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Aug 27, 1095
Crusades are fought
muslim people from central asia gained control of jerusalem and the area around it. Atleast 10,000 europeans joined the military mission to take the holy land from the muslims who controlled it -
Sep 5, 1337
100 years war begins
The war owes its historical significance to multiple factors. By its end, feudal armies had been largely replaced by professional troops The English Royal family was descended from William the Conqueror, who became King of England in 1066 while retaining possession of the Duchy of Normandy in France. -
Oct 7, 1347
Black death begins in europe
It arrived on trading ships that very likely came from the Black Sea, past Constantinople and through the Mediterranean. This was a fairly standard trade route that brought to European customers such items as silks and porcelain, which were carried overland to the Black Sea from as far away as China. -
Oct 7, 1350
renaissance begins
was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. Though availability of paper and the invention of metal movable type sped the dissemination of ideas from the later 15th century, the changes of the Renaissance were not uniformly experienced across Europe -
Sep 17, 1368
Ming Dynasty in China
The Ming dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China for 276 years (1368–1644) following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming, described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history,"[5] was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the Shun dynasty, soon replaced by the Manchu-led Qing -
May 30, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
joan sees with the clarity of passionate faith that if Charles can fight his way to Reims to be consecrated, France will have a king again. This becomes her mission. But first she must reach Charles himself. -
Oct 7, 1436
Johannes Gutenberg printing press
A printing press is a device for evenly printing ink onto a print medium (substrate) such as paper or cloth. The device applies pressure to a print medium that rests on an inked surface made of movable type, thereby transferring the ink. Typically used for texts, the invention and spread of the printing press are widely regarded as among the most influential events in human history,[1] revolutionizing the way people conceive and describe the world they live in, and ushering in the period of mode -
Oct 7, 1453
ottomans conquer constantinople
70,000 man Ottoman TurkishOffsite Link army, under the leadership of Mehmed IIOffsite Link (Mahomet II,) using European artillery experts and European artillery, broke Constantinople's fabled defensive wallsOffsite Link, captured Constantinople and killed the Byzantine Emperor Constantine -
Sep 5, 1492
1st voyage of columbus
He was in command of three ships: the Pinta, the Niña, and the Santa María. Although Columbus was in overall command, the Pinta was captained by Martín Alonso Pinzón and the Niña by Vicente Yañez Pinzón. -
Sep 29, 1497
da gama lands in india
Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa. With the aid of an Indian merchant he met there, he then set off across the Indian Ocean. The Portuguese explorer was not greeted warmly by the Muslim merchants of Calicut, and in 1499 he had to fight his way out of the harbor on his return trip home. In 1502, he led a squadron of ships to Calicut to avenge the massacre of Portuguese explorers there and succeede -
Oct 17, 1500
Slave trade across Atlantic
vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World, many on the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, were West Africans from the central and western parts of the continent sold by West Africans to Western European slave traders, or by direct European capture to the Americas. The numbers were so great that Africans who came by way of the slave trade became the most numerous Old-World immigrants in both North and South America before the late 18th century. -
Oct 7, 1502
Safavid Empire
disastrous invasion of Mongols, in the 1200s, migrated Turks and Mongolian tribes adopted the Persian customs and even language. In the 1300s, the Ilkhanids, a dynasty founded by the "Genghis Khan's" grandson, Holagu Khan, had been an influential factor in Persia. During these turbulent years of 13th century, the Persians had submerged themselves deeper in Islamic devotion and Sufism.
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Sep 5, 1503
da vinci paints the "mona lisa"
The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel, and is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506, although Leonardo may have continued working on it as late as 1517. It was acquired by King Francis I of France and is now the property of the French Republic, on permanent display at The Louvre museum in Paris since 1797.[2] -
Sep 17, 1507
Naming of the "new world"
The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas, certain Atlantic and Pacific oceanic islands to which the closest continental shelf is that of the Americas (such as Bermuda), and sometimes Oceania (Australasia). The term originated in the early 16th century after Europeans made landfall in what would later be called "the Americas" in the age of discovery, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the Middle Ages, who had thought of the worl -
Oct 7, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
The ceiling's various painted elements form part of a larger scheme of decoration within the Chapel, which includes the large fresco The Last Judgment on the sanctuary wall, also by Michelangelo, wall paintings by several leading painters of the late 15th century including Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Pietro Perugino, and a set of large tapestries by Raphael, the whole illustrating much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church.[2][3] -
Sep 5, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
On June 15, 1520, Pope Leo X issued a rebuttal to Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, a papal encyclical titled Exsurge Domine from its opening words. This document outlined the Magisterium of the Church's findings of where the pope believed Luther had erred.As the Reformation progressed, another element drew adherents to the ideas and practices that gradually became known as Lutheranism. -
Oct 15, 1519
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
in the end, a sad one. He had a great idea, a great wish. He wished to lead a voyage that sailed around the world. He started off on that voyage, but he didn't live to see the end of it.
