Ottomans Conquer Constantinople

By allysonpaigeee
  • May 29, 1453

    Ottomans Conquer Constatinople

    The Ottoman Empire, an Islamic empire conquered Constantinople and took over trade operations in the Middle East. This empire would spread through the Middle East and North Africa until 1919.
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England

    Sets England up as a super power. Was the longest Monarch. Was the last tutor and she was never married but had affairs.

  • England defeats the Spanish Armada

    Spain was most powerful but then England took that power and went to a powerrise .

  • 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 British Colonization of India

    they lost their number one colonies causing a need for a new top colony making all the focus of Britian on India. Gives them ore land power and resources.

  • The 30 year war

    Lasted from 1618-1648 was the most destructive war but it was the last war on religion in Europe.

  • The English Civil War

    1642-1651 Series of of armed conflicts , political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government.

  • Manchus found the Qing Dynasty in China

    Multi-cultural empire lasted for 3 centuries and formed territorial base for the modern Chinese state.

  • Catherine the Great becomes Czarina of Russia

    Russia expanded its territories and modernized following the lead of western europe

  • The British colonies of North America declare their Independence

    they wrote the declaration of independence which is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies.

  • The French Revolution

    was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. Ens up beheading of king and queen but then establish a republic

  • The Napoleonic Age

    The ending stages of the French Revolution.

  • Mexico declares its independence from Spain

  • The Unification of Italy

  • The Industrial Revolution

  • The Opium Wars

  • The Great Reform Bill of 1832

  • The Great Potato Famine

  • Karl Marx and Frederic Engels publish The Communist Manifesto

  • The Taiping Rebellion

  • Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species

  • The Civil War begins in the United States

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Suez Canal

  • The Unification of Germany

  • The Berlin Conference

    Breaks up Africa into European Colonies , start of imperilism

  • The Russian Revolution

  • Peter the Great becomes Czar of Russia

    Became Czar after his brother died in 1969 , many believed he killed his brother to gain the power because he was the younger brother