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Period: Mar 26, 1299 to
Ottoman Dynasty
Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century. -
Period: Mar 26, 1340 to
Songhay Empire
Llocated in western Africa from the early 15th to the late 16th century, -
Period: Mar 26, 1394 to Mar 26, 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
An important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and the Age of Discoveries in total. -
Period: Mar 26, 1451 to Mar 26, 1481
Reign of Mehmed the Conquerer
Ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to September 1446, then again from February 1451 to 1481. Recognized as the first Sultan to codify criminal and constitutional law. -
Mar 31, 1455
Beginning of Portuguese Slave Trade
Henry the Navigator established a slave market in 1445.Slaves were brought back to Portugal.By 1455, 800 Africans were brought to Portugal annually. -
Period: Mar 26, 1464 to Mar 26, 1492
Reign of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali was the King of Songhay during it’s growth into the largest, most powerful empire in West Africa. -
Period: Mar 30, 1483 to Mar 30, 1546
Martin Luther
He was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and played a major role in the Protestant Reformation.He had taught that the entrance to salvation was based solely on faith in God. -
Mar 31, 1488
Dias' Voyage Into the Indian Ocean
He sailed around the tip of Africa to find the Indian Ocean. -
Mar 31, 1492
Columbus' First Voyage
The beginning of his great adventure where he was planning on finding a more faster route to Asia. -
Mar 31, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. -
Period: Mar 26, 1502 to
Safavid Dynasty
Used land grants to support its cavalry and population spoke several languages. -
Period: Mar 26, 1509 to Mar 26, 1564
John Calvin
A French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. -
Period: Mar 26, 1519 to Mar 26, 1521
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Cortés allied with a number of the tributaries and rivals of the Aztecs, including the Totonacs, and the Tlaxcaltecas. -
Period: Mar 26, 1520 to Mar 26, 1566
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificant
One of the greatest rulers of the Ottoman Empire remembered as a fierce conqueror of the Islamic Religion. -
Period: Mar 26, 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
Emperors were Muslims and direct descendants of Genghis Khan through Chagatai Khan and Timur. -
Mar 31, 1540
Foundation of Society of Jesus
Helped to stem the Protestant help and win back some of the lost through their teaching and preaching. The activities of this new religious order were very important to the Catholic Reformation. -
Period: Mar 31, 1545 to Mar 31, 1563
Council of Trent
A council that met at the city of Trent, in nothern Italy, in three sessions between 1545 and 1563.Distinguished proper Catholic doctrines from Protestant "errors." Pope's supremacy affirmed.Each diocese required to have a residential bishop and training hull for priests. -
Period: Mar 26, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
Akbar was 13 years old when he inherited the Mughal throne. Was a descendant of Ghengis Khan. -
Period: Mar 26, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. -
Period: Mar 31, 1572 to
Reign of Emporer Wanli
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, beginning his rule at the age of nine. -
Spanish Armada
Great fleet sent by Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England. -
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Tokugawa Shogunate
Ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. Period of time was known as the Edo period. -
Period: to
Thirty Years War
A war waged in the early seventeenth century that involved France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, and numerous states of Germany. -
Period: to
John Locke
Argued that the government was supposed to protect the people's rights and that people were allowed to rebel if the government did not do so. -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty
The Manchus family ruled and advanced Chinese institutions and philosophy to higher level than Yuan Dynasty. -
Peace of Westphalia
The series of signed peace treaties that ended the Thirty Years War in the Holy Roman Empire and the Eighty Years war between Spain and the Dutch Republic. -
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Seven Years War
A series of wars fought between France and England. -
Establishment of 1st Colony in Australia
Settlement of New South Wales was established. -
Period: to
Haitian Revolution
The French slave revolt in the French colony founded the Haitian Republic. Most successful slave rebellion in the Americas. -
End of British Slave Trade
Britain banned slave trade and followed through by creating harsh fines for any slave found aboard a British ship. The Royal Navy then tried to stop other nations from participating in the Atlantic Slave Trade because they found it equal to piracy.
