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Jan 1, 1096
Crusades
Holy War was a fight lasting years with the combantents being the Christens vs the Muslems. -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance Begins
It started the relization that Humans are important and that their is more to life than they thought. I t also began in Italy. -
Jan 1, 1337
100 Years War
The 100 years war was a war against many diferent countries fighting for the largest amount of land. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death
Plague was spread by fleas that were on rats that came form cargo ships. It wiped out 1/3 of the Europeon population. -
Sep 23, 1368
Ming Dynasty in China
It took over when the yuan dynasty was weaked by the death of Kublai Khan's death. Zhu Yuanzhang was the man who took over with his rebel army. They started over sea voyages to influence others about China. -
Jan 1, 1400
Printing Press Invented
In the mid 1400s Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press an idea that was started in asia but Gutenburg used metal plates making the press function better. The first thing printed was The Holy Bible. -
Jan 1, 1405
Voyages of Zheng He
He was a helper to the Yongle Emperor. This lead him to be the commander of the southern capital. -
Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc Burning
Joan of Arc belived that she was callled of God to lead the war of France and England. Joan after taking Orleans was tried for witchcraft and heresy, so she was burned at the stake. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans Conquer Constantinople
It was conquered by the sultan Mehmed. It took almost over 2 months as they battled before the Ottomans had won. -
Jan 1, 1492
Jews, Gypsies & Moors expelled from Spain
This declared that if they did not convert to Christianity they would be banned from the country. This also helped start the spanish inqusition. -
Aug 3, 1492
1st Voyage of Columbus
Christopher Columbus had tried to get many kings and queens to finace his voyage the only ones who fineced it was the queen of Spain. He also thought the all of the places he found where india. -
Jan 1, 1498
Da Gama lands in Indis
When he landed in India they established trade routes. Portaguese then looked for new lands for new trade routes. -
Jan 1, 1500
Slave Trade across the Atlantic
Many were anslaved during the colonization of the world. They replaced the indians because they indians were not strong enough and died. -
Jan 1, 1501
Safavid Empire
Was the dynasty in Persia after the Sasanian Empire. This helped spread their relgion. -
Jan 1, 1502
Naming the New World
The new world was named after Amerigo Vespucci. He was one of the first to see the new world in 1499-1502. -
Jan 1, 1503
Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci started work on the Mona Lisa one of the most well known art pieces in all history. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo starts work on the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo starts to paint the sistine chapel which helps inspire the start of the Renaissance. -
Sep 3, 1517
95 Theses
Martin Luther wrote 95 theses and put thm on the wall of the church he wrote them in latin so that only preists would be able to read them most of the theses talked about how some things the church said are not true. -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan starts his trip aroun the world
When he left spain he had 5 ships only 1 made it back. It was a three year trip. -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
Babur was the founder of the Mughal dynasty. They expanned they empire through war. -
Jan 1, 1527
Philip II rules Spain
Spain reached it's greatest time during the rule of Philip II. Part of the reason why is because of the gold and silver from the americas. He saw himself as leader of the counter-reformation and was a true Catholic. This caused him to want England to be Catholic but his wife Queen Mary I died before they could have a child to take the throne. -
Sep 25, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
This is when king henry split the church apart from the roman catholic church, so that he could have control and change rules as he pleases. -
Jan 1, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
When he found the Incan Empire they wee already weak due to smallpox. Pizarro demanded that they adopt Christianity when they refused he killed them. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes Heliocentric theory
He made a theory that the sun is a t the center of the universe, this was called the heliocentric theory. -
Jan 1, 1545
Council of Trent
This was a council made to keep peace between the Protistant and Christian church by pointing out flaws and resolving them. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
Arts flourished during the reign of Queen Elizabet I. She took the crown after her half sisters death. -
Age of Enlightenment
This came after the scientific revolution, and it added to the knowledge that man had. It brought out the fact that humans can solve all problems and it made people solve problems with reason to find truth. -
Jamestown Colony in Virginia Founded
The settlement had hoped to find gold and silver in the new land. Eighty percent of the population there died in the first winter. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
He started the tradition of a monarchy. He said that it revovles around him thus making him have more power than than anyone which made the nobles powerless. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
Manchu rulers helped China grow in strength and land. They showed respect for Chinese customs and maintained confucianism. -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
Leviathan is about political standpoints and rulers. Argues about for social contracts and different rule. -
Oliver Cromwell rules England
When Cromwell became ruler he demanded obedience from everyone. He led a war against Spain. He also had many other foriegn issues. -
Peter I becomes Czar
He was the first ruler to modernize Russia . He brought elements of culture from the west to Russia this was called westernization. -
Cathirine the Great rules Russia
Catherine was angry with her husbands foolish rule and took over. During her rule she prometed the arts and science. She reformed russia. -
French Revolution Begins
This was a battle that cause Napeoleon to become the new leader of France. This was one of the most violent and bloody battles of all time. -
U.S. Constitution Ratified
It was signed and than it was not enough so they ratified. -
Reign of Terror Begins
This was a period after after the French revolution. This time frame had many executions because of different political. -
Napoleon Becomes Emperor
He established a new rule called the Napoleonic Code. He also was one of the greatest military captains of all history. -
Napeoleon Defeted at Waterloo
Napeoleon was defeated at waterloo, because his eneimies teamed against him. Casualties totaled to about 50,000 men. This was the end of Napoleon's fighting days. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
There was first a rebellion against the way that they were being ruled in Japan. This then lead to the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate
