Volume 3: Early Modern Times b Flashcards
Peter the Great becomes the czar of Russia
1682
The Ottoman Turks are defeated at Vienna
1683
K’ang-hsi adds Taiwan to the Chinese empire
1683
Isaac Newton publishes Principa Mathematica
1687
Mary and William come to the English throne in the Glorious Revolution
1688
Peter the Great takes control of his throne away from Sophia
1689
King William’s War begins
1689
Aurangzeb gives the British permission to build Calcutta
1690
John Locke publishes Two Treatises of Government
1690
K’ang-hsi adds Mongolia to the Chinese empire
1696
King William’s War ends
1696
Beginning of the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden
1700
Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
1701
Queen Anne’s War begins
1701
Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg
1702
The Tulip Period begins in the Ottoman empire
1703
Aurangzeb of India dies and Bahadur Shah I takes the throne
1707
Crop rotation becomes widespread, thanks to Charles Townshend
1710
Bahadur Shah I of India dies
1712
Queen Anne’s War ends
1713
George Louis becomes George I of England
1714
Louis XIV dies and Louis XV becomes king of France
1715
Mohammed Shah of India comes to the throne
1719
K’ang-hsi dies
1722
Peter the Great dies
1725
Tibet becomes part of the Chinese Empire
1726
George I dies and George II becomes king of England
1727
The Tulip Period ends in the Ottoman Empire
1730
Chi-‘en-lung becomes emperor of China
1735
The War of Jenkins’ Ear begins
1739
King George’s War begins
1744
Mohammed Shah of India dies
1748
King George’s War ends
1748
The French-Indian War begins
1754
The British capture Bengal in the Battle of Plassey
1756
The Seven-Year War begins
1756
Catherine the Great is proclaimed empress of Russia
1762
The French-Indian and Seven-Years Wars end
1763
Chi-‘en-lung adds Burma to the Chinese empire
1769
James Watt receives a patent for the steam engine
1769
James Cook maps the coast of Australia
1769
James Cook starts out on his last voyage
1776
The North American colonies declares their independence from Great Britain
1776
The Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia
1787
The Estates General (representatives of France) meets in May at Versailles
1789
The Bastille falls on July 14
1789
The Bill of rights is added to the American Constitution
1791
The slaves of Saint Domingue rebel
1791
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are executed in France
1793
Eli Whitney popularizes the ideas of standardization and interchangeable parts
1797
Napoleon becomes consul
1799
Napoleon becomes consul for life
1802
Napoleon is crowned emperor
1804
Lewis and Clark begin their expedition
1804
Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Trafalgar
1805
Lewis and Clark return from the west
1806
Britain outlaws the slave trade
1807
Charles IV is deposed by Napoleon
1808
The United States outlaws the slave trade
1808
Argentina declares independence
1810
Don Miguel gives the speech, ‘The Cry of Dolores”
1810
Venezuela declares independence
1811