AP World 1450-1750
Category: Other
Updated: 14 Jan 2021
For Mrs. Riley's AP World
Color Key:
Dark Blue- Asia
Orange- Africa
Red- North America
Purple- South America
Yellow- Middle East
Green- Europe
Light Blue- Oceania
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Created byKaylee Ayala
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Events
1453 Ottoman Empire conquers Constantinople; end of the Byzantine Empire1499-1550 Decimation of Caribbean populations by disease and forced labor1480 Russia emerges from Mongol rule1492-1502 Voyages of Columbus to Americas1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama reaches India1526 Mughal Empire established in India1565 Spanish takeover of Philippines begins1517 Beginning of Protestant Reformation1543 Scientific Revolution begins1529 Ottoman Siege of Vienna1591 Songhay Empire falls in West Africa1505 Portuguese attacks on Swahili cities in East Africa1532-1540 Spanish conquest of Incan Empire1519-1521 Spanish conquest of Aztec Empire1505 Portuguese assaults on Hombasa in East Africa1526 King Alfonso of Kongo protests impact of slave trade1517 Martin Luther posts 95 theses; beginning of Protestant Reformation1531 Juan Diegos Vision of Virgin of Guadalupe1535 Bishop of Mexico destroys traditional shrines and 'Idols'1580 Muslim astronomical observatory dismantles1603 Tokugawa Shogunate established in Japan1601 British and Dutch, East India companies begin operations in Asia1644 Ming/Qing transition in China1683 Second Ottomon seige of Vienna1652 Dutch settlement in South Africa1690 High Point of Palmates, Brazils largest runaway community1607 Jamestown Established1607-1608 French Colony in Quebec1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk resolves border between Chinese and Russian Empires1635 Japanese seclusion from the West begins persecution of Christians1609 Galileo develops improved telescope1750s British Begin military conquest of India1750s British takeover of India BeginsPeriods
1400-1500 African Contact with Portuguese and Chinese maritime voyages1400-1511 Flourishing of Malacca1400-1591 Flourishing of Kingdom Songhay1400-1500 Aztec and Incan Empires facilitate commercial exchange1469-1539 Life of Guru Nanak founder of Sikism1492-1550 Decimation of Caribbean populations by disease and forced labor1550-1795 Russia begins expansion across Siberia1520-1566 Reign of Ottoman emperor Suleiman1500-1530 Christian/Muslim conflict in Ethiopia1530s First Portuguese plantations in Brazil1540-1550 Discovery of Silver near Potosi1560-1570 Taki Onqoy movement in Peru1534-1639 Ottoman military conflict with Persian Empire1545-1563 Council of Tront1530-1700 Widespread Conversion to Christianity1582-1610 Jesuit missionary of Mateo Ricci in China1618-1648 Thirty Years' War1642-1727 Life of Isaac Newton; Culmination of Scientific Revolution1689-1725 Peter the Great begins westernization of Russia1631-1648 Taj Mahal Constracted in Mughal Empire1620s Kingdom of Dahomej established1670-1820s Wars of Islamic renewal in West Africa1600-1700 Initial European penetration of Oceania1600-1722 Ecological collapse on Rapu Nui (Easter Island)1648-1709 Russian incorporation of Ukraine1680-1760 Chinese Expansion into Central Asia1630-1640s Hurons decimated by European diseases1644-1763 British-French rivalry for North America1700-1715 Missionaries lose facor at Chinese Court1700-1800 European Enlightenment1740-1818 Wahhabi movement of Islamic reform in Arabia1707-1800 Fragmentation of Mughal Empire1700-1800 Peak of Atlantic Slave-Trade1700-1800 Rise of Dahomej Empire kingdom based on slave trade1750-1850 Beginnings of Industrial Revolution
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