1450 - 1600

History from the 1450s to the 1600s

Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Dec 31, 1699

Portuguese establish settlements at Madeira and on Arguin

Jan 1, 1487

This Opened the trade route to india

Seige of Granada

Oct 15, 1491

this iswhen the christian spaniards capture Granada from the muslims who were occupying the city

expulsion of some religous groups

Jan 1, 1492

this year the muslims and the jews were expelled from spain

Treaty of Tordesillas

Jun 7, 1494

this treaty was created to so portugal and spain could split the land and exploration in south america
Ratified
2 july in spain
5 sptember in portugal

Columbus' Dictatorship

Jan 1, 1496

before this the Tainos people were estimated at around 300 000
in theyear 1496 that number went own by about 100 000 due to the fact that they were slaughtered by the spanish under columbus' orders

Rise of Capitalism

Jan 1, 1500

during this time their was the significant change in the economic system that led to making more money by lending and charging interest on the return

sistine chapel

Oct 15, 1510

1508 - 1512
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the sistine chapel

Hernan Cortez's Coquest of mexico

Jan 1, 1519

This conquest led to the eventual downfall of the aztec empire

Suleiman the magnificent

Sep 30, 1520

suleiman was emperor of the ottoman and was the one to conquer hungary adn laid seige to vienna

navigational records

Jan 1, 1521

in the years 1520 to 1522 the worlds first circumnavigation voyage of the globe

meating of Incan emperor and the spanish conquistadors

Jan 1, 1533

when they met the spanish only had 60 horsemen and 100 fot soldiers
no incan took up arms against spanish led to 7000 deaths

death of an emperor

Jul 26, 1533

the spaniards execute Atawallpa
after this incans were quickly over run by the spanish invaders

Franciscans and Jesuits try to convert japanese

Jan 1, 1547

during this time the jesuits and the fraciscans were trying to convert the japanese peopel to christianity, but they only had limited success

Economic reforms in london

Jan 1, 1571

thiswas the year in which the london stock exchange was established which allowed for the xchange of foriegn currency to UK pounds to buy things in thebritish isles

Battle of Sekigahara

Jun 10, 1600

this impact of this batle led to the unification of japan by the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu

East India Company Established

Mar 20, 1602

in this year the dutch east india company was established which was one of the most known trading companies throughout europe for trading with the east

Royal African Company

Jan 1, 1660

the company was founded in 1660 to start trading slaves throughout europe and the new world
also traded gold and silver