History

Year 8 History: Introductory Task-Timeline

  • Period: Jan 1, 700 to

    The Polynesian expansion across the Pacific

  • Jan 1, 1000

    The Polynesian Expansion Across the Pacific

    The Polynesian Expansion Across the Pacific
    Polynesians arrived in New Zealand. (Arrival of the Great Fleet)
  • Jan 1, 1185

    Shogunate Japan

    Shogunate Japan
    Minamoto clan seizes power in the emperor's name. Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes shogun, and establishes his own capital city in Kamakura.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1206 to Jan 1, 1368

    Mongol expansion

  • Jan 1, 1222

    The Ottoman Empire

    The Ottoman Empire
    The Ottoman Empire was a dynasty started by Osman Bey lasted for 623 years from 1922 to 1299.
  • Jan 1, 1235

    Mongol Expansion

    Mongol Expansion
    Karakorum is established as the Mongol capital on the River Orkhan.
  • Jan 1, 1294

    Mongol Expansion

    Mongol Expansion
    The empire starts to break apart after the death of Kublai Khan.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1299 to

    The Ottomon Empire

  • Jan 1, 1325

    The Spanish conquest of the Americans

    The Spanish conquest of the Americans
    The city of Tenochtitlan started to be built by the Aztecs shortly after they arrived at Lake Texcoco.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1346 to Jan 1, 1400

    The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa

  • Jan 1, 1347

    Medieval Europe

    Medieval Europe
    The Black Death arrives in Sicily.
  • Jan 1, 1350

    The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa

    The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa
    Plague has widely spread amoung the Mediterranean basin.
  • Jan 1, 1353

    The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa

    The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa
    Around 35 million deaths were recorded in China since 1333 from the plague.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Renaissance Italy

  • Jan 1, 1431

    Angkor/khmer Empire

    Angkor/khmer Empire
    Angkor was abandoned after a further invasion by Ayutthaya.
  • Jan 1, 1452

    Medieval Europe

    Medieval Europe
    The famous Leonardo da Vinci was born.
  • Jan 1, 1467

    Shogunate Japan

    Shogunate Japan
    Japan and rivals, samurai warlords get into a century-long civil war.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1572

    The Spanish conquest of the Americans

  • Jan 1, 1494

    Ottoman Empire

    Ottoman Empire
    Suleiman was born in Trebizond, Turkey in 1494. Suleiman was the 10th and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Jan 1, 1494

    The Spanish conquest of the Americans

    The Spanish conquest of the Americans
    Spain and Portugal signed an agreement of Tordisillas, which was meant to seperate the globe into 2 spheres of influence, so that the 2 empires wouldn't interfere with each others explorations and conquests.
  • Jan 1, 1512

    Renaissance Italy

    Renaissance Italy
    Michelangelo finished the famous paintings that were on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
  • Renaissance Italy

    Renaissance Italy
    The world's first thermometer was invented in 1600 by Galileo Galilei.
  • The Polynesian Expansion Across the Pacific

    The Polynesian Expansion Across the Pacific
    Captain Cook arrives in New Zealand and claims the land for Great Britain.
  • Angkor/Khmer Empire

    Angkor/Khmer Empire
    Angkor was rediscovered by a French archaeologist Henri Mouhot.
  • The Vikings

    The Vikings
    The king of France makes a truce with the invading vikings led by Rollo. The Vikings were given a piece of land, which becomes the Duchy of Normandy.
  • The Vikings

    The Vikings
    The English King, Aethelred pays Danish Vikings the first tax to them known as the Danegeld, to stop them continuing to invade England.
  • Period: to Jan 1, 1066

    Vikings

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1500

    Medieval Europe

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1327

    Angkor/Khmer Empire

  • Period: to

    Shogunate Japan