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May 1, 1420
Henry the Navigator
Around this time Henry's expeditions started out. Henry the Navigator was born March 4th, 1392 and died 13 November, 1460 and was prince of the Kingdom of Portugal and help support, fund and develop European exploration and futhered oceanic trade with other continents. He aslo helped develop the carvel, a ship which could sail faster and further than current ships of his time. -
Period: Apr 18, 1450 to
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Period: Apr 25, 1460 to Apr 25, 1524
Vasco da Gama
Was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. And for a short time he was Viceroy of Portuguese India. Da Gama on his return ton Portugal ignored sailing with the monsoon winds which killed much of his crew. -
Period: Apr 25, 1480 to Apr 25, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan
Was a Portuguese explorer, served King Charles I of Spain in the search of a route to 'Spice Island' (Maluku islands in Indonesia). First expediton to sail from Atlantic Ocean into Pacific Ocean. He was killed by the Lapu-Lapu(Visayan natives) in the Philipinnes. Elcano succedded Magellan's voyages, -
Period: Apr 25, 1485 to Apr 25, 1547
Hernan Cortes
Was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainlan Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile. He went on to Hispaniola and later Cuba, where he received an encominda. Awarded Marques del Valle de Oaxaca while viceroy was given to Antonio de Mendoza. -
Apr 25, 1492
Columbian Exchange
Was a dramatically widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, diseases and ideas between Eastern and Western hemispheres. Christopher Columbus' first voyage launched the era of contact. Explorers returned to Europe with maize, potatoes, and tomatoes. -
May 1, 1492
Columbus
On this date Columbus set out from Spain on three ships, the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina; after a 5 week voyage at around 2 a.m on the morning of October 12 he spotted land. And landed on land and named it San Salvador, then explored the Bahamas. Colombus would head on 3 more voyages after this. -
Period: Apr 25, 1496 to Apr 25, 1541
Francisco Pizarro
Was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima. Pizarro confronted Punian natives leaving 400 hundred Puians dead, and only 3 Spaniards dead. Soon after, Hernando de Soto another conquistador joined him on the expedition. Atahualpa refuse Pizarro prensence he had some 80,000 men to 200 Spanish causing battle of Cajamarca Atahualalpa was convicted of killing kis brother and plotting againsy Pizarro.He then later invaded Cuzco in 1533 -
Period: Apr 19, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
A significant ruling dynasty of Iran, under Muslim rule they established Shi'a Islam as the religion. The Safavids established control over ll Iran and reasserted the Iranian idenity of the region, becoming first native dynasty since Sassanid Empire to make the iranian state unified. Legacy-the revival of Persia as an ecomic stronghold. And a state bureaucracy based on "checks and balances". -
Period: Apr 20, 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
Was the European Chritstian reform movement that established Protestantism as a constituent branch of Christianity. Led by Martin Luther, and John Calvin. Catholics responded witha counter reformation, led by Jeusits. Most of north led protestiant views the south stayed catholic. Largest denominations were Anglican ( England) -
May 1, 1519
New World colonies
After the discovery of the new world by Colombus in 1492, the spanish founded the first European settlement in the Pacific coast of central america and named it Panama city August 5, 1519. After this the flood gates of colonization from all of Europe began intill the 18th century where independence movements began and the ultimate destruction of colonies by the 19th century -
Period: Apr 18, 1526 to Apr 18, 1530
Babur
Was a military adventurer from Central Asia. He rose to power in Kabul (Afghanistan), built an army and defeated Lodi Afghan Empire, and laid basis for Mughal Empire. He was decandant of Timur through his father, and Genghis Khan through his mother. Expansion of Persian Cultural influence in India. -
Period: Apr 18, 1526 to
Mughal Empire
An imperial power in the Indian Subcontinent. Mughal Emperors were descendants of Timurids (from Turco-Mongol dynasty) Highly centralized and characterized as the expansion of Persian Culture. It declined rapidly weakened by wars and new rule and finally British colonialism. The Taj Mahal built in this time by Shah Jahan. -
Period: Apr 18, 1552 to
Matteo Ricci
Was an Italian Jesuit preist, his title was Servant of God. He was one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China Mission. He introduced to the Chinese western;science, mathematics, astronomy, and visual arts. At one time most valued and trusted advisors of imperial goverement. -
Period: Apr 25, 1564 to
Galileo
An Italian physicist, mathmatician,astronomer and philosopher. Achievements included improvements in telescope, and supported Copernicanism. He was also known for Heliocentrism,Dynamics, Kinematics. Father of modern astronomy. -
Period: Apr 25, 1580 to
Triangle Trade
The model and historical term the way the regions of America, Europe, and Africa traded. From the Americas' sugar, tobacco and cotton were traded to Europe. Textiles, rum, and manufactured goods to Africa from Europe. And from Africa, slaves to Americas. -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
Was a feudal regime of Japan established by the man Tokugawa leyasu and ruled by shoguns of the Tokugawa family. Shogun meaning commander of force, militrary force or army. Was called the Edo period, of capital city Edo, now Tokyo. After them civil war broke out and the Meiji Restoration happened. -
