Period 4 Dates Flashcards
1
Q
1453
A
Ottomans capture Constantinople
2
Q
C. 1480s
A
Height of Aztec Empire
3
Q
1488
A
Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope
4
Q
1492
A
Columbus/Reconquista of Spain
5
Q
1502
A
Firs African slaves brought to the Americas
6
Q
1517
A
Martin Luther/95 theses
7
Q
1521
A
Cortez conquered the Aztecs
8
Q
1529
A
1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (Suleiman)
9
Q
1533
A
Pizarro toppled the Inca
10
Q
1545
A
Discovery of silver at Potosí
11
Q
1571
A
Battle of Lepanto (naval defeat of the Ottomans)
12
Q
1588
A
Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British
13
Q
1600
A
Battle of Sekigahara (beginning of Tokugawa shogunate)
14
Q
1607
A
Founding of Jamestown
15
Q
1618-1648
A
Thirty Years’ War