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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus discovers the new world
Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts the 95 Thesis
Martin Luther posts the 95 thesis on the door of the church at Wittenburg. This starts the Protestant Reformation. -
creation of the edict of Nantes
granted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in the nation, which was still considered essentially Catholic at the time. King Henry IV of France came up with this. -
English civil war
Charles 1 believed in divine right of kings and parliament did not like it.It ended in Sep. 3 1651. -
Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and ordered the destruction of Huguenot churches, as well as the closing of Protestant schools. This policy made official the persecution already enforced since the dragonnades created in 1681 by the king in order to intimidate Huguenots into converting to Catholicism -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange. William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascension to the throne as William III of England jointly with his wife, Mary II, James's daughter, after the Declaration of Right, leading to the Bill of Rights 1689. -
Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg and makes it Russia's capital. It becomes their window to the west. -
American revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
French revolution
It was started by people storming the bastille.It ended in Nov 9, 1799. -
haitian revolution
It is a series of conflicts between slaves and french soldiers.it ended in 1804 -
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna (German: Wiener Kongress) was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, and held in Vienna from November 1814 to June 1815, though the delegates had arrived and were already negotiating by late September 1814. The objective of the Congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. -
unification of Italy
Count Cavour unified Northern Italy. Giuseppe Garibaldi joined southern Italy to northern Italy. -
Matthew Perry opening Japan to trade
On July 8, 1853, American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay.Although he is often credited with opening Japan to the western world, Perry was not the first westerner to visit the islands. -
Unification of Germany
Otto Von Bismark led Prussia in the unification of Germany through war and by appealing to nationalist feelings.The Franco-Prussian war lead to the creation of the German state.
