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Period: Dec 1, 1300 to Dec 1, 1500
Voyages of discovery and the New Empire in the west
NOrth America and many other lands were "found" creating new trade routes to the "New World". -
Dec 7, 1300
Renaissance Art: Chiaroscuro and Linear (1300-1500)
Chiaroscuro- the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.
Linear- an depth cue that is related tyo both size and texture gradiant. -
Period: Dec 7, 1300 to Dec 7, 1500
The Renaissance in Italy
The Renaissance in Ita;y lasted from the 14th century up until the late 16th century. This was a time when many important discoverys were made and the rise of the Humanist ideiology. -
Dec 7, 1304
Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374)
Was the father of Humanism. -
Dec 7, 1389
Cosimo de Medici (1389-1464)
Was a wealthy florintine who influenced and manipulated elections and signoria. -
Mar 4, 1394
Henery the Navigator (1394-1460)
A Portugese prince who helped portugese politics and expansion. -
Dec 7, 1400
Florentine Platonic Academy
Arose under the patronage of Cosimo de Medici to help humanists devote attention to plato and neoplatonist ideals. -
Dec 1, 1451
Chirstopher Columbus (1451-1506)
He discovered the "New World" while looking for a trade route to India. -
Dec 7, 1452
Art: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
he painted the Moa Lisa, which brought a new dimension to art, and the Last Supper. -
Mar 9, 1454
Americo Vispucci (1454-1512)
Was the one that told Euroupe that Christopher Colombus had found a new land mass; because of this the continent was named after him. -
Dec 7, 1454
Treaty of Lodi (1454-1455)
A fragile allience between Naples, MIlan and Florence. -
Oct 27, 1466
Desederious Erasmus (1466-1536)
He was a scholar, humanist, and theologian. -
Feb 3, 1468
Johann Gutenburg
Created the first "printer" called the Gutenburg Printer which allowed people to increase the rate of making books. -
Dec 7, 1475
Art: Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Created the statue of david which emphasised the perfect human body. -
Feb 7, 1478
Thomas Moore (1478- 1535)
an English Lwyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and a humanist. -
Dec 1, 1480
Ferdinand magellan (1480-1521)
Organised the spanish expansion into the new world. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
German theologian who was disconected with medieval christian traditions. and wrote the 95 theses. -
Dec 7, 1483
Art: Raphael (1483-1520)
Painted the school of Athens -
Dec 7, 1495
League of Venice
An allience of the opponents of the French in Italy.Also known as "The Holy League".It was formed to make sure there wasnt french dominince in italy. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Scientfic Revolution
Was the emergence of modern science during the Early Modern Period, this time concisted of numerous machines being created that are still used in the modern age like the Steam Engine. -
Feb 24, 1500
Charles V and Diet of Augsburg (1500-1558)
Charles V- allowed the spread of the reformation, that Maximillian started and lead, even after his death.
Diet of Augsburg- were the meetings of the Imperial Diet in the German city of Augsburg. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin (1509-1564)
Was the leader of the calvanists who belived in divine predestination. -
Dec 9, 1509
Henry VIII(1509-1547)
He created the Church of England after the Pope refused to allow him to get a divorce from Catherine of Aragon. -
Feb 18, 1516
Mary I (1516-1558)
She was the daughter of Henry VIII and would kill anyone that wasnt cathoic and remade the Catholic curch the dominent church of england. -
Oct 31, 1517
Causes
Sales of indulgences, neopatism, simony, clerical immorality, absenteeism, The Great Schism, and humanism -
Period: Oct 31, 1517 to
The Protesent Reformation
a period of trsnsiotion from self-governing states to centrwalized nation- states. -
Dec 10, 1530
French: Huguenots
Were French protestants -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Was the sister of Mary I, She executed MAry and took over the throne and made the protestant curch the major church of England. -
Nov 14, 1533
Netherlands and Wiliam the Orange (1533-1584)
Founder of the Netherlands as a state. He helped set off the 80 years war. -
Dec 9, 1534
Act of Supremecy
was legislation in granted King Henry VIII Royal Supremacy, -
Dec 9, 1545
Council of Trent (1545-1543)
Chaarles V made this to assert Pope Paul into office. -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist and author. He served as the Attorney General and Chancellor of England. -
Period: Dec 9, 1562 to
Wars of Religion
a series of wars for religion all throught europe. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Was a Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who helped with the scientific revolution. -
May 16, 1576
The Edict of Bealieu
To tolerate the prtestant religion -
Religious Toleration
The Netherlands had toleration for every religion. -
Englands Government
was a Parlimentary goernment -
Frances Govenment
Frances government was a absolute monarchy. -
Period: to
The Netherlands: The golden Age to Decline
Dutch trade, science, military, and art was the most aclaimed in the world. -
The Steam Engine
The Spanish inventor, Jeronimo de Ayanz y Beaumont, built the first steam engine. This helped start the Industrial Revolution. -
Twelve years Truce and the Peace of Westphalia
Twelve Years Truce- name given to the cessation between the hasburg rulers of Spain and the southern Nehterlands and dutch republic.
Peace of Westphalia- was a serious of peace treaties that ended the thirty years war. -
Louis XIV(1638-1715)
Created the palace of Versilles where he monitered the nobility and kept them his control. kown as the "Sun King" -
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
Was an English physicist and mathematician, who helped with the Scientific Revolution. -
Period: to
The Enlightenmnet
A philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe. -
Peter the Great(1672-1725)
Was the Tsar of Russia. Was the one that brought the cultural revolution to russia after going to england. Also created the Beard Law. -
Montesquieu (1689-1755)
A franch lawyer and philosopher during the Enlightenment. -
Glorious Revolution
Was the overthrow of king James II and was replaced with a parlimentary government. -
English Bill of Rights
Declaired the rights of the people and settling the successsion of William III. -
Voltaire(1694-1778)
was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher, Was famous for his views on religious toleration and the church. -
The Seven Years War (1756-1763)
Was a war that Great Britian, Prussia, Russia The Holy Roman Empire, and France fought because they wanted to be the major European power. -
The Age of Napoleon and The Triumph of Romanticism(1769-1821)
Napoleon- was the Emporer of France And was a French general. Made the largest empire in eurpe at is time that could have rivled the Roman Empire.
Romantisism- was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe. -
The French Revolution (1789-1799)
During The revolution The French peoples rebuit and redesigned their country to their new ideals and way of life.Also this helped the ascent f Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Liberalism
A political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality -
Nationalism
The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance and culture should have a independent nation. -
Camillo Cavour (1810-1861)
An talian statesman and who was a leading figure in the Italian unification. -
Otto Von Bismarck (1815-1898)
A nationalist Prussian statesman who practically ruled German and European affairs. -
Alexander II(1818-1881)
Was the Tsar of Russia. He built the Winter Palace which put Russia into even more poverty than it already was. The people assasinated him and his family on March 13, 1881. -
The Second French Republic
The Republican Government of France (1848 Revolution and the 1851 revolt by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.)
