8754721107 | 1453 | Ottomans capture Constantinople and renamed Istanbul. | 0 | |
8754722665 | 1488 | Diaz begins European maritime exploration of Indian Ocean; Cape of Good Hope -1st European to go around South Africa | 1 | |
8754723592 | 1492 | Columbus sails the ocean blue! Maritime exploration of the Atlantic; Spanish conquistadors find "New World"; Moors kicked out of Spain | 2 | |
8754724597 | 1502 | Slaves arrive in the Americas; largest migration ever | 3 | |
8754726642 | 1517 | Protestant reformation led by Martin Luther; ends Christian unity in Western Europe | 4 | |
8754728650 | 1521 | Cortes conquers Aztecs | 5 | |
8754729345 | 1533 | Pizarro conquers Incas | 6 | |
8754730159 | 1571 | Battle of Lepanto: naval between Ottomans and Spanish; Keeps Ottomans out of newly emerging Atlantic Trade Route | 7 | |
8754731051 | 1588 | defeat of Spanish Armada by British; begins the demise of Spain and the rise of the British Empire | 8 | |
8754731827 | c. 1600 | Tokugawa Shogunate: unification of Japan; isolation for approximately 250 years | 9 | |
8754731828 | c. 1600 | Creation of VOC: Dutch East India Trading Company (multinational trading company) | 10 | |
8754731829 | c. 1600 | Creation of British East India Trading Company (multinational trading company) | 11 | |
8754738508 | 1607 | Establishment of Jamestown - first permanent English colony in the New World | 12 | |
8754738516 | 1618-1648 | 30 Years War; ended with the Treaty of Westphalia - delays German unification | 13 | |
8754739613 | 1683 | Siege of Vienna by Ottoman Empire; 3rd time Islam is prevented from entering Europe | 14 | |
8754741164 | 1689 | The Glorious Revolution: establishment of English Bill of Rights | 15 | |
8754742239 | 1500s | Spain introduced sugarcane to New World and dominates the economy | 16 | |
8754743358 | 1700s | Enlightenment beings in Europe! | 17 |
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