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Period: Sep 24, 1500 to
Europe
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Sep 24, 1521
Cortes conquers Aztec Empire
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Sep 24, 1533
Pizarro conquers Incan Empire
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Brittish defeat Phillip ll's Spanish Armada
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Tokugawa shoguns rule japan
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Shah Jahan orders construction of Taj Mahal
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Louis XIV begins to rule France.
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Puritans under Oliver Cromwell (at right) execute English king.
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Peter The Great becomes sole czar of Russia.
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Prussian king Fredrick the Great begins Seven Years' War against Austria.
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American Colonists declare their independance from England.
