Modern Era Historical Milestones

Question 1

Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society

1753

1763

1699

Question 2

The British navigator Sir Francis Drake passes through Maluku and transit in Ternate on his circumnavigation of the world. The Portuguese establish a fort on Tidore but the main centre for Portuguese activities in Maluku becomes Ambon

1579

1750

Question 3

Troops that would invade Pajang Sultanate of Mataram storm ravaged the eruption of Mount Merapi. Sutawijaya and his men survived

1600

1707

1532

1587

1542

Question 4

"St John Passion" by J.S. Bach, composed

1555

1724

Question 5

The Russian famine begins and kills perhaps one-third of Russia

1684

1772

1601

1767

1732

Question 6

Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League

1623

1609

1568

1783

1659

Question 7

Pedro de Peralta, governor of New Mexico, establishes the settlement of Santa Fe

1776

1633

1610

1609

1700

1567

Question 8

The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks begins

1701

1507

1593

1541

Question 9

Hans Lippershey constructs a refracting telescope, the first for which sufficient evidence exists

1495

1734

1758

1514

1608

Question 10

King Henry IV of France is assassinated by François Ravaillac

1636

1647

1610

1735

1513

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