World Dates 3 Flashcards
1450 CE - 1750 CE
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| 353895772 | 1453 | Rise of the Ottoman empire. Capture of Constantinople | |
| 353895773 | 1488 | Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope. Start of european exploration. | |
| 353895774 | 1492 | Christoper Columbus. Spanish conquistadors | |
| 353895775 | 1502 | 1st slaves to the Americas | |
| 353895776 | 1517 | Martin Luther. Protestant reformation | |
| 353895777 | 1521 | Cortez conquers the Aztecs | |
| 353895778 | 1543 | Pizarro conquers the Incas | |
| 353895779 | 1571 | Battle of Lepanto (Ottomans out of global) | |
| 353895780 | 1588 | Defeat of the Spanish Armada (start of the end for Spanish empire, start of British empire) | |
| 353895781 | 1600 | Unification of Japan. Tokugawa shoganate. Japanese isolation | |
| 353895782 | 1607 | Jamestown settlement | |
| 353895783 | 1618-1648 | 30 Years war in Europe over religion. Ended with the Treaty of Westphilia -> beginning of religious toleration | |
| 353895784 | 1683 | Ottomans lay siege to Vienna -> unsuccessful, keeps Islam out of Europe from the east | |
| 353895785 | 1689 | Glorious revolution in England. English bill of rights (establishment of a constitutional monarchy) |