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Jan 1, 1453
Constantinople falls
Muhammad defeated the Byzantine empire, and captured Constantinople -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias Rounds Cape of Good Hope
First European Explorer to round the Southern tip of Africa -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
He left Spain on a trip paid by King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth, and landed at San Salvador -
Jan 1, 1502
African Slaves to the Americas
People had demand for slaves on their Plantations and so began the African Slave Trade -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther Posts 95 theses
The 95 theses were Luther's contradictions against the Catholic church -
Jan 1, 1533
Pizarro topples the Inca
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Jan 1, 1541
Discovery of Silver
This was important because the trade has a significant impact worldwide -
Spanish Armada Begins
The Spanish King wanted to conquer England from Elizabeth I -
Songhai Empire Falls
The cause of the fall o the Songhai Empire is the civil war that erupted in 1591 which led to taking over the medieval West African Kingdom -
Jamestown Settlement
The first English settlement to be established in North America -
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30 years war
The war began when a Protestant church was destroyed and ended with the separation between Holland and Switzerland -
Maryland Toleration act
Declared toleration to all Christians, and death to those who denied Jesus -
Capetown
Dutch Farmers (Boers) settled in the Cape Colony -
Glorious Revolution
James II had to share the power with Parliament due to the Magna Carta