Atlantic slave trade
1500–1888 · Event
Trans-Atlantic trade in enslaved Africans; ~12 million people transported from c. 1500 to 1888; defines economy of Americas, Africa, Europe.
On these timelines: Master, Economic History, Sub-Saharan Africa
Around 1500
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Michelangelo (1475)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)
- Martin Luther (1483)