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Aug 26, 1096
The Crusades
A Holy war between Christians and Muslims. The fight was for the holy land. The only thing good that came out of the Crusades was new trade routes -
Sep 16, 1337
100 year war
This was a very long war between France and England. The King of England claimed he was the rightful King of France and that in a way started it all. The war had a lot to do with transforming France from a number of feudal lands to a national state. -
Aug 28, 1347
Black Death Begins in Europe.
Black Death Started in Asia and was transported to Europe by sick people on trade routes and the fleas on rats. The plague killed 1/3 of Europes population. After the Black Death It cause many many people to take thier religion into thier hands -
Sep 2, 1348
Renaissance Begins
After the Black death and the drop in population city states began to form particularly in Italy. During this period remarkable developments in art -
Sep 14, 1368
Ming Dynasty In China
In 1368 a peasant by the name of Zhu Yuanzhang and his rebel army defeated the last Mongol Emporor. The peasant took the name of Hongwu which means "Vastly Martial" and he founded the Ming Dynasty. This Dynasty lasted almost 300 years till 1644. -
Sep 9, 1400
Johannes Gutenburg- Printing Press
Gutenburg was traditionally given credit for the dramtic upheaval of the printing press. Until the printing press reproduction could only be done by hand. His first publication was a 1,282 page Bible. -
Oct 7, 1405
Voyages of Zheng He
Between the years of 1405 to 1433 Zheng He had led seven trips through the Indian ocean as far as Africa. He did this to show how powerful china was. In each trip he had about 300 men with him. -
Sep 9, 1431
Joan Of Arc burned at the stake
A peasant girl who believed God chose her to lead France to victory. She achieved montemous victory over france. Joan was tried with witch craft and hersey so she was burned at the stake at the age of 19. -
Oct 7, 1453
Ottomans Conquer Constantinople
In 1453 the great Byzantine Empire was falling due to the invasion of the Ottomans. The ottomans strived with great fire to conquer constantinople. There only problem was breaking through the mass wall but they solved that by using gun powder. -
Mar 31, 1492
Jews Gypsies and Moors expelled from spain
On March 31st 1492 the Catholic rulers of Spain set out that all that do not convert to Christianity will be expelled from the country. Most Jews decided to go with the exile so they did not have to give up their religion and culture. Because of this the economy in Spain suffered due to losing a mass amount of their work force. -
Oct 7, 1498
Da Gama Lands in India
On the way da Gama stopped several times in Africa, where he found out that Muslim merchants were already involved in trade. With all the stops his journey took hime 10 months. He then reached the city Calicut India -
Sep 16, 1500
Slave Trade Across The Atlantic
Shortage of Labor In the Americas led to the beggining of the slave trading across the Atlantic. This is because Europeans needed lots of workers on their plantations. This later led to Africans being a part of the triangular trade and the Middle Passage -
Oct 7, 1501
Safavid Empire
The founder of the Safavid Empire was 14 years old named Esma’il Persian Muslims the Safavids began building an empire around 1500. They soon came into conflict with the Ottomans and some other Muslims. -
Sep 25, 1502
Naming of the new world
Columbus thought he reached Asia, but it was actually America. It was not until Amerigo Vespucci sailed along the coast of South America and proved it was a new land. Map makers named America after Amerigo in his honor. -
Sep 16, 1503
Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Da Vinci was a highly talented person in not just art. But when he painted the Mona Lisa he tries to capture the complexity of the human spirit with her mysterious smile. The Mona Lisa is still admired to this day. -
Sep 8, 1508
Michelangelo paints the sistine chapel
For Almost Four Years Michelangelo painted the sistine chapel. The scenes are from the old testament of the bible.It is believed to be one of the greatest paintings because of the characterization of biblical characters -
Sep 9, 1517
Martin Luther posts the 95 theses
Martin's Theses weren't for the common people but the leaders of the church, because it was written in academic latin. He had a problem with the church selling indugences. So he nailed it to the church door. -
Sep 23, 1519
Magellan starts his trip "around the world"
When Magellan set out he had 5 ships and 250 men. After months of traveling at sea the ships reached the Philippines where Magellan died during a batlle with the natives. In 1522 18 surviviors from the original fleet made it back to Spain. -
Oct 5, 1526
Philip II rules Spain
Philip II was a Catholic and saw him self as the leader of the Counter Reformation. He saw a chance to spread the Catholic faith when he maried Queen Mary I of England. When Philip II ruled Spain reached its peak of grandeur. -
Oct 7, 1526
Mughal Empire
