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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus sails to Hispaniola
Columbus sails for spain to try and find the indies but findes Hispaniola instead. -
Apr 11, 1497
Vasco De Gama
Vasco is the first man to sail around the Cape of Good Hope. He reaches Asia. -
Apr 11, 1520
Slave Trade
The Africans are starting to be taken from africa and into the americas to be used as slaves. It was shaped as a triangle. -
Apr 11, 1521
Cortez conqures Aztecs
Cortez beats the Aztecs by using inside help and stratigy. This gives him control over a huge part of South America. -
Apr 11, 1532
Pizarro
Pizarro took over the Incas, which gave him control over Peru. -
Apr 11, 1543
Copernicus
Copernicus comes up wiith the heliocentric theory. No one wants to accept his theory. -
Henery 4th
The first king of the Bourbon Dynesty. He was prodistant and believed in religous tolernace. -
Jamestown
The Mayflower sails to the Americas and the English settle in North America. -
King Louis the 14 of France
King Louis begins his reighn as absolute ruler. He was the most powerful king in French History. -
Peter the Geat
Peter the great of Russia starts his reign and brings Russia into the new age of enlightenment. -
Glorius Revolution
this is when parlanent over through the King of England (james the 2nd) with no blood spilled. they put his daughter in charge and her husband. (Mary and william of Orange) -
national assembly
This was a body that contained the three estates gereral. It was made to help create peace between the events. -
Napoleon
Napoleon becomes the ruler of France and proceedes to conqure most of Europe. He was a brilliant millitary leader which made conquring Europe easy. -
Northwest Passage
The noth west passage was a sea route that conected the atlantic ocean and pacific. First used by Roald Amundsem -
French Revolution
The 3rd estate become fed up with the system of government and they revolt. The start of this was the attack on the Bastille.
