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May 29, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
The Ottoman Empire, an islamic empire, conquered Constantinople and took over trade operations in the Middle East. This empire would spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa until 1919. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth 1 becomes Queen of England
Queen Elizabeth ruled from November 17 1558 to her death which was March 24 1603. She ruled for the longest time ever at that time in English history. Her time of ruling is known as the Golden Age because of all her accomplishments. -
England defeats the Spanish Armada
Spain is the most powerful Country until 1588 when queen elizabeth defeats the Spanish Armada and England becomes the most powerful Country. -
Tokugawa Shogunate
Togawa clan takes over imperial Japan and establishes itself as the Shogun. They establish the capital at Kyoto and rule until 1857. -
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The Thirty Years War
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The Thirty Years war began when Ferdinand II of bohemia tried to put a restriction on religous activities of his subjects sparking rebellion among the Protosens. -
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English Civil War
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Ths wat was also known as the Great Rebellion. The war took place in the British Isles between those who supported the monarchy of charles I and those who didn't support him in his kingdom. The war ended with King Charles I getting executed and the Protectorate being led by Oliver Cromwell. -
Manchus found the Qing Dynasty in China
The Qing Dynasty is also known as the The Dynasty lasted until 1912, which is the longest and last dynasty for china. -
Peter the Great becomes Czar of Russia
Ruled with his brother Ivan V until 1696 when Ivan died. When he started ruling Russia, it was seriously under developed. When the Renaissance and reformation swept through Europe, Russia didn't participate in modernization and stayed isolated. -
Catherine the Great becomes Czarina of Russia
When she was empress of Russia she led the Country into political and cultural life of Europe. She wasn't born into the Russian royal family, she married into to it. -
The British colonies of North America declare their Independence
When America broke off into it's own country.The British loses their number one colony. -
the french revolution
during this time of war, French citizens redesigned their countries political landscape, changing old institutions such as absolute monarchy and feudal systems. -
The Industrial revolution
It all started when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which separated the cotton seeds from the raw cotton fibers. This saved farmers a lot of time and made Eli a lot of money. He also invented a quicker and less expensive way to make guns, because his guns were made by machines they were all the same so all the parts were easy to replace. -
The British Colanization of India
trading With India was one of the main reasons for European exploration. The search for wealth and prosperity was one of the reason for the accidental discovery of the America's by Christopher Columbus. -
Napoleonic age
This era is generally known as the fourth and final stage of the French revolution. The first being the national assembly, the second being the legislative assembly, and the third being the directory. They also established the French consulate. -
The Unification of Italy
the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into a single state of the kingdom of Italy -
Mexico declares it's independance from spain
After eleven years of fighting the Mexican war for Independence from Spain, Juan de O'Donoju signs the treaty of Cordoba that approves Mexico's independent constitutional Monarchy. -
The Great Reform Bill of 1832
an act of parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes the electoral system of England and whales. -
The Opium wars
the first Opium war in 1839 was between china and Britain. The second Opium war in 1856 was between Britain and France against China. -
The Great Potato Famine
In 1845 there was a disease infecting potato's that caused the leaf and the edible part of the plat to be harmed called late blight. This ended in 1849 -
Karl Marx and Frederic Engels publish the Communist Manifesto
The communist manifesto was published in London by a group of German-born revolutionary socialist known as the communist league. It basically stated that the inevitable victory of the working class would put an end to class society forever -
The Taiping rebellion
The Taiping rebellion lasted 14 and took 20 million lives with it. The beliefs if the taipings included beliefs that reflected traditional confucianism and some from ancient writings that had never been practiced before. -
Charles Darwin publishes The origin of Species
Darwin's theory argued that organisms gradually evolve through a process called natural selection -
The Civil war begins in the United States
Confederate shore batteries under general pgt Beauregar opened fire on union held for Sumpter in South Carolina's Charleston bay -
The Emancipation Proclomation
a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln. -
The Meiji restoration
this event heralded the birth of modern japan. Soon after seizing power, the emperor Meiji moved the royal court from Kyoto to Tokyo, Dismantled feudalism, and enacted widespread reforms along western models. -
The suez canal
In 1854 the former French consul to Cairo secured an agreement with the Ottoman governor of Egypt to build a canal 100 miles across the Isthmus of Suez. In 1869 construction began. -
The unification of germany
princes of the German states gathered to proclaim Wilhelm 1 of Prussia of German emperor. The politically and administratively into graded a nation. -
The Berlin conference
THe conference that sets the stage for Africa. European countries sectioned off land from Africa so each country could have land there. There were only three parts of Africa during that time. Some people call it the scramble in Africa. -
The Russo-Japanese War
During the time of the war the Japanese gained power and defeated Russia. This shocked the world because Japan beat a European Country. When Russia loses they go into the Russian revolution. -
The Mexican Revolution
This revolution ended dictatorship in Mexico and established a constitutional republic -
The Mexican Revolution
The revolution ended dictatorship in Mexico and established a constitutional republic. -
The Chinese Revolution
Chinese revolution nationalist democratic revolt overthrew the Qing dynasty in 1912 and created a republic -
World War I
in June of 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated which caused world war 1 to start in August of 1914. -
The Russian Revolution
this revolution ended centuries of Imperial rule and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead o the formation of the soviet union
