1450 - 1750 Dates
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1450 | Collapse of Byzantine |
| 1450 | Collapse of Great Zimbabwe |
| 1450 | Printing press in Europe |
| 1453 | Rise of Ottoman Empire - capture of Constantinople |
| 1488 | Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope - beginnings of European maritime exploration |
| 1492 | Columbus and Spanish conquistadors |
| 1502 | 1st slaves to the Americas |
| 1517 | Luther's 95 Theses - start of Protestant Reformation |
| 1521 | Cortes conquers the Aztecs |
| 1533 | Pizarro conquers the Incas |
| 1571 | Battle of Lepanto (keeps Ottomans out of global trade networks) |
| 1588 | Defeat of Spanish Armada (beginning of end of Spain, and the start of Britain as a power) |
| 1600 | Unification of Japan (Tokugawa Shogunate) - start of Japanese isolation for 250 years |
| 1607 | Jamestown settled |
| 1618 - 1648 | 30 Years' War (Treaty of Westphalia - start of religious toleration) |
| 1683 | Ottomans lay siege to Vienna and are unsuccessful - keeps Islam out of Europe for 2nd time (now from the East) |
| 1689 | Glorious Revolution in England/ English Bill of Rights |
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