MKD ALL ERAS!

Beginnings of Christianity

(c. 30 CE

312 Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity

(312

333 Roman capital moved to Constantinople

(333

4th C Beg. of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

(c. 300s

476 “Fall” of Rome

(476

527 Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire

(527

320-550 Gupta Dynasty/Empire

(320-550

622 Founding of Islam

(622

c. 730 Printing invented in China

(c. 730

732 Battle of Tours (Muslim expansion ➔ France)

(732

1054 Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)

(1054

1071 Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks over Byz)

(1071

1095 1st Crusade

(1095

1206 Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests

(1206

1258 Mongols sack Baghdad

end of Abbasid caliphate

1271-1295 Marco Polo’s travels

(1271-1295

1279-1368 Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China

(1279-1368

1324 Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage/hajj

(1324

1325-1349 travels of Ibn Battuta

(1325-1349

1347-1348 Bubonic plague in Europe

(1347-1348

1368-1644 Ming Dynasty

(1368-1644

1405-1433 Zheng He’s 7 voyages

(1405-1433

1438 Rise of Inca Empire

(1438

1453 Ottomans capture Constantinople

(1453

1450s Printing Press in Europe (Gutenberg)

(1450s

c. 1480s Height of Aztec Empire

(c. 1480s

1488 Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope

(1488

1492 Columbus/Reconquista of Spain

(1492

1502 1st African Slaves to Americas

(1502

1517 Martin Luther/Protestant Reformation

(1517

1519-1521 Cortez conquered the Aztecs

(1519-1521

1521-1523 Magellan circumnavigates the Earth

(1521-1523

1526 Battle of Panipat

(1526

1529 1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna

(1529

1533 Pizarro topples the Inca

(1533

1545 Discovery of silver at Potosí

(1545

1571 Battle of Lepanto (Ottoman naval defeat)

(1571

1571 1st Manila Galleon

(1571

1588 Spanish Armada

(1588

1600 Battle of Sekigahara

(1600

1607 foundation of Jamestown

(1607

1618-1648 30 Years War

(1618-1648

1644-1911 Qing Dynasty

(1644-1911

1653 Cape Town colony founded

(1653

1683 2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna

(1683

1689 Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights

(1689

c. 1700s Age of Enlightenment begins

(c. 1700s

1701 Kingdom of Prussia established

(1701

1701 Ashanti Empire established

(1701

1703 Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg

(1703

1707 Death of Aurangzeb/Mughal decline

(1707

1735-1739 Russo-Turkish War

(1735-1739

1742 Marvel’s Mill in England

(1742

1756-1763 7 Years War (French and Indian War)

(1756-1763

1767 Invention of the Spinning Jenny

(1767

1776 Decl. of Independence (American Rev)

(1776

1776 Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations

(1776

1789 French Revolution begins

(1789

1796 Jenner’s smallpox vaccine

(1796

1804 Haitian independence

(1804

1807 British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade

(1807

1807-08 Janissary Revolt

(1807-1808

1815 Congress of Vienna

(1815

1820s Independence in Latin America

(1820s

1825 Erie Canal opens

(1825

1839 1st Opium War in China

(1839

1839-1878 Tanzimat Reform

(1839-1878

1848 Marx & Engels’ The Communist Manifesto

(1848

1848-1849 European revolutions

(1848-1849

1853 Commodore Perry “opens” Japan

(1853

1857 Sepoy Mutiny

(1857

1861 Russian “frees” serfs / ends serfdom

(1861

1861-1865 U.S. Civil War

(1861-1865

1861-1870 Italian unification

(1861-1870

1863 U.S. Emancipation Proclamation

(1863

1869 Suez Canal Opens

(1869

1871 German unification

(1871

1884 Maxim Machine Gun

(1884

1885 Berlin Conference (“Scramble for Africa”)

(1885

1888 Brazil ends slavery (last in Americas)

(1888

1893 New Zealand grants women suffrage

(1893

1896 Battle of Adowa (Ethiopians defeat Italians)

(1896

1898 Spanish-American War

(1898

1899-1902 Boer War

(1899-1902

1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War

(1904-1905

1910-1920 Mexican Revolution

(1910-1920

1911 Chinese Revolution

(1911

1914 Panama Canal

(1914

1914-1918 World War I

(1914-1918

1917 Russian Revolution

(1917

1917 Balfour Declaration

(1917

1918 Armistice

(1918

1919 Treaty of Versailles

(1919

1929 Stock Market Crash

(1929

1930 Salt March

(1930

1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria

(1931