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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
Crusades are fought
The crusades were a series of holy wars called by popes with the promise of indulgences for those who fought in them. directed against external and internal enemies of Christendom for the recovery of Christian property or in defense of the Church or Christian people. -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance Begins
People wanted to show their wealth. This was the age of new art and litturature -
Jan 1, 1337
100 year war begins
long conflict that pitted the kings and kingdoms of France and England against each other. Two factors that started it was kings of England wanted independent possesion and the kings of England from 1337 claimed the crown of France. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black death begins in Europe
The black death was a plegue caused by the bacterium pastuerella pestis. The black death killed over 25 million people -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming dynasty in china
A Chinese dynasty that provided an interval of native Chinese rule. China exerted immense cultural and political influence on East Asia and the Turks to the west. -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
He explored the world. he also promote the status of China Ming dynasty. -
May 30, 1431
Joan of arc burned at the stake
Joan led the French to several military victories that embarrassed British army and they wanted her dead. It would not be proper to execute her for military actions, so they false charges of heresy and witchcraft. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans conquer constantinople
One of the resons that the constantinople was conquered was because of its location. Constantinople had a water route for trade between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. If they contoled the water ways they could charge taxes on merchant ships. -
Jan 1, 1455
Johannes gutenburg-printing press
with its wooden and later metal movable type printing brought down the price of printed materials and made books available for a mass of people. this remained standard until the 20th century. -
Jan 1, 1492
Jews, Gypsies and moors expelled from Spain
Spain became unified with the capture of Granada through Catholicism. Catholicism was the only zeal of religion allowed by the church and when Jews continued their Jewish ways they were expelled from Spain. -
Aug 3, 1492
1st voyage of columbus
It was a painful and almost unsucessful journey. I took them 8 weeks and they traveled by three ships the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. -
May 20, 1498
Da Gamma Lands in India
He was first European to reach India through the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. He also rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave trade acros Atlantic
After the black pleuge there was a lot of work force lost, we had to buy slaves to help replenish thouse numbers. Sadly the trades continued all the way till the 19th centery -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
The Safavid Empire covered all of Iran, and parts of Turkey and Georgia. Most of the Empire's economic strength came from its location on the trade routes. -
Jan 1, 1502
Name of the new world
Discovered that new land was not"Asia" but a new continent . Writer Martin Waldseemuller names new land "america" in Amergio's honor. -
Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506
Da vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
Leonardo da Vinci was probably the most famos painter ever, He created the mona lisa. The sitter’s mysterious smile has made the painting a source of ongoing investigation and fascination. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting sistine chaple
Michelangelo acttualy did not want to paint the sistine chaple because he viewed himself more as a sculpter not a painter. It took Michelangelo 4 years to paint the ceiling and 6 years to paint the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel. -
Oct 31, 1515
Martin Luther post 95 theses
Unhappy with the wealth of the people and the church. You could not get rid of your sins through labor. Indulgences was a disgrace to faith, only god himself can forgive your sins -
Jan 1, 1519
Megellan starts his "around the world" trip
august 1520 reached strait at the southern tip of south america
Magellan killed in philippines in battle with natives.
Men continued on led by juan sebastian de elanco
september 1522; 18 survivors arived in spain. -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
Babar who on his mother's side was descended from the famous Genghiz Khan, came to India in 1526 at the request of an Indian governor. Babar defeated Lodi at Panipat, not far from Delhi, and so came to establish the Mughal Empire in India. -
Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII founds angelican church
Henry wanted to obtain a divorce, but the pope would not grant him one. Through the Act of Supremacy, the king made himself head of the Church of England in place of the Pope. -
Jan 1, 1537
Pizarro invades the inca empire
Pizarro head of great wealth in the inca empire and set out to invade. The inca empire was signifigantly weaked because of the european diseases, it even killed the emperor -
Jan 1, 1543
Cpernicus publishes heliocentric theory
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who theorized that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe. Also that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun. This is called the heliocentric theory. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of trent
All Church leaders met with the purpose of defining the Catholic doctrines. They abolished the selling of indulgences and training of the priest was regulated -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Phillip II rules Spain
Phillip II thought of him self as a traditional spanish man, he loved art and music. He had ruled spain during its "golden age", but his fail was on himself. He relied on others and that lead to the nation becoming bankrupt. -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth l becomes queen of england
Queen Elizabeth was a Protestants at heart. she Passed supremacy act of 1559, which split england from rome. The caltholics were upset, and made threats on Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth Persecuted anyone who worshipped Catholicism. -
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Age of enlightenment
also know as the age of reson; European politics, philosophy, science and communications were radically reoriented. The "Enlightenment" produced many books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. -
Jamestown, colony in virginia, founded
A ship carrying 105 passengers, departed from England in December 1606 and reached the Virginia coast in late April 1607. The expedition was led by Captain Christopher Newport, and on May 13, the ships arrived at a site on the James River. -
Louis XlV becomes kings of france
his reign lasted for 72 years, longer than that of any other known European sovereign.He had transformed the monarchy, ushered in a golden age of art and literature. -
Qing Dynasty in china begins
In 1644, the Qing army seduced general Wu Sangui to rebel against Li Zicheng. With Wu's help, the Qing army successfully captured Beijing and rooted their regime there. -
Thomas hobbes writes Leviathan
Thomas hobbes undertook writing Leviathan to defend the monarchist idea, because feared that the forces of the Parliament could put him on trial. The book was presented as a special gift to his successor Charles II. -
Oliver Cromwell rules england
From 1649 to 1653 the Parliament ran England, but from Cromwell's point of view, it was not a system that worked effectively. As a result, Cromwell was sent home and he became the effective leader of England from 1653 to 1658. -
Peter the great becomes czar
Peter the Great was a Russian czar in the late 17th century. He is best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation. He created a strong navy, -
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Catherine the grat rule russia
Catherine was the daughter of Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst and Princess Johanna Elizabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. Her reign as
Grand Duchess was a very interesting part of her life in her memoirs she indicated numerous affairs with men on the court. -
French revolution
The people of france were upset about the taxes being so high, so they exicuted the king and queen. Several european monarchis vs the french revolutionarys. -
U.S. constitution is ratified
When the bill of rights was proposed, North Carolina ratified the constitution. Finally, Rhode Island, which had rejected the Constitution in March 1788 by popular referendum, called a ratifying. -
Reign of terror begins
"The Terror" was a period of the French Revolution that lasted from 1793, to 1794. The revolutionary government decided to make “Terror” and to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution. -
Napolean becomes emperor
He took power in a coup d'état in 1799 and installed himself as First Consul. In 1804 he made himself emperor of the French people. -
Napoleon defeated at waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought south of Brussels between the French, under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon led his remaining 72,000 troops against the Duke of Wellington's 68,000-man allied army in 1815. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
The Tokigawa Shogunate rule started when Tokugawa leyasu establithed his capital at a fishing villagee in Edo. The Tokugawa rule rule brought prosperity to Japan, with Agricultural growth and larger populations in citys.
