Dates Flashcards
Beginning of Japanese isolation
1640’s
Beginning of the Russian empire
1552
Start of the Atlantic slave trade
1441
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
1524
Reign of genghis khan
1206-1227
Rise of the kingdom of mali
1200
Vasco da Grams reaches India
1498
Start of Protestant reformation
1517
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
1453
Spread of bubonic plague
1320-1340
Founding of the yuan dynasty
1271
Zheng He voyages
1405-1433
Louis XIV in France; absolut monarchy
1643-1715
Founding of Manila; world trade system
1571
Beginning of the Ming dynasty
1368
Founding of the Mughal empire
1526
Founding of Tokugawa shogunate
1603
Rise of the Inca empire
1350
Columbus expeditions
1492
Italian renaissance
1304-1374
Swahili states flourish
1400
Commercial revolution in Europe
16th century
Rise of feudalism in japan
12th century
First British colony in North America
1607
Scientific revolution
1600-1690
Pizarro conquers the Inca
1533
Founding of the Ottoman Empire
1281
Rise of the Aztec empire
1325
Mary Wollstonecraft; feminism
1792
Monroe Doctrine
1823
Latin American wars of independence
1808-1825
Mahammed ali rules Egypt
1805-1849
Haitian Revolution
1792-1804
French Revolution and Napoleon
1789-1815
American revolution
1775-1783
Opium Wars
1839- 1841
Tanzimat reforms in ottoman empire
1839-1879
Communist manifesto; marxism
1848
British raj in India
1858
Emancipation of serfs in Russia
1861
British abolish slavery
1833
Meiji restoration; Japanese industrialize
1868-1914
Unification of Germany
1871
Hight of European imperialism
1871-1914
Democratic transition of the west
1880
Berlin conference
1924-1925
Founding of Indian National Congress
1885
Abolition of slavery in Brazil and Cuba
1888
Russian industrialization
1884-1914
Fall of Soviet Union
1991
End of apartheid in South Africa
1990
Iranian Revolution
1979
“Year of Africa”
1960