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Aug 25, 1096
Crusades are fought
A battle between christians and muslims for the Holy Land. Now known as pakistan.1096-1291 -
Aug 27, 1300
Renaissance begins
Urban areas began to specialize. A sustained period of renewed interest and remarkable developments in art, literature, science, and learning. -
Sep 11, 1337
100 Years War begins
It was'nt just one war it was many. It was a war between France and England. Mostly fought in France, there were also many times of peace. Joan of Arc came from this time period. -
Aug 25, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
Killed about 1/3 of the population. -
Sep 11, 1368
Ming dynasty in China
Reduced taxes and passed reforms to improve agriculture and trade, increasing stability and prosperity in China.1368-1644 -
Oct 7, 1405
Voyages of Zheng He
Zheng He's first voyage departed 11 July 1405, from Suzhou and consisted of a fleet of 317 ships holding almost 28,000 crewmen. Zheng He's fleets visited Brunei, Thailand and Southeast Asia, India, the Horn of Africa, and Arabia, dispensing and receiving goods along the way. Zheng He presented gifts of gold, silver, porcelain, and silk; in return, China received such novelties as ostriches, zebras, camels, and ivory from the Swahili.[51]:206[54][55][56][57] The giraf -
Sep 11, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at stake
She was 19 when she was burned at the stake. Was a symbol of the the resurgance of France. Had vissions at the age of 13 of the outcome of the war. -
Oct 3, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
The capture of Constantinople (and two other Byzantine splinter territories soon thereafter) marked the end of the Roman Empire, an imperial state which had lasted for nearly 1,500 years.[32] The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople also dealt a massive blow to Christendom, as the Ottoman armies thereafter were free to advance into Europe without an adversary to their rear. -
Aug 29, 1455
Johannes Gutenberg-printing press
Johannes cast the letters of the alphabet onto metal plates and locked those plates into a wood press. -
Sep 25, 1492
1st voyage of Columbus
His voyage's led to the widespread knowledge of the existence of a new continent. The breakthrough in geographical science led to the colonization of the New World by major European sea powers and is sometimes cited as the start of the Modern Era. -
Oct 9, 1492
Jews, gypsies & moors expelled from Spain
The Edict of Expulsion was issued when the Inquisition did not achieve its aims and the Spanish Jews weregiven four months to sell their property and leave the country. The reason given was that all prior attempts to stop Christians from returning to their Jewish roots had failed. Expulsion was the only way to guarantee Jews would not influence Spanish Christians. -
Sep 11, 1497
Da Gama lands in India
Portuguese established trading centers from which they could ship goods back to Europe. As a result Portugal became one of the richest and most powerful nations in Europe. -
Sep 29, 1500
Slave trade across Atlantic
The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World, many on the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, were West Africans from the central and western parts of the continent sold by West Africans to Western European slave traders, or by direct European capture to the Americas. -
Oct 7, 1501
Safavid Empire
one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia (modern Iran), and "is often considered the beginning of modern Persian history".They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires after the Muslim conquest of Persia and established the Twelver school of Shi'a Islam as the official religion of their empire, marking one of the most important turning points in Muslim history. 1501-1722 -
Sep 25, 1502
Naming of the "new world"
The term originated in the early 16th century after Europeans made landfall in what would later be called "the Americas" in the age of discovery, expanding the geographical horizon of the people. The term was first coined by Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci. -
Sep 23, 1503
Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel. It captures the complexity of the human spirit with its mysterious smile. -
Aug 27, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for four years. He was 70 feet off of the ground. It was a sign that European society was begginning to change. -
Sep 19, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
FLatly denied that indulgences was sinful. He also criticized the power of the pope and the wealth of the church. -
Sep 5, 1519
Magellan's around the world trip
He set out with 5 ships and 250 men. When he landed they fought the natives and he died. Only only 18 original surivors of the crew. -
Oct 7, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
The beginning of the empire is conventionally dated to the founder Babur's victory over Ibrahim Lodi in the first Battle of Panipat.It reached its peak extent under Aurangzeb, and declined rapidly after his death (in 1707) under a series of ineffective rulers. The empire's collapse followed heavy losses inflicted by the smaller army of the Maratha Empire in the Deccan Wars -
Oct 9, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
Became the established church by an Act of Parliament in the Act of Supremacy, beginning a series of events known as the English Reformation. During the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip, the church was fully restored under Rome in 1555. The pope's authority was again explicitly rejected after the accession of Queen Elizabeth I when the Act of Supremacy of 1558 was passed. -
Sep 5, 1537
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
Pizarro demanded that Aahualpa accept christianity and hand over his empire. -
Sep 29, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets rotating around it in circular paths modified by epicycles and at uniform speeds. The Copernican model departed from the Ptolemaic system that prevailed in Western culture for centuries, placing Earth at the center of the Universe, and is often regarded as the launching point to modern astronomy and the Scientific Revolution. -
Oct 7, 1545
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. -
Sep 15, 1556
Philip II rules Spain
A steady stream of gold and silver from its American colonies. A chance to spread catholicism came when he married Queen Mary I of England, who was also a catholic. -
Sep 9, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
Restores the Church of England and support for Protestism. Is married. Tries to find supporters. -
Age of Enlightenment
Was a cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in late 17th-century Europe emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.[1] Its purpose was to reform society using reason, to challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith, and to advance knowledge through the scientific method. -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
Settlers hoped to find gold and silver and possibly a river route to the Pacific. Instead, they found marshy ground and impure water. -
Luos XIV becomes king of France
Wanted fame for himself and glory for France.Led France during a time of great power, prosperity, and glory. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
China grew prosperous and expanded to it's largest size in history. -
Thomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
His book Leviathan established social contract theory, the foundation of most later Western political philosophy.In moral and political philosophy, the social contract or political contract is a theory or model, originating during the Age of Enlightenment, that typically addresses the questions of the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual. -
Oliver Cromwell rules England
Cromwell was a Puritan. He was a highly religious man who believed that everybody should lead their lives according to what was written in the Bible. The word "Puritan" means that followers had a pure soul and lived a good life. Cromwell believed that everybody else in England should follow his example. -
Peter I (The Great) becomes Czar
Was determined to westernize Russia. He modernized the army, brought the church under control, built up Russian industry, started a newspaper, and sponsored new schools. -
Catherine The Great
Wanted to expand Russia's territory and make Russia more European. -
U.S. Constitution is ratified
When a bill of rights was proposed in Congress in 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution. Finally, Rhode Island, which had rejected the Constitution in March 1788 by popular referendum, called a ratifying convention in 1790. -
French Revolution
King Louis XVI needed money. His financial crisis forced the French monarch to reluctantly convene the Estates General in order to levy a new land tax that would hopefully solve his monetary woes. It had been 175 years since the last meeting of this deliberative body that included representatives of three Estates: the First comprised of the clergy, the Second comprised of the nobility and the Third comprised of the middle and lower classes. -
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". -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
He took power in a coup d'état in 1799 and installed himself as First Consul. In 1804 he made himself emperor of the French people. He fought a series of wars —the Napoleonic Wars—that involved complex coalitions for and against him. -
Napoleon defeated @ waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
Society in the Tokugawa period, unlike the shogunates before it, was supposedly based on the strict class hierarchy originally established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The daimyo, or lords, were at the top, followed by the warrior-caste of samurai, with the farmers, artisans, and traders ranking below.
