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Aug 26, 1096
Crusades Are Fought
A war between the Muslims and Christians for the Holy Land.
European kings gained more power because of the number of nobels that died in battle.
Lasts until 1291 -
Sep 4, 1300
Renaissance begins
Renassiance means rebirth, which began a new direction in art. They began to take interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture, which made them to think of having a good education. The movements from learning different subjects (Grammar, poetry, history and Latin) was called humanism -
Sep 4, 1337
100 Year War begins
Between France and England. It was fought for land in France, because England had land in France and wanted more. Even though it's called the '100 year war' it acually was musch longer than only 100 years, and in during the time the call it this there were chunks of times of peace. -
Aug 26, 1347
Black Death Begins in Europe
Entire towns were wiped out between 1347and 1351.
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Sep 30, 1368
Ming Dynasty in China
Hongwu worked to rebuild Chine. He reduced takes and passed reforms to improve agricultrure and trade, increasing stability and proeperity in China.
Lasts until 1644 -
Sep 8, 1400
Johannes Gutenberg- Printing Press
(Mid 1400's)
Letters of the al[habet were cast onto metal plates and locked those plates into a wooden press. Movable type writing made producing books and other printed material fast and cheaper, and available to more people. His first publication was the Bible. -
Sep 30, 1405
Voyage of Zheng He
Lasts until 1433 -
Sep 12, 1431
Joan Arc
She began to have visions at the age of 13, and she was burned at the age of 19. She became a bit of a symbol for France. In 1920 she becomes cannonized- a saint. She is known as the Saint of Orleans. -
Oct 14, 1453
Ottomans Conquer Constantinople
This conquest made them an Empire, and one of the most powerful as well. When they Ottomans found out that they would not be able to break the lock from the floating logs, called Golden Horns, the fleet anchored in Dolmanache would move to the gates and take the element of surprise. -
Sep 18, 1492
1st Voyage of Columbus
He set out to reach Asia by sailing across the Atlantic. The sailed for about two months before the say any land, and when they finally saw land - the Americas he believed he had completed his goal. -
Oct 21, 1492
Jews, Gypsis & Moors Expelled from Spain
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Sep 26, 1497
Da Gama Lands in India
Another Portuguese explorer. When he set out for India he stopped at several African ports. His return caused great excitment among the Portuguese which lead to another exploror finding and claiming the land that is now Brazil. -
Sep 29, 1500
Copernicus Publishes heliocentic theory
He placed the Earth as the third planet from the Sun, and in his model, the moon orbits the Earth- not the Sun.He also hypothesized that the stars did not orbit the Earth, but that the Earth rotates, and that makes the stars look like they have moved in the sky. -
Oct 21, 1501
Safavid Empire
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Sep 26, 1502
Naming of the New World
Amerigo Wespucci was the one to find out that the new land was not Asia. He found this out when we sailed along the coast of South America. Map makers named the land America in his honor. -
Sep 8, 1503
Da Vinci Paints the Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa tries to capture the complexity of the human spirit. He used a "mysterious smile" to try and capture it's complexity. It is still well known and admired. -
Aug 28, 1508
Michelangelo Begins Painting Sistine Chapel
He painted vivid, expressive scenes from the Bible.