It began slowly. He served as a junior sailor onboard ships sailing to India. He made a name for himself as an able sailor and especially on one voyage in which he saved the lives of many of his fellow sailors. -
Sep 17, 1524
Da Gama lands in india
was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route, as well as the Atlantic and the Indian oceans entirely and definitively, and in this way, the West and the Orient. -
Sep 29, 1527
philip II rules spain
Philip II (Spanish: Felipe II «el Prudente»; 21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598) was King of Spain[1] (second Philip to Castille, first to Aragon and the fourth to Navarre) from 1556 and of Portugal from 1581 (as Philip I, Filipe I). From 1554 he was King of Naples and Sicily as well as Duke of Milan. During his marriage to Queen Mary I (1554–58), he was also Prince Consort of England and Ireland.[2][3] From 1555, he was lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands. Known in Spanish as "Phili -
Sep 29, 1536
henry VIII founds anglican church
King Henry was married to Catherine of Aragon. He falls in love with Anne Boleyn and wants to marry her. He asks the pope to grant him a divorce, but the pope refuses because it was against the Catholic Church to get a divorce. After 7 years, Henry declares that the pope had no power over him and the pope excommunicates him. In 1534, Henry has parliament declare him the head of a new church, the Church of England, or the Anglican Church. This was a Protestant Church. -
Oct 15, 1537
Pizzaro invades the inca empire
Francisco Pizarro showed the idea of individualism by conquering the Inca Empire. For his fist method for trying to conquer the Incas, Pizarro tried to control the Incas by convincing them to accept being ruled by Spain and to convert to Christianity. The first attempt failed. For his second method, Pizarro captured the Incan leader, and was offered a ransom for his safe return. Pizarro received the ransom but still killed the leader. The last method Pizarro used was attacking the Incas towns -
Oct 17, 1537
Pizzaro invades the inca empire
Pizarro sent his half brother, Hernando, to reclaim the city, and Almagro was defeated and put to death. allies of Diego el Monzo Almagro's son penetrated Pizarro's palace in Lima and assassinated the conquistador while he was eating dinner -
Oct 13, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
A major contribution to Western thought was the publication in 1543 of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI by Copernicus, Polish astronomer, who is noted for the Copernican theory of the heavens. By attributing to the Earth a daily motion around its own axis and a yearly motion around the stationary Sun, Copernicus developed an idea that had far-reaching implications for the rise of modern science. He -
Oct 7, 1545
Council of trent
northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation -
Quing Dynasty in china begins
regime called 'Latter Jin' that had been set up by Nurhachu, leader of the Man Ethnic Minority. Actually, Man people were the offspring of the Nuzhen people who had always been living in Northeast China. After reunifying all the Nuzhen tribes, Nurhachu proclaimed himself emperor in 1616. Thus a new regime called Latter Jin was founded in Hetu Ala during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty -
Age of Enlightenment
Ultimately, the Enlightenment fell victim to competing ideas from several sources. Romanticism was more appealing to less-educated common folk and pulled them away from the empirical, scientific ideas of earlier Enlightenment philosophers. Similarly, the theories of skepticism came into direct conflict with the reason-based assertions of the Enlightenment and gained a following of their own. -
Oliver Cromwell rules England
one of our most famous characters in history. From 1649 to 1653 Parliament ran England but from Cromwell's point of view, it was not a system that worked effectively and England, as a nation was suffering. As a result, Cromwell, backed by the army sent home MP’s and he became the effective leader of England from 1653 to 1658 -
Peter I becomes Czar
ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother. Through a number of successful wars he expanded the Tsardom into a much larger empire that became a major European power. He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with one that was modern, scientific, Europe-oriented, and based on The Enlightenment.[1] -
french revolution begins
period of radical social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799 that profoundly affected French and modern history, marking the decline of powerful monarchies and churches and the rise of democracy and nationalism. Popular resentment of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and aristocracy grew amidst a financial crisis following two expensive wars and years of bad harvests, motivating demands for change -
napoleon becomes emperor
he made himself emperor of the French people. He fought a series of wars the Napoleonic Wars that involved complex coalitions for and against him. -
Napolean defeated Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
In the four-tiered social hierarchy of Japan the military class was at the top, the common peasant farmers were next below them, and the artisans and craftsmen were below the peasant and the commercial class was at the bottom. This probably reflected a simpler social structure where there were only the peasants and the elite of warriors who defended them. The people who lived by trading rather than physical labor in the fields were an anomaly in such a society and socially suspect. Even the arti
