Block 10 World History Mr. Foster

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  • Aug 26, 1096

    Crusades fought

    Crusades fought
    The muslims and christens fought over the holy land. 1096-1291
  • Sep 1, 1337

    100 years war begins

    100 years war begins
    A war between England and France over the succesion to the french throne. Fought about lsnd in france. England already had land.It went more than 100 years and it stopped several times.
  • Aug 26, 1347

    Black death begins in Europe

    Black death begins in Europe
    The black death was spread in Europe by a rat with an infected flea. The black death killed millons.
  • Sep 1, 1350

    Renaissance begins

    Renaissance begins
    Started in italy because of its location and wealthy merchants. Ideas renewed intrest in art, literature, science, and learning which made the renaissance.
  • Sep 1, 1368

    Qing dynasty in china begins

    Qing dynasty in china begins
    China expanded to its largest size in history, under the Qing dynasty's manchu rulers. 1368-1644
  • Sep 30, 1405

    Voyages of Sien Hie

    1405-1433
  • Aug 28, 1431

    Joan of Arc burned at the stake

    Joan of Arc burned at the stake
    She was burned at the stakes for her religous crimes in 1431 when she was 19.She became a saint in 1920.
  • Sep 1, 1436

    Joannes Gutenberg printing press

    Joannes Gutenberg printing press
    Johannes Gutenbergs invention of the mechanical moveable type started the printing revolution.
  • Oct 2, 1453

    Autamens take care of continental removal

    Autamens take care of continental removal
  • Sep 1, 1492

    first voyage of columbus

    first voyage of columbus
    The first voyage of columbus.
  • Sep 2, 1492

    Jews, gypsies and moors expelled from Spain

    Jews, gypsies and moors expelled from Spain
  • Sep 1, 1502

    slave trade across atlantic

    slave trade across atlantic
    A shortage of lalbor in the Americas led to the beginning of the Alantic slave trade. European planters in the Americas needed large nubers of workers on their plantations, estates where cash crops such as sugar or tobacco were grown on a large scale.
  • Sep 1, 1508

    Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel

    Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
    Michelangelo changed the course of wesetern art. 25,000 people now visit the chapel a day.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 theses

    Martin Luther posts 95 theses
    Martin Luther goes up to a church and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
  • Sep 1, 1521

    Magellan goes around the world

    Magellan goes around the world
    Took almost 3 years to go all the way around the world. Magellan was killed towards the end of the trip, Juan Sebastián de Elcano completed the trip.
  • Sep 1, 1524

    Da Gama lands in india

    Da Gama lands in india
    Da Gama was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea.
  • Sep 1, 1532

    pizarro invades inca empire

    pizarro invades inca empire
    160 men defeted an empire.
  • Sep 1, 1543

    Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

    Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
    The Heliocentric Theory showed that the sun was positioned in the center, motionless, with all of the planets rotating around it in circular paths.
  • Sep 2, 1545

    Counncil of Trent

    Counncil of Trent
    Pope Paul III convened the Council of Trent. It was met on and off from 1545 until 1563
  • Sep 1, 1555

    Henery VIII founds anglican church

    Henery VIII founds anglican church
  • Sep 1, 1556

    Phillip II rules spain

    Phillip II rules spain

  • Naming of the new world

    Naming of the new world
    They named the western hemisphere the new world because it was new to them.

  • Jamestown was founded

    Jamestown was founded
    Jamestown was the first English colony. The settlers hoped to find gold and silver and a river to the Pacific, instead they found marshy ground and impure water.

  • Louis XIV becomes king of france

    Louis XIV becomes king of france
    He ruled France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

  • Thomas Hobbes writes Laviathan

    Thomas Hobbes writes Laviathan
    This book concerns the structure of society and the government.

  • Oliver cromwell rules england

    Oliver cromwell rules england
    Oliver made a parliament pass a law that damaged dutch trade. A war with the dutch was the result.

  • Peter the great becomes czar

    Peter the great becomes czar
    When Peter was 17 he removed his sister from the throne and took power for himself. Peter was determined to catch up with the rest of Europe and this was called westernization.

  • Age of enlightenment

    Age of enlightenment
    The Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason inspired educated people of Europe and beyond. Many writers published their ideas in books, and magazines.

  • reign of terror begins

    reign of terror begins
    A series of accusations, trials, and executions that became known as the Reign of Terror, creating a wave of fear throught the country. The Reign of Terror did not spare any particular class, occupation, or gender.

  • Napoleon becomes emperor

    Napoleon becomes emperor
    Napoleon was a military leader who achieved many early successes. In 1793 he forced British troops out of the port of Toulon.

  • Napeoleon defeated at waterloo

    Napeoleon defeated at waterloo
    Nspoleon tried to escape to America but he was captured. Napoleon sent him to Saint Helena, he never escaped and died six years later at the age of 51.

  • Elizabeth I becomes queen

    Elizabeth I becomes queen
    Elizabeth becomes queen in 1951. Queen Elizabeth restores the Chruch of England and support for Protestantism.