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30 Years War
The war was fought primarily in what is now Germany. No cingle cause can accurately be described as the main reason for the fighting. Initially, it was fought largely as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics, it was more a continuation of the Bourbon-Hbsburg rivalry. Impact, extensive destruction of regions. Ended by treaties of Osnabruck and Munster. -
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Qing Dynasty
Or also known as the Manchu, were invited by the Ming to squash peasant revolts, but instead they overthrew the Ming. Their interactions with the outside world are highly limited. Britain intrudeces Opium to China, China seizes control of opium in Canton-this cause the Opium Wars, and finally the treaty of Nanjing. -
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Peter the Great
Ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire, he carried out a policy of modernization. Heavily influenced by his european advisors and even when he travel. Peter reorganized the Russian army and dreamed of making it a maritime power. He founded the Russian Navy who he used to capture Azov from the Ottomans. -
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Enlightenment
This era also known as the age of reason, developed simultaneously in France, Great Britain, German, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the American Colonies, helped also spark and support the revolution in this period such as the American Revolution and other independnce movements. It basicly the questioning of all previous ideas and placed law and morals and science. -
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French-Indian War
War between Great Britain and France in North America. It erupted the Seven Years' War. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British colonists: royal French forces and various Native American forces allied with them. -
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Catherine the Great
Was Empress of Russia, under her direct control the Russian Empire expanded, improved its administration, and continuted to modernize along Western lines. She was victourious with foreign policy and rebellions. She also evolutionized the arts more than any soveriegn before or after her. -
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Louis XVI
King of France, he was suspended and arrested during the french revolution, was found quilty of treason and tranny, and was soon excuted by guillotine. At age 14 he married Archduchess Maria Antonia. -
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Marie Antoninette
Archduchess of Austria and Queen of France, spouse of Louis XVI. At the height of the French Revolution, Louis XVI was deposed and the monarchy abolished 92' the family was imprisioned, nine months after her husband execution she also was convicted of treason and killed. -
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American Revolution
The american revolution was a war of independce between the 13 colonies in america and Great Britian. With events leading to the actual start of the war; the first shots of the war were shot at the battle of lexington and concord, and th efrench entered the war for the americans after the battle of saratoga. And ended after the battle of Yorktown and the signing of the treaty of paris. -
Declaration of Rights of Man
Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution. -
Storming of the Bastille
The fortress and prision in PAirs known as the Bastille represented royal authority. -
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French Revolution
The french revolution was where France under went a great political change, and the old aristocraties fell and were replaced by a new goverment. Began in 1789 with the convocation of the Estates-General, the tennis court oath and the the assualt on the Bastille. Ended in 1799 when Napolean Bonaparte assumed control of the French empire. -
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Haitian Revolution
Was a period of conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, the result was the ending of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian Republic. The Saint-Domingue Slave Revolt was successful in achieving permant independence. What also was established was the Declaration of Rights of Man, declaring all men free and equal. -
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Napoleon
Was a military and political leader during the later stages of the French Revolution. The Napoleonic Code was his legal reform, which forbaded privelages based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and goverement jobs go to the most qualified. The invasion of Russia (defeat) in 1812 damaged his Grande Armee, the defeat against the Sixth Coaltion sent him to exile on Elba, then he was defeated for good in Waterloo. -
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Congress of Vienna
Was a confrence of European Ambassadors to settle the many issuses such as the French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. The result was the redrawing of countries boundaries. The balance of Powers of Europe, and served as a model to League of Nations and UN. -
Waterloo
A battle fought in present-day Belgium. Napoleon and his Imperial French army are defeated by the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under Duke Wellington and Prussia's Blucher. The three day battle was fought on the place called Lion's Mound. The defeat put in end to Napoleon's rule as Emperor.