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Jan 1, 1439
J. Gutenburg Develops Movable Type
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Feb 16, 1473
Copernicus
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Feb 1, 1492
Columbus Sailed the ocean blue :)
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Feb 12, 1492
Reconquista of Spain
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Jan 1, 1509
D. Erasmus' In Praise of Folly
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Feb 15, 1509
Reign of Henry VIII
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Feb 16, 1509
John Calvin
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Jan 1, 1512
Michaelangelo Paints Sistine Chapel
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Jan 1, 1513
N. Machiavelli's The Prince
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Jan 1, 1517
M. Luther, 95 Theses
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Feb 15, 1519
Magellen Circumnavigetes
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Feb 16, 1519
Hernan Cortes Discovers/Conquers the Aztecs
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Feb 4, 1528
Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier
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Feb 15, 1532
Est. of the Jesuits
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Feb 16, 1542
Council of Trent Established
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Feb 15, 1556
Reign of Phillip II of Spain
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Feb 1, 1558
Reign of Elizabeth I
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Feb 16, 1559
Act of supremacy
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Feb 15, 1564
W. Shakespear
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Feb 16, 1567
Peace of Augsburg
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Rene Descartes
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
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Baroque Period
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Rembrandt
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30 Years’ War
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Mayflower Compact
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Cardinal Richelieu as Chief Minister
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John Locke
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The Trial of Galileo
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Isaac Newton
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Reign of Louis XIV
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Beginning of Reign of Peter the Great
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Peace of Westphalia
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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
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Glorious Revolution
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French & Indian War
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War of Spanish Succession
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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War of Austrian Succession
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Montesquieu, On the Spirit of Laws
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Thomas Paines, Common Sense