3039536502 | 1450 | Mali kingdom ends; Songhai Empire begins | 0 | |
3039537536 | 1453 | Ottomans conquer the Byzantine Empire (Constantinople) | 1 | |
3039538836 | 1467 | Japanese wars between daimyo begin | 2 | |
3039541510 | 1480 | Russia revolts against the Mongols | 3 | |
3039542137 | 1480's | Height of the Aztec Empire | 4 | |
3039544211 | 1488 | Dias of Portugal rounds the tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) | 5 | |
3039545436 | 1493 | Treaty of Tordesillas | 6 | |
3039546267 | 1492 | Columbus of Spain sails to the Americas, landing in the Caribbean | 7 | |
3039549131 | 1500's | Russia expands eastward | 8 | |
3039551007 | 1501 | Safavid Empire begins in Persia by Shah Ismail | 9 | |
3039552788 | 1502 | 1st African slave to the Americans | 10 | |
3039554371 | 1517 | Martin Luther's 95 Theses | 11 | |
3039555182 | 1521 | Cortes of Spain conquers the Aztecs of Mexico | 12 | |
3039557614 | 1526 | Mughal Empire begins in India (Babur the Tiger) | 13 | |
3039559223 | 1529 | 1st failed Ottoman siege of Vienna | 14 | |
3039561265 | 1533 | Pizarro of Spain conquers the Incas of South America | 15 | |
3039563980 | 1543-1687 | European scientific revolution (Copernicus to Newtown) | 16 | |
3039732694 | 1545 | Silver found at Potosi | 17 | |
3039733661 | 1571 | Ottomans lose the Battle of Lepanto to Europe | 18 | |
3039735777 | 1588 | Defeat of the Spanish Armada | 19 | |
3043358311 | 1600's | About 1 million Africans total were taken as slaves | 20 | |
3039736292 | 1600 | Tokugawa unites Japan under the Tokugawa Shogunate (Battle of Sekigahara) | 21 | |
3039739296 | 1605 | Akbar of India dies (Jahangir succeeds) | 22 | |
3039740718 | 1607 | Jamestown founded | 23 | |
3040127586 | 1618-1648 | 30 Years War | 24 | |
3043289687 | 1644 | Qing Dynasty defeats the Ming | 25 | |
3043290950 | 1650-1800 | Enlightenment in Europe | 26 | |
3043295224 | 1653 | The Dutch conquer/settle South Africa (Cape Town founded) | 27 | |
3043297791 | 1661-1796 | Kangxi and Qianlong rule in China | 28 | |
3043300162 | 1683 | Ottomans lose 2nd siege of Vienna (lose dominance in Europe) | 29 | |
3043304699 | 1689 | Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights/Peter the Great begins westernization | 30 | |
3043315735 | 1700's | About six million Africans were taken as slaves | 31 | |
3043321301 | 1730 | Japan is completely isolated from the world | 32 |
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