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The Influence of Technology on the Development of the Centralized European State 1400-1600

By naresuan
  • Oct 25, 1415

    Battle of Agincourt

    Battle of Agincourt
    In the Hundred Years War, the Battle of Agincourt was a decisive victory for the English. However, it also was an important sign of the end of the dominance of mounted calvary on the battlefield, overtaken by the power of the longbow.
  • May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    Fall of Constantinople
    Sultan Mehmet II's conquest of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire is significant both as a step on the Ottoman Empire's path to strength, and technologically for the use of heavy cannon in battle for the first significant time.
  • Period: Nov 4, 1487 to Dec 30, 1525

    Jakob Fugger the Younger's Control of Fugger Bank

  • Jan 2, 1492

    Surrender of Granada to The Crown of Aragon and Castille

    Surrender of Granada to The Crown of Aragon and Castille
    The fall of the Emirate of Granada, expedited by Spanish use of gunpowder infantry and artillery, concluded the Reconquista of Spain, unifying all of the Iberian peninsula (except Portugal) under a single personal union.
  • May 20, 1498

    Vasco Da Gama lands at Calicut

    Vasco Da Gama lands at Calicut
    Da Gama's voyages for the Portugese Crown, which established the Portugese Empire in Asia, were facilitated by the development of ships like the light caravel and heavy carrack in the 1400s by Portugese shipbuilders under Prince Henry the Navigator
  • Jun 28, 1519

    Election of Charles V to Imperial Throne

    Election of Charles V to Imperial Throne
    The election of Charles V of Spain to throne of the Holy Roman Empire was heavily financed by loans from the Függer Bank, making the bank a strong factor in the creation of one of the most powerful states of 1500s Europe, the Habsburg Empire.
  • Aug 13, 1521

    Spanish Conquest of Mexico

    Spanish Conquest of Mexico
    The conquest of the Aztec Triple Alliance by the Spanish Conquistadors created the first major European colonial empire, benefiting the centralized authority of the Spanish Crown.
  • Nov 7, 1571

    First use of Mercury Amalgamation in Mines of Potosi

    First use of Mercury Amalgamation in Mines of Potosi
    While the mines of Potosi had been worked by the Spanish since 1545, their efficiency increased four-fold wjhen mercury from nearby mines in Huancavelica were used to refine the silver more efficiently using modern methods, increasing the wealth of the Spanish even more.

  • Battle of Niuvenport

    Battle of Niuvenport
    A tactical victory for the Dutch, in which Maurice of Nassau's new tactics using muskets and arquebuses are shown to defeat the Spanish. This victory, and others like it in the Dutch Revolt, allowed for the development of the Dutch State.