WHAP Timeline 1450-1750

By mianeil
  • Period: Jan 27, 1230 to Jan 27, 1530

    Inca Empire

  • Period: Jan 27, 1368 to

    Neo Confucianism

    The min dynasty brought back part of Confucian teaching, it was called Neo-confucianism
  • Period: Jan 27, 1368 to

    Ming Dynasty

  • Apr 5, 1394

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Prince of Portugal who established a obevatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Potugal's colonial empire= Age of Discovery
  • Jan 26, 1450

    Triangle Trade

    Trade over indian ocean. Slaves going to Europe
  • Period: Jan 27, 1450 to

    Songhai

    Major city in Africa that was a major port of the slave trade
  • Jan 26, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    Taken over by Ottoman Empire
  • Period: Jan 27, 1453 to

    Ottoman Empire

  • Jan 26, 1460

    Suleyman the Great

    Famous ruler in Ottoman Empire; devshirme system
  • Jan 26, 1464

    Sunni Ali

    West African monarch who initiated the expansion of the Sudanese city states
  • Jan 26, 1478

    Spanish Inquisition

    Institution by Fernando and Isabel of Spain to hunt out heretical or contrary opinions; subjects of persecution included Protestants, Jews, Muslims, and witches.
  • Jan 24, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean
  • Period: Jan 27, 1491 to Jan 27, 1556

    Ignatius Loyola

    Created the jesuits
  • Jan 24, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

  • Jan 26, 1493

    Gutenberg

    Played a major roll in creating the printing press
  • Jan 24, 1497

    Vasco de Gama

  • Period: Jan 27, 1500 to

    Aztec Empire

    Held by the natives until Cortes arrived. Economically viable through the use of chinampas (floating gardens) and Tenochtitlan, a major political and social town
  • Jan 26, 1508

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    He was instrumental in establishing the concept of a heliocentric solar system, in which the sun, rather than the earth, is the center of the solar system.
  • Jan 24, 1509

    Vasco de Balboa

    First Spanish captain to begin settlement on the mainland of Mesoamerica; eventually led to the conquest of Aztec and Inca empire
  • Period: Jan 27, 1509 to Jan 27, 1564

    John Calvin

    Helped established Protestantism with Martin Luther
  • Period: Jan 27, 1514 to Jan 27, 1514

    Battle of chadiran

    Battle between the Ottoman and Savafid. Determined the line between modern day iran and iraq
  • Jan 25, 1517

    Martin Luther

    In 1517 wrote the 95 thesis which started the Protestant Reformation. He contradicted the corruption of the church
  • Jan 26, 1517

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    Divided Spain and Portugal
  • Jan 25, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

  • Jan 26, 1520

    Montezuma

    Aztec emperor that came in contact with Europeans (Hernan Cortes) during takeover
  • Jan 26, 1521

    Hernan Cortes

    Set sail to Mexico in 1519, in 1521 he conquered the Aztecs
  • Jan 26, 1533

    Atuhalpa

    Inca ruler that was executed by a Spanish, ending the Inca empire
  • Jan 26, 1533

    Pizarro

    Spaniard who killed Atuhalpa
  • Jan 26, 1545

    Catholic Reformation

    Attempt to stop the spread of protestant ideas and win back converts
    Council of Trent and Jesuits
  • Period: Jan 27, 1545 to Jan 27, 1563

    Council of Trent

    Council that helped revitalized the Roman Catholic Church during the counter reformation
  • Period: Jan 27, 1556 to

    Akbar

    Muslim emperor of India. Did not force conversion... very religiously tolerant
  • Joint stock company

    obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually indepent goverenment in regions it claimed
  • Mateo Ricci

    An italian jesuit who excepted into China due to his knowledge on astronomy and science
  • Galileo Gailei

    Accused of heresy by the church due to his sun-center belief of the solar system
  • Thomas Hobbes

    Wrote treaties that said the kings demands should be based on the peoples demands
  • Period: to

    Louis XIV

    Became ruler of France through the divine right of kinds; created the Edict of Nantes
  • Period: to

    Kangxi

  • Peter the Great

    During his reign in Russia, he created it a true empire
  • John Locke

    Philosopher that was part of the Whig party. Fought for the natural rights of man. King Charles the second attempted to execute him
  • Enlightenment

    People started relying on science and math. Moved away from religion and towards science
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Swiz born philosopher that believed in the arts and emotion
  • Period: to

    7 years war

    Fought in both Europe and overseas colonies between 1756 and 1763; resulted in Russian seizures of land from Austria, English seziures of colonies in India and North America
  • Catherine the Great

    Ruled in Russia, expanding and advancing it