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Period: Jan 1, 1026 to Jan 1, 1297
Crusades are fought
In 1076, the muslims captured Jerusalem to be a true Christain which the Christain call the "City of God". These wars lasted almost 200 years. -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance Begins
It was a cultural movement that spanned in Italy and the resting in Europe. Renaissance meant rebirth. -
Jan 1, 1337
100 Year War
The kingdom of England against the house of valosis for the control of france. Both sides drew many allies during the war. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death begins
Was one of the most killing and fastest spreading dieases in world history. It killed almost 200 million people. -
Jan 1, 1368
Ming Dynasty in China
Described as one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability. It was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese. -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
The voyage was a long neglected in official Chiense history but have become well known in China.He commanded voyages to southeast asia, south asia, the middle east, and east africa. -
Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at stake
She was put on trial by the pro-english bishop of beahvis on variety of charges. She was later found guilty anf burned at the stake at age 19. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans conquer constantiinople
Catured the capital of the eastern roman by the ottomans. It continued for 7 weeks. -
Jan 1, 1455
Johannas Guttenburg Painting Press
This was the most important event in that time. He was the first european to invent a moveable type printing. -
Jan 1, 1492
1st Voyage of Columbus
Having convinced the King and Queen of Spain to finance his voyage, Christopher Columbus departed mainland Spain on August 3, 1492. He quickly made port in the Canary Islands for a final restocking and left there on September 6. He was in command of three ships: the Pinta, the Niña, and the Santa María -
Jan 1, 1492
Jews, gypsies and moors expelled from spain
An estimated 13,000 to 40,000 Jews live in Spain today. The number of Jews of Sephardic lineage in Israel was put just over 60% of the overall Israeli Jewish and non-Jewish populations in 1990 and Sepharadi Jews tend to have a much higher birth-rate than the more secular oriented Ashkenazi classification of Jews -
Jan 1, 1498
Da Gama lands in India
The Portuguese explorer was not greeted warmly by the Muslim merchants of Calicut, and in 1499 he had to fight his way out of the harbor on his return trip home. In 1502, he led a squadron of ships to Calicut to avenge the massacre of Portuguese explorers there and succeeded in subduing the inhabitants. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave Trade across the atlantic
Was a slave transportation mainly for African americans. Most enslaved people were people were shipped from West Africa and Central Africa and shipped to North and South America. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
as one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia and "is often considered the beginning of modern Persian history". They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires after the Muslim conquest of Persia and established the Twelver school of Shia Islam as the official religion of their empire, marking one of the most important turning points in Muslim history. -
Jan 1, 1502
Naming of the New World
The term originated in the early 16th century after Europeans made landfall in what would later be called "the Americas" in the age of discovery, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the Middle Ages, who had thought of the world as consisting of Africa, Asia, and Europe only, collectively now referred to as the Old World. The term was first coined by Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci. The Americas were also referred to as the "fourth part of the world" -
Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506
Da Vinci Paints the Mona Lisa
They actually don't know how long Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa. Some say that it couldv'e been as 1517. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting sistine chapel
Michelangelo the great sculptor was about to become a painter! “On this day, May 10, 1508, I Michelangelo, sculptor, have received on account from our Holy Lord Pope Julius II five-hundred papal ducats toward the painting of ceiling of the papal Sistine Chapel, on which I am beginning work today.” -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther post 95 theses
In 1517 Luther penned a document attacking the Catholic Church’s corrupt practice of selling indulgences to absolve sin. His 95 Theses which propounded two central beliefs that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds was to spark the Protestant Reformation. -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan starts his around the world trip
King Manuel he enlisted under the Spanish king and set forth his project for a trip round the world. The expedition set sail August 10, 1519. Magellan was killed in April 1521 at Zebu but they had already reached the eastern edge of the known world. -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
Babur called his dynasty "Timurid" but its better known as the Mughal Dynasty. Which is a Persian rendering of the word "Mongol" -
Jan 1, 1536
Henry VIII founds Aglican Church
Henry was created Prince of Wales after the death of his older brother Arthur. Henry VIII greatly improved English seapower and instituted an efficient navy. Henry is also famous for his six wives. -
Jan 1, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca Emprire
Francisco Pizarro showed the idea of individualism by conquering the Inca Empire. For his fist method for trying to conquer the Incas Pizarro tried to control the Incas by convincing them to accept being ruled by Spain and to convert to Christianity. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
a case study in the evolution of human thinking and the difficulty encountered in challenging well-established traditions. Copernicus had to develop and demonstrate the validity of the mathematical model which reflected the physical reality of the solar system. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
The first council of trent was called by Paul III the pope from 1545-1549. The council of trent had an important part determining the outcome of the Counter-Reformation. -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Phillip II rules Spain
He was also King of Naples and Sicily and Duke of Milan.He called spain "The Golden Age". -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
Elizabeth practiced a policy of strengthening Englands Protestant allies and dividing her foes. Elizabeth was opposed by the pope who refused to recognize her legitimacy, and by Spain a Catholic nation that was at the height of its power. -
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Age of Elightment
A cultural movement beginning in the late 1700s. It spread from europe to north america. -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
America’s first permanent English colony in Virginia 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts sparked a series of cultural encounters that helped shape the nation and the world. The government, language, customs, beliefs and aspirations of these early Virginians are all part of the United States heritage. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
Louis XIV was born on September 5, 1638. He succeeded his father to the throne becoming the leader of 19 million French subjects and a highly unstable government. -
Qing Dynasty in china begins
Qing was the last Imperial dynasty of China. Once a very powerful and influential family, the Qing dynasty ruled for about 300 years. -
Thomas Hobbs writes Leviathan
Thomas is best known for his political thought and deservedly so. His vision of the world is strikingly original and still relevant to contemporary politics. His main concern is the problem of social and political order -
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Oliver Cromwell rules england
Paraliment ran england from Olivers point of view the system did not work effectively. He was a highly religous man and belived that everyone should follow the rules by the bible. -
Peter I (the great) becomas Czar
Peter was a grandson of Tsar Michael Romanov. Peter was proclaimed Tsar at the tender age of 10. But due to power struggles between different political forces in the country Tsar was forced to rule jointly with his brother Ivan under the patronage of their sister Sofia. -
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Catherine the great rules Russia
She was intellagiant and ambious. She treated people fairly and beleived it fighting wars. -
U.S constitution is ratified
Congress debated whether to censure the delegates to the Constitutional Convention for exceeding their authority by creating a new form of government instead of simply revising the Articles of Confederation. They decided to drop the matter. Congress directed the state legislatures to call ratification conventions in each state. -
French revolution begins
His financial crisis forced the French monarch to reluctantly convene the Estates General in order to levy a new land tax that would hopefully solve his monetary woes. Louis attempted to shut down the National Assembly but his members declined. -
Reign of terror begins
The Terror was designed to fight the enemies of the revolution to prevent counter revolution from gaining ground. Most of the people rounded up were not aristocrats but ordinary people. Across France 30,000 people lost their lives. -
Napoleon becomes emperor
He took power in a coup detat in 1799 and installed himself as First Consul. In 1804 he made himself emperor of the French people. He fought a series of wars the Napoleonic Wars that involved complex coalitions for and against him. -
Napolean defeated @ waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on. marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
Brought about internal and external factors. The emperor reigned but did not rule, he was only a symbol to be worshipped. He ruled directly over a quarter of the country the rest was divided among the daimyo or feudal lords.
