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Aug 27, 1096
Crusades are fought
It started in 1096 an ended in 1200. Between the muslims and crusades. Fought for holy land. -
Aug 29, 1300
Renaissance Begins
The food prices declined. Their was changes from loss of life. The demend for agriculteral goods increased. -
Sep 11, 1337
100 years war begins
War between the English and the French. King Edward declared he was the kinf of France. They had to pick a winner. -
Aug 25, 1347
Black Death
Wiped out a third of Europeans. It was carried by rats on trade ships. Entire towns were wiped out. -
Sep 15, 1368
Ming Dynasty in China
A peasant and his rebel army overthrew the last Mongol emporor. Ming lasted for 300 years until 1644. Chinas rulers gained control of Korea, Mongolia and parts of Central and Souteast Asia. 1368 to 1644 -
Sep 9, 1400
Johannes Gutenberg - printing press
He printed the bible. He invented the printer -
Sep 29, 1405
Voyages of Zheng He
1405 to 1433. He led 7 voyages around the Indian Ocean as far as Africa. To show China's power, he sailed with huge fleets of as many as 300 ships. The fleets included trading ships called junks as well as immense treasure ships, each about 400 feet long. -
Sep 3, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at stake
He was a military leader. Someone made her a cross and put it in front of her before she got burned. She was 19 when she got burned. -
Oct 1, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
Westerners came to refer to Osman and his descendants are known at Ottomans. The power grew quickly, and by the mid-1300s the Ottomans controlled much of Anatolia. Orhan I became the second Ottomon and declared himself sultan, Arabic for "ruler" -
Sep 5, 1492
1st voyage of Columbas
He did not expect the voyage to be long. He believed he reached Asia by sailing West. -
Oct 17, 1492
Jews, Gypsies and Moors expelled from Spain
They only got 4 months to sell their property and leave the country. Tried to stop Christians to going back to Jews. Some were aloud to return but they werent aloud to. -
Sep 11, 1497
Da Gama lands in India
The journey took 10 months. He stopped at several African ports where he learned that Muslim merchants were already activily involved in trade. -
Sep 15, 1500
Slave Trade across Atlantic
A shortage of labor in America led to the beggining of the Atlantic Slave Trade. FIrst used Native Americans as workers. Millions of Africans were forcibily taken to America before trade ended in the 1800's. -
Oct 7, 1501
Safavid Empire
East of the Ottomans, Persian Muslims called the Safavids began building an empire around 1500. They soon came into conflict with the Ottomans and other Muslims. The conflict related to Islams split into the rival Sunni and Shai sects. -
Oct 16, 1502
Naming of the "new world"
It was named after Amerigo Vespucci. Columbas sailed their first. Voyage lasted several months. -
Aug 29, 1503
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
One of his most famous paintings. Still admired today -
Oct 16, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
He finished it in 1512. It was a ceiling painting. It covered 12000 square feet of ceiling. -
Oct 9, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
He nailed a piece of paper to the door of the castle church containing 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. He condemned the excesses and corruptiong of the Roman Catholic Church. -
Sep 9, 1519
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
He sailed West around the world. He was killed in a fight against the Native people. There was only 18 survivors. -
Oct 15, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
The man who took advantage of India's weakness was a young Central Asian conqueror named Zahir ud-Din, but better known as Babur or "the tiger". After trying and failing to create an empire in Central Asia, he turned to India. He had defeated the rulers of Delhi and founded the Mughal Empire. -
Sep 17, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
He changed the rituals of the church very little. He closed Catholic monasteries and convents and distributed much of the land to nobles. That helped more public support for the split from the church. -
Sep 11, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
He heard about the fabulous wealth of Peru's Inca Empire and hope to win some of that for himself. The Inca Empire he found was already weakened significantly from smallpox. -
Sep 5, 1543
Copernicus publishes Heliocentric Theory
He carefully observated for years. -
Oct 3, 1545
Council of Trent
Reconizing the need to redefine the doctrines of the Catholic faith, Pope Paul convened it. It met on and off until 1563. Its delegates examined the criticisms made by Protestants about Catholic practices. -
Sep 19, 1556
Phillip II Rules Spain
Wanted to spread the Roman Catholic faith and conquer England. Spain reached the peak of its grandeur during the reign of Phillip II. One reason for this prosperity was the steady stream of gold and silver that flowed from its American Colonies. -
Sep 25, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
She restored the church of England and support for protestant. One of her first acts as queen was to draft a new supremacy act in 1559, splitting England once again from Rome. She was threatened by Catholics who plotted to place Mary, Queen of Scots, on to the throne. -
Age of Enlightenment
It lasted until 1792. It was a cultural movement. It emphasized reason and individualism rather than tradition. -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
It was the first colony that was established. The settlers hoped to find gold and silver and possibly a river route to the Pacific. Instead they found marshy ground and impure water. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
After Louis XIII died he became crowned. He was the best example of a Monarch, he led France during a time of great power, prosperity, and glory. His reign had a lasting impact on France both positive and negative. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
He ruled harshly and only lasted 15 years. The Manchu rulers carried over much of the Ming government structure. They had two outstanding emporers who reduced taxes for peasants and expanded the empire into parts of central Asia. -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
He described humans as being naturally selfish and fearful. Its a classic work of political science. He argued that people needed an all-powerful monarch to tell them how to live. -
Peter I (the Great) becomes czar
He put Russia on a different course. The title was a version of the latin word ceasar, or emporer, the tite used by the Romans. The new czar whose name was Ivan, intended to rule without limits on his power -
Catherine the Great
After her husband became Czar Peter III, Catherine and many Rusian nobles grew angry at his weak and incompetent. With the help of her allies, Catherine seized power from the new czar; who was murdered. She was declared czarina of Russia. -
French Revolution begins
Long-standing resentments against the French Monarchy fueled anger throughout France. The king at the time was King Louis XVI. The Queen was Marie-Antoinette. They lived 10 miles outside of Paris. -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
Delegates met at a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to revise the articles. Instead they wrote a new constitution. The U.S. Constitution remains the oldest written constitution still in use today. -
Reign of terror begins
It was a period of violence that occured after the onset of the French Revolution. It was like a purging France of the people who were a threat to national security. It only lasted 9 months and 16000 people were killed. -
Napoleon becomes Emporer
The turmoil of the French Revolution gave him a prime opportunity to rise quickly to power. Within a few short years, he would rise from a mere army captain to become the ruler of France. Napoleon was a brilliant military leader who achieved many early successes. -
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
They fought against British troops led by Duke of Wellington. The French helped the British but but Napoleans army was no mathc for them. -
Tokugawa shogunate ends
They closely controlled the daimyo, who still held power at a local level. They established his capital at a quiet fishing village named Edo. By establishing a strong, central government he later brought about a period of relative unity, peace and stability in Japan
