Timeline Of Events C. 1400-1850

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8.5.1
Timeline of Events c. 1400–1850
b
c. 1400
early
Renaissance culture (arts, science, ideas) begins in Italy and spreads though
–
1600s
Europe: freedom of thought, interest in classical Greece and Rome
China grows under Ming Dynasty, with capital at Beijing. Agriculture,
1400s
–
1500s
navigation, Confucianism, and art thrive. Chinese trading ships export tea,
silk, and porcelain to India, Africa, and Europe, with Guangzhou as a major
trading post.
1450
The printing press is developed.
Early 1500s
Rivalry for territory and trade between Portugal and Spain:
conquistadores
Portugal establishes colony in Brazil (1501); Spanish
conquer
Cuba, Aztecs (1521), and Incans (1523) in Central and South America
1452
–
1519
Life of Leonardo da Vinci, famous Italian artist and inventor
1498
Vasco da Gama travels around tip of Africa to India and returns with jewels
and spices; Portugal establishes trading posts in Spice Islands (Indonesia).
Early 1500s
Moghul Empire in India grows to include the entire Indian peninsula.
1500s
Swahili (“coastal people”) culture thrives in east Africa along the coast
bordering the Indian Ocean, trading with Arab Muslims, India, and China.
1500s
–
1600s
European countries establish the slave trade in west Africa to obtain
workers for the sugar and tobacco plantations in South America and the
Caribbean, and the cotton plantations in the southern U.S.
1500s
Portugal establishes trading posts and the colony of Angola in west Africa.
1500s
–
1600s
Age of absolute monarchy in Europe: unlimited power and “divine right”
1500s
1600s
Portugal, Spain, England, and France establish the slave trade from Africa
–
to bring workers to sugar and tobacco plantations in South America and the
Caribbean, and later to the cotton plantations in the southern U.S.
1517
Martin Luther officially protests against the Catholic Church and the
religious Reformation begins. Protestant religions emerge in Europe.
1519
Magellan sails around the world and proves the Earth is round.
1534
England breaks away from the authority of the Catholic Church and becomes
a Protestant country under King Henry VIII.
1588
Britain defeats the ships of the Spanish Armada and becomes ruler of the
Atlantic Ocean.
1558
–
1603
Elizabeth I rules England: period of William Shakespeare.
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