Dates Quiz 3 APWORLD

1453

Ottomans capture Constantinople, leading to the fall of the Byzantine Empire.

1450s

Gutenberg Printing Press is introduced in Europe.

c. 1480s

The height of the Aztec Empire occurs.

1488

Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope.

1492

Columbus discovers the Americas; the Reconquista of Spain is completed.

1502

The first African slaves arrive in the Americas.

1517

Martin Luther leads the Protestant Reformation.

1521

Cortez conquers the Aztec Empire.

1526

The Mughal Empire in India begins.

1529

The first unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna occurs under Suleiman.

1533

Pizarro topples the Inca Empire.

1543

Copernicus proposes the heliocentric model, marking the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.

1545

Discovery of silver at Potosi takes place.

1571

The Battle of Lepanto results in an Ottoman naval defeat by a European coalition.

1571

The first Manila Galleon establishes global trade.

1588

The Spanish Armada is defeated.

1600

The Battle of Sekigahara marks the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan.

1607

Jamestown, Virginia, is founded.

1618-1648

The Thirty Years' War takes place in Europe.

1644

The end of the Ming dynasty and the beginning of the Qing dynasty occurs.

1653

The Cape Town colony is founded by the Dutch.

1683

The second unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna takes place under Mehmet IV.

1689

The Glorious Revolution leads to the English Bill of Rights.