78 Important dates

AP world modern

Rise of the Aztec Empire

1325

the rise the ottoman empire

1281

the rise of the kingdom of Mali

1200

the reign of genghis Khan

1206-1227 the period of leadership over the Mongol Empire, during which he established a vast empire through conquests across Asia.

the rise of feudalism in Japan

12th century

the founding of the yuan dynasty

1271, when Kublai Khan established the dynasty, marking the beginning of Mongol rule in China.

the Italian renaissance

1304-1374

the spread of the bubonic plague

1320-1340

the rise of the Inca empire

1350

the beginning of the Ming dynasty

1368

swahili states flourish

1400

zheng he voyages

1405-1433

start of the Atlantic slave trade

1441

ottomans conquer Constantinople

1453

columbus expeditions

1492

vasco de gama reaches India

1498

commercial revolution in Europe

16th

start of protestant reformation

1517

cortez conquers the Aztecs

1524

founding of the mughal empire

1526

pizarro conquers the Incas

1533

beginning of Russian empire

1552

founding of manila; world trade system

1571

scientific revolution

1600-1690

founding of Tokugawa shogunate

1603

first British colony in north america

1607

beginning of Japanese isolation

1640s

louis XIV in france; absolute monarchy

1643-1715

founding of the quing dynasty

1644

dutch Boers colonize South Africa

1652

peter the great; westernization of Russia

1689-1725

the enlightenment

18th century

seven years war

1756-1763

british east India co. controls inia

1764

beginning of industrial revolution

1770

American Revolution

1775-1783

French Revolution & Napoleon

1789-1815

Mary Wollstonecraft; feminism

1792

Haitian Revolution

1792-1804

Muhammad Ali rules Egypt

1805-1849

Latin American wars of independence

1808-1825

Monroe Doctrine

1823

British abolish slavery

1833

Opium Wars

1839-1841

Tanzimat reforms in Ottoman Empire

1839-1876

Communist Manifesto; Marxism

1848

British Raj in India

1858

Emancipation of serfs in Russia

1861

Meiji Restoration; Japanese industrialize

1868-1914

Unification of Germany

1871

Height of European imperialism

1871-1914

Demographic transition in the West

1880s

Russian industrialization

1884-1914

Berlin Conference

1884-1885

Founding of Indian National Congress

1885

Abolition of slavery in Brazil & Cuba

1888

European spheres of influence in China

1890s

Mexican Revolution

1910-1920

Chinese Revolution

1912

World War I & Versailles Conference

1914-1919

Russian Revolution

1917

Start of Great Depression

1929

Gandhi’s resistance in India

1931-1947

Hitler rises to power in Germany

1933

Japan invades China

1937

World War II

1939-1945

Creation of the United Nations

1945

india & Pakistan gain independence

1947

the cold war

1947-1991

Creation of Israel

1948

Communist revolution in China

1949

Bandung conference; nonalignment

1955

Creation of EEC

1957

Cuban Revolution

1959

“Year of Africa”

1960

Iranian Revolution

1979

End of apartheid in S. Africa

1990

Fall of the Soviet Union

1991