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Jan 1, 1217
Marco Polo
He is from Italy. He began exploring as a teenager and traveled all throughout China/Asia. He discovered many different trade routes. -
Jan 1, 1418
Prince Henry
He is from Portugal. Prince Henry bulit a school of navigation where voyagers were directed. It was important because it allowed Portugals colonial empire to grow and develope. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He is from Italy. He sailed around the Alantic Ocean hoping to find India but he actually discovered North America. -
Jul 8, 1497
Vasco da Gama
He was an explorer from Portugal who discovered the route connecting Portugal to the East by the ocean. -
Jun 1, 1512
Hernan Cortes
He is from spain. Hernan was a solider and explorer who defeated the Aztec empire. It was important because Mexico city, became one of the most important cities in North America because it where the Aztecs were. -
Jan 1, 1514
Nicolaus Copernicus
He is from poland. He introduced heliocentric hypothesis. it impacted scientists to know more about the solar system. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther
He is from Germany and he wrote a list of 95 beliefs about induligences and went against the church. -
Sep 8, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He is from Portugal. He was the leader of the first exploration that sailed all the way around the world, Ferdinand also gave the Pacific Ocean its name. -
Aug 29, 1533
Francisco Pizarro
He is from spain. The day Pizarro defeated Incan empire and stole all of their riches. -
Jun 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier
He is from France. He made three trips to North America, begininng in 1534 and ened in 1542. He explored in Canada, He also claimed the land for France. -
Jan 1, 1536
Jphn Calvin
He is from Paris, France. Calvin insitutes of Christian religon. He had a great impact on theology and people who thought about religon. -
Jan 1, 1540
Ignatius of Loyola
He was a saint that lived in Rome. He was the founder of Jesus. it spreaded fath and justice across the world. -
Francis Bacon
He is from London, England. He led the scientific revolution. it increased the knowledge of people at the time. -
Tycho Brahe
He is from denmark(Sweden). He published the "Astronomiae instrauratea mechanica". he showed the world his finiding of astronomy letting the world know more. -
Johannes Kelper
He is from Germany, He made the three laws of Planetary motion which provided Issac Newton thory. It was the first riles that were accurate and predicted the planets postions, -
Rene Descartes
He is from Touraine France. He experienced series of dreams that set him on a mission to develop a new scientific and philosphic system. It changed the way we learned things. -
Galileo Galilei
He was born in Italy and he fought against the Roman Catholic church. -
Robert Boyle
He is from Ireland. He wrote the idea for the gass law. it stated that it was one of the four elements of earth. -
Issac Newton
He is from Grantham, England, he invented the reflecting telesecope. It was a different way to view the stars without the light hitting them.
