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Period: Sep 17, 1096 to Sep 17, 1291
Crusades are fought
The crusades were a series of military campaigns during the time of Medieval England against the Muslims of the Middle East. The Children's Crusades also occured. -
Sep 17, 1300
Renaissance Begins
The Renaissance is one of the most interesting and disputed periods of European history. Many scholars see it as a unique time with characteristics all its own. -
Sep 17, 1337
100 Years War begins
The name the Hundred Years’ War has been used by historians since the beginning of the nineteenth century to describe the long conflict that pitted the kings and kingdoms of France and England against each other from 1337 to 1453. -
Jan 1, 1346
Black Death begins in Europe
The Black Death had three forms that it came in, the Bubonic plague, the Pnuemonic plague and the septicemic version of the plague. -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty in China
The culture developed rapidly, especially in literature. Three of the four great classical masterpieces of Chinese literature - Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Marsh, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms were written in during this period. -
Oct 16, 1377
Johannes Gutenburg-printing press
A printing press is a device used for evenly printing ink onto paper or any other material. The printing press was a very popular invention because it helped people mass produce different books. -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
Zheng He lead seven epic voyages during his time. He lead his last voyage when he was 59 years old. -
Sep 17, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
On May 30, Joan, 19 years old, was burned at the stake at the Place du Vieux-Marche in Rouen. Before the pyre was lit, she instructed a priest to hold high a crucifix for her to see and to shout out prayers loud enough to be heard above the roar of the flames. -
Oct 17, 1458
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
The capture of Constantinople marked the end of the Roman Empire, an imperial state which had lasted for nearly 1,500 years. After the conquest, Sultan Mehmed transferred the capital of the Ottoman Empire from Adrianople to Constantinople -
Oct 17, 1492
Jews, gypsies, and moors expelled from Spain
Tens of thousands of refugees died while trying to reach safety. In some instances, Spanish ship captains charged Jewish passengers exorbitant sums, then dumped them overboard in the middle of the ocean. In the last days before the expulsion, rumors spread throughout Spain that the fleeing refugees had swallowed gold and diamonds, and many Jews were knifed to death by brigands hoping to find treasures in their stomachs. -
Oct 17, 1492
1st Voyage of Columbus
Columbus set sail with three caravel ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. His first land spotting he named San Salvador -
Jan 1, 1498
Da Gama lands in India
Vasco da Gama sailed in July. After he landed on the coast of Africa, he set sail again across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Slave trade accross Atlantic
This period is also called the Middle Passage. Most of the slaves were taken to Europe when they got off of the ship. Conditions on the ship were horrible also. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
This empire was a theocracy. It made Iran the center of art architect and art, etc. -
Jan 1, 1502
Naming of the "new world"
Columbus discovered a new island and found the New World. Columbus sighted a Bahamiam Island. -
Period: Sep 17, 1503 to Sep 17, 1506
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
The Mona Lisa was painted in Florence, Italy. It was da Vinci's favorite painting that he did. -
Sep 17, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany, in 1483. He became one of Western history’s most significant figures -
Oct 17, 1519
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
Columbus landed in the 'new world' of the Americas in 1492. Explorers coming after him in the 16th century brought the news to Europe that the Pacific Ocean lay beyond the western coast of America. -
Oct 17, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
The resulting Mughal Empire did not stamp out the local societies it came to rule, but rather balanced and pacified them through new administrative practices and diverse and inclusive ruling elites, leading to more systematic, centralized, and uniform rule. Eschewing tribal bonds and Islamic identity, especially under Akbar, the Mughals united their far-flung realms through loyalty, expressed through a Persianised culture, to an emperor who had near-divine status. -
Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
The Anglican Church evovled as part of the Roman Catholic Church. It was first spread world-wide by English colonization. -
Oct 17, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca empire
one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. -
Oct 17, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
The astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a relatively stationary Sun at the center of the Solar System, -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Phillip II rules Spain
Sometimes called the Golden Age. Philip II was also the prince of England and Ireland. -
Oct 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
The childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. In 1558, Elizabeth succeeded her half-sister to the throne, and she set out to rule by good counsel. -
Oct 16, 1580
Michaelango begins painting Sistine Chapel
the Sistine Chapel is a large chapel in Vatican City. Michaelangelo used freso painting to paint the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. -
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Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Englightment was a cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in late 17th-century Western Europe emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It spread across Europe and to the United States, continuing to the end of the 18th century. -
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. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin.[3] An adherent of the concept of the divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin of monarchical rule, Louis continued his predecessors' work of creating a centralized state governed from the capital. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
The dynasty was founded by the Jurchen Aisin Gioro clan in Northeastern China, also known as Manchuria. The dynasty was founded by the Jurchen Aisin Gioro clan in Northeastern China, also known as Manchuria -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
Its name derives from the biblical 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
Oliver was an English military, political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland -
Peter I (the Great) becomes Cezar
Peter the Great died on February 8, 1725. Led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with one that was modern, scientific, Europe-oriented, and based on The Enlightenment. -
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Catherine the Great rules Russia
Yekaterina Alexeevna is her real name. She was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia -
French Revolution begins
A period of radical social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799 that profoundly affected French and modern history, marking the decline of powerful monarchies and churches and the rise of democracy and nationalism -
U.S Constitution ratified
Met at Pennsylvania State House. The ratification process for the Constitution began that day, and ended when the final state, Rhode Island, ratified it on May 29, 1790, three years later. -
Reign of Terror begins
A period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". -
Napolean becomes emperor
A French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe, then came to dominate France and most of Europe, 1799-1815. -
Napolean defeated at Waterloo
A French army under the contol of Napolean, was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
Also known as Tokugawa bakufu. The last feudal Japanese military government which existed between 1603 and 1868.
