World History Timeline 1450-1750

Habsburg Germna Frederick III made Holy Roman Emperor

French victory at Castillon ends Hundred Years War

Ottomon conquest of Constantinople (Istanbul) ends Byzantine Empire

War of the Roses in England

Rise of Songhay Empire (Africa)

Onin Waris in Japan

Ivan the Great conquers Novgorod

Henry VII begins Tudor Dynasty; Marries Elizabeth of York to unite warring Houses

Ferdinand V and isabella defeat Moors, unite Spain

Louis XII captures Milan

First African slaves in the West Indies

French conquer Naples, begin expansion in northern Italy

Height of Aztec under Montezuma II

Ferdinand V and Henry VII join anti-French "Holy-League"

Ottoman Turks invade Persia

Cortex begins conquest of Aztecs

Charles V elected holy Roman Emperor

Ottoman Turks under Suleiman the Magnificent invade Europe, take Belgrade

Babur raids Delhi Sultanate begins Mughal Empire's expansion in Northern India

Protestant Rebellions in Germany, Switzerland

Francisco Pizzaro begins conquest of Incas

John Calvin leads reformation at Geneva, sets up Calvinist government

Ivan the Terrible becomes tsar of Russia

Portugese establish colonies in Brazil

Peace of Augsburg establishes religious freedom in Germany

Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England

Rise of Mughals under Akbar I

Religious wars in France after murder of Huguenots

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Dutch William of Orange murdered

English defeat Spanish Armada

Bourbon dynasty begins with ascension of Henry IV in France

Moroccans sack Gao; end of Songhay Empire (Africa)

Edicts of Nantes orders toleration of French Hugeunots

Portuguese, Frech, and Dutch establish African colonies

English and Dutch form East India Companies, begin battling Portugal for colonial holdings.

Elizabeth I dies, James I begins Stuart Dynasty

English form colony at Jamestown, Virginia

Henry IV assassinated; Louis XIII made king in France

Poles evicted from Russia, Romanov begins

Defenstration of Prague begins Thirty years war

Cardinal Richelieu repress Huguenot rebellion

French enter 30 years war against Spain

Japan closes itself to foreigners

French found Montreal

End of Ming Dynasty; Qing dynasty begins

Thirty years war ends with Treaty of Westphalia

Charles I killed, commonwealth established

Oliver Cromwell is Lord Protector of England

France and spain sighn Peace of Pyrenees

Chalres II reestablishes English Monarchy

English colony in Bombay

English take New Amsterdam, rename it New York

French invade netherlands

French claim Louisiana territory

Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes

French Claim madagascar

League of Augsburg wars against France

Dutch Protestant William of Orange becomes William I of England in Glorious Revolution

Peter the Great becomes sole ruler in Russia

Height of Mughal empire in India

Great Norther War Begins, Swedes defeat Russians

Charles II of Spain dies, ending the Habsburg rule in Spain; Spanish Bourban Dynasty begins.

Frederick III crowned Frederick I of Prussia

War of Spanish Succession Begins

St. Petersburg established

St. petersburg becomes Russian capital

England and Scotland united as Great Britain

Fall of Mughal Empire; India divided after death of Aurangzeb

Treat of Utrect ends War of Spanish succession

Louis XV becomes king of France

French establish New Orleans

Spain takes Texas

Russians win Great Northern war under Peter the Great

Robert Walpole serves as first prime minister in Britain

George II takes the British Throne

Rise of Persians under nadirs Kuli and Shah; capture of Afghanistan and Delhi

War of Polish Succession; Russian invasion of Poland

Treaty of Vienna; Ended War of Polish Succession

War of Austrian Succession

King George's War in America

Magellen circumnavigates world

Beginning of the Industrial Revolution

Guttenberg Bible printed

Martin Luther posts 95 Theses

John Calvin leads Reformation at Geneva

Henry VII's Reformation Parliament severs ties with Church of Rome

Akbar I orders religious freedom in India

King James Bible

Taj Mahal finished in India

Toleration Act in England