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Feb 6, 1400
Prince Henry the navigator
Helped european exploration by inventing a navigation system and school used by mainly all explorers and started maritime trade. -
Jan 1, 1450
Beginning of portuguese slave trade
portuguese began capturing slaves with so filling high labor demands in europe, portugal ect. -
Feb 6, 1450
Reign of Sunni Ali
became the first king of the Songhay empire. -
Period: Feb 8, 1450 to
Period 4 Timeline
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Feb 6, 1451
Reign of Mehmed the conqueror
one of the famous sultans of Ottoman Empire with his intelligence. -
Feb 6, 1464
Songhay Empire
strengthen islam in west africa with aid of strong military and salt trade -
Feb 6, 1494
Columbus' first voyage
first explorer to encounter caribbean land, reaching the bahamas. -
Feb 6, 1494
Dias' first voyage into the Indian Ocean
Was the first person to round good cape of hope crossing into namibia. -
Feb 6, 1497
Treaty of Tordesillas
treaty between the spanish and portugal; gaining the spanish, america lands and portugal owning lands in brazil, african and Asia. -
Feb 6, 1501
Safavid Dynasty
spent most of history fighting ottoman empire due to sending preachers to different areas in the ottoman empire. leading to the massacre of sunni muslims -
Feb 6, 1517
Martin Luther
German monk that created 95 theses -
Feb 6, 1520
Reign of suleyman the magnificent
became sultant expanded his court and city. he built new palaces and schools etc. and exploded culture with his scientific achievements -
Feb 6, 1524
Foundation of society of jesus
took vows of poverty and chastity and made plans to work for the conversion of Muslims. -
Feb 6, 1526
spanish conquest of mexico
Cortez's men destroyed the city, killed thousands of Aztecs, and ushered in centuries of Spanish rule. They also introduced the Spanish language to an area with a variety of indigenous languages, most notably Nahuatl, the official language of the Aztec empire -
Feb 6, 1533
John Calvin
Famous for his involvement in Calvinism -
Feb 6, 1540
Mughal dynasty
connected with many different regions with its highly centralized administration. -
Feb 6, 1564
Galileo Galolei
improved magnification on the telescope 30x and theorized the movement of jupiter's moons. -
Spanish Armada
fled over 130 ships for battle but was defeated by the british. -
Tokugawa Shogunate
invented the first japanese feudal government -
30 years war
religious war between catholics and protestants that lasted 30 years -
Peace of Westphalia
Ended the 30 and 80 years war. -
John Locke
famous philosopher and physician -
Qing Dynasty
Was the last imperial dynasty of china, over throwing the Ming dynasty. -
Reign of emperor Wanli
unified china and the great wall of china -
Seven year war
Massive conflict between britain and france making the first genuine world war. -
Establishment of the 1st colony in Australia
overcrowding became an issue in the british prison system and discovered australia as an opportunity to establish a new colony. -
Haitian Revolution
lead to the separation from the french colonial government. -
End of the british slave trade
slave trade act banned people from having slaves which caused a downfall to this industry.