Timelines of modern history


The following are timelines of modern history, from the end of the Middle Ages,, to the present.

Overview

Europe


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from:1500 till:1800 text:Early modern period
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from:1450 till:1500 text:Late Middle Ages
from:1800 till:1850 text: Late modern period
bar:General color:age
from: 1450 till: 1700 shift: text:Renaissance
from: 1450 till: 1750 shift: text:Age of Discovery
from: 1517 till: 1650 shift: text:Reformation
from: 1545 till: 1650 shift: text:Counter-Reformation
from: 1543 till: 1687 shift: text:Scientific Revolution
from: 1687 till: 1804 shift: text:Age of Enlightenment
bar:General color:filler
from: 1765 till: 1850 shift: text:Age of Revolution
from: 1760 till: 1850 shift: text:Industrial Revolution
bar:Portugal color:age
from: 1491 till: 1683 text:Early globalization
from: 1683 till: 1808 text:Portuguese Enlightenment
bar:Portugal color:filler
from: 1807 till: 1814 text:P.W
from: 1814 till: 1820 text:
from: 1450 till: 1491 text:Early discoveries
from: 1820 till: 1850 text:Liberalism
bar:Spain color:age
from: 1492 till: 1850 shift: text:Spanish Empire
from: 1492 till: 1700 text:Spanish Renaissance
from: 1700 till: 1807 text:Spanish Enlightenment
bar:Spain color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1492 text:Reconquista
from: 1807 till: 1814 text:P.W
from: 1814 till: 1850 text:Nationalism
bar:England/Britain color:age
from: 1485 till: 1801 shift: text:Early modern England
from: 1707 till: 1801 text:Great Britain
bar:England/Britain color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1485 shift: text:Medieval England
from: 1801 till: 1850 shift: text:Industrial Revolution
from: 1801 till: 1850 shift: text:United Kingdom
bar:France color:age
from: 1494 till: 1610 text:French Renaissance
from: 1610 till: 1789 text:Ancien Régime
from: 1453 till: 1789 shift: text:Early Modern France
bar:France color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1453 shift: text:M.F
from: 1789 till: 1792 shift: text:French Revolution
from: 1787 till: 1850 shift: text:Late Modern France
bar:Scandinavia color:age
from: 1523 till: 1814 shift: text:Denmark–Norway
from: 1523 till: 1814 shift: text:Sweden
bar:Scandinavia color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1523 text:Kalmar Union
from: 1814 till: 1850 shift: text:Denmark
from: 1814 till: 1850 shift: text:Sweden-Norway
bar:Germany color:age
from: 1450 till: 1618 shift: text:German Renaissance
from: 1495 till: 1806 shift: text:Early Modern Holy Roman Empire
from: 1495 till: 1555 text:Imperial Reform
from: 1522 till: 1618 shift: text:German Reformation
from: 1618 till: 1648 text:Thirty Years War
from: 1648 till: 1815 text:Kleinstaaterei
bar:Germany color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1495 text:Pre-I.R
from: 1806 till: 1815 shift: text:Rhine Confederation
from: 1815 till: 1850 shift: text:German Confederation
bar:Italy color:age
from: 1450 till: 1559 shift: text:Italian Renaissance
from: 1494 till: 1559 text:Italian Wars
from: 1559 till: 1648 text:Italian Counter-Reformation
from: 1648 till: 1814 text:Foreign domination
bar:Italy color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1494 text:Medieval Italy
from: 1814 till: 1850 text:Risorgimento
bar:Poland color:age
from: 1507 till: 1569 text:Polish Golden Age
from: 1569 till: 1795 text:Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
bar:Poland color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1507 text:Medieval Poland
from: 1795 till: 1850 text:Partitioned Poland
bar:Russia color:age
from: 1547 till: 1721 text:Tsardom of Russia
from: 1721 till: 1796 text:E.M Russia Empire
bar:Russia color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1547 text:Muscovy
from: 1796 till: 1850 text: Late Modern Russian Empire

