Unit 4 Timeline By Marlene_0512 Jan 1, 1450 Printing Press in Europe (Gutenberg) Jan 1, 1453 Ottomans capture Constantinople Jan 1, 1480 Height of Aztec Empire Jan 1, 1488 Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope Jan 1, 1492 Columbus/Reconquista of Spain Jan 1, 1502 First African Slaves to the Americas Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther/Protestant Reformation Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Dec 31, 1521 Cortez conquered the Aztecs Period: Jan 1, 1521 to Dec 31, 1523 Magellan circumnavigates Jan 1, 1529 First unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (Suleiman the Magnificent) Jan 1, 1533 Pizarro topples the Inca Jan 1, 1545 Discovery of silver at Potosi Jan 1, 1571 First Manila Galleon (global trade of silver) Jan 6, 1571 Battle of Lepanto (Ottoman naval defeat) Jan 1, 1588 Spanish Armada Jan 1, 1600 Battle of Sekigahara (beg of Tokugawa shogunate) Jan 1, 1607 Foundation of Jamestown Period: Jan 1, 1618 to Dec 31, 1648 30 Years Wars Period: Jan 1, 1644 to Dec 31, 1911 Qing Dynasty Jan 1, 1653 Cape Town colony founded (Dutch) Jan 6, 1683 2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (Mehmet IV) Jan 1, 1689 Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights