Unit 4 Timeline By RealTagReed Jan 1, 1258 Founding of Ottoman dynasty Jan 1, 1368 Ming Dynasty in China Jan 1, 1441 Beginning of European slave trade in Africa Jan 1, 1480 Moscow region free of Mongol control Jan 1, 1492 Columbus expeditions Jan 1, 1500 Protestant Reformation Jan 1, 1501 Beginning of Safavid conquest of Iran Jan 1, 1509 Spanish colonize the Americas Jan 1, 1510 End of Safavid conquest of Iran Jan 1, 1519 Cortes conquers Mexico Jan 1, 1524 End Of Cortes conquers Mexico Jan 1, 1533 Pizarro wins Peru Jan 1, 1591 The fall of Songhay (in Africa) Jan 1, 1600 Scientific Revolution(Europe) Jan 19, 1603 Japan Tokugawa Shogunate Jan 19, 1608 First French North American colonies Jan 1, 1640 Japan moves into isolation Jan 1, 1689 Start of Peter the Great rules Russia Jan 1, 1690 End of Scientific Revolution(Europe) Jan 1, 1725 End of Peter the Great in Russia