World History

  • Jan 1, 1096

    Crusades

    Crusades
    Holy war between christains and musilums over the holy land. The holy land was called Pallistine. The only good thing that came out of these wars were the trade routs.
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Renaissance Begins

    Renaissance Begins
    Then Renaissance took place in Italy. New ideas like art, literature, and science became renewed. There were many artist at this time like Michelangelo.
  • Oct 19, 1337

    100 years war begins

    100 years war begins
    The 100 year war lasted 116 years, it was a war over seccession of the french throne. The war was between France and England. The English won the war.
  • Jan 1, 1347

    Black Death

    Black Death
    The black death was a pleague/illness that killed the majority of the population. It came from rats fleas that lived on ships. The people who got sick would throw up blood.
  • Sep 16, 1368

    Ming dynasty in china

    Ming dynasty in china
    The Ming dynasty ruled for over 300 years. They prospered from freer private trade and industry with the Europeans. And then that went out of hand due to internal rebelions and they got attaked by the Manchus.
  • Oct 7, 1405

    Voyages of Zheng He

    Voyages of Zheng He
    During he Ming Dynasty Zheng comanded voyages to south asia, southeast asia, west asia, and east africa. There is a book called Biography of Our Homelands Great Navigator, Zheng He. He was very popular for his voyages in China.
  • May 30, 1431

    Joan of Arc burned at stake

    Joan of Arc burned at stake
    Joan was burned at stake at age 19 in Rouen by the English. She was burned at stake for hersey. She dressed like a man and was a soldier.
  • Sep 10, 1440

    Johannes Gutenburg - printing press

    Johannes Gutenburg - printing press
    The printing press was already invented but Gutenburg was the first to make one withe replacable metal/wooden letters. He made newspapers with this printing press. He printing the first Bible with this printing press.
  • Mar 31, 1492

    Jews, gypsies and moors expelled from spain

    Jews, gypsies and moors expelled from spain
    In spain during this time the Catholic church declared that all people who didnt convert to Christianity were to be expelled from the country. Most people wanted to get expelled rather than convert to another reliogion. Spanish Jews went to the Netherlands, North Africa, and the Americas.
  • Aug 3, 1492

    1st voyage of Columbus

    1st voyage of Columbus
    Christopher Columbus convinced the King and Queen of Spain to finance his voyage. He was in charge of three ships, the Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria. He traveled to India.
  • May 20, 1498

    Da Gama lands in India

    Da Gama lands in India
    Da Gama was the first european to reach India. He rounded Cape of Good Hope. He then anchored Cape of Good Hope. With the help of an Idian he sent sail through the Inian Ocean.
  • Oct 5, 1500

    slave trade across atlantic

    slave trade across atlantic
    People from the new world would sail to Europe to trade goods. Then sail to Africa to tarde other goods to get slaves. they would take the slaves back to the new worls and the slaves would work on plabtations and all the other labor.
  • Oct 2, 1501

    safavid empire

    safavid empire
    One of the best empires of Peru. They rules over one of the gunpowder and the greatest Persian empires after the Musilum conquest. They established that a state would be efficiant with "checks and balances".
  • Sep 16, 1502

    naming of the new world

    naming of the new world
    Americas were named after Amerigo Vesppucci. Amerigo was the one who traveled to the new land and discovered it. Americus was the new world orginal name since it was named after a man of intelligents but since Europe and Asia were named after woman they change it to America so it could feminine.
  • Sep 9, 1503

    Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    This painting was painted in Florence, Italy. Da Vinci finished this painting in 1506. He painted a portrait of a woman.
  • Sep 9, 1508

    Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel

    Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
    Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel on the ceiling of the building. The painting has real figures from the Bible. The painting took about 4 years for this painting to be done.
  • Oct 2, 1517

    Pizzaro invades the Inca Empire

    Pizzaro invades the Inca Empire
    Pizzaro and 168 of his men invaded the inca empire and captures their emperor. The inca people were not happy and Pizzarro made the emperor tell them that the spanish were friends. The people then killed the emperor because they werent happy with him and then Pizzaro went to war with the inca people and then defeated them.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 theses

    Martin Luther posts 95 theses
    Martin Luther did not agrre with what the church and how evrything worked. So he basically posted a list of things saying how the system isn't good. Mluther soon after got excommunicated.
  • Oct 2, 1519

    Magellan starts his "around the world" trip

    Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
    Started in Porchagul and took 5 ships to find the Spice Islands. He tok a route and now its called the Strait of Magellan and became the first explorer to cross the Pasific ocean. The trip was very long, 3 years, and only 18 people of the crew came back (out of 270 people).
  • Oct 7, 1526

