1450-1700

By Maks259
  • 1455

    Portuguese Slave Trade

    Beginning of a mass slave trade that was occurring across the Americas which influenced many other countries and sparked up demand for slaves.
  • 1488

    Dias Voyage into Indian Ocean

    First voyage to travel the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight of the Indian Ocean
  • 1492

    Columbus' First Voyage

    Accident discovery of the Americas for the first time, it was the beginning of Spanish and colonization in the New World.
  • 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    A treaty that divided the newly discovered land near Europe between Portugal and Spain.
  • 1502

    Safavid Dynasty

    Iranian Kingdom established by Ismail Safavi who declared Shi'ite state.
  • 1521

    Spanish Conquest Of Mexico

    One of the primary events of the Spanish colonization. A war between Spain and Mexico(Aztecs) resulted in Spain taking over Mexico.
  • 1526

    Mughal Dynasty

    Muslim state exercising dominion over most of India throughout 16th and 17th centuries.
  • 1540

    Foundation of Society of Jesus

    Christian male religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits founded by Ignatius of Loyola's
  • 1545

    Council of Trent

    Reaffirmed the supremacy of the pope and called for a number of reforms sparked up by protests.
  • 1556

    Regin of Akbar

    Sultan of the Mughal Empire in India expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus.
  • 1562

    British Slave Trade In Africa

    Britain has gained high demand for slaves which changed its economy in financial and commercial parts. Africans have been captured and taken to Britain, which boosted Britain's production of manufactured goods.
  • 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Di Vincenzo Bounalti Galilei was an Italien astronomer, physicist, and engineer who brought a change to the Scientific Revolution. He was known as the "father of observational astronomy" because of his discoveries such as the existence of craters and mountains on the Moon, phases of Venus, Jupiter's moons, and other world renown discoveries that were founded by Galileo Galilei.

  • Spanish Armada

    Was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England under the command of Duke of Medina Sidonia, with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I and putting an end to her involvement in the Spanish Netherlands and in privateering in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

  • Start of the thirty year war

    Series of wars fought in Europe, one of the longest and most destructive wars throughout Europe. The war came to an end in 1648.

  • John Locke

    Known as the father of classical liberalism throughout the world. He was an english philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential enlightenment thinkers.

  • Qing Dynasty

    Ming Dynasty has been overthrown creating the Qing Dynasty, the last imperial Dynasty of China. It was founded in 1636 with absolute monarchy government type, it ended in 1912.

  • Peace of Westphalia

    Peace treaties that ended the Thirty Year War in the Holy Roman Empire and the Eighty Year War between Spain and the Dutch republic, with Spain formally recognizing the independence of the Dutch Republic.
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    Enlightenment

    A movement in the 18th century that fostered the belief that a person can reform society by discovering rational laws that governed social behavior. This was a significant time because it opened up the idea of scientific thinking and how to better understand the world, and how math and science affected the world. Many new scientific and political discoveries have been made during that time.