1450 C.E. - 1750 C.E.

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  • Jul 27, 1299

    Ottoman Empire

    Ottoman Empire
    27 July 1299 - 1 November 1922
    The Ottoman Empire aka Turkish Empire or Turkey, was an empire created by Turkish tribes under Osman Bey in north-western Anatolia. It followed the new centralized monarchies of Europe and Spain beyond than any medieval group. The reign of the Ottoman dynasty survived for 623 years, beginning in 27 July 1299 to 1 November 1922, in the time when the monarchy in Turkey was annihilate.
  • Jan 1, 1340

    Songhai Empire

    Songhai Empire
    1340 - 1591
    The Songhai Empire was proportionately big, and was ruled by an indigenous Muslim emperor. The empire was located in western Africa. And from 15th to16th century, Songhai was regarded as one of the largest Islamic empires in history. It accelerated its domination into the Sahara from the south and brought in their wealth from the trans-saharan traded,
    Songhai was later invaded by Morocco.
  • Mar 4, 1394

    Henry the Navigator

    Henry the Navigator
    4 Mar 1394 - 13 Nov 1460
    Prince Henry mostly known as Henry the Navigator was culpable for the early growth of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents. He wished to discover new areas and desired that new contacts would be advantageous. Additonaly, he had opened schools of navigation, grammar, logic, astronomy, math, etc.
  • Nov 18, 1444

    Initial Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror

    Initial Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
    1444 - 1446
    Mehmed ruled the Ottoman Empire. He overthrown Constantinople and abolished the Byzantine Empire. He established numerous universities and colleges and was known as the first Sultan to systematize criminal and constitutional law.
  • Jan 1, 1468

    Sunni Ali

    Sunni Ali
    1464 - 1492
    Sunni Ali was the first king of the Songhai Empire in west Africa He was also the 15th ruler of the Sonni dynasty and the first ruler to allow both Muslim and non-Muslims to co-exist. In his reputable rule, abudant of cities were captured and were then reinforced, cities such as Timbuktu (1468) and Djenne (1475).
  • Jan 1, 1482

    Beginning of Portuguese slave trade

    Beginning of Portuguese slave trade
    Portugues slave trade developed after Columbus' discovering of the New World. Portugal often traded with West coast African Cities and traded gold, various crops, animals, plants, and people.
  • Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
    November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546
    Martin Luther was a German monk, priest, and professor of theology. He was known for his important role of the Protestant Reformation. He argued the assertion that freedom from God's punishment could be dealth with money. He also had abdicate money and marriage for a monastic life of prayer, study, and self-denial.
  • Jan 1, 1488

    Dias' voyage into Indian Ocean

    Dias' voyage into Indian Ocean
    Bartolomeu Dias was a Knight of the royal court, superintendent of the royal warehouses, sailing-master of the man-of-war, and the first Portuguese Explorer who journeyed around the southern tip of Africa; in order get to India and China.
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus' first voyage

    Columbus' first voyage
    Colombus sailed his first voyage westward into the Atlantic Ocean. He encountered the America and residents who he thought were "Indianas". Columbus was a mapmaker that recognized the new route to 'India' led to a new continent.
  • Jan 1, 1493

    Columbian Exchange

    Columbian Exchange
    1493 - 1750
    The Columbian Exchange had started shortly after Columbus had discovered the New World. This period was the transfer of peoples, animals, plants, and even diseases between the New and Old worlds. Despite the fact it resulted on more spread of diseases, it had also benefitted them in several ways.
  • Jan 1, 1502

    Safavid Empire

    Safavid Empire
    The Safavid Empire were similiar to the Ottoman empire, they focused on land instead of sea. Their religious practice was Shi'ite Muslim, and they rejected the belief of sunni muslim.
  • Jul 10, 1509

    John Calvin

    John Calvin
    July 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564
    Calvin was a dominant French theologian, a pastor, and an agitator who wanted a return to the ways of the early Church and a religion based on the New Testament. He was respinsible for the development of the system of Christian theology named Calvinism. He disputed that entrance to Salvation was predestined by God and were undetermined by faith,
  • Feb 1, 1519

    Spanish Conquest of Mexico

    Spanish Conquest of Mexico
    Feb 1519 - Aug 13, 1521
    1519- 1521
    The Spanish desired for gold, and when they descry that there were cities of gold, they vanquish those cities to get rich.
    The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the consequential events n the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
  • Jan 1, 1520

