world history 1096-1867 By rentecar Period: Sep 25, 1096 to Sep 25, 1291 Crusades are fought Sep 28, 1300 Renaissance begins Sep 25, 1337 100 years War begins Sep 28, 1347 Black Death begins in Europe Period: Sep 25, 1368 to Sep 25, 1644 Ming Dynasty in China Period: Sep 28, 1405 to Sep 28, 1433 Voyages of Zheng He Sep 25, 1431 Joan of Arc burned at the stake Sep 25, 1453 Ottomans conquer Constantinople Sep 28, 1455 Johannes Gutenberg - printing press Sep 25, 1492 1st Voysge of Columbus Sep 25, 1498 Da Gamma lands in India Period: Sep 28, 1500 to Sep 28, 1800 Slave trade across Atlantic Sep 25, 1502 Naming of the "New World" Period: Sep 25, 1503 to Sep 25, 1506 Da Vinci paints the '"Mona Lisa" Sep 28, 1508 Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel Sep 25, 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses Sep 28, 1519 Magellan starts his "around the world" trip Sep 28, 1525 Maughal Empire begins Sep 25, 1534 Henry VIII founds Anglican Church Sep 28, 1537 Pizarro invades the Inca Empire Sep 28, 1543 Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory Period: Sep 25, 1545 to Sep 25, 1563 Council of Trent Period: Sep 25, 1556 to Sep 25, 1598 Philip II rules Spain Sep 28, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England Sep 28, 1558 Louis XIV becomes Queen of England Period: Sep 25, 1600 to Sep 25, 1792 Age of Enlihtenment Sep 28, 1607 Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded Sep 28, 1644 Qing Dynasty in China begins Period: Sep 25, 1653 to Sep 25, 1658 Oliver Cromwell rules England Sep 28, 1657 Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan Sep 25, 1682 Peter I (the Great ) becomes Czar Period: Sep 28, 1746 to Sep 28, 1762 Catherine the Great rules Russia Sep 25, 1789 French Revolution begins Sep 28, 1789 U.S Constitution is ratified Sep 28, 1793 Reign of Terror begins Sep 25, 1804 Napoleon becomes Emperor Sep 25, 1815 Napoleon defeated @ Waterloo Sep 28, 1942 Jews, gypsies & moors expelled from Spain
