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Jan 1, 1453
Ottamans capture Constantinople
This is important because it marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. This even also had a major effect on Europe. -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope is a rockyheadland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus sailed to Hispaniola/ Reconquista of Spain
Christopher Columbus was a Genoese mariner looking for a trading route to Asia through the west. Being a little confused with his geography he though this would be profitable. Fernando and Isabel of Spain fund his voyage and he finds the Caribbean word of his travels spread and soon all European powers are sailing to America. This is so important because of the immense exchange of plants, animals, culture, disease, and people that takes place and changes the world forever. -
Jan 1, 1502
First slaves to Carribean
The first slaves to arrive as part of a labour force in the New World reached the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther/95 Theses
Martin wrote these 95 points of doctrine on a placard, which he nailed to the door of the Catholic Church in Wittenberg, Germany. These 95 points of doctrine were copied and sent throughout Germany, resulting in the Catholic Church losing out on the collection of money that it collected in exchange for indulgences. The sale of indulgences was one of the 95 practices that Martin Luther disagreed with. This practice allowed people to buy forgiveness for their sins. - -
Jan 1, 1521
Cortez conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes led 450 soldiers to Mexico in search of gold. The first place they found was the Aztec capital on Lake Texcoco after some fighting they were able to get the Aztec to surrender. Steel swords, muskets, cannons, horses,disease, and alliances made with people who did not like the Mexica is what gave them there advantage. - -
Jan 1, 1533
Pizarro toppled the Incas
Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro's Spanish conquistadors. The execution of Atahuallpa, the last free reigning emperor, marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization. -
Jan 1, 1545
DIscovery of silver at Potosi
At a height of over 4,000 meters, Potosí, capital of the Bolivian state of the same name, is one of the highest cities in the world. But even an elevation as high as this does not stop the nearby Cerro Potosí from dominating the surrounding landscape. Also known as Cerro Rico (Spanish for "Rich Mountain") the peak's huge supply of silver led to both immense riches and appalling suffering -
Jan 1, 1571
Battle of lepanto -naval defeat of ottomans
The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern EuropeanCatholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece. The Ottoman forces sailing westwards from their naval station in Lepanto met the Holy League forces, which had come fromMessina, Sicily, where they had previously gathered. -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Off the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain's so-called "Invincible Armada" is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. After eight hours of furious fighting, a change in wind direction prompted the Spanish to break off from the battle and retreat toward the North Sea. Its hopes of invasion crushed, the remnants of the Spanish Armada began a long and difficult journey back to Spain. -
Battle of Sekigahara- beginning of Tokugawa shogunate
The Battle of Sekigahara was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa bakufu, the last shogunate to control Japan. Japan had a long period of peace after the battle. -
Funding of jamestown
The founding of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607 – 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 today. -
Start of 30 Year War
A war that started out as a Bohemian religious conflict (Protestant vs. Catholic.) and escalated into a giant war that involved all the major powers at the time. As time went on it turned into a more political war where individual powers were fighting to get away from the idea of religious unity and they wanted to become independent centralized states. Important because that is was happens with the Peace of Westphalia. - -
End of 30 Year War
A war that started out as a Bohemian religious conflict (Protestant vs. Catholic.) and escalated into a giant war that involved all the major powers at the time. As time went on it turned into a more political war where individual powers were fighting to get away from the idea of religious unity and they wanted to become independent centralized states. Important because that is was happens with the Peace of Westphalia. - -
Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
Three hundred years ago, in the summer of 1683, the main army of the Ottoman Empire, a large and well-equipped force, besieged Vienna. The town was nearing the end of its ability to resist: but just as the capture of Vienna was becoming only a matter of time – not more than a week away, at most – an army came to its rescue. On September 12th, in an open battle before Vienna, the Ottoman army was defeated, and the city escaped pillage and destruction. There is probably no book on the general hist -
Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights
The Glorious Revolution is the Parliament overthrow King James II because he is catholic and believed in divine rights (rule absolute power). As a result, Parliament invited William "The Orange" and Mary (daughter of James II) from the Netherlands to rule England. They must sign the English Bill of Rights because the Parliament wanted to limited the monarch power. English Bill of Rights is similar to the America Bill of Rights.