They would climb 40-foot ladders to a scaffolding, then to another 20 feet to a platform 7 feet beneath the ceiling. -
Sep 4, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses
In the theses, Luther flately denies that indulgence has any power to remit sin. They were written for the church, and in academic Latin, which most did not understand. -
Sep 18, 1519
Magellan Starts His "Around the World" Trip
He set out with 5 ships and 250 mean to sail for Spain. Some of his men mitinied or rebelled during their long journey. When their fleet reached the Philippines Magellan was killed in battle and the journey was taken over by Juan Sebastián. -
Oct 21, 1526
Mughal Empire Begins
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Sep 26, 1532
Pizarro Invades the Inca Empire
Pizarro has heard of the fabulous wealth that Peru had and hoped to gain some. Their new ruler, Atahualpa agreed to meet with him. When they met he demanded that he give over the empire to Pizarro, and when he refused the Spanish took him as a prisoner. -
Oct 2, 1534
Henry VIII Founds Anglican Church
Through the Act of Supremacy he made himself the "supreme head" of the Church Of England. He destroyed Catholic shrines and ordered the Great Bible to be placed in all churchs. -
Oct 21, 1545
Council of Trent
Lasts until 1563. -
Oct 3, 1556
Philip II Rules Spain
He governed Spain in her "Golden-Age." During his reign he saw the economic decline and bankruptcy. His greatest failing was not listening to his won judgement and instead taking the advice of others around him. -
Oct 3, 1558
Elizabeth I Becomes Queen of England
Daugher of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth was more moderate in government than her father and siblings had been. She never married, or had kids, and she tried to stay out of expensive wars. -
Slave Trade across Atlantic
Ended in the 1800s. A shortage of labors in the Americas led to the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade. Because Europeans diseases had killed millions, they needed more workers for their plantations. As a result, millions of Africans were forcibly taken to the Americas. -
Age of Enlightenment
The new generation of philosophers began to view reason as the best way to understand the truth. It was a time of optimisn and possibilities. When the Enlightenment reached its peak, Paris was the center of intellectual activity. This time period envoked the notion that the problems of the world could be corrected by educated people. -
Jamestown, Colony in Virginia, Founded
The settlers of Jamestown hoped to find gold and silver and possibly a river route to the Pacific. Some 80 percent of the settlers died during their first winter in America, due to the marshy groun and impure water. Even though they had often recieved aid from locals during the early years, many colonists viewed the Natice Americans with dustrust, or anger. -
Louis XIV Becomes King of France
He led an absolute monarchy and he is known for his aggressive foreign policy. Even thought he became King on 1643, it wasn't until 1661 that he took control, and that was because of the death of Mazarin. He managed to improve France's unorganized system of taxes, and limit bad borrowing practices. -
Qing Dynasty in China Begins
Last Imperial dynasty of China. They ruled for about 300 years. The word Qing in China means "pure." There reign failed because of internal corruption and denial of changing times. -
Oliver Cromwell rules England
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Peter I (the Great) Becomes Czar
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Catherine the Great rule Russia
Died in 1796.
After her husband became Czar Peter III in 1761, Catherine grew angry at his weak ruling nature, as did many other Russian nobles. Catherine was able to seize power from the new czar, who was murdered, and she was declared czarina of Russia. She was influenced by major European thinkers who beleived that a strong and wise ruler would improve life. -
U.S. Constitution is Ratified
Went into effect in 1789.
The Constitution is the supreme law of the U.S. The original only consisted of ten amendments, and later was amended twenty-seven times. The first ten are known as the Bill of Rights, and they give specific protentions over liberty and justice. -
Fench Revolution Begins
Ended in 1799.
The French people had grown angry at the kind for his inability to deal with the declining living conditions. AS the people got fed up with the the monarchy, the went into an open rebellion and took control over the prisons. This became a symbol of the people rebelling against the monarchy. -
Reign of Terror
Ended in 1794.
This was a period of immense violence which was a conflict between political factions, and was marked by its mass executions. The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands. During this time, violence became a normal method to use when dealing with counter-revolutionaries. -
Napolean Becomes Emperor
He had a big ceremony when he proclaimed himself as the emperor and Josephine empress. Even though he had Pope PIus VII at this celebration, he would not Prius to crown him, and instead crowned himself and Josephone. He then next moved to create an aristocracy in which he started granting tiles to people who would serve him rather well. -
Napolean defeated @ Waterloo
The final confrontation pittied Napoleon's troops against British troops led by the Duke of Wellington. One of Britian's allies, Prussia came to rheir aid. Napoleon's troops were no match. They were driven off the field. This defeat was the end of his military career. -
Tokugawa Shogunate Ends
