| A | B |
|---|
| 1500 | Spain: conquest of the Americas |
| 1501 | Persia: Safavid Dynasty begins |
| 1517 | Turks conquer Egypt |
| 1531 | Inca Empire invaded by Spain |
| 1534 | Henry VIII breaks with Rome |
| 1536-1609 | British settle America |
| 1556 | India: accession of Akbar |
| 1582 | Hideyoshi unites Japan |
| 1588 | Defeat of the Spanish Armada |
| 1590 | Africa: the end of the Desert Kingdoms |
| 1603 | James I becomes King of England |
| 1608 | Quebec founded |
| 1619 | Dutch Empire founded |
| 1621 | Iraq: occupation by Persia |
| 1624-41 | Japan: Expulsion of Spanish and Portuguese traders |
| 1621 | Iraq: occupation by Persia |
| 1642-1648 | England: Civil War |
| 1650 | Africa: Rise of Ashanti |
| 1670 | Hudson's Bay Company founded |
| 1685 | France: Edict of Nantes revoked |
| 1690 | India: Mughal Conquest |
| 1700 | Britain: Industrial Revolution began |
| 1713 | North America: Confederacy of Six Nations formed |
| 1720 | Construction of Louisbourg begins |
| 1740 | Indians lead Verendrye family across the prairies |
| 1754-1763 | America: Seven Years War |
| 1768 | Australia/NZ Captain Cook lands |
| 1778 | Australia: British colonization begins |
| 1775-1783 | America: War of Independence |
| 1778 | Australia: British colonization begins |
| 1788 | Africa: Senegal abolishes slavery |
| 1789 | French Revolution commences |
| 1798 | Haiti: L'Ouverture frees Africans in Haiti |
| 1803 | Purchase of Louisiana |
| 1804 | Haiti is independent |
| 1812 | Canada/US war declared |
| 1815 | Belgium: Battle of Waterloo |
| 1819 | Singapore: British colony founded |
