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Period: Feb 10, 1299 to
Ottoman Dynasty
Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I. -
Period: Feb 10, 1340 to
Songhay Empire
A state located in western Africa. From the early 15th to the late 16th century, Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history. -
Period: Feb 10, 1394 to Feb 10, 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
An important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and the Age of Discoveries in total. -
Period: Feb 10, 1444 to Feb 10, 1446
Regin of Mehmed the Conqueror
Also Regined from 1451-1581. Conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire, transforming the Ottoman state into an empire. -
Period: Feb 10, 1464 to Feb 10, 1492
Regin of Sunni Ali
The first king of the Songhai Empire. -
Period: Feb 10, 1483 to Feb 10, 1546
Martin Luther
Professor of theology and seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. -
Feb 10, 1488
Dias' Voyage into Indian Ocean
Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa. -
Feb 9, 1492
Columbus' First Voyage
1492, Columbus departed from Castilian Palos de la Frontera with three ships on his first voyage. -
Feb 10, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. -
Period: Feb 10, 1502 to
Safavid Dynasty
Was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran. They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires after the Muslim conquest of Persia. -
Period: Feb 10, 1509 to Feb 10, 1564
John Calvin
A prominent French theologian during the Protestant Reformation and the father of the theological system known as Calvinism. -
Period: Feb 10, 1519 to Feb 10, 1521
Spanish conquest of Mexico
Invasion began in February 1519, and was declared victorious on August 13, 1521, when a coalition army of Spanish conquistadors and Tlaxcalan warriors led by Hernán Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. -
Period: Feb 10, 1520 to Feb 10, 1566
Regin of Suleyman the Magnificent
Suleyman the Magnificent has been known as one of the greatest rulers of the Ottoman Empire. He is mostly remembered as a fierce conqueror of the Islamic religion. -
Period: Feb 10, 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power in the Indian subcontinent. -
Feb 10, 1540
Foundation of Society of Jesus
Founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola,the Jesuits became renowned for its work in the fields of missionary outreach, direct evangelization, intellectual research, and education. -
Period: Feb 9, 1545 to Feb 10, 1563
Council of Trent
A council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers -
Period: Feb 10, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
He was of Timurid descent, the son of Emperor Humayun, and the grandson of the Mughal Emperor Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babur, the ruler who founded the Mughal dynasty in India. -
Period: Feb 10, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
In 1609, Galileo heard about the invention of the telescope in Holland. Without having seen an example, he constructed a superior version and made many astronomical discoveries. -
Period: Feb 10, 1572 to
Regin of Emperor Wanli
Ming Dynasty greatly declined during his reign, and came closer and closer to the perdition. -
Spanish Armada
Great fleet sent by Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England in conjunction with a Spanish army from Flanders that got defeated. -
Period: to
Tokugawa Shoguante
A feudal Japanese military government. The heads of government were the shoguns. Each was a member of the Tokugawa clan. -
Period: to
Thirty Years' War
One of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history. -
Period: to
John Locke
Known as the Father of Classical Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty
Last imperial dynasty of China -
Peace of Westphalia
The Thirty Years War was ended by the Peace of Westphalia which was referred to as the "Peace of Exhaustion" by contemporaries. -
Period: to
Seven Years' War
It involved most of the great powers of the time and affected Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines. -
Establishment of the British Slave Trade
The First Fleet arrived and the penal settlement of New South Wales was established. -
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Haitian Revolution
A slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic.
