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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
Crusades are fought
The crusades were a series of holy wars called by popes with the promise of indulgences for those who fought in them. directed against external and internal enemies of Christendom for the recovery of Christian property or in defense of the Church or Christian people. -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance begins
Renaissance is the appretiation of art and literature. The word means french for "rebirth". -
Jan 1, 1337
100 Years War begins
This war was between France and England.Two factors that started the 100 year war was kings of England wanted independent possesion and the kings of England from 1337 claimed the crown of France. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
The plague was cause by bacterium, Pastuerella Pestis, in fleas. Killed about 25 million people. -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty in China
A Chinese dynasty that provided an interval of native Chinese rule. China exerted immense cultural and political influence on East Asia and the Turks to the west. -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
Zheng He was the second son of a family from Kunyang and Yunnan. He was originally born with the name Ma He.He promoted the status of China Ming dynasty. -
Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake.
Joan of Arc was killed because she led the French to several victories that embarred the British army. The british army couldn't exicute her for military actions so they accued her for wichcraft and heresy. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
Ottomans conquer Constantinpole was the seize of the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which marked the end of that Empire.The Ottomans were instructed by 21-year-old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. -
Jan 1, 1455
Johannes Gutenberg - printing press
With it's wooden and later metal movable type printing brought down the price of printed materials and made books available for a mass of people. This stayed the standard until the 20th century. -
Jan 1, 1492
1st voyage of Columbus
Involved three ships, The Nina, The Pinta, The Santa Maria. All together had a crew of 90 men. -
Jan 1, 1492
Jews, gypsies & moors expelled from Spain
Spain became unified with the capture of Granada through Catholicism. Catholicism was the only zeal of religion allowed by the church and when Jews continued their Jewish ways they were expelled from Spain. -
Jan 1, 1497
Da Gama lands in India
He was first European to reach India through the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. He also rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave trade across the Atlantic
Sometime after the black plague there was a lot of work force lost, they had to buy slaves to help extend the numbers. The trades continued all the way till the 19th centery -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
The Safavid Empire covered all of Iran, and parts of Turkey and Georgia. Most of the Empire's economic strength came from its location on the trade routes. -
Jan 1, 1502
Naming of the "new World"
Was discovered that new land was not Asia but a new continent . Writer Martin Waldseemuller names new land America in Amergio's honor. -
Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
Leonardo da Vinci was one the most famous painters. The sitter’s mysterious smile has made the painting a source of ongoing investigation and fascination. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo didn't want to paint the Sistine Chapel. He viewed himself more as a sculpter not a painter. It took Michelangelo 4 years to paint the ceiling and 6 years to paint the altar wall. -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
Not happy with the wealth of the people and the church. You could not get rid of your sins through labor but indulgences was a disgrace to faith, only god himself can forgive your sins -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
1520 reached the southern tip of South America
Magellan killed in Philippines in battle with natives.
Men continued on led by Juan Sebastian de Elanco
1522; 18 survivors arrived in spain. -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
Babar who on his mother's side was descended from the famous Genghiz Khan, came to India in 1526 at the request of an Indian governor. Babar defeated Lodi at Panipat, not far from Delhi, and so came to establish the Mughal Empire in India. -
Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
Henry VIII was atonished by the Catholic church because they wouldn't grant him the divorce he desiered. He decided to create the Anglican church,a Christianity based religion thats between Catholicism and Protestantism. -
Jan 1, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
Pizarro head of wealth in the Inca Empire and set out to invade. The Inca Empire was signifigantly weaked because of the european diseases, it also killed the emperor. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who theorized that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe. Also that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun, which is called the heliocentric theory. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
All Church leaders met with the purpose of defining the Catholic doctrines. They didnt allow selling of indulgences and training of the priest was regulated. -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Philip II rules Spain
Phillip II thought of him self as a traditional spanish man, he loved art and music. He had ruled spain during its "golden age", but his fail was on himself. He relied on others and that lead to the nation becoming bankrupt. -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizebeth I become Queen of England
Queen Elizabeth was a Protestants at heart. She Passed supremacy act of 1559, which split England from Rome. The caltholics were upset, and made threats on Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth Persecuted anyone who worshipped Catholicism. -
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Age of Enlightenment
Also know as the age of reson; European politics, philosophy, science and communications were radically reoriented. The "Enlightenment" produced many books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
A ship carrying 105 passengers, departed from England in 1606 and reached the Virginia coast in 1607. The expedition was led by Captain Christopher Newport, the ships arrived at a site on the James River. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
Louis XIV reign lasted for 72 years, longer than that of any other known European sovereign. He had transformed the monarchy, ushered in a golden age of art and literature. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
Qing's army convinced general Wu Sangui to fight against Li Zicheng. Along with Wu's help, the Qing army successfully captured Beijing and rooted their regime there. -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
Thomas undertook writing Leviathan to defend the monarchist idea. The book was presented as a special gift to his successor Charles II. -
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Oliver Cromwell rules England
He backed by the army, sent home MP’s and he became the leader of England. He became member of parliament for Huntingdon in the parliament of 1628 - 1629. Parliament ran England but from Cromwell's point of view, it was not a system that worked well and England was suffering. -
Peter I ( The Great ) becomes Czar
Peter I was best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation.Peter "the Great" was the 14th child of Czar Alexis by his second wife, Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina. -
Period: to
Catherine the Great rules Russia
Catherine was the daughter of Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst and Princess Johanna Elizabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. Her reign as
Grand Duchess was a interesting part of her life in her memoirs she indicated many affairs with men on the court. -
French Revolution begins
The king was seen as indecisive. The main cause was the big French National debt that Louis XVI had inherited and the cost of such things as the French support for the American Revolution which was accompanied by high taxation and an unfair tax code. -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
When the bill of rights was proposed, North Carolina ratified the constitution. Rhode Island, which had rejected the Constitution in 1788 by popular referendum, called a ratifying. -
Reign of Terror begins
The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution. The revolutionary government decided to make “Terror” and to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
With him being Emperor, the event also made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804. He installed himself as First Councils. -
Napoleon defeted at Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium. It showed the final triumph of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
Was also known as the Tokugawa bakufu and the Edo bakufu. The Tokugawa Shogunate was the very last feudal Japanese military government.
