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Feb 12, 1418
Prince Henry the Navigator opens maritime school
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Period: Feb 12, 1418 to Feb 12, 1563
Western Civilization
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Feb 12, 1440
J. Gutenberg develops movable type
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Feb 14, 1473
Copernicus
Started in 1473, lasted till 1543. -
Feb 14, 1492
Reconquista of Spain
Started in 711, lasted till 1492. -
Feb 14, 1492
Columbus reaches the New World
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Feb 12, 1508
J. Gutenberg develops movable type
July of 1508 to October of 1512 -
Feb 12, 1509
D. Erasmus’ In Praise of Folly
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Feb 14, 1509
Reign of Henry VIII of England
Started in 1509, lasted till 1547 -
Feb 14, 1509
John Calvin
Started in 1509, lasted till 1564. -
Feb 14, 1513
N. Machiavelli’s The Prince
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Feb 14, 1517
M. Luther, 95 Theses
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Feb 14, 1519
Magellan circumnavigates the world
Started in 1519, lasted till 1522 -
Feb 14, 1519
H. Cortés interacts with Aztecs
Started in 1519, lasted till 1521 -
Feb 14, 1528
Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier
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Feb 14, 1534
Act of Supremacy
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Feb 14, 1545
Council of Trent
Started in 1545, lasted till 1563. -
Feb 14, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
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Feb 14, 1556
Reign of Philip II of Spain
Started in 1556, lasted till 1598 -
Feb 14, 1558
Reign of Elizabeth I of England
Started in 1558, lasted till 1603 -
Feb 14, 1563
Est. of the Jesuits
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Feb 14, 1564
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Started in 1564, lasted till 1660. -
Feb 14, 1572
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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René Descartes
Started in 1596, lasted till 1650. -
Edict of Nantes
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Baroque Period
Started in 1600, lasted till 1750. -
Rembrandt
Started in 1606, lasted till 1669. -
Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden
Started in 1611, lasted till 1632. -
30 Years’ War
Started in 1618, lasted till 1648. -
Mayflower Compact
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Cardinal Richelieu’s tenure as Chief Minister to Louis XIII
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John Locke
Started in 1632, lasted till 1704. -
Trial of Galileo
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Reign of Louis XIV of France
Started in 1643, lasted till 1750. -
Isaac Newton
Started in 1643, lasted till 1727. -
Peace of Westphalia
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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
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Reign of Peter the Great
Started in 1682, lasted till 1725. -
Glorious Revolution
Started in 1688, lasted till 1689 -
War of Spanish Succession
Started in 1701, lasted till 1714 -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Started in 1712, lasted till 1778. -
War of Austrian Succession
Started in 1740, lasted till 1748. -
Montesquieu, On the Spirit of the Laws
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French & Indian War
Started in 1754, lasted till 1763. -
Thomas Pains, Common Sense