Elsewhere


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bar:Timeframe color:era
from:1500 till:1800 text:Early modern period
bar:Timeframe color:filler
from:1450 till:1500 text:Late Middle Ages
from:1800 till:1850 text: Late modern period
bar:General color:age
from: 1450 till: 1700 shift: text:Renaissance
from: 1450 till: 1750 shift: text:Age of Discovery
from: 1517 till: 1650 shift: text:Reformation
from: 1545 till: 1650 shift: text:Counter-Reformation
from: 1543 till: 1687 shift: text:Scientific Revolution
from: 1687 till: 1804 shift: text:Age of Enlightenment
bar:General color:filler
from: 1765 till: 1850 shift: text:Age of Revolution
from: 1760 till: 1850 shift: text:Industrial Revolution
bar:Ottomans color:age
from: 1453 till: 1683 text:Ottoman growth
from: 1683 till: 1827 text:Ottoman stagnation
bar:Ottomans color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1453 shift: text:O.R
from: 1827 till: 1850 text:Ottoman decline
bar:Persia/Iran color:age
from: 1501 till: 1736 text: Safavid dynasty
from: 1736 till: 1750 shift: text: Afsharid dynasty
from: 1750 till: 1794 text: Zand dynasty
bar:Persia/Iran color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1468 shift: text: Timurid dynasty
from: 1468 till: 1501 shift: text: Aq Qoyunlu
from: 1794 till: 1850 text: Qajar dynasty
bar:C.Asia color:age
from: 1450 till: 1687 text:Chagatai Khanate
from: 1687 till: 1756 text:Zunghar Khanate
from: 1756 till: 1850 text:Russian Empire
bar:C.Asia color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1502 text:Golden Horde
bar:India color:age
from: 1526 till: 1707 text:Mughal Empire
from: 1707 till: 1818 text:Maratha Empire
bar:India color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1526 text:Delhi sultanate
from: 1818 till: 1850 text:Company Raj
bar:China color:age
from: 1450 till: 1644 text:Ming Dynasty
from: 1644 till: 1840 text:Qing Dynasty
bar:China color:filler
from: 1840 till: 1850 text:Post-O.W
bar:Korea color:age
from: 1450 till: 1850 text:Joseon Dynasty
bar:Japan color:age
from: 1467 till: 1570 text:Sengoku
from: 1570 till: 1603 text:Azuchi–Momoyama
from: 1603 till: 1850 text:Edo period
bar:Japan color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1467 shift: text:Muromachi
bar:Egypt color:age
from: 1517 till: 1683 text:Ottoman growth
from: 1683 till: 1805 text:Ottoman stagnation
bar:Egypt color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1517 text:Mamluks
from: 1805 till: 1850 text:Muhammad Ali dynasty
bar:W.Africa color:age
from: 1464 till: 1591 text:Songhai Empire
from: 1591 till: 1670 text:Mali Empire
from: 1670 till: 1850 text:Sahelian Kingdoms
from: 1455 till: 1850 shift: text:European exploration
from: 1526 till: 1850 shift: text:Atlantic slave trade
bar:W.Africa color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1464 text:M.E
bar:N.America color:age
from: 1534 till: 1600 text:New France
from: 1600 till: 1770 text:British America
from: 1770 till: 1850 shift: text:British Canada
from: 1770 till: 1850 shift: text:United States
bar:N.America color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1534 text:Mississippian
bar:Mexico color:age
from: 1521 till: 1535 shift: text:Spanish Conquest
from: 1535 till: 1821 text:New Spain
bar:Mexico color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1521 text:Aztec Empire
from: 1821 till: 1850 text:Late Modern Mexico
bar:Peru color:age
from: 1533 till: 1542 shift: text:Spanish Conquest
from: 1542 till: 1824 text:Viceroyalty of Peru
bar:Peru color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1533 text:Inca Empire
from: 1824 till: 1850 text:Republic of Peru
bar:Brazil color:age
from: 1500 till: 1815 text:Colonial Brazil
from: 1815 till: 1823 shift: text:UKPBA
bar:Brazil color:filler
from: 1450 till: 1500 text:Indigenous cultures
from: 1823 till: 1850 shift: text:Empire of Brazil

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