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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
Crusades are fought
The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Latin Roman Catholic Church. The Crusades were holy wars fought between Christians in Europe and Muslims -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance begins
Renaissance began in Italy and spread throughout Europe. t gave Italy an independence and freedom. -
Jan 1, 1337
100 Years War begin
Series of wars betweens England and France. Lasted for 116 years. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
Arrived in Europe in 1347. Coming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
Arrived in Europe in 1347. Coming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty in China
The Ming dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China for 276 years. Ming rule saw the construction of a vast navy and a standing army of 1,000,000 troops. -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
Admiral Zheng He was commissioned to command the treasure fleet for the expeditions. Six of the voyages occurred during the Yongle reign. -
Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
After Cauchon declared her guilty she was burned at the stake on 30 May. She was burned at the stake for heresy. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans conqure Constantinople
Marked the end of the byzantine empire which has lasted over 1,100 years. Was made ottomans captian. -
Jan 1, 1453
Copernicus published heliocentric theory
Copernicus became interested in astronomy . Published and wrote a popularization of the heliocentric theory, -
Jan 1, 1455
Johannes Gutenberg - printing press
He made the first printing press. He was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher. -
Jan 1, 1492
Jews, gypsies and moors expelled from Spain
The Jews were all persecuted. The terms of the treaty to the morrs jews and gypsies where broken after seven years -
Jan 1, 1498
Da Gama lands in India
Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good. In 1524, he was sent as viceroy to India. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave trade across Atlantic
The Atlantic slave trade, also known as the transatlantic slave trade. As a result of the Atlantic Slave Trade, most people of African descent in North and passage from Africa to the Americas through the Atlantic Slave Trade. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
The members of the family were native Turkish-speaking and Turkicized. In the early sixteenth century, Iran was united under the rule of the Safavid dynastyo the west threatened the Safavid empire. -
Jan 1, 1502
Naming of the "new World"
The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere. Specifically for the Americas -
Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
The Mona Lisa is Leonardo da Vinci's and the world's most famous painting. It is the only portrait by Leonardo whose authorship remains unquestioned. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512.Rome victorious and summoned Michelangelo to begin work on the ceiling. -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther post 95 Theses
In 1517 Luther penned a document attacking the Catholic Church’s corrupt practice of selling “indulgences” to absolve sin.
Which propounded two central beliefe hat the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip.
His expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Ferdinand Magellan's voyage was the first to circle the globe. -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
Mughal Empire reached the zenith of its territorial expanse during the reign of Aurangzeb.Aurangzeb and also started its terminal decline in his reign due to Maratha. -
Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
Anglican church exists worldwide. It began in the sixth century in England. -
Jan 1, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro's Spanish conquistadors. Atahuallpa, the last free reigning emperor, marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
Held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation. -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Philip II rules Spain
From Madrid he ruled his empire through his personal control. King Philip II of Spain ruled one of the world's largest empires in the 16th century. -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
England had become a major world power in every respect, and Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth's first policy toward Scotland was to oppose the French presence there. -
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Age of Enlightenment
was a cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in late 17th century Western Europe emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It spread across Europe and to the United States, continuing to the end of the 18th century. -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
America's first permanent English colony. Years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
King Louis XIV of France led an absolute monarchy during France’s classical age. He revoked the Edict of Nantes and is known for his aggressive foreign policy. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
Had powerful and long-lived rulers at the time. Was the last great dynastic empire to rule the region. -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
Leviathan, Hobbes's most important work. One of the most influential philosophical texts produced during the seventeenth century. -
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Oliver Cromwell rules England
From 1649 to 1653, Parliament ran England but from Cromwell's point of view. Cromwell was selected as one of the ten. -
Peter I (the Great) becomes Czar
When he was a young man he travelled to Europe in 1697–98 to study new developments in technology, especially shipbuilding. His self-given title was Peter the Great. -
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Catherine the Great rules Russia
Catherine became the Russian empress in 1762. She started out as a minor german princess. -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
It was ratified when the bill of rights was proposed in Congress in 1789. Rhode Island, which had rejected the Constitution in March 1788 by popular referendum -
French Revolution begins
The French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte.The French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals. -
Reign of Terror begins
On September 5 the Reign of Terror begins. It lasted more than ten months. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I. He was the first Frenchman to gold the title of emperor in a thousands years. -
Napoleon defeated @ Waterloo
The battle of Waterloo , which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815. It marked the final defeat of the French Minitary learder and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
Its known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city Edo, which is now called Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1867, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration. -
1st voyage of Columbus
Columbus was the first famous explorer. He traveled to the Americans while searching for an all-water route to China.
