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Period: Jan 1, 1415 to
Unit 4
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Feb 3, 1451
Murad II
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies -
Feb 14, 1451
Louis XI
Married Charlotte of Savoy -
May 9, 1451
Amerigo Vespucci
Italian explore, is born -
Oct 31, 1451
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer is born -
Mar 19, 1452
Frederick III
Last Holy Roman Emperor to be crowned in Rome -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist and inventor is born -
Jan 1, 1453
Constantinople
Ottoman Turks Capture Constantinople -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartholomew Diaz
Discovered Cape of Good Hope -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus sails from Spain
Columbus goes to find Asia -
Jan 1, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Moved Line of Demarcation west -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco Da Gama
Founfd the water route to Asia -
Jan 1, 1519
Voyage of Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan found a thin passagway at the southern tip of South America -
Jan 22, 1532
First permanent Portuguese settlement
São Vicente is established in Brazil -
Jan 12, 1539
Treaty of Toledo
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Francis I of France agree to make no further alliances with England. -
Jan 1, 1570
China and Silver
Everyone must pay China in Silver -
Tabacco
7,000 tabacco shops in London -
Pilgrims
Pilgrim Fathers head to America -
Plague
The Italian plague reaches Venice. -
The Success
Last ship of the Winthrop Fleet lands safely at Salem harbor -
Oedipe premires
Pierre Corneille's Oedipe premieres in Paris. -
Wine at Cape of Good Hope
Jan van Riebeeck produces the first South African wine. -
Treaty of The Hague.
Treaty of The Hague is signed by the Netherlands, England, and France. -
Mount Etna erupts
Kills 20,000 people -
Death of Pope
Pope Clement IX dies -
Siberian Population
70% was Russian and 30% was native Siberian -
Treaty of Stockholm
Treaty of Stockholm is signed by Sweden and Prussia. -
New King of Sweden
Frederick I is the new King of Sweden. -
Frederick II comes to power
Upon the death of his father Frederick II comes to power in Prussia. -
Pogrom
Jews are expelled from Little Russia. -
Riots in Paris
Riots in France fueled by rumors of police abducting children