must know dates
| 305577095 | 1453 | Ottomans capture Constantinople | 0 | |
| 305577096 | ca 1480s | Height of Aztec empire | 1 | |
| 305702171 | 1488 | Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope | 2 | |
| 305702172 | 1492 | Columbus / Reconquista of Spain | 3 | |
| 305702173 | 1502 | 1st African Slaves to Americas | 4 | |
| 305702174 | 1517 | Martin Luther / 95 these | 5 | |
| 305702175 | 1521 | Cortez conquered the Aztecs | 6 | |
| 305702176 | 1529 | 1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna | 7 | |
| 305702177 | 1533 | Pizarro toppled the Inca | 8 | |
| 305702178 | 1545 | Discovery of silver at Potosi | 9 | |
| 305702179 | 1571 | Battle of Lepanto (naval defeat of Ottomans) | 10 | |
| 305702180 | 1588 | Defaet of the Spanish Armada by the British | 11 | |
| 305702181 | 1600 | Battle of Sekigahara (beginning of Tokegawa Shogunate) | 12 | |
| 305702182 | 1607 | Foundation of Jamestown | 13 | |
| 305702183 | 1618 - 1648 | 30 Years War | 14 | |
| 305702184 | 1644 | end of Ming / Beginning of Qing Dynasty | 15 | |
| 305702185 | 1653 | Cape Town colony Founded (Dutch) | 16 | |
| 305702186 | 1683 | 2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (Mebmet IV) | 17 | |
| 305702187 | 1689 | Glorious Revolution / English Bill of Rights | 18 |