    Moctezma II

    Moctezma II
    Reign: 1502–1520 Lived: 1466 - June 29, 1520
    Moctezma was an Aztec emporer, he was fighter who failed against the Spanish conquistadors in the year 1520.
  • Sep 20, 1520

    Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent

    Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent
    20 Sep 1520 - 5 Sep 1566
    was the tenth and longest-reigning Emperor, ruling Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to1566. He dealth with the Ottoman assult on Christiant Europe. He also reorganized the Ottoman legal system.
  • Dec 17, 1526

    Mughal Dynasty

    Mughal Dynasty
    1526–1857
    The Mughal Dynasty was an empire within the Indian subcontinent, whose rulers were Muslims, and were direct descendants of Genghis Khan. It also ruled most of northern India and was famous for its beyond two centuries of rule over much of India.
  • Jan 1, 1545

    Council of Trent

    Council of Trent
    1545–63
    The Council of Trent was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church located in in nothern Italy. It was one of the Church's most momentous councils and analayzed appropriate Catholic doctrines from Protestant "errors."
  • Jan 1, 1556

    Reign of Akbar

    Reign of Akbar
    1556-1605
    Reign: 1556–1561 Lived: 1542 - 27 October 1605
    Akbar was the most superior of the Moghul emperors, combining a huge empire across India, and inaugurating a culture assisting the arts and religious understanding. Akbar was 14 when he overpowered his father, Humayun. Additionaly, he was a decndent of Ghengis Khan.
  • Tokugawa Shogunate

    Tokugawa Shogunate
    1600–1868
    The Tokugawa shogunate, aka the Tokugawa bakufu and the Edo bakufu, was a archaic regime of Japan developed by Tokugawa Ieyasu and goverened by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family.
  • Thirty Years' War

    Thirty Years' War
    1618–1648
    Thirty Years' War as a chain of wars essentially fought in Central Europe, comprimising most of European coutnries. It was one of the extensive destructive warfare in European history, and one of the longest constant wars in modern history. It was a religious war between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. This caused decrease in population and economic decline in the Holy Roman Empire.
  • John Locke

    John Locke
    August 29, 1632 - October 28, 1704
    John Locke was famously known as the Father of Classical Liberalism. He was an English philosopher, a physician, and was included as one of the most inspiring of Enlightenment thinkers. He argued monarchial claims to absolute authority by devine right; that rulers should be given authority by the people and should be responsible to law.
  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei
    15 Feb 1564 - 1 Jan 1642
    Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played an important part in the Scientific Revolution. His accomplishments consists the advancements he made with the telescope, resultant astronomical observations and advocate for Copernicanism.
  • Qing Dynasty

    Qing Dynasty
    1644 - 1912
    The Qing Dynasty aka Empire of the Great Qing or Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China. In the year 1644, the Manchus family seized China and formed the Qing dynasty. They adopeted Chinese institutions and philosophy to a higher degree than of the Yuan Dynasty and were more conservative and adamant than the Ming Dynasty.
  • Manchus Empire

    Manchus Empire
    A Ming general invited Machu leaders to assist his forces catch Beijing from the rebels. The Manchu pursue in the year 1644. They claimed China for their own and began a forty-year conquest of the rest of the Ming territories. In the end, the Manchu had acquired control of South China and included the island of Taiwan into imperial China.
  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution
    1688–1689
    The Glorious Revolution, aka the Revolution of 1688, was the defeat of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder, William III of Orange-Nassau. After English Civil War, Parliament were required to br classified frequently. And new taxes had to be accepted by Parliament.
  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great
    9 Jun 1672 - 8 Feb 1785
    Peter I of Russia aka Peter the Great was the greatest of the Romanovs. He established changes to decrease Russia's isolation and advance the Russian empire's size and power. Peter was admired for his achievements by striving away its Asian cultural connections from Russia. The goal of his western strategy was to bolster the strength of the Russian state and expand the power of the tsar.
  • The Russian Empire

    The Russian Empire
    1721 - 1917
    Russia amplified promptly to construct an empire which extended from eastern Europe across northern Asia and into North America. By 1750, Russia develped into one of the superior power of Europe, consisting superb armies competent of performing challenges along its European and Asian neighbors.