World History 1096-1867

  • Period: Oct 7, 1096 to Oct 7, 1291

    Crusades are fought

  • Oct 7, 1300

    Renaissance begins

    Renaissance begins
  • Period: Sep 25, 1337 to Sep 25, 1453

    100 Years War begins

  • Oct 7, 1347

    Black Death begins in Europe

    Black Death begins in Europe
  • Period: Oct 7, 1368 to

    Ming Dynasty in China

  • Oct 7, 1400

    Johannes Gutenberg-printing press

    Johannes Gutenberg-printing press
  • Period: Oct 13, 1405 to Oct 13, 1433

    Voyages of Zheng He

  • Sep 25, 1431

    Joan of Arc burned at the stake

    Joan of Arc burned at the stake
  • Oct 7, 1453

    Ottomans conquer Constantinople

    Ottomans conquer Constantinople
  • Sep 25, 1492

    Jews, Gypsies, and Moors expelled from Spain

    Jews, Gypsies, and Moors expelled from Spain
  • Oct 7, 1492

    1st voyage of Columbus

    1st voyage of Columbus
  • Sep 25, 1498

    Da Gama lands in India

    Da Gama lands in India
  • Period: Sep 25, 1500 to

    Slave trade across Atlantic

  • Period: Sep 25, 1501 to

    Safavid Empire

  • Sep 25, 1502

    Naming of the New World

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

    Da Vinci paints Mona Lisa

  • Oct 7, 1508

    Michaelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel

    Michaelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
  • Mar 12, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
  • Oct 7, 1519

    Magellan starts his "around the world" trip

    Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
  • Sep 25, 1526

    Mughal Empire begins

    Mughal Empire begins
  • Oct 7, 1534

    Henry VIII founds Anglican Church

  • Oct 7, 1537

    Pizarro invades Inca Empire

  • Oct 7, 1543

    Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

  • Aug 28, 1545

    Council of Trent

  • Period: Oct 7, 1545 to Oct 7, 1563

    Council of Trent

  • Period: Sep 25, 1556 to

    Philip II rules Spain

  • Period: to

    Age of Elightenment

  • Jamestown, colony in Virgina, founded

  • Louis XIV becomes king of France

  • Qing Dynasty in China begins

  • Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan

  • Period: to

    Oliver Cromweill rules England

  • Peter I (the Great) becomes czar

  • Period: to

    Catherine the Great rules Russia

  • U.S Constitution is ratified

  • French Revolution begins

  • Reign of Terror begins

  • Napoleon becomes Emperor

  • Napolean defeated at Waterloo

  • Tokugawa Shogunate ends