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May 5, 622
Rise of Islam
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May 5, 730
Printing invented in China (or Korea)
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May 5, 732
Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move towards France)
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May 5, 1054
Schism of Greek and Latin Christian Churches divides Christianity permanently into two geographical and denominational halves – Catholic and Orthodox.
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May 5, 1066
Norman Conquest of England
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May 5, 1071
Seljuk defeat of Byzantines (Battle of Manzikert)
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May 5, 1095
1st Crusade
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May 5, 1206
Genghis Khan begins his conquest of Asia
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May 5, 1215
Magna Carta signed by King John at Runnymede: beginning of constitutional rule
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May 5, 1258
Mongols sack Baghdad
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Period: May 5, 1271 to May 5, 1295
Marco Polo travels
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Period: May 5, 1300 to May 5, 1399
Rise of Ottomans
Ottomans were a strong group who, in time, developed an empire including the conquered city of Constantinople. -
May 5, 1324
Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage
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Period: May 5, 1325 to May 5, 1349
Travels of Ibn Battuta
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Period: May 5, 1347 to May 5, 1348
Bubonic plague in Europe
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May 5, 1433
End of Zheng He’s voyage
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May 5, 1438
Rise of the Inca
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May 5, 1453
Ottomans capture Constantinople
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May 5, 1486
Aztec Empire at its height
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May 5, 1488
Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope
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May 5, 1492
Columbus sailed to Hispaniola/Reconquista of Spain
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Period: May 5, 1500 to
Scientific Revolution
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May 5, 1502
First African slaves transported to Caribbean
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May 5, 1517
Martin Luther/95 theses – Protestant Reformation
Began the protestant reformation going against the church and its present time beliefs. -
May 5, 1521
Cortez conquered the Aztecs
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May 5, 1533
Pizarro toppled the Inca
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May 5, 1545
Discovery of silver at Potosi
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May 5, 1571
Battle of Lepanto – naval defeat of Ottomans
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Battle of Sekigahara – beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate
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Founding of Jamestown (first slaves there in 1619)
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Thirty Years War in Europe
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End of Ming Dynasty – rise of the Qing
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Enlightenment (starts in 1650, continues until 1800 or so)
The focus of the human form and ideas begin. -
Establishment of Cape Town Colony
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Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
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Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights
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Industrial Revolution begins – steam locomotive, textiles, etc.
People begin to revolutionize technology. -
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7 years war/French and Indian War
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Invention of the Spinning Jenny: man-using machines
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The American Declaration of Independence
America declares its independence from England and says that its society is equal. One of the first places to use democracy. -
American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations
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French Revolution - The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, Olympe de Gouges’s “Declaration of the Rights of Women” (1791); and Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
French declare freedom and equality from its ruler. Partly influenced by America's revolution. -
Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccination (earlier for Ottomans)
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Haitian independence
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British Abolition of the slave trade
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Latin American battles for independence (first Mexican Revolution)
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Metternich hosts Congress of Vienna (Napoleonic Empire ends)
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1st opium war between China and England
China refuses to accept Opium, hoping to protect its citizens. However, it fails and the spheres of influence of China begin. -
European revolutions/Marx & Engels write Communist Manifesto / Seneca Falls Conference
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Commodore Perry ‘opens’ Japan
Japan refuses to trade but the U.S. forces it to trade with them. -
Sepoy Mutiny in India
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End of Russian serfdom/Italian unification / US Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
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Meiji Restoration
Restoration the the ruler in Japan. -
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“Second Industrial Revolution” aka Technological Revolution
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German unification
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Berlin Conference and Benz develops first petrol-driven car
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New Zealand is the first to award women suffrage; then other Commonwealth states
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Battle of Adwa – Ethiopians fend off Italians
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Spanish-American War – Spain loses colonies (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines)
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Boer War – Dutch under British rule in South Africa
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Boxer Rebellion in China
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Russo-Japanese war and Einstein’s theory of special relativity published
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Mexican Revolution / 1911- Chinese Revolution
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WWI/ Treaty of Versailles
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Russian Revolution
Rusiian citizens support nationalism and believe that they need to be treated better. -
Stock market crash/Great Depression
Causes the loss of many jobs and money everywhere in the world. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
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Italian invasion of Ethiopia
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German blitzkrieg in Poland
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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor hopeing to weaken the U.S. army. -
Soviets defeat Germans at Stalingrad
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End of WWII – and dropping of atomic bombs on Japan
U.S. drops the first atomic bombs on Japan. -
Freedom & partition of India
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Birth of Israel / U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Chinese Communist Revolution
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Period: to
Korean War
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Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu
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De-Stalinization/Nationalization of Suez Canal
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Ghana is first African nation to gain independence
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Cuban Revolution and Invention of the silicon chip (beginning of computer age)
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6 day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution
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Yom Kippur War
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Iranian Revolution
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1st Palestinian Intifada
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Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall - Collapse of Communist regimes in Europe
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Namibia is the last country to gain independence in Africa
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Fall of USSR/1st Gulf war
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Genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa
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9/11 attacks / War in Afghanistan
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Great Global Recession begins
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Wikileaks – Tunisian, Egyptian, Libyan, Yemenese, Syrian, Bahraini etc. democracy movements
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Decline of classical Maya
