1450-1470
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1470-1490
Events
Pope Sixtus lV built the Sistine Chapel
In the year 1475, Pope Sixtus built the Sistine Chapel and the Sixtus bridge over the Tiber river.
George Duke of Clarence murdered in Tower of England
On February 18, 1478 George Duke of Clarence enemy of his brother King Edward the lV was drowned by force in a wine barrel.
1488 - Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope
In the year 1475, Pope Sixtus built the Sistine Chapel and the Sixtus bridge over the Tiber river.
George Duke of Clarence murdered in Tower of England
On February 18, 1478 George Duke of Clarence enemy of his brother King Edward the lV was drowned by force in a wine barrel.
1488 - Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope
1490-1510
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1510-1530
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1530-1550
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1550 - Russia begins expanding across Siberia
1571 - Battle of Lepanto, British defeat the Spanish Armada
1571 - Battle of Lepanto, British defeat the Spanish Armada
1588-British defeat the Spanish Armada
1600 - Battle of Sekigahara beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate
1600-1602 -British and Dutch East India companies begin operations in Asia
1607 - Jamestown, Virginia
Established as the first permanent English settlement in North America
1600-1602 -British and Dutch East India companies begin operations in Asia
1607 - Jamestown, Virginia
Established as the first permanent English settlement in North America
1618-1648 Thirty Years War
1682 - 1725 -Peter the Great began Westernization in Russia
1683 - Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
1689 - Glorious Revolution and English Bill of Rights, Ottomans capture Contstantinople
1683 - Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna
1689 - Glorious Revolution and English Bill of Rights, Ottomans capture Contstantinople
1700s - European Enlightenment
Discussion of equality and human rights, effect on Europe and Americas
1700s - Slave trade
Affected the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Africa trades slaves for European goods, Europeans trade goods for slaves to work on plantations
Discussion of equality and human rights, effect on Europe and Americas
1700s - Slave trade
Affected the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Africa trades slaves for European goods, Europeans trade goods for slaves to work on plantations