Period 4 Timeline
Updated 17 Jan 2019
1450-1750
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Created byCarissa Yu
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Ottomans conquer ConstantinopleJohann Gutenberg invents printing with movable type at Mainz, GermanyColumbus becomes first European to encounter CaribbeanTreaty of TordesillasIndian Ocean trade routes end with Portuguese control of Swahili trading states such as KilwaLeonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa (Renaissance)Martin Luther’s 95 Theses (Protestant Reformation)Cortez conquers the AztecsPizarro marches to Peru, kills the Incan chieftain, AtahualpaBattle of LepantoDefeat of the Spanish Armada by the BritishBeginning of the Tokugawa ShogunateJamestown, Virginia established first permanent English colony on American mainland30 Years War begins (Qing (Manchu) Dynasty established (overthrow the Ming)Taj Mahal is completed (Mughal Empire)Glorious Revolution/English Bill of RightsPeter the Great founded St. Petersburg
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