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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
Crusades are fought
The Crusades were military campigns aimed to restore access for Christians in the holy places in and around Jerusalem. in the end it was mostly a failure. -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance begins
Social movment that occuered from 14th to 17th cenury trought the spread of art literaure. -
Jan 1, 1337
100 Year War begins
Series of conflicts that lasted around 116 years between France and England for the controlof France. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black death begins in Europe
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Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty
followed after the collaps of the Yuan Dynasty . last dynasty ruled by Ethnic Han Chinese. -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
7 voyages known as the Treasue voyages. brought back forgien ambassabors who where to be declared tributares. -
May 30, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
After her vicory over the English at the siege of Orléans prince Chares VII has crowned King . the English angered by this hunted her down and burned her at the stake for witchcraft and heresy. -
May 29, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
After being under siege for 52 Constantinople fals into the hands of the Ottomans marking the end of the Byzantine Empire. -
Jan 1, 1455
Johannes Gutenburg printing press
printing press was a machine that allowed for the mass production of books,documents,ect. This allowed for cheaper price for texts less labor and allowed to make texts faster -
Jan 1, 1492
1st Voyage of Columbus
Was Columbus's attempt to sail to Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic Ocean. He reached what he thought was india but instead was new land. -
Jan 1, 1492
Jews gypsies and Moors are expelled from Spain
edict issued by King ferdinand and Queen Issabella and ordered that all who did not covert to chritianity would be expelled from there contry.Many fled to other contries like Portugal and were latter expelled the the contrie they fled to.Others manage flee to the Ottoman Empire where they where welcome to imagrate to . -
May 20, 1498
Da Gama lands in India
Da Gamas voyage started on the 8th of July 1497.With a fleed of four ships and170 men they started in Portugal and sailed around the tip of Africa to reach India -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
slave trade across the Atlantic
europe traded weapons with the Africans in exchange for slaves . originally used natives for work force then switched to slave . forced them to work on plantaion. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
most significant dynasty in Persia. controlled over 1,100,391 sq mi .founded by Shāh Ismāil I -
Jan 1, 1502
naming of the new world
Named after Amerigo Vespucci an Italian exlporer .Amerigo came to the conclusion that the land they exploring was not Asia but a new world. The person thought to possably have started calling the new world the Americas could have been Martin Waldseemüller a German catographer. -
Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1507
Da Vinci paints the"Mona Lisa"
aclamed the best work of art in the world. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
Martin Luther created the 95 Theses got get the catholic chruch to evaluate there beliefs and change them. -
Sep 20, 1519
Magellan starts his around the world trip
this was the first time anyone curcumnavigation of the world . Magellan dies during the trip along with most of the crew .18 crew member survied and retured home after three years -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire Begins
pthe Mughal Empire was a Empire spanding from 1526 to 1857 covering most of India and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan . -
Jan 1, 1532
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
. After the Spaniards introduced smallpox it greatly weakened the Incas killing its leader Huayna Capac. civil war broke out between the two of his sons started fighting for contol.Atahualpa won but Pizarro shows up and starts fighting the incas .the incas weakend by smallpox and the civil war were easily deafeted by Pizarro's men -
Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII fonds the Anglican Church
In his belief that his wife could not bear a male son Henry VIII attempts to divorce his wife. when his attempt is deinied he cuts off contact with the Catholic Church and make himself head of the church of englend . -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes the heliocentric theory
Nicolaus Copernicus came up with the idea that the sun did not revoulve around the earth but was stationary and the planets revolved around the sun. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
an effert by the Catholic Church to stop the spread of Protestantism as a part of counter reformation. -
Period: Jun 16, 1556 to
Philip II rules Spain
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Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
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Period: to
Age of Enlightenment
cultural movment in the 17th century . ephezized induviualizm instad of traditions . -
Janestown colony in Virginia is founded
the Jametown colony was the first English colony in the Americas. -
Louis XIV becomes king of France
Helped turn France into one of the greatest contries in Europe . helped France to become the leading contry in arts and literature. got into many wars causing France to go into debt .he abused his power and caused a revolution. -
Qing Dynasty in China Begins
Lasted from 1644 to 1912 with a short aboritve restoration that lasted only a few day occuring in 1917. the Qing dynasty was the last imerial dynasty of China. -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes "Leviathan" the concer or the structure of society and goverment. writen during the English Civil War . -
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Oliver Cromwell Rules England
Political andd Military leader of England.helped Create a civil war in England. -
Peter The Great becomes Tzar
Peter the Great redited with beinging Russia out of the medival Ages and into the modern time.lead Russia into becoming a great nation of Euroepe . Modernized Russia's military and domestic policys . -
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Catherine the Great rules Russia
Catherine the Great was the longest ruling female ruler of the Russian Empire. She came to power after her husband Peter III was assasinated. -
French Revolution begins
King Louis XVI spending brougth France to the edge of bankrupcy.porr harvets nd a drought started and high taxeskindeled unrest amoung the people of France.People took out there anger on the regime by roiting.Leading to revolt and overthrough King Loius XVI . -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
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Reign of Terror begins
Viloent period during the French Revolution known by the mass exicution of enimes of the revolution most killed by guillotine . around 25,000 killed during this period in time. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Came to power in the latter stages of the French Revolution.regarded as the greatest comander in history.fought 60 battles lost only 7.controlled most of euopre -
Napoleon defated at Waterloo
defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition .Napoleon lost 51,000 of his 72,000. Napoleon was exiled on the island of Saint Helena -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
the increase in foriegn ideas and people distupted japans ecomony. Tokugawa blamed for alowing western technology and ideas to enter japan. other militarys used the western technology and modrenized there armies.
