WHAP Review: Vallen Dennis By vallendennis 1211 Genghis Khan invades China 1215 King John forced to sign Magna Carta 1223 Khan invades Russia Period: 1231 to 1450 The Inquisition begins 1251 Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongols Period: 1271 to 1295 The Marco Polo travels 1273 Thomas Aquinas stops work on Summa Theologica 1295 King Edward I summons the Model Parliament Period: 1312 to 1337 Mali Empire reaches height under Mansa Musa Period: 1325 to 1450 Renaissance Period: 1347 to 1351 Bubonic Plague Period: 1347 to 1453 Hundred Years' War 1368 Ming Dynasty Begins Period: 1370 to 1417 The Great Schism 1415 Henry V defeats French at Agincourt Period: 1418 to 1460 Henry the Navigator sponsors travels around Africa's coast Period: 1428 to 1431 Joan of Arc leads French against English 1450 Florence becomes center of Renaissance arts and learning 1451 Caravel invented 1453 Turks Conquer Constantinople; beginning of Ottoman Empire Period: 1492 to 1508 Ivan the Great rules Russia Period: 1492 to 1502 Christopher Columbus begins travels Jun 7, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Mar 5, 1496 King Henry VII signs agreement to travel Western Hemisphere 1498 Vasco da Gama sails around Africa and discovers sea route to India Period: 1500 to 1600 Privateering 1501 First black slaves in America 1509 Henry VIII ascends English throne 1517 Martin Luther posts his 95 theses Period: 1517 to 1648 Protestant Reformation 1547 Ivan IV (“the Terrible”) crowned as czar of Russia Period: 1558 to 1603 Queen Elizabeth I ascends the throne 1600 English East India Company established 1607 Jamestown, Virginia, established 1610 Galileo sees the moons of Jupiter through his telescope Period: 1618 to 1648 Thirty Years War 1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock Period: 1642 to 1651 English Civil War 1660 Royal African Company Period: 1665 to 1666 Great Plague in London 1689 Peter the Great becomes Czar of Russia Period: 1701 to 1714 War of the Spanish Succession 1735 Press Freedom established 1751 Publication of the Encyclopédie begins 1755 Samual Johnson's dictionary first published 1755 Great Earthquake in Lisbon (60,000 dead) Period: 1756 to 1763 Seven Years' War 1757 British Empire in India established 1762 Jean Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract 1765 Britain imposes the Stamp Act on the American colonists. 1765 James Watt invents the steam engine Period: 1765 to 1783 The American Revolution 1770 The Boston Massacre 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1776 Declaration of Independence 1787 The Constitution of the United States signed Period: 1790 to 1840 Second Great Awakening 1803 Louisiana Purchase Period: 1812 to 1815 War of 1812 1820 Missouri Compromise 1824 American System Period: 1835 to 1838 Trail of Tears 1836 Texas Rebellion Period: 1846 to 1848 Mexican American War 1850 Compromise of 1850 1854 Kansas -Nebraska Act Period: 1861 to 1865 Civil War 1869 Transcontinental Railroad 1869 Telephone invented 1877 Compromise of 1877
