Period 4 Timeline

  • Feb 6, 1400

    Prince Henry the navigator

    Helped european exploration by inventing a navigation system and school used by mainly all explorers and started maritime trade.
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Beginning of portuguese slave trade

    portuguese began capturing slaves with so filling high labor demands in europe, portugal ect.
  • Feb 6, 1450

    Reign of Sunni Ali

    became the first king of the Songhay empire.
  • Period: Feb 8, 1450 to

    Period 4 Timeline

  • Feb 6, 1451

    Reign of Mehmed the conqueror

    one of the famous sultans of Ottoman Empire with his intelligence.
  • Feb 6, 1464

    Songhay Empire

    strengthen islam in west africa with aid of strong military and salt trade
  • Feb 6, 1494

    Columbus' first voyage

    first explorer to encounter caribbean land, reaching the bahamas.
  • Feb 6, 1494

    Dias' first voyage into the Indian Ocean

    Was the first person to round good cape of hope crossing into namibia.
  • Feb 6, 1497

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    treaty between the spanish and portugal; gaining the spanish, america lands and portugal owning lands in brazil, african and Asia.
  • Feb 6, 1501

    Safavid Dynasty

    spent most of history fighting ottoman empire due to sending preachers to different areas in the ottoman empire. leading to the massacre of sunni muslims
  • Feb 6, 1517

    Martin Luther

    German monk that created 95 theses
  • Feb 6, 1520

    Reign of suleyman the magnificent

    became sultant expanded his court and city. he built new palaces and schools etc. and exploded culture with his scientific achievements
  • Feb 6, 1524

    Foundation of society of jesus

    took vows of poverty and chastity and made plans to work for the conversion of Muslims.
  • Feb 6, 1526

    spanish conquest of mexico

    Cortez's men destroyed the city, killed thousands of Aztecs, and ushered in centuries of Spanish rule. They also introduced the Spanish language to an area with a variety of indigenous languages, most notably Nahuatl, the official language of the Aztec empire
  • Feb 6, 1533

    John Calvin

    Famous for his involvement in Calvinism
  • Feb 6, 1540

    Mughal dynasty

    connected with many different regions with its highly centralized administration.
  • Feb 6, 1564

    Galileo Galolei

    improved magnification on the telescope 30x and theorized the movement of jupiter's moons.
  • Spanish Armada

    fled over 130 ships for battle but was defeated by the british.
  • Tokugawa Shogunate

    invented the first japanese feudal government
  • 30 years war

    religious war between catholics and protestants that lasted 30 years
  • Peace of Westphalia

    Ended the 30 and 80 years war.
  • John Locke

    famous philosopher and physician
  • Qing Dynasty

    Was the last imperial dynasty of china, over throwing the Ming dynasty.
  • Reign of emperor Wanli

    unified china and the great wall of china
  • Seven year war

    Massive conflict between britain and france making the first genuine world war.
  • Establishment of the 1st colony in Australia

    overcrowding became an issue in the british prison system and discovered australia as an opportunity to establish a new colony.
  • Haitian Revolution

    lead to the separation from the french colonial government.
  • End of the british slave trade

    slave trade act banned people from having slaves which caused a downfall to this industry.