Unit 4 APWH timeline
Category: Geschichte
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1450: start of unit 41750: end of unit 4200-300: Indian Ocean commerce increased6th century: Astrolabes developed (used until 18th century)11-12th centuries: Crusades (cause of technology transfer)13th century: Mongol invasion (cause of technology transfer)15th century: European countries started to sail to Africa, India, and the Americas (age of exploration)1418-60: Portuguese exploration of West Africa (supported by Prince Henry the
Navigator) (age of exploration)1453: Conquest of Constantinople by Ottoman Empire (cut Europeans out of spice trade with Asia, providing motivation for exploration) (age of exploration)1487-88: Bartolomeu Dias' voyage to Cape of Good Hope (age of exploration)1492: Christopher Columbus' departure (he reached America) (age of exploration)1494: Treaty of Tordesillas (divided world between Spain and Portugal) (age of exploration)1497-8: John Cabot's voyage to North America (age of exploration)1497-99: Vasco da Gama's voyage to India (age of exploration)1519-22: Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the world (age of exploration)1610-1611: Henry Hudson's fourth (and last) voyage to Canada (age of exploration)1519: smallpox starting to ravage Mexica/Aztecs1415: Portuguese take Muslim city of Ceuta in N. Africa (Portuguese Empire)1400-50: Portuguese establish colonies on Atlantic islands (Azores, Madeira) (Portuguese Empire)1418-60: Henry the Navigator, trading posts in West Africa (Portuguese Empire)1491: African king of Kongo converts to Christianity (Portuguese Empire)1500: Pedro Cabral discovers Brazil (Portuguese Empire)1557: Portuguese lease Macau from China (Portuguese Empire)1600: beginning of decline of Portuguese Empire (Portuguese Empire)1492-1502: Columbus' voyages; establishment of colonies in Caribbean and mainland (Spanish Empire)1513: Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached Pacific Ocean (Spanish Empire)1519-21: Conquest of Aztec Empire (Spanish Empire)1532-33: Conquest of Inca Empire (most of it) (Spanish Empire)1542: Bartolome de Las Cases publishes' A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies’; New Laws stop encomienda system (Spanish Empire)1565: Spanish colony in Philippines established (Spanish Empire)1572: Defeat of last Inca (Spanish Empire)1500: discovery of Brazil by Portuguese (Other American Colonies)1607: 1st British colony in N. America (Jamestown) (Other American Colonies)1608: 1st French colony in N. America (Quebec) (Other American Colonies)1620: 1st puritan colony in N. America (Other American Colonies)1655: Jamaica taken from Spain by England (Other American Colonies)1697: Saint-Domingue taken from Spain by France (Other American Colonies)1581: Born (Ana Nzinga)1623: Negotiated peace with Portuguese (Ana Nzinga)1633: Became queen after brother died (Ana Nzinga)1648-54: Negotiated peace with Potuguese again (Ana Nzinga)1663: Died peacefully and was succeeded by her sister (Ana Nzinga)1638: born (Metacom)1661: father died; Metacom became chief (Metacom)1671: forced to sign peace agreement with English (Metacom)1675: rebellion (Metacom)1676: defeat (Metacom)1680: born in Africa (Queen Nanni)1720: escaped (Queen Nanni)1739: a group of maroons (probably led by Nanni) signed peace agreement with British (Queen Nanni)1750: died, probably of natural causes (Queen Nanni)1742: born (Yemelyan Pugachev)1774: start rebellion (Yemelyan Pugachev)1775: defeated by Russian army (Yemelyan Pugachev)
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