Meanwhile…

Rise of motte fortifications and early stone castles

rond 1100-1150 na Chr.

The Yongle Emperor ascends the throne and moves the capital to Beijing

1402-1403

Declaration of Independence of the United States

1776-07-04

Abduction and rescue of Börte

circa 1184

Conquest of the Aztec Empire by Spanish conquistadors

1521

Conquest by French revolutionary troops

1794

Romanesque basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht

rond 1000-1040 na Chr.

Origins of Haka in Māori Oral Tradition

time immemorial, pre-1300

Great Awakening Sweeps Protestant America

1730s-1740s

Shoemaking guilds in medieval Europe

12th century

Hanseatic League Standardizes Maritime Trade

around 1350

Increasing corruption and smuggling among VOC personnel

jaren 1760-1770

Chinese astronomers record a 'guest star'

1054

Islamic scholars build large observatories

rond 1259

Invention of the Smallpox Vaccine

1796

Song dynasty: printing and gunpowder change the world

rond 1040 n.Chr.

Invention of the Printing Press

around 1440

Fulton's Clermont sails up the Hudson

1807-08-17

Start of construction of Pisa Cathedral

1063

West African drumming and communal dance traditions

around 1300 AD

First European Contact and Early Written Accounts of Haka

1642–1770

Birth of Leonardo Pisano

rond 1170

Birth of Jheronimus van Aken

rond 1450

Great Tenmei famine and peasant uprisings

circa 1782-1788