Must Know Dates: 1450-1750 Flashcards
(19 cards)
1
Q
Ottomans capture Constantinople
A
1453
2
Q
Height of Aztec Empire
A
c. 1480s
3
Q
Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope
A
1488
4
Q
Columbus/Reconquista
A
1492
5
Q
1st African slaves to Americas
A
1502
6
Q
Martin Luther/95 Theses
A
1517
7
Q
Cortez conquered the Aztecs
A
1521
8
Q
1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna - (Suleiman)
A
1529
9
Q
Pizarro toppled the Inca
A
1533
10
Q
Discovery of silver at Potosi
A
1545
11
Q
Battle of Lepanto (naval defeat of Ottomans)
A
1571
12
Q
Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British
A
1588
13
Q
Battle of Sekigahara (beginning of Tokugawa Shogunate)
A
1600
14
Q
Foundation of Jamestown
A
1607
15
Q
30 Years War
A
1618-1648
16
Q
End of Ming/Beginning of Qing Dynasty
A
1644
17
Q
Cape Town colony founded (Dutch)
A
1653
18
Q
2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna (Mehmet IV)
A
1683
19
Q
Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights
A
1689
