apr 25, 1804

Haitian Revolution

Conflicts which occurred for independence and an end of slavery
Period: Apr 25, 1804 to Apr 25, 1815

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: Apr 25, 1814 to Apr 25, 1815

Congress of Vienna

Conference made to discuss political issues in France
Apr 25, 1815

Waterloo

Battle occurred here, where Napoleaon's army was defeated