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May 29, 1453
Ottoman Conquer Constantinople
The Ottoman Empire, and Islamic empire, conquered Constantinople and took over trade operations in the Middle East. This empire would spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa in 1919. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth l becomes queen of england
queen elizabeth l was queen until her death in March 24, 1603. -
England defeats the Spanish Armada
The spanish Armada is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. After eight hours of furious fighting, a change in wind direction prompted the Spanish to break off from the battle and retreat toward the North Sea. Its hopes of invasion crushed, the remnants of the Spanish Armada began a long and difficult journey back to Spain. -
Tokugawa
Tokugawa clan takes over imperial Japan and establishes itself as the shogun. They establish the capital at kyoto and rule until 1857 -
The Thirty years war
A war waged in the early seventeenth century that involved France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, and numerous states of Germany, that lasted for 30 years. The causes of the war were rooted in national rivalries and in conflict between Roman Catholics and Protestants. 1618 – 1648 -
The English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government -
Manchus found the Qing Dynasty in China
In 1644 the Chinese capital at Beijing was captured by the rebel leader Li Zicheng, and desperate Ming dynasty officials called on the Manchus for aid. The Manchus took advantage of the opportunity to seize the capital and establish their own dynasty in China -
Peter the Great becomes Czar of Russia
He was responsible for reforming Russia, bringing it into the modern age and setting the stage for Russia to become a world power. -
Catherine the Great becomes Czarina of russia
became the Russian empress in 1762. Under her reign, Russia expanded its territories and modernized, following the lead of Western Europe. -
The british colonies of north america declare their independence
North america breaks down into their own county and great Britain loses their number 1 colony -
The french revolution
an uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic -
The Unification Of Italy
the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century. -
The Great potato famine
The Great Famine or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. -
The Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion or Taiping Civil War was a massive rebellion or civil war in China that lasted from 1850 to 1864 fought between the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the millenarian movement of the Heavenly Kingdom of Peace -
The British Colonization of india
The colonization of india was the most important great britain establishes their power but then loses it. The British rule on Indian subcontinent started from 1858 and lasted till 1947. -
The civil war begins in the united states
March 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as 16th President of the United States of America. April 12, 1861 - At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins. -
the emancipation proclaimation
a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. -
The Meiji Restoration
a chain of events that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. -
The Suez canal
an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. It was constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869 -
The Unification of germany
German Unifiˈcation the uniting of East and West Germany in 1990 after they had been separated since 1945. -
The Berlin conference
regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea -
The mexican revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle c. 1910–1920 that radically transformed Mexican culture and government. -
world war 1 begins
World War I, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 -
The chinese revolutin
The Chinese Communist Revolution or the 1949 Revolution was the culmination of the Chinese Communist Party's drive to power since its founding in 1921 and the second part of the Chinese Civil War.
