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Jan 1, 1300
Start of The Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1422
Charles VII revives France and monarchy
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Jan 1, 1450
Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration, which lasted roughly between 1450 and 1600, is a term given to the period of European exploration in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. -
Feb 19, 1473
The Scientific Revolution
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in the Caribbean
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Nov 19, 1492
Age of Exploration
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May 4, 1493
The Line of Demarcation divides the world between Spain and Portugal
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Jun 7, 1494
Portugal claims Brazil
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Nov 27, 1494
Hapsburg, Valois Wars
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Jun 24, 1497
John Cabot lands on the East Coast of North America
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Jan 1, 1498
Da Vinci finished "The Last Supper"
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May 20, 1498
Vasco de Gama reaches India after rounding Africa
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Apr 25, 1507
A German mapmaker names the "New World" America
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Aug 24, 1511
Portugal seizes Malacca
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Jan 1, 1512
Michelangelo finished the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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Jan 1, 1513
Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses'
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Jan 1, 1514
Heliocentric theory of Copernicus
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Jan 1, 1517
Start of the Reformation
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Jan 1, 1517
Machiavelli wrote The Prince
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Oct 30, 1517
Start of Reformation
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Oct 30, 1517
Martin Luther posts 95 theses
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Jan 1, 1519
Da Vinci finished the Mona Lisa
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Nov 19, 1520
Martin Luther publishes 3 books.
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Nov 19, 1521
Henry VIII wrote "Defense of the Seven Sacraments" in opposition to Luther
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Jan 1, 1522
First globe
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Nov 19, 1522
Martin Luther published the New Testament in German
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Nov 19, 1526
William Tyndale publishes the New Testament in English
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May 21, 1527
The reign of Phillip II
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May 29, 1527
Absolutism in Europe
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Aug 29, 1533
Francisco Pizarro executes the last Inca emperor
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Dec 3, 1533
Reign of Ivan the Terrible
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Jan 1, 1534
Henry VIII was declared the leader of the church of England in the Act of Supremecy
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Nov 19, 1534
Martin Luther published the Old Testament in German
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Nov 19, 1535
Thomas More is executed for refusing to support English reformation
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Nov 19, 1536
John Calvin publishes his work of systematic theology
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Nov 15, 1542
On the revolution of heavenly spheres
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Nov 19, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
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Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I comes to power
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Jan 1, 1563
The council of trent met for the last time
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Aug 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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Jul 28, 1576
Martin Frobisher sights land in North America
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War of the Three Henry's
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Properties of gravity
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Edict of Nantes
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Kepler published astronomia nova
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Reign of Louis XIII
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Defrenestration of Prague
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Thirty Years War
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Galileo discovered the telescope
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Cardinal Richelieu appointed
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English civil war
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English Civil War
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Signing of the Peace of Westphalia
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Peace of Westphalia
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The Age of Enlightenment
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Russian Polish Wars
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Louis XIV takes full control of France
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Jews allowed in England again.
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The air pump
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Russo-Swedish War
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Scotland Independence from England
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Glorious Revolution
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Height of Atlantic slave trade
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Agricultural improvement and revolution.
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War of Spanish Succession
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England becomes Great Britain
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Austria gains Spanish Netherlands
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Austria gains northern Italy from Spain
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Growth of European population
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Isaac Newton death
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Maria Theresa
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Rise of the economic liberalism
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Expansion of rural industry in Europe