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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
Crusades Are Fought
A military army formed from the catholic church
fouught mostly in the middle east -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance begins
French word for Rebirth
A time where most painters, and sculpters and also musciacs thrived -
Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453
100 Years War Begins
battles between france and urope
fougth over the succesion of the throne of france -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death Begins in Europe
25 Million People Died
Carried by Fleas -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty in China
Made blue orcelain pots
Didnt like outsideers because they are afraid of chinese traditions being changed -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1435
Voyages of Zheng He
had 317 ships in the beginning
studied the teachings of islam -
Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
joan wasnt her real name
had many sons -
Jan 1, 1448
Da Gama lands in India
first european to reach india
landed in calicut india which is now mozambique -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
the ottomons where people fleeing from asia
226 years later they ahd an army of 90,000 warriors -
Jan 1, 1465
Johannes Gutenberg - printing press
Born 1395 in mainz germany
invented the 1st printing press ever -
Jan 1, 1492
1st Voyage of Columbus
columbus was givin 3 ships the pinta nina and santa maria
was 1st recorded person to reach america -
Jan 1, 1492
Jews, gypsies and moors expelled from Spain
was expelled for not following the terms on the treaty after some years
used there language in the city when they were not suppose to -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave trade across Atlantic
most came from africa
supplied by african rulers in exchange for firearms and goods -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
ruled by timur
had persian customs and language -
Jan 1, 1502
Naming of the "New World"
amerigo vespucci was the first person to recognize south and north america as continnents
he did not mean for north and south america to be anmed after him -
Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
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Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sinstine Chapel
forced to pain the sistine chapel
also sculpted davids statue all by hand -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 theses
Was to show the most popular opiniions of people at the time
showed how corrupt the catholic church was -
Jan 1, 1519
Magella starts his "around the world" trip
he was the first to circumnavigate the world proving that the world was round
was killed by indians -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
founded by the young prince babur who is related to timur on his fathers side and genghis khan on his mothers side -
Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
the reformation created the anglican church
Henrys problem for quite sometime was the lack of males to be the next heir -
Jan 1, 1537
Pizarro invades the Incs Empire
Killed the last inca empire ending its reign
also brought disease to the empire -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
was the frist to put the sun in the middle of the universe
was great in mathematics and astrology -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
set out new standards for the catholic church
had about 100 members -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Phillip II rules Spain
ohilip the second was actually the king of spain and portugal
ruled one of the largest empires -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
Made england stable and prosperous and peacefull
was afraid someone not worthy would to take up the throne -
Period: to
Age of Enlightenment
enphasized indivudalism
spread from europe all the way to the united states anding in the 18th century -
Louis XIV becomes King of Frence
Had Agressive policys
Died from sickness a few days before his birthday -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
Thought european goods where inferior to theirs
didnt allow much moving or traveling out the empire -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
Wrote about alot of wars and paina nd suffering in levaithen
An English Philospher -
Oliver Cromwell rules England
Realy wanted the execution of charles I to happen
higjly religuose and thinks everyboyd should live the life as the bible says -
Jamestown, colony in Virgina, founded
Was the 1st in colony in america
didnt have many woman until 2 came along later -
Peter the Great becomes Czar
was 10 when he became a czar
was known for his extensive reforms to make russia a great nation -
Period: to
Catherine the Great rules Russia
led the country into politicul and cultural life
having russia under her reign she was able to have russia expand territories and modernize itself. -
French Revolution Begins
one of the reasons why it happend was becaue the people didn tliek how the government or the king worked
the root of it was the huge french debt that louis XVI inherited -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
need 9 states to approve the constitution before ratifying it which took 9 months
had a unanimous vote 30-0 -
Reign of Terror begins
Was one of the bloodiest times in history
Killed people from small allegations -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
He proclaimed himself emperor and also made josephine empress
he crowned himself again but with an iron circlet meaning the ruler of all o italy -
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
was exiled to st helen where he died 6 years later
was defeated twice the 1st he was defeated by the german -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
the strictness of the castle was very harsh
after the end of the tokugawa the meiji restoration started