    Maghal Empire begins

    Maghal Empire begins
    Babur ruled this empire for some time and died at age 47. After his death Akbar ruled and this was when the empire was at its highest point. Akbar defaeted the remains of the Pashtons and brought new religion to India.
  • Sep 23, 1534

    Henry VIII founds anglican church

    Henry VIII founds anglican church
    Henry wanted to finish what Henry II started basically. He had parlaiment declared a crime called praemunire, it was illegal to go to the Pope for aid.
  • Oct 2, 1543

    Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

    Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
    "the sun is the center of the universe". Earth an dall the other planets revolve around the sun. This started the Scientific Revolution.
  • Sep 30, 1545

    Counsel of trent

    Counsel of trent
    prompted by the protisans. held in Trento, Bologna, and nornern italy. This was one of the roman catholic church's most important ecumicial church's. it has been discribed as the bodiment of the counter-reformation.
  • Apr 6, 1553

    ottomans conquered constantinople

    ottomans conquered constantinople
    They used huge cannons. on europes side the soldiers were doubled and supply routes were under conroll. It took many days to prepair for this conquer.
  • Sep 23, 1555

    Philip II rules spain

    Philip II rules spain
    He married Mary I. He inherited the New World Empire. Champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation.
  • Oct 7, 1558

    Elizibeth I becomes Queen of England

    Elizibeth I becomes Queen of England
    Her father was Henry VIII. She ruled after her half sister Mary. She didnt want violence and she was on the side of the Protestians.
  • jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded

    jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
    3 ships went on a journey to Virginia, the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery. Jamestown was named after their king that settled their first, King James I. It was a group of 100 men an dboys who took the trip to Jamestown.
  • Age of Enlightenment

    Age of Enlightenment
    An era where culture and intellectual forces on Western Europe. It emphasised reason, analysis, and individualism. They didnt focus on traditional lines of authority.
  • louis XIV becomes king of france

    louis XIV becomes king of france
    He became king at the age of 4 because his faher died. He ruled for 72 years, the longest of any european ruler. While he ruled he made the Monarchy government.
  • Qing Dynasty in china begins

    Qing Dynasty in china begins
    This dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in china. This dynasty was also a multi-cultural dynasty. It also formed the territorial base for the china state.
  • Oliver Cromwell rules England

    Oliver Cromwell rules England
    The parlament ran england in his point of veiw. He only exacuted Charels because he belived charels would never change his ways. He was a very highly religous man.
  • Thomas Hobbs writes Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbs writes Leviathan
    This book is about the structure of society and government. This book was a classic western work on statecraft. This book argues for a social contracts.
  • Peter I (the Great) becomes Czar

    Peter I (the Great) becomes Czar
    travled to Europe in 1697 to find new tchnologies. He inherited all his land and claims from his father because he was the first born son. He stayed in England for 4 months.
  • Catherine the Great rules russia

    Catherine the Great rules russia
    she was the most known and longest female ruler of russia. She redused powers of clergy while she ruled russia. She was a ginuine person and wanted to influence the arts.
  • U.S. constitution ratifiec

    U.S. constitution ratifiec
    Signing the constitution wasnt enough so it had to get ratified by 9 states of the 13 states there were during that time. This 9th state the ratified the constitution was New Hampture. ratify means to officially make something valid.
  • French Revolution begins

    French Revolution begins
    Louis XVI needed money and the estates wouldnt give him any. The esates had a meeting on June 20th, and some members declared they would not disband until a new constitution was made. lots of tention increased and caused many other problems leading to the revolution.
  • Reign of Terror begins

    Reign of Terror begins
    This was a period in time that was very violent. This event happened after the French Revolution, between Girondins and Jacobins.There were 25,000 executions in all.
  • Napolean becomes emporer

    Napolean becomes emporer
    Crowned emperor at age 35. His military was in the French Revolution and he had some of the best military stratigies ever. His men sailed to an island and he was later exiled fom this siland, Saint Helena of the coast of Africa.
  • nepoleon defeated @ Waterloo

    nepoleon defeated @ Waterloo
    napoleon and his army were defeated by 2 of the armies of the Seventh Coalition. Napoleon was rsining to the top with his armies. He has many historical stratigies in battle.
  • Tokugawa shonuate ends

    Tokugawa shonuate ends
    this was the final era of traditional japaneese governement. The era lasted 250 years with peace and prosparity. The worked off westernising Japan.