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Oct 1, 1347
Black Death begins in Europe
Black Death begins in Europe :The first recorded appearance of the plague in Europe was at Messina, Sicily in October of 1347. It arrived on trading ships that very likely came from the Black Sea, past Constantinople and through the Mediterranean. -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Dec 31, 1433
Voyages of Zheng He
Over the course of the voyages they were able to restore a lot of China's influence. They established Chinese villages, cleared trade routes of pirates. They were also able to open trade with other countries. -
May 29, 1453
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
Ottomans conquer Constantinople:The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Army, under the command Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II on 29th May 1453. With this conquest Ottomans became an Empire and one of the most powerful empires, The Eastern Roman Empire fell and lasted -
Feb 3, 1468
Johannes gutenberg - printing press
Johannes Gutenberg printing press :1398 – February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe. His introduction of mechanical movable type printing to Europe started the Printing Revolution and is widely regarded as the most important invention of the second millennium, the seminal event which ushered in the modern period of human history. -
Feb 3, 1468
Johannes Gutenberg - printing press
Johannes Gutenberg - printing press :Johannes Gutenberg, in full Johann Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (born 14th century, Mainz [Germany]—died probably February 3, 1468, Mainz) German craftsman and inventor who originated a method of printing from movable type that was used without important change until the 20th century. -
Jan 1, 1477
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine chapel
Michelangelo begins painting Sistine chapel :The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The ceiling is that of the Sistine Chapel, the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. -
Jan 1, 1480
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip
Magellan starts his "around the world" trip :In search of fame and fortune, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. En route he discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean. -
Jun 28, 1491
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church
Henry VIII founds Anglican Church : Under King Henry VIII in the 16th century, the Church of England broke with Rome, largely because Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. -
Jan 1, 1492
Naming of the "new World"
Naming of the "new World" :Like most, I've known that the Americas were named after Amerigo Vespucci since my early education. However, the story behind why this is the case is somewhat more interesting and quite a bit less well known. Vespucci was a navigator that traveled to “the new world” in 1499 and 1502. -
Mar 31, 1492
Jews, Gypsies and Moors expelled from Spain
During the middle ages each of these ethnic groups were ordered to convert to christianity or that would have to leave Spain. The Gypsies were rounded up in 1749. The Jews were ordered to leave iin 1749. The Moors were ordered to leave 1502. -
Aug 3, 1492
1 Voyage of Columbus
1 Voyage of Columbus :Voyages to the New World. On Aug. 3, 1492, Columbus sailed from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa María, commanded by Columbus himself, the Pinta under Martín Pinzón, and the Niña under Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. -
Jul 1, 1497
Da Gama lands in India
Da Gama lands in India :Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa. -
Jan 1, 1501
Safavid Empire
Safavid Empire:The Safavid dynasty (/sɑːˈfɑːwiːd/ Persian: سلسلهٔ صفويان; Azerbaijani: Səfəvilər sülaləsi, صفويلر سولالهسى) was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia (modern Iran) after the fall of the Sasanian Empire during the Muslim conquest of Persia in the 7th century AD, and "is often considered the ... -
Jan 1, 1504
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
Da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa" : Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 theses
Martin Luther : Acting on this belief, he wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,” also known as “The 95 Theses,” a list of questions and propositions for debate. Popular legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church. -
Apr 21, 1526
Mughal Empire begins
Mughal Empire begins:The Mughal Empire was founded by Babur, a Central Asian ruler who was descended from the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (the founder of the Timurid Empire) on his father's side and from Chagatai, the second son of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan, on his mother's side. -
May 21, 1527
Philip II rules Spain
Philip II rules Spain :Philip II, (born May 21, 1527, Valladolid, Spain—died September 13, 1598, El Escorial) king of the Spaniards (1556–98) and king of the Portuguese (as Philip I, 1580–98), champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation. -
Nov 15, 1532
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire
Pizarro invades the Inca Empire: in1530, Pizarro returned to Panama. In 1531, he sailed down to Peru, landing at Tumbes. He led his army up the Andes Mountains and on November 15, 1532, reached the Inca town of Cajamarca, where Atahuallpa was enjoying the hot springs in preparation for his march on Cuzco, the capital of his brother's kingdom. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory: heliocentrism is the name given to the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543. It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets rotating around it in circular paths modified by epicycles and at uniform speeds. -
Dec 15, 1545
Council of Trent
Council of Trent: The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. -
Tomas Hobbes writes Leviathan
Tomas Hobbes writes Leviathan: Some older texts Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury,[a] was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established social contract theory, the foundation of most later Western political philosophy. -
Oliver Cromwell ruled England
Oliver Cromwell ruled England:Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) [a] was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. -
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England: I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. -
Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded
Jamestown, colony in Virginia, founded: In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
Louis XIV becomes King of France: XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. -
Age of Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment: European politics, philosophy, science and communications were radically reoriented during the course of the “long 18th century” (1685-1815) as part of a movement referred to by its participants as the Age of Reason, or simply the Enlightenment. -
Catherine the Great rules Russia
Catherine the Great rules Russia: II, often called Catherine the Great, was born on May 2, 1729, in Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland), and became the Russian empress in 1762. Under her reign, Russia expanded its territories and modernized, following the lead of Western Europe.Oct 6, 2015 -
Slave trade across Atlantic
Slave trade across Atlantic : The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 15th through 19th centuries. -
U.S Constitution is ratified
U.S Constitution is ratified: The U.S. Constitution was adopted and signed in September 1787, but signing wasn't enough. It had to be ratified by nine of the 13 states before it became binding. That happened when New Hampshire ratified it on June 21, 1788. -
Reign of Terror begins
Reign of Terror beginsThe Reign of Terror (6 September 1793 – 28 July 1794), also known as The Terror (French: la Terreur), was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and The Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of ... -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Napoleon becomes Emperor:On May 18, 1804, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. ... Instead, he placed the crown on his own head, and then crowned Josephine Empress. -
Napoleon defeated @ Waterloo
Napoleon defeated @ Waterloo :The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who conquered much of continental Europe in the early 19th century. -
Tokugawa Shogunate ends
Tokugawa Shogunate ends : Japan's Tokugawa (or Edo) period, which lasted from 1603 to 1867, would be the final era of traditional Japanese government, culture and society before the Meiji Restoration of 1868 toppled the long-reigning Tokugawa shoguns and propelled the country into the modern era. -
Qing Dynasty in China begins
Qing Dynasty in China begins: Qing dynasty (Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: Qīng Cháo; Wade–Giles: Ch'ing Ch'ao; officially the Great Qing (大清; Dà Qīng), also called the Empire of the Great Qing, or the Manchu dynasty, was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. -
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Renaissance begins
Renaissance begins :is a period in Europe, from the 14th to the 17th century, regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe, marking the beginning of the Early Modern Age.
