1500 Timeline
1506[]
- Christopher Columbus dies
- End Date: n/a
- Significance: The discoverer of the Americas dies alone and ashamed. Columbus thought that he failed to discover the valuable spices of Asia.
- Location: Valladolid, Spain
- Theme: Effect of People/ Impact of the individual
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1514[]
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- Battle of Diu
- End Datilty
- Significance:Marked the beginning of Portuguese dominance in the Spice Trade
- Location:Diu
- Theme:Global Interaction
1511[]
- Malacca seized
- End Date:n/a
- Significance:Portugal gains control of vital location in the Asian spice trade
- Location:Malacca
- Theme:Global Interaction
1513[]
- Ponce De Leon discovers Florida
- End Date:n/a
- Significance:Discovery of new lands gives possibilities for colonization and expansion of empires
- Theme:Global Interaction
1517[]
- Martin Luther Posts his 95 Theses
- End Date:n/a
- Significance:Sparked the Protestant Revolution
- Location:Germany
- Theme:Impact of the Individual
- Ottomans defeat Mamluks
- End Date:n/a
- Significance:Ottomans gain control of Egypt, Arabia, and the Levant
- Location:Egypt
- Theme:Global Interaction
1518[]
- Cortes conquers Aztecs
- End Date:n/a
- Significance:Spain acquires newfound wealth
- Location:Americas
- Theme:Global Interaction
1526[]
- Battle of Mohacs
- End Date: n/a
- Significance:Ottomans conquer Kingdom of Hungary
- Location:Hungary
- Theme:Global Interaction
1530[]
- Pizzaro leads conquest of Incas
- End Date:n/a
- Significance:Incas conquered in the name of Spain
- Location:South America, area around Peru
- Theme: Global Interaction
- Church of England breaks away
- End Date: n/a
- Significance:Henry becomes the head of the Church of England, starts the Anglican Church
- Theme:Impact of the Individual
1547[]
- Start of Reign of Ivan the Terrible
- End Date: 1584
- Significance: The death of Ivan's Son marked the end of the Rurik Dyn. and the beginning of the time of troubles
- Location: Russia
- Theme: Impact of the Individual
1550[]
- Shaanxi Earthquake
- End Date: n/a
- Significance: Deadliest known earthquake, much of China destroyed
- Location: China
- Theme:Continuity and Change
1556[]
- Philip II comes to power in Spain
- End Date:1598
- Significance: Makes Spain the most powerful nation in Europe (the Golden Age)
- Location: Spain
- Theme: Impact of the Individual
1560[]
- French Wars of Religion
- End Date:1598 .
- Significance: Religious wars between Catholics and Huguenots (French Protestants)
- Location: France
- Theme: Religion and Value Systems
1577[]
- Francis Drake circumnavigates globe
- End Date:1580
- Significance:
- Location: Second person to circumnavigate the globe, made tons of money
- Theme: Global Interaction
==1588==
- Spanish Armada
- End Date:n/a
- Significance: King Philip of Spain sent armada, 131 ships, to attack England. fleet became fragmented, was defeated by the British
- Location: Spain/England
- Theme: Global Interaction
1598[]
- "Time of Troubles" in Russia
- End Date: N/A
- Significance: Russia descends into anarchy when the Rurik dynasty died out. Order was restored when the first of the Romanov czars was crowned
- Location: Russia
- Theme: Political & Social Systems