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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
Crusades are Fought
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Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance Begins
The Renaissance is the Era of which Italian literature and art were spread across Europe and inspired new talents, ideas, customs, and religion. -
Jan 1, 1337
100 Years of War
The 100 years of was a conflict that waged over for the control of France. 2 Englsh Kings gained land in France through inheritence and they did not want to share their royalty so they fought for it. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
The Black Death or (Bubonic Plague) was a plague that spread through Europe killing 25 million people. It was a slow painful death of Bubonic Blisters on the body. -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty in China
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Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
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Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arch burned at the Stake
Joan of Arc was a French Knoble-man who was crowned in France and sent on a mission to seize land in England. She was then captured by British soldiers and burned at the stake. -
Jan 1, 1440
Johannes Guttenberg - Printing Press
Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press that led to the creation of printed literature. This creation was a big part of The Renaissance, The Reformation, and The Age of Enlightenment. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constinople
The Conquer of Constinople, was the fall of an Eastern Roman Empire by the Ottaman Empire. 7 day war that led to the destruction of the Imperial Empire that lasted nearly 1,500 years. -
Jan 1, 1492
1st Voyages of Columbus
The first voyage of Columbus was set from England to set out across the Atlantic Ocean trying to find a new world un yet discovered, by Spain, for trade, wealth, and spread of Christianity. -
Jan 1, 1492
Jews, Gypsies, and Moors epelled from Spain
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Jan 1, 1498
Da Gama Lands in India
Portugese explorer who opened a new efficient route to India. Opened a route to India and led to Portugese dominance of the eastern trade. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave Trade across the Atlantic
European and American slave traders import slaves from all parts of
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Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
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Jan 1, 1502
Naming of the "New World"
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Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506
Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
The Medici family that ruled over Florence, Italy and "adopted" young Michealangelo into their family, as he aged he began loving to paint so he created a way to paint over hardening plasture on walls, Pope Julios II comissioned Michelangelo to paint the ciling of this vast chapel. -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 theses
Martin Luther is displeased with the work of the Catholic Church due to its selling of indulgences and greed, he therfore proposes a "95 Theses" stating reasons why the Catholic Church is un-just. He states it to the church resulting in his excomunnication. -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan starts his "Around the World" trip
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Jan 1, 1534
King Henry Founds the Angelican Church
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Jan 1, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
Pizarro threatens the Inca Empire with his use of heavy armor, and destructive weapons, he then sconquers them with ease. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes Heliocentric Theory
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Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
Court hearing for Martin luther over his publishing of the 95 Theses. Condemmned Luther and his writings and sentenced him to Hell. -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to Jan 1, 1581
Philip II Rules Spain
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Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
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Age of Enlightenment
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Jamestown founded
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Louis XIV becomes King of France
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Qing Dynasty Begins
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Oliver Cromwell rules England
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Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
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Peter I becomes Czar
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Mughal Empire begins
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Catherine the Great rules Russia
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U.S. Constitution is Ratified
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French Revolution Begins
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Reign of Terror begins
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Napoleon becomes Emperor
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Napolean defeated at Waterloo
German forces defeated the French army in Belguim. Also associated were British, and Dutch armies. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
