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Period: 1545 BCE to 1563 BCE
The Council of Trent
The Council of Trent is a council of the Roman Catholic Church, held in three parts from 1545 to 1563. The Council of Trent was highly important for its sweeping decrees on self-reform and for its definitions that clarified virtually every doctrine made by the Protestants. Despite internal angst and two lengthy interruptions, the council played a vital role in revitalizing the Roman Catholic Church in many parts of Europe. -
Period: 1487 BCE to 1488 BCE
Dias' Voyage into the Indian Ocean
In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450-1500) became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia. -
1444 BCE
Beginning of Portuguese Slave Trade
The Portuguese were using enslaved Africans on sugar plantations in Madeira, a Portuguese island off the west coast of Africa, by 1460. In the early 17th century, Portugal was a major trader in enslaved Africans. -
Period: Aug 1, 1444 to Sep 1, 1446
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror pt1
Mehmed II ruled the Ottoman for a brief time, from 1444 to 1446, after his father. Mehmet II was a genius statesman and a military leader who was also interested in literature, fine arts and monumental architecture. He was a very strict statesman and a very brave soldier. -
Period: Feb 1, 1451 to May 9, 1482
Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror pt2
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Period: Jan 1, 1464 to Jan 1, 1492
The Reign of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali was an African ruler who founded the Songhai Empire in the 15th century. He was the hereditary ruler of the kingdom of Songhai, which existed from the 11th century and was centered in the city of Gao on the Niger River in the southeastern part of the present-day Republic of Mali. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus' First Voyage
Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund the voyage and in August of 1492, Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos with three ships and 88 men. Columbus described this first voyage to the Americas in his ship's log. -
Period: Feb 23, 1502 to
Safavid Dynasty
The period of the Safavids, named for the dynasty that took control of Persia at the start of the sixteenth century, marks the start of modern Persia. But because of the religious nature, it would not be correct to identify it as a modern nation-state. Still, the Safavids, in bringing a largely nomadic society under the control of a centralized administrative machine that was used to finance a powerful army, created the basics of an impressive, modernized state machine. -
Period: Jul 19, 1573 to
Reign of Emperor Wanli
Emperor Wanli was the 13th emperor of the Ming dynasty; Wanli ascended the throne when he was only nine years old, and was helped by Zhang Juzheng, a noble statesman, for the first ten years. Also, he defended China successfully against attacks from the Mongols and the Japanese. -
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The Seven Years War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
End of the British Slave Trade
On 25 March 1807, the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act entered the statute books. Nevertheless, although the Act made it illegal to engage in the slave trade throughout the British colonies, trafficking between the Caribbean islands continued, regardless, until 1811