Early Modern Era

  • Jan 1, 1441

    Atlantic Slave trade

    Most slaves traded to the New World through the triangular trade and its middle passage
  • Jan 1, 1453

    Ottoman Empire

    Sacked Constantinople
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbian Exchange

    Exchange of plants and animals , diseases by the Europe and the Americas
  • Mar 29, 1493

    Byzantine Empire falls

    Emperor Constantine XI died in battle that day and decline the fall.
  • Aug 3, 1493

    Christopher Columbus Voyage

    Sailed out on Aug 3 lands in Bahamas,West Indies.
  • Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco de Gamas Voyage

    Discovered India and began annual voyages.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luthers 95 Theses

    He hung them up in front of the church for everybody to see and he was a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.
  • Jan 1, 1532

    Francisco Pizzaro

    Pizarro and his brothers conquered Peru and founded the capital Lima , three years later.
  • Jamestown Established

    First British colony in North America.They produced a lot of tobacco
  • Qing Dynasty

    It was the last imperial dynasty of China.
  • Triangular Trade

    Trade route to exchange slaves or goods between West Africa and England and North America