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Jan 1, 1288
Marco Polo
He went to China and brought back some valuables including ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain and silk. He told everyone about the uses of them and we still use most of them today. His information was received with astonishment and disbelief. His book stimulated interest in the Orient. It was widely read. It stimulated trade. -
Apr 20, 1434
Prince Henry
He is most famous for the voyages of discovery that he organised and financed. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was possibly one of the greatest explorers of all time. He had 3 ships for his first trip.They were called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. He found the Bahamas on that voyage and also landed in the New World on October 12, 1492. -
Jan 1, 1513
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro was famous for conquering the Incas and being a explorer. Pizarro accompanied Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his crossing of the Isthmus of Panama and they became the first Europeans to view the Pacific coast of the New World. -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish explorer who is famous mainly for his march across Mexico and his conquering of the Aztec Empire in Mexico. -
Sep 20, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
At a young age of 17 Magellan sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and he sailed for the king of Spain. He got five ships and left Seville. He sailed around the tip of South America. He found the westward passage and it was named the Strait of Magellan in his name. He also found the new ocean and named it the Pacific in honour of its calm and peaceful waters, and crossed it East to West. Magellan's impact was providing the first positive proof that the world was round, and that open -
Jan 1, 1520
Martin Luther
In 1520 he published three works spelling out his understanding of Christianity. Then he translated the New and Old Testaments into German. Martin Luther made the Bible available to the people. He influenced religious thought throughout Europe. Luther also weakened the power of the Church. -
Jan 1, 1524
Vasco Da Gama
Vasco da Gama is famous for discovering a route from Europe to India, the first to connect Europe to Asia. he found a sea route 2 Asia -
May 19, 1534
Jacques Cartier
He found and mapped the St. Lawrence Seaway in Quebec, Canada and the Gulf of St. Lawerence. He is also known for taking over the natives land which is canada. He got his crew and himself to basically slave the natives and kill most of them. -
Apr 18, 1536
John Calvin
He published The Institutes of the Christian Religion which was then, and is still today, considered the most comprehensive single volume written on Reform theology. -
Jan 1, 1539
Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola was a spanish knight. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation. in 1539 he founded the Society of Jesus and was the first superior general.He was looked up to by many christians and soldiers from his impact on wars and how he founded the Society of Jesus. -
Jan 1, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a lawyer, tax collector, a doctor, military governor, judge, vicar-general of canon law and a Polish astronomer. He also published a book on the revolution of the heavenly bodies. His book De Revolutions was his most famous piece of work. Nicolaus Copernicus's knowledge was spread to others and he also set the scene for major advances in science. Copernicus also marked the beginning of a scientific revolution and astronomy. -
Jan 1, 1572
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe was known for being a Danish astronomer who became famous by creating precise astronomical measurements of the solar system and more than 700 stars. He found a supernova near the Cassiopeia constellation. -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was a famous English essayist, lawyer, philosopher and statesman who had a major influence on the philosophy of science. He is most known for his inductive methodology for scientific inquiry known as The Baconian Method. -
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German astronomy and natrual philosophere who was known for his ability in formulating and verifying the three laws of planetary motion, which are now known as Keplers's Laws. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo created a telescope in 1601. In 1632 he published an important book of the dialogues concerning the two chief world systems of Ptolemy and Copernicus. Galileo was one of the chief founders of modern science. His greatest impact was his telescope and the laws of motion. It changed the way people viewed the universe. -
Rene Descartes
Between 1628 and 1649 he led a quiet scholarly life. He produced most of his philosophical writings within this period. Rene was a respected philosopher, scientist and mathematician. He used new methods of investigating nature and he invented analytic geometry. He was the first philosopher to describe the physical universe in terms of matter and motion. He created three major works: Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy, and Principles of Philosophy. -
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton is best known for discovering the law of gravity, creating the field of calculus, and finding out that white light is composed of many colors. He is also really known for inventing three standard laws of motion, referred to as "Newton's Laws." -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle was born January 25, 1627. He was born into one of the wealthiest families in Britian. He was the 14th child and the 7th son. In 1668 he summarized The Christian Virtuoso.
