#e <t>sack<d>1204 Apr 13<n>sack of Constantinople<c>Constantinople<info>The capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, led by Baldwin IX, count of Flanders, led to the formation of the Eastern Latin Empire, which included the region of Constantinople and part of Greece.
#e <t>period<d>1204 Apr 13<e>1261 Jul 25<n>Eastern Latin Empire<c>Constantinople<info>The Latin Empire of Constantinople came into existence when the Fourth Crusade conquered and @sacked Constantinople@sack of Constantinople@, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. It ended when troops from the Byzantine rulers' place of exile, Nicaea, reoccupied the city. At its greatest extent, the Latin Empire included territories in northwest Anatolia adjacent to the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles and eastern Thrace as far as Adrianople and the lower Maritza.<ref>Grolier
#e <t>battle<d>1228<e>1229<n>Fifth Crusade<c>Palestine<info>Led by Frederick II, this crusade recaptured Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth.
#p <nat>Bohemian<o>queen consort<n>Ann<fem><b>1360(5)<d>1420(15)<fa>Emperor Charles IV<c>Prague<mov>1383<c>London<info>Ann left Prague in 1383 to marry England's @Richard II@@.
#p <nat>Bohemian<o>emperor<n>Wenceslas III<b>1361<ac>1378<d>1419<fa>Emperor Charles IV<c>Prague<info>Wenceslas was leader of the Holy Roman Empire from 1378 to 1400.
#e <t>battle<d>1453<n>Byzantium falls to Turks<c>Byzantium<info>Byzantium falls to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II. The Turks use a newly-arrived invention, the cannon.
// 16th century
#p <nat>Hungarian<o>king<n>Rudolph II<b>1552<d>1612<info>Rudolph II was king of Hungary and Bohemia. He became the Holy Roman Emperor in 1582.
#e <t>battle<d>1516<n>Turks take Jerusalem<c>Jerusalem
#e <t>sea battle<d>1571<n>battle of Lepanto<c>Gulf of Patras<info>A combined Spanish and Italian fleet defeated the Turkish navy and ended Ottoman domination of the Eastern Mediterranean.
// 17th century
#p <nat>American Indian<o>chief<n>Metacomet<aka>King Philip<d>1676<c>New England<info>Metacomet was the leader in King Philip's War against New England colonists.
#e <t>period<n>The Baroque Period<d>1600(25)<e>1700(25)<c>Europe<info>The Baroque period is nominally the 17th century.
#e <t>period<d>1639<e>1854<n>Japanese "sakoku"<c>Japan<info>During this time Japan lived in a self-isolation called "sakoku," or national seclusion. This period ended when Commodore Matthew C. Perry sailed to Japan with a fleet of U.S. warships.
#e <t>battle<n>battle of the Boyne<d>1690 Jul 1<c>/*Boyne River*/Ireland<info>@William II@@ defeats @James II@James II of England@.
// 18th century
#p <nat>Austrian<o>emperor<n>Emperor Francis II<b>1768<d>1835<ac>1792<info>Francis II was the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1792 to 1806, and the first emperor of Austria, from 1804 to 1835.
#e <t>period<n>The Classical Period<d>1700(25)<e>1800(25)<c>Europe<aka>the Enlightenment<info>Europe's Classical period is nominally the 18th century. The Romantic period is nominally the 19th century, and the Modern period refers to the 20th century.
#e <t>treaty<n>Treaty of Utrecht<d>1713<c>Utrecht
#e <t>war<n>War of the Austrian Succession<d>1740<e>1748<c>Europe
