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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1291
Crusades are Fought
The Crusades were a series of wars during the Middle Ages. Crusades was a fight between Christians and Muslims in Europe -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance begins
Renaissance means rebirth in French. Renaissance began in Florence. -
Jan 1, 1337
100 Years War begins
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts. It was a fight between France and England -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
results of the black death was an estimated 75 to 200 million people dying and peaking in Europe all caused from fleas carrying a diseases ridding on rats backs to europe in the ships giving the people the disease -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty in China
Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China for 276 years. The Ming, described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/over-1000-ancient-buddha-statues-uncovered-china-001637 -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
The ships of Zheng's armada were as astonishing as its reach. The great baochuan, or treasure ships, had nine masts on 400-foot-long decks -
Jan 1, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
Joan refused to admit that the charges against her were true, but signed a general admission of fault, and promised to wear dresses. -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
With this conquest Ottomans became an Empire and one of the most powerful empires, The conquest of Constantinople followed a seven-week siege -
Jan 1, 1455
johannes gutenberg - printing press
The Gutenberg press was the first "Printer or "Printering press"
to made and to work. Martin Lurther used the printing press to make copies of the bible he translated to germany -
Jan 1, 1492
Jews, Gypsies & moors Expelled from Spain
estimated 13,000 to 40,000 Jews live in Spain today.The remnants of the Spanish Jews, the Sephardic Jews, though the worldwide figure is extremely hard to attain -
Jan 1, 1492
1st voyage of Columbus
He was in command of three ships: the Pinta, the Niña, and the Santa María. Columbus did not sail around the world he did find the Americas though. -
Jan 1, 1498
Da Gama lnads in India
He was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave trade across atlantic
The slaves that were trade had to do with Native Americans but after awhile they did switch over to Afican Americans and started protecting the Native Americans -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
Safavid Empire was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia, and "is often considered the beginning of modern Persian history".They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires after the Muslim conquest of Persia -
Jan 1, 1502
Naming of the ''new world"
The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas, certain Atlantic and Pacific oceanic islands to which the closest continental shelf is that of the Americas, and sometimes Oceania. -
Period: Jan 1, 1503 to Jan 1, 1506
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
asari's account of the Mona Lisa comes from his biography of Leonardo published in 1550, 31 years after the artist's death, and which has long been the best known source of information on the provenance of the work and identity of the sitter -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
The ceiling is that of the large Papal Chapel built within the Vatican by Pope Sixtus IV after whom it is named, and was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II. The chapel is the location for papal conclaves and many important services. -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan starts his "Around the world" trip
Three years later the ships returned to Spain but Magellan was dead. -
Jan 1, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
Mughal was a Persianate empire extending over large parts of the Indian subcontinent and ruled by a dynasty of Chagatai-Turkic origin -
Jan 1, 1533
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
Elizabeth was the first-born child of Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s second wife. In 1536, while Elizabeth was 2 years old, her mother was executed due in large part to her inability to bear Henry a son. -
Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
The name "Anglican" means "of England", but the Anglican church exists worldwide. It began in the sixth century in England -
Jan 1, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and their native allies captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
Copernicus Heliocentrix theory was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at its center. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
Concil of Trent held service in Trento. It has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Philip II rules Spain
During his reign the Spanish empire attained its greatest power, extent, and influence, though he failed to suppress the revolt of the Netherlands -
Period: to
age of enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment is the era in Western. It was a cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in late 17th-century Western Europe -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia founded
Some 100 English colonists arrive along the west bank of the James River in Virginia to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Dispatched from England by the London Company, the colonists had sailed across the Atlantic aboard -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
Louis XIV was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
Qing was the last imperial dynasty of China -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. -
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Oliver Cromwell rules England
Parliament ran England but from Cromwell's point of view, it was not a system that worked effectively and England, as a nation was suffering. As a result, Cromwell, backed by the army, sent home MP’s and he became the effective leader of England from 1653 to 1658. -
Peter I (The greater) becomes Czar
King Philip II of Spain, also known as Philip the Prudent, ruled one of the world's largest empires. The Philippines are named after him. -
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Catherine the great rules Russia
Catherine was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia -
French Revolution begins
In the 1770s, the social and political system of Franche Old Regime
remained in place. Under this system, the people of France were divided intothree large social classes, or estates. -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government -
Reign of Terror begins
Region of Terror was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Napoleon was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. -
Napoleon defeated @ Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte , who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
Tokugawa Shogunate was the last feudal Japanese military government. The heads of government were the shoguns,[ and each was a member of the Tokugawa clan
