world history 1096-1867

  • Period: Sep 25, 1096 to Sep 25, 1291

    Crusades are fought

  • Sep 28, 1300

    Renaissance begins

    Renaissance begins
  • Sep 25, 1337

    100 years War begins

    100 years War begins
  • Sep 28, 1347

    Black Death begins in Europe

    Black Death begins in Europe
  • Period: Sep 25, 1368 to

    Ming Dynasty in China

  • Period: Sep 28, 1405 to Sep 28, 1433

    Voyages of Zheng He

  • Sep 25, 1431

    Joan of Arc burned at the stake

    Joan of Arc burned at the stake
  • Sep 25, 1453

    Ottomans conquer Constantinople

    Ottomans conquer Constantinople
  • Sep 28, 1455

    Johannes Gutenberg - printing press

    Johannes Gutenberg - printing press
  • Sep 25, 1492

    1st Voysge of Columbus

    1st Voysge of Columbus
  • Sep 25, 1498

    Da Gamma lands in India

    Da Gamma lands in India
  • Period: Sep 28, 1500 to

    Slave trade across Atlantic

  • Sep 25, 1502

    Naming of the "New World"

    Naming of the "New World"
  • Period: Sep 25, 1503 to Sep 25, 1506

    Da Vinci paints the '"Mona Lisa"

  • Sep 28, 1508

    Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel

    Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
  • Sep 25, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
  • Sep 28, 1519

    Magellan starts his "around the world" trip

    Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
  • Sep 28, 1525

    Maughal Empire begins

    Maughal Empire begins
  • Sep 25, 1534

    Henry VIII founds Anglican Church

    Henry  VIII founds Anglican Church
  • Sep 28, 1537

    Pizarro invades the Inca Empire

    Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
  • Sep 28, 1543

    Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

    Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
  • Period: Sep 25, 1545 to Sep 25, 1563

    Council of Trent

  • Period: Sep 25, 1556 to

    Philip II rules Spain

  • Sep 28, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
  • Sep 28, 1558

    Louis XIV becomes Queen of England

    Louis XIV becomes Queen of England
  • Period: to

    Age of Enlihtenment

  • Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded

    Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
  • Qing Dynasty in China begins

    Qing Dynasty in China begins
  • Period: to

    Oliver Cromwell rules England

  • Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
  • Peter I (the Great ) becomes Czar

    Peter I (the  Great ) becomes Czar
  • Period: to

    Catherine the Great rules Russia

  • French Revolution begins

    French Revolution begins
  • U.S Constitution is ratified

    U.S Constitution is ratified
  • Reign of Terror begins

    Reign of Terror begins
  • Napoleon becomes Emperor

    Napoleon becomes Emperor
  • Napoleon defeated @ Waterloo

    Napoleon defeated @ Waterloo
  • Jews, gypsies & moors expelled from Spain

    Jews, gypsies & moors expelled from Spain