Period 2 Must know dates Flashcards
MUST KNOW
1453
Ottomans capture Constantinople
Ca. 1480
Height of Aztec Empire
1488
Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope
1502
1st African Slaves to Americas
1492
Columbus/Reconquista of Spain
1517
Martin Luther / 95 theses
1521
Cortez conquered the Aztecs
1529
1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna - Suileman
1533
Pizarro toppled the Inca
1545
Discovery of silver at Potosi
1588
Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British
1571
Battle of Lepanto(naval defeat of Ottomans)
1600
Battle of Sekigahara beginning of Tokugawa SHogunate
1607
Foundation of Jamestown
1618-1648
30 years war
1644
End of MIng beginning of Qing Dynasty
1683
2nd Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna Mehmet IV
1653
Cape Town colony of Dutch/the Netherlands.
1689
Glorious Revolution / English Bill of Rights.