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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
Crusades are fought
Series of Holy wars called by popes with the promise of Indulgences. -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance begins
People purchased Art, Literature. This new area of art and literature became known as The Renaissance. -
Jan 1, 1337
100 years war began
It was a long struggle between England and France over succession of the French throne. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
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
Ming prospered from private trade and industry and with the trade with the europeans. -
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. -
Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
Joan of Arc's death was proven to be one of the greatest injustices in the Middle Ages. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
With this conquest Ottomans became an Empire and one of the most powerful empires, The Eastern Roman Empire fell and lasted. -
Jan 1, 1455
Johannes Gutenberg- printing press
a device for evenly printing ink onto a print medium such as paper or cloth. -
Jan 1, 1492
1st voyage of columbus
Columbus departed to spain. He was ocompanied by three other ships: the Pinta, the Niña, and the Santa María. -
Jan 1, 1492
Da Gama lands in India
Vasco Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, to india. But he became ill and died in cochin. -
Jan 1, 1492
Jew, gypsies & moors expelled from spain
The Moors, the Gitanos and the Jews were all persecuted, and the Moors and Jews were expelled by the Spanish. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave trade across Atlantic
It was the enslavement and transportation, primarily of African people, to the other colonies. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
The Safavid dynasty had its origin in the Safaviyya Sufi order, which was established in the city of Ardabil in the Azerbaijan region. -
Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
The "Mona Lisa" was painted my leonardo, it is an oil painting painted an wood panel. -
Jan 1, 1507
Naming of the 'new world"
The "new world" is what is now known as America. -
Jul 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
requested that Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel's ceiling cause Julius was determined that Rome should be rebuilt to its former glory, and had embarked on a vigorous campaign to get the job done. -
Period: Jan 1, 1516 to
Philip II rules spain
He governed spain in her so called "golden age" -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 theses
It was Luther condemning the Roman Catholic Church. -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
He was the first one to circle the globe -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal empire begins
At the height of the Mughal Empire the Mughals brought art and trading which became a large part of the culture. -
Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
founded the roman catholic church to deliperate policy of maintaining communion. -
Jan 1, 1537
Pizzarro invades the Inca Empire
Invaded the Inca empire with 180 soliders. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
He was a Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
it had the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils and it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. -
Jan 1, 1559
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
England had become a major world power in every respect, and Queen Elizabeth I passed into history as one of England's greatest Queens. -
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Age of Enlightenment
It was a cultural movement beginning in late 17th-century in western Europe understanding reason and individualism rather than tradition. -
Jamestown, colony in virginia, founded
It was America's first permanent English colony, in Virginia. The government, language, customs, beliefs and aspirations of these early Virginians are all part of the United States’ heritage today. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
Louis XIV became king in 1643 and started reforming France in 1661. -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
He is best known for his political thought, and deservedly so. The Leviathan book was one of the most famous and the most popular. -
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Oliver Cromwell rules England
He was a highly religious man who believed that everybody should lead their lives according to what was written in the Bible. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
At the beginning, the Qing court carried out a series of policies to revive the social economy. -
Peter 1 (the great) becomes Czar
He is best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation. -
Period: to
Catherine the Great rules Russia
She is sometimes called Catherine the Great. She led her country into the political and cultural life of Europe, carrying on the work begun by Peter the Great. -
French Revolution begins
The french revolution was to convene the Estates General in order to levy a new land tax that will hopefully solve the problem. -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
When a bill of rights was proposed in Congress in 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution. -
Reign of Terror begins
Although the print is sinister, its caption states that the Terror is dreadful, but necessary. It is the period of the french revolution. -
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
It was marked the final defeat of the french military leader. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
Tokugawa Ieyasu’s dynasty of shoguns presided over 250 years of peace and prosperity in Japan, including the rise of a new merchant class and increasing urbanization.
