world history dates

mongol empire

1206-1368

black death spreads across eurasia

1346-1353

mughal empire

1526-1857

maratha confederacy

1721-1818

safavid empire

1501-1722

printing press spreads to europe

1450

protestant reformation

1517-1648

safavid v ottoman wars

1623-1639

ottoman empire reaches its largest extent

1520-1560

ottoman empire collapses

1922

zheng he explores indian ocean

1405-1433

spanish discover new world

1492

spanish conquer aztecs

1519

ming dynasty forces payment of taxes in silver

1436

spanish establish potosi

1545

portuguese gunboat empire begins

1415

invention of the water frame

1769

american revolution

1775-1783

declaration of independence written

1776

declaration of the rights of man written

1789

letter from jamaica written

1815

french revolution

1789-1799

haitian revolution

1791-1804

latin american revolutions

1808-1833

napoleonic wars

1803-1815

karl marx writes the communist manifesto

1848

large wave of immigration from europe to north america

1840-1924

british east india trading company begins trading in india

1600

sepoy revolt

1857

scramble for africa

1885-1914

first opium war

1839-1842

boxer rebellion

1899-1901

matthew perry forces japan to open

1854

meiji restoration in japan

1868

WW1

1914-1918

treaty of versailles signed

1919

communist rebellion against chinese nationalist party

1927-1949

great depression

1929-1945

hitler rises to power

1933

stalin begins his purges

1936

japan invades china

1931

WW2

1939-1945

cold war

1945-1991

cultural revolution

1966

india and pakistan achieve independence

1947

korean war

1950-1953

vietnam war

1955-1975

USSR fights in afghanistan

1979-1989

cuban missile crisis

1962

revolts against USSR in hungary

1956

soviet russia collapses

1991