The European slave trade began after Jean de Bethencourt’s discovery of the Canary Islands for Spain in 1402. He and some of his men captured the native Guanches and took them from their home to become slaves in Europe. Eager to get a colony of their own, the Portuguese, too, ventured to Africa for slave […]
Biblical Timeline
Europe, Turkish Domain in
The Byzantine Empire experienced a disastrous civil war and an equally destructive earthquake during the mid-1300s. These two events contributed to the fall of Thrace to the Ottomans and gave them the first Turkish domain in Europe between 1354 and 1357 where it is recorded on the Biblical Timeline with World History. The Ottoman Empire […]
Fall of the Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire flourished in the western Sahel region of Africa between AD 1400 and 1600. Sonni Ali, the paramount chief of the Sonni Dynasty, led the Songhai people in conquering the former territories of the Ghana and Mali Empires. The power, wealth, and influence of the Songhai Dynasty increased over the years, but it […]
Christianity Introduced by Francis Xavier
In 1549, the Jesuit priest and missionary Francis Xavier landed in Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu. With him were two Jesuit missionaries, three Japanese converts (including their translator Anjiro), and one Chinese convert. Despite the danger of evangelizing in a war-torn country and the language barrier, it was not long before this small yet […]
Alexander I Reigns 1801
Alexander I of Russia started his reign after the botched coup and assassination of his father in 1801. He was born in 1777 and was raised by his formidable grandmother, Catherine the Great. He spent most of his years as Russia’s Emperor fighting (and occasionally befriending) Napoleon Bonaparte between the Second and Seventh Coalition Wars. […]
Connecticut Settled by the Dutch and the English 1633
In 1633, the first Dutch and English colonists settled along the banks of the Connecticut River. Although the Dutch got a head start by building the Huys de Hoop outpost in as early as 1623, the English settlers quickly caught up when they created two settlements ten years later. Huys de Hoop, the first European […]
Ottoman-Venetian Wars (1st through 6th)
The Republic of Venice was one of the Ottoman Empire’s most important trade partners in the Mediterranean during its early years. In 1460, this relationship turned sour when the Ottoman Empire attacked and conquered the Peloponnese Peninsula (Morea). The first war between the rivals in the Mediterranean flared up three years later. It was followed […]
Ottomans on the Danube
From the time of the Romans to the domination of the Byzantine Empire, the Danube River served as a natural marker of the Balkan region. Its banks were already lined with ports and fortresses during the Medieval Period. The Ottomans had conquered a great part of Thrace during the mid-1300s, but they did not stop […]
Osman Invades East Rome (Byzantine Empire)
The Turkish leader Osman rose to prominence after he conquered a great part of the territories of the Byzantine Empire starting in 1299. This is recorded on the Biblical Timeline with World History during that time. The Byzantine emperor, Andronikos II Palaiologos, tried his best to contain Osman and the Turks. But in the end, […]
Chimu Culture in Northern Peru, Collapse of
Peru was the home of several civilizations that rose and fell as hundreds of years passed. The Chimu civilization of northern Peru was no different when it fell to the expanding Inca empire in 1470. The collapse of the Chimu Culture in Northern Peru is located on the Biblical Timeline with World History during that […]