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Period: Feb 17, 1301 to
Ottomon empire
an islamic russian empire that expanded deep into russia. was an amazing millitary force. -
Mar 4, 1394
prince henry the navigator
portuguese prince who was responsible for some of the early european exploration. he started to explore the african coast wich was unknown to the europeans at the time. -
Feb 16, 1400
beginning of portuguese slave trade
portuguese capture 12 slaves and that begins the whole atlantic slave trade. portuguese started it many years before the others joined in -
Period: Mar 30, 1432 to May 3, 1481
reign of mehmed the conquerer
was sultan of ottoman empire twice. he conquered constantinople at age 21 -
Feb 11, 1483
martin luther
started the protestant reformation. made 95 thesis thing that listed changes for the church. believed you could still connect to god even when alone by reading the bible -
Oct 10, 1487
dias voyage into indian ocean
headed along the west coast of africa. the voyage lasted 16 months. -
Aug 3, 1492
columbus' first voyage
gold glory and god. three things most explorers columbus included searched for. he discovered the americas and called the natives indians thinking himself in india -
Feb 16, 1509
john clavin
french theologian and pastor during the protestant reformation. formed calvinism. -
Period: Sep 30, 1520 to Sep 7, 1566
reign of suleyman the magnificent
longest reigning sultan of the ottoman empire. he headed over the military and personally led them into battle. -
Period: Feb 17, 1526 to
Mughal dynasty
ruled most of india. founded by a turkic prince. lasted till around the mid 19th century -
Feb 16, 1534
foundation of the society of jesus
founded by an ingured man in 1534. the men were called jesuits. -
Dec 13, 1545
council of trent
council of the catholic church. helped revise the church and make peace with protestants -
Period: Feb 16, 1556 to
reign of akbar
was only 14 years old when he suceeded his father. he was a noble and ambitous commander, who built the largest army in the entire history of the mughal empire -
Feb 17, 1564
galileo galilei
famous scientist in the enlightenment. invented the telescope, and discovered mountains onn the moon. discovered sunspots. -
Period: Feb 17, 1572 to Feb 17, 1582
reign of emporer wanli
the emporer of the ming dynasty who acended the throne at age nine. for the first ten years of his life he had help from a man called zhang. after zhang died wanli took total control of the government and stopped many conflicts. -
john locke
english philosopher. regarded as the father of classical liberalism. -
Period: to
Qing dynasty
aka the manchu dynasty. an enormous project of imperial expansion. surprisingly a foriegn and nomadic origin of itself -
peace of westphalia
a series of peace treaties that ended the thirty year war. the signing of the treaties lasted till october 1648 -
establishment of the first colony in australia
the british were the first to establish a colony on this slightly ignored continent. it started out as a colony for banished convicts. -
hatian revolution
slave revolt in french colony. culminated the end of slavery there -
end of the brittish slave trade
an act of parliment abolished slave trade, but not slavery itself. many thought that slavery would die out with the act. it was not until 26 years later that it finally ended