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Dec 25, 1096
Crusades are fought
Muslims and Christians fought for the holy land. The crossbow was introduced. Increased trade routes. 1096-1291 -
Sep 2, 1300
Renaissance Begins
The period after the black death. People started to think less about the church and more about themselves, art, sciences -
Sep 12, 1337
100 Year War Begins
Was between France and England, fought over land in France. A lot of peace between the time frames. -
Aug 26, 1347
Black Death Begins in Europe
Sread from Asia. The plague was caused by rats in fleas. -
Sep 16, 1368
Ming Dynasty Begins
The dynasty ruled China for 276 years. Known as one of the greatest orderly governments and social stabablilty in history. 1368-1644 -
Sep 30, 1405
Voyages of Zheng He
1405-1433, Were the seven Ming era maritime voyages of the treasure fleet. The grand project resulted in seven far reaching ocean voyages. to the islands in and around the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean. -
Sep 12, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stakes
Had visions and predicted war. Went out and battled with men. -
Sep 18, 1450
Gutenburg creates the printing press
Began in approximately 1436 when he partnered with Andreas Dritzehn. A man who had previously instructed in gem-cutting. -
Oct 2, 1453
Ottomans Conquer Constantinople
Was the capture of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire. The conquest of Constantinople followed a seven-week siege. Marked the end of the Roman Empire. -
Sep 8, 1492
Columbus First Voyage
Columbus landed in a New World. Landing in the Bahamas archipelago, on an island he named San Salvador. -
Oct 7, 1492
Jews, gypsies, moors expelled from Spain.
Groups were persecuted by the Spanish Christians. Jews and Moors were stripped of their possessions and expelled from Spain. It took place during the Spanish Inquisition. -
Sep 18, 1498
Da Gama lands in India
The fleet arrived in Kappadu near Calicut, India.The navigator was received with traditional hospitality, including a grand procession of at least 3,000 armed Nairs. -
Oct 7, 1501
Safavid Empire
One of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia. Is often considered the beginning of modern Persian history. -
Sep 18, 1503
Naming of the New World
First coined by the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci, in a letter written to his friend Lorenzo di Pier Francesco de' Medici. -
Sep 18, 1503
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
A half portriat of a woman thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. -
Aug 28, 1508
Michaelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
The ceiling shows sweeping scenes from the Old Testament of the Bible. Many artists consider it one of the greatest achievements in the history of painting. -
Sep 4, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 theses
Widely regarded as the initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. The disputation protests against clerical abuses, especially nepotism, simony, usury, pluralism, and the sale of indulgences. -
Oct 6, 1519
Magellan starts his around the world Trip.
The first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean. His expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Only 18 men out of the original 237 men were on board the only ship to return, approximately 232 sailors of assorted nationalities died on the expedition around the world with Magellan. -
Oct 7, 1526
Mughal Empire Begeins
The empire is conventionally dated to the founder Babur's victory over Ibrahim Lodi in the first Battle of Panipat. In the early 16th century, northern India, being then under mainly Muslim rulers,fell to the superior mobility and firepower of the Mughals. -
Sep 26, 1537
Pizzaro invades the Inca Empire
168 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and their native allies. It was the first step in a long campaign that took decades of fighting but ended in Spanish victory and colonization of the region as the Viceroyalty of Peru. -
Oct 14, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets rotating around it in circular paths. Few astronomers were convinced by the Copernican system. Copernicus' major work was published during the year of his death. -
Sep 26, 1545
Council of Trent
Was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the start of the Counter-Reformation. -
Sep 18, 1549
Henry VIII founds The Church of England
He was excoummunicated by the pope. He could not divorce his first wife in the catholic church so he made The Church of England. -
Oct 17, 1556
Phillip II rules Spain
Known in Spanish as "Philip the Prudent". During his reign, Spain reached the height of its influence and power. This is sometimes called the Golden Age. -
Oct 17, 1558
Elizabeth I rules England
Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII by second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was executed two and a half years after Elizabeth's birth. One of her first actions as queen was the establishment of an English Protestant church, of which she became the Supreme Governor. This Elizabethan Religious Settlement later evolved into today's Church of England. -
Slave Trade across the Atlantic
Took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. Majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World. -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia settled
the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. -
Oliver Cromwell rules England
An English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. Cromwell was relatively obscure for the first 40 years of his life. Nicknamed "Old Ironsides", he was quickly promoted from leading a single cavalry troop to become one of the principal commanders of the New Model Army. -
Louis XIV Becomes ruler of France
known as Louis the Great, or the Sun King, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
The last imperial dynasty of China. Ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. -
Phillip I becomes Czar
Through a number of successful wars he expanded the Tsardom into a much larger empire that became a major European power.He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with one that was modern, scientific, Europe-oriented, and based on The Enlightenment.ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother. -
Age of Enlightment
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. The Enlightenment was a revolution in human thought. -
Catherine the Great rules Russia
The most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia. Her reign was called Russia's golden age. Came to power following the assassination of her husband, Peter III. -
U.S. Constitution Ratified
The supreme law of the United States of America. Originally comprising seven articles. -
French Revolution
Was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799. Marking the decline of powerful monarchies and churches and the rise of democracy. -
Reign of Terror
A period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution. The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands. -
Napolean becomes emperor
He implemented a wide array of liberal reforms across Europe. His legal code in France, the Napoleonic Code, influenced numerous civil law jurisdictions worldwide. Napoleon is remembered for his role in leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. -
Napolean defeated at Waterloo
Fought near Waterloo in present-day Belgium. Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition. -
Thomas Hobbes writes the Leviathm
Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government.
