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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Dec 31, 1270
The Crusades.
The Crusades were fought berween Christians and Muslims. -
Jan 1, 1275
Marco Polo reached Kublai Khan's court.
Marco Polo reached the court of Kublai Khan in 1275. Marco was an italian trader. -
Jan 1, 1300
Bubonic Plague
In the 1300s the black death ravaged 60% of the population of Europeans. This caused an economical change and was one of the leading reasons for the Renaissance. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
The Renaissance rebirthed many different cultures and ideas. This "rebirth" happened soon after the plauge.
It brought back the ideas of ancient Rome and Greece. -
Jan 1, 1400
The Caraval was built
The Caraval was built by the Europeans. -
Jan 1, 1434
Cosimo de Medici won ownership of Florence
Cosimo de Medici the richest European at the time took over Florence's government was dictator of Florence for 30 years. -
Period: Jan 1, 1452 to Dec 31, 1519
Leonardo da Vinci's life span
Leonardo was a very exalted "Renaissance man" during the Renaissance time period. He gave the people of the Renaissance many ideas. -
Jan 1, 1453
Christians fled Constantinople after Turks conqured it.
Christians fled Constantinople and into Rome with Greek manuscripts. This helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance. -
Jan 1, 1453
100 year war ended
The 100 year war between France and England ended in 1453.
This caused a rapid expansion in cities near France and England. -
Jan 1, 1464
Cosimo de Medici Died
Cosimo de Medici died and his family went on to own Florence. -
Period: Jan 1, 1467 to Dec 31, 1568
Sengoku
Sengoku was a civil war in Japan that lasted between 1467 and 1568 centralized rule ended and power transported hands from the shogun to territorial lords. -
Jan 1, 1468
Donatello's statue created.
Donatello's statue was created this was the first time that a statue of a free standing nude was created since the ancient times. -
Jan 1, 1469
Cosimo de Medici's grandson went to power.
Lorenzo de Medici, Cosimo's grandson took over Florence and became the dictator. He was known as Lorenzo the Magnificent. Was able to dictate Florence while giving the appearence of an elected government. -
Period: Jan 1, 1475 to Dec 31, 1564
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buanarroti was another "Renaissance man" or a man who mastered every area of study offered during the Renaissance time. -
Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Dec 31, 1520
Raphael Sanzio
Raphael advanced realism. He learned his works from Leonardo and Michelangelo -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Dec 31, 1547
Vittoria Colonna
Vittoria Colonna a poet wrote about personal subjects not politics and yet some poems had great influence. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus set sail to Americas
Christopher Columbus and his fleet set sail in the Nina Pinta and Santa Maria -
Jan 8, 1493
Columbus returned to Spain
In early 1493 Columbus returned to Spain from the Americas. He told the Spainiards about the Americas and they seemed happy. -
Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Pedro reached the shores of modern day Brazil and claimed it for Portugal. -
Jan 1, 1509
"The Praise of Folly" was published
Desiderius Erasmus published a book called "The Praise of Folly" it was his most famous work. -
Jan 1, 1513
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote "The Prince"
Niccolo Maciavelli wrote the book "The Prince" it examined the imperfect conditions of the human beings. Niccolo stated that people are selfish and corrupt creatures. -
Jan 1, 1528
Baldassare Castiglione released "The Courtier"
Baldassare Castiglione released the book "The Courtier" the book spoke of how to become a universal man, or a person who was able to master every area of studying during the Renaissance. -
Dec 31, 1568
Oda Nobunaga ends the civil war in Japan
Oda Nobunaga ended the civil war in Japan. He defeated his rivals and siezed the imperial capital of Kyoto -
Dec 5, 1575
Oda Nobunaga's soldiers sought to eliminate his remaining enemies.
Oda Nobunaga's soldiers went after Npobunaga's remaining enemies so that there would be no rebellion against him. His people were armed with muskets this was the first time muskets were used effectively in Japan, -
Jan 1, 1582
Oda Nobunaga commites Seppaku.
Seppaku was a form of ritual suicide of a Samurai. Oba Nobunaga commited Seppaku because he was unable to unite all of Japan. -
Toyotomi Hideyoshi continued Nobunaga's commitement to unify Japan,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (who was Nobunaga's best general) kept on killing all the daimyo that remained hostile to them. -
Toyotomi Hideyoshi invades Korea
Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to unify China in addition to Japan so in 1592 he invaded Korea and began a long campaign against the people of Korea. -
Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies and all his troops in Korea left.