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Apr 16, 1492
Columbus Sails to the Americas
http://www.wikipedia.org/Columbus wanted to find a quicker route to the East. Also the world thought the world was flat. -
Apr 16, 1493
Pope Alexander tries to keep peace between portugal and spain
Alexander VI tried to keep peace with the two nations by dividing the Atlantic Ocean. All lands to the East were Portugal’s; all lands to the West were Spain’s. -
Apr 16, 1521
Cortez Conquers Aztecs
http://www.wikipedia.org/The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, led by Hernando Cortes, was a landmark victory for the European settlers. Following the Spanish arrival in Mexico, a huge battle erupted between the army of Cortes and the Aztec people under the rule of Montezuma. The events that occurred were crucial to the development of the American lands and have been the subject of much historical debate in present years. -
Apr 16, 1543
Copernicus presents the Heliocentric theory
The book marks the beginning of the shift away from a geocentric (and anthropocentric) universe with the Earth at its center. Copernicus held that the Earth is another planet revolving around the fixed sun once a year, and turning on its axis once a day. But while Copernicus put the Sun at the center of the celestial spheres, he did not put it at the exact center of the universe, but near it. -
Oct 16, 1543
On the revolutions if the heavenly bodies is published
Nicholas Copernicus was born February 19, 1473, in Poland. He entered the University of Krakow in 1491, then in 1495 went to Padua and studied medicine. In 1500 he was called to Rome and took the chair of mathematics there. He began to believe that the earth went round the sun about 1507 and from that time until his death worked, more or less intermittently, on his exposition of his theory. -
Apr 16, 1558
Elizabeth 1 becomes queen
Born september 7 1533 and became queen november 17 1558! -
English Settle Jamestown
http://www.wikipedia.org/In 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River. They were sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, whose stockholders hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World. -
British Civil War
In early January 1642, a few days after his failure to capture five members of the House of Commons, fearing for his own personal safety and for that of his family and retinue, Charles left the London area.[37] Further negotiations by frequent correspondence between the King and the Long Parliament through to early summer proved fruitless. As the summer progressed, cities and towns declared their sympathies for one faction or the other. -
Louis XVI of France begins his reign
On 5 October 1789, an angry mob of Parisian working women was incited by revolutionaries and marched on the Palace of Versailles, where the royal family lived. During the night, they infiltrated the palace and attempted to kill the queen, who was associated with a frivolous lifestyle that symbolized much that was despised about the Ancien Régime. -
Peter the Great begins his reign
Born on May 30 1672, Peter was named Peter Alexowitz, meaning 'Peter the son of Alexis'. His father, Tsar Alexis, had married twice, and Peter was the first child of his second marriage. There were already six daughters and two rather unhealthy sons, named Feodor and Ivan, from the first marriage. When Alexis died very suddenly in 1676, Feodor ruled until his own death in 1682. -
Glorious Revolution in England
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, is the name of the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange). William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England. -
French Revolution Begins
http://www.wikipedia.org/A republic was proclaimed in September 1792 and King Louis XVI was executed the next year. External threats also played a dominant role in the development of the Revolution. The French Revolutionary Wars started in 1792 and ultimately featured spectacular French victories that facilitated the conquest of the Italian Peninsula, the Low Countries and most territories west of the Rhine – achievements that had defied previous French governments for centuries. -
Louis XVI attempts to escape
Louis committed himself and his family to a disastrous attempt to escape from the capital to the eastern frontier on June 21, 1791. With the dauphin's governess, the Marquise de Tourzel taking on the role of a Russian baroness, the queen and the king's sister Madame Élisabeth playing her maids, the king her butler, and the royal children her daughters, the royal family made their escape. The escape was largely planned by Count Axel von Fersen and the Baron de Breteuil. -
Napoleon conquered most of Europe
http://www.wikipedia.org/After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe, and Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states. Napoleon's campaigns are studied at military academies throughout much of the world.
