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Period: Apr 25, 1318 to
Thirty Years War
Fought in mostly modern Germany, this was one of the most "destructive" conflicts in European history involving most of Europes countries at the time. -
Period: May 10, 1394 to May 10, 1460
Henry the Navigator
Henry was known for the early development of European exploration and growing trade connections with other countries. -
Period: Apr 18, 1450 to
Unit 3 Timeline
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Period: May 10, 1451 to May 10, 1506
Christopher Columbus
Born in Genoa, became known for finding "the Americas", he was an explorer, colonizer and navigator. Even though he thought he reached India, he was actually in what became the New World. -
Period: May 10, 1469 to May 10, 1524
Vasco de Gama
A very succesful Portugese explorer and one of the first to sail from Europe to India. Also was the Governer of Portugese India for a short while. -
Period: May 10, 1476 to May 10, 1541
Pizarro
A spanish conquiztador that conquered the Incan Empire and found the modern day capital of Peru, Lima. -
Period: May 10, 1480 to May 10, 1521
Magellan
He was a Portugese Exploere that served King Charles of Spain. He had the first exploration that went from the Pacific to the Atlantic and was killed during the first full circle voyage of the Earth. -
Period: Feb 23, 1483 to Jan 5, 1531
Babur
Zahir ud-din Muhammad Babur, after establishing his first kingdom, rose to power in Kabul. He later on laid the bases of the Mughal Empire. -
Period: May 10, 1485 to May 10, 1547
Cortes
Cortes led an expedition in the early 16th century, that led to the fall of the Aztec Empire. -
Apr 25, 1492
Columbian Exchange
Time when Columbian founded the Americas and trade began within the Eastern and Western Hemisphere. -
Period: May 8, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
One of the most dominant, and significant dynasties of Iran. They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires since the Muslim conquest of Persia and established the Twelver school of Shi'a Islam leading to one of the most important times in muslim history. -
Period: Apr 18, 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
A European Christian reform which established and made Protestantism a main branch of contemperary Christianity. This movement was led by Martin Luther and John Calvin -
Period: May 8, 1526 to
Mughal Empire
Large empire that ruled a major part of the Indian Sub-Continent area. It began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of India by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century. -
Period: May 8, 1543 to
Scientific Revolution
A time period when new ideas in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry, and other sciences led to a foundation of modern science being laid in. -
Period: May 8, 1550 to
Triangle trade
Known as the transatlantic slave trade, they took slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonial powers -
Period: Oct 6, 1552 to
Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci was an Italian Jesuit priest, and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China Mission. He is now known as the "servant of god" -
Period: Apr 25, 1564 to
Galileo
Galileo was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who played a very big role in the Scientific Revolution. Galileo is called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the Father of Modern Science". -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
The Tokugawa Shogunate was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. Edo (now Tokyo) was it's capital -
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Creation of Colonies in the New World
The time period between when the British Colonies established the 13 colonies in the "new world" -
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Qing Dynasty
The Qing (also known as the Manchu) Dynasty was the last ruling dynasty of China. Before it was the Ming, and after was the Republic of China -
Period: to
Peter the Great
Ruler of Russia and the Russian Empire until his death in 1725. Transformed Russia through modernization into a powerful European empire. -
Period: to
Enlightenment
in which reason was advocated as the primary source for This is the time when things became based on legitimacy and authority. It is also known as the Age of Reason. It became mainstream during the same time period in many different places -
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French-Indian War
The US known name for the war between Great Britian and France in North America. In 1756, the war grew greatly and involved much of the world, leading to the 7 years war. -
Period: to
Catherine the Great
Born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia on 2 May 1729, ruled as the Empress of Russia after the assasination of Peter, her husband. She expanded and improved, making Russia, a major european power.