To start such a great empire the mughal army won a great battle out numbered 100,000 to 12,000. They won this battle using cannons which had never been used in India before. This empire was one of the great civilizations in history -
Sep 30, 1532
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
When Pizarro had heard of the wealth of the Incas he decided to attack. When he had gotten there they dicovered that that the population was weakend already by smallpox and a civil war. The emperor Athahualpa had been taken prisoner he ended up giving Pizarro lots of gold and silver but they still ended up killing him. -
Oct 7, 1534
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
Henry VIII created this Protestant Church of England so he could end the marrige with his first wife. He also put out a law ending the popes power in England. He was later names head of thr Church of England -
Sep 9, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
Copernicus discovered that the Earth revolves around the sun. He developed a detailed mathematical explanation on how it worked. He was the first scientist to create a complete model of the solar system -
Sep 16, 1545
The Council of Trent
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Sep 7, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
Elizabeth was a protestant and as new queen one of her firsts actions was to draft a new supremacy act. Throughout her reign, Elizabeth was threatened by catholics. In return Queen Elizabeth persecuted any who worshiped as a catholic -
Age of Enlightenment
In the 1600s new philosophers began to see reason was the best way to understand truth. These people came to a result that reason could solve all human problems. This enlightenment inspired people throughout europe and even further than that. -
Jamestown Colony in Virginia Founded
Jamestown was the first english Colony established in America.These people that settled here were wanting to find silver and gold and a river to the Pacific ocean. Around 80 percent of the settlers died in there first winter in America. -
Louis XIV becomes king of France
Louis XIV ruled france during a time of great Power. He was given the throne after his father died in 1643. HIs time as king left a huge impact on France -
The Qing Dynasty
This Dynasty became the last one in 3,500 of imperial rule in China. Under the Qing Dynasty's Manchu rulers, China grew to its largest size in history. In order for these rulers to gain the trust of the people of China they showed respect for the chinese customs and kept China's Confucian traditions. -
Thomas Hobbes Writes Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes wrote about how he felt on government in his book Levithian. His experience with violence and upheaval of the English civil war showed him how people were selfish and greedy. He wrote that people need to give up some freedoms to bring the peace into the country. -
Oliver Cromwell Rules England
When Cromwell gained power he inherited tensions and expenses from the fighting that begun with ireland and scotland. In addition he passed a law that harmed trade with the dutch. He was not very popular in other countries but in England he was so popular he was offered the crown but he declined -
Peter I becomes Czar
When Peter became czar he was still a child so his sister ruled in his place. Once he turned 17 he took the throne. He was later given the name Peter The Great for his efforts to turn Russia into a modern state. -
Catherine the great rules Russia
A German Princess who came to Russia to marry a grandson of Peter The Great. After her husband Peter III became Czar her and her allies seized power frim the new czar who was murdered. Catherine II was declared Czarina of Russia. -
U.S Constitution is ratified
The U.S constitution was ratified in 1788 and official adopted in 1789, they established a federal system of shared power. That then added three branches to the federal system of shared power. This signified a new era of constitutional democracy. -
French Revolution Begins
Beginning in 1789, a revolution caused France to go into chaos. Thousands of people,even the king and the queen died violently during that revolution. Eventually France became a republic. -
Reign of Terror
In the reign of terror there was an outbreak with civil war. There were trials and accusations if they thought you were guilty you were sentenced to death. When the reign of terror ended France had to start with a fresh new government. -
Napoleon Becomes Emperor
When the French Revolution came it gave Napoleon a perfect oppertunity to rise for power. Napoleon was an amazing military leader who achieved early successes. In 1804 napoleon put out a vote for france to become an empire the people supported him and voted yes. -
Napoleon Defeated @ waterloo
Heavy rain delayed the battle till late morning. Napoleons army was no match for the combined forces of Britain and Prussia. The French army was drove off the field by the end of the day -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
The reasons Tokugawa Shogunate fell was not only because of External problems but Internal. There were begning to be alot of economic problems around 1853. A lot of they imports they were getting were causing a lot of unemployment.
