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Feb 4, 1419
Maritime School Opens
Prince Henry the Navigator founded a school for navigators on the southwestern coast of Portugal -
Feb 4, 1450
Movable Type
Johannes Gutenberg invented the Movable Type -
Period: Feb 11, 1473 to Feb 11, 1543
Copernicus
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Feb 4, 1492
Reconquista of Spain
Christians drove Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula -
Feb 4, 1492
Reconquista of Spain
Struggle between the Spainards and the invading Muslims -
Feb 4, 1492
Columbus Reaches the New World
Columbus sails to the Americas -
Feb 4, 1508
Sistine Chapel Painted
Michel Angelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel -
Period: Feb 10, 1509 to Feb 10, 1547
Reign of King Henry VIII
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Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1567
John Calvin
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Oct 10, 1511
The Praise of Folly
Desiderius Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly -
Feb 4, 1513
The Prince
Written by Niccolo Machiavelli -
Feb 4, 1518
95 Theses
Written by Martin Luther -
Feb 4, 1519
Magellan circumnavigates the world
Magellen sails around the World -
Feb 10, 1519
Cortes Interacts with the Aztechs
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Feb 11, 1525
Council of Trent
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Feb 4, 1528
The Book of the Courtier
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Feb 11, 1534
Act of Supremecy
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Feb 11, 1540
Recognition of the Jesuits
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Feb 11, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
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Period: Feb 10, 1556 to
Reign of Philip II of Spain
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Period: Feb 10, 1558 to
Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
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Period: Apr 26, 1564 to
William Shakespear
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Aug 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Rene Descartes
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Edict of Nantes
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Baroque Period
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Rembrandt
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Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden
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Thirty Years War
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Mayflower Compact
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Cardinal Richelieu becomes Cheif Minister
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John Locke
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Trial of Galileo
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Issac Newton
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Reign of King Louis XIV of France
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Peace of Westphalia
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Leviathon
Written by Thomas Hobbes -
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Reign of Peter the Great
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Glorious Revolution
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War of Spanish Successiion
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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War of Austrian Succession
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On the Spirit of Laws
Written by Montesquieu -
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French and Indian War
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Common Sense
Written by Thomas Pain