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Period: Mar 5, 1133 to Jul 6, 1189
Henry II
Laid basis for english common law -
Period: Jan 1, 1227 to Dec 31, 1447
The Visonti Family
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Jan 1, 1320
Divine Comedy
An epic poem about the satges of purgatory considered one of the bes pieces of renaissance -
Period: Dec 11, 1346 to Dec 13, 1353
Black Death
Bubonic Plague. In the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. The bubonic plague mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected, they infect others very rapidly. Affected peasents and fuedal system. Peasents ask for more money nobles have to give -
Period: Dec 11, 1347 to Dec 12, 1453
The Hundred Years' War *
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the House of Valois, rulers of the Kingdom of France, for control of the latter kingdom. Each side drew many allies into the war. It was one of the most notable conflicts of the Middle Ages, in which five generations of kings from two rival dynasties fought for the throne of the largest kingdom in Western Europe. -
Period: Dec 11, 1348 to Dec 11, 1417
Great Schism*
This was a time in which there were 3 popes this occured due to location issues and led to political conflict. It weakend the influence and power of the church extremly. -
Period: Apr 15, 1367 to Mar 20, 1413
Henry IV
Most of reign defending against rebelions -
Period: Sep 27, 1389 to Aug 1, 1464
Cosimo de Medici
was the first of the Medici political dynasty, de facto rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance; also known as "Cosimo 'the Elder' His power derived from his great wealth as a banker, and he was a great patron of learning, the arts and architecture -
Period: Dec 12, 1434 to
Medici Family
Italian banking family, political dynasty and later royal house that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the late 14th century -
Period: Jan 1, 1449 to Apr 9, 1492
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, who was one of the most powerful and enthusiastic patrons of the Renaissance -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Dec 31, 1535
Sforza family
Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. They acquired the Duchy of Milan from the previously ruling Visconti family in the mid-15th century, and lost it to the Spanish Habsburgs about a century later. -
Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian renaissance manwh was an inventor painter, sculptier, architecht, scientist, mathematician, engineeri, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, and history. -
Period: Jul 27, 1452 to May 27, 1508
Ludovico
Duke of Milan. Patron of da Vinci and many other artists -
Apr 9, 1454
Treaty of Lodi *
A peace between Milan, Naples, and Florence.The Treaty of Lodi established permanent boundaries between Milanese and Venetian territories in Northern Italy.The Treaty was revoked in 1483 when Venice and the Pope fought a war against Milan. -
Period: Dec 11, 1455 to Dec 11, 1487
War of Roses
The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England. They were fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet, the Houses of Lancaster and York. -
Period: Dec 12, 1461 to Dec 12, 1483
Louis XI
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Period: Mar 6, 1475 to Dec 7, 1564
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance. Artist of Chiaoscuro and Linear Perspective -
Period: Feb 7, 1478 to Jul 6, 1535
Thomas More (Utopia)
Sir Thomas More, venerated by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. -
Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German friar, priest, professor of theology, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Initially an Augustinian friar, Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church -
Period: Jan 1, 1484 to Oct 11, 1531
Ulrich Zwingki
Huldrych Zwingli or Ulrich Zwingli was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin
John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism -
Dec 11, 1513
The Prince
A book written on how a king/prince should treat his people -
Oct 31, 1517
95 Theses
Martin Luther nailed a copy of these to a church door. Were compliants to the church -
Period: Dec 12, 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era -
Period: Apr 13, 1519 to
Catherine de Medici
Ordered Bartholomew's day massacre was queen of france married Henery at the age of 14 -
Period: Dec 11, 1520 to Dec 14, 1529
Swiss Reformation
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Dec 11, 1521
Diet of Worms
An imperial council that was convened to decide the fate of Martin Luther. It was held in Worms, Germany. -
Period: Dec 11, 1529 to Dec 11, 1536
Reformation Parliment
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Dec 12, 1529
Reformation Parliment
The Reformation Parliament was so-called because it was the English Parliame that passed and enabled the major pieces of legislation leading to the English Reformation -
Period: Dec 11, 1545 to
Council of Trent
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Period: Dec 12, 1545 to Dec 12, 1563
Council of Trent
One of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter Reformation. -
Feb 2, 1555
Diet of Augsburg
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Period: Jan 1, 1562 to
Huguenot
1562 Huguenots numbers peak about 2 million 1789 gain equal rights as citizens -
Oct 8, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre *
Murder of French Protestants, or Huguenots, that began in Paris ordered by Catherine de' Medici. On the life of the Huguenot leader Admiral Coligny. Number of dead vary from 5,000 to 30,000 -
May 6, 1576
The Peace of Beaulieu
The Edict of Beaulieu was promulgated from Beaulieu-lès-Loches by Henry III of France, who was pressured by Alençon's support of the Protestant army besieging Paris that spring -
Spanish Armada
Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. Small English Ships won. Many Spanish shipa lost in storm -
Edict of Nantes
Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in the nation, which was, at the time, still considered essentially Catholic. -
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Thirty Years War*
The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. It was one of the longest, most destructive conflicts in European history. Initially a war between Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmenting Holy Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers of Europe, becoming less about religion and more a continuation of the France–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence. -
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Tsar Peter the Great
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Revoke Edict of Nantes
The later revocation of the Edict of Nantes in October 1685 by Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, drove an exodus of Protestants, and increased the hostility of Protestant nations bordering France. -
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Glorious Revolution*
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was 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 -
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Seven Years' War*
The Seven Years' War was fought between 1755 and 1764, the main conflict occurring in the seven-year period from 1756 to 1763. It involved most of the great powers of the time and affected Europe, North America, Central America, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. Considered as the greatest European war since the Thirty Years War of the 17th-century, it once again split Europe into two coalitions, each led by Great Britain and France, respectively. For the first time, aiming to curtail Brit -
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Napoleon Bonaparte*
French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European affairs for over a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. -
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Pugachev's Rebellion
Pugachev's Rebellion (or the Cossack Rebellion) of was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in Russia after Catherine II seized power in 1762. It began as an organized insurrection of Yaik Cossacks headed by Yemelyan Pugachev, a disaffected ex-lieutenant of the Russian Imperial army, against a background of profound peasant unrest and war with the Ottoman Empire. After the initial success, Pugachev assumed leadership of an alternative government. -
Napoleon's Return*
Napoleon returned from exile on Elba. He was there for 100 days before returning. He briefly took over paris. -
Great reform bill of 1832*
Introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales. According to its preamble, the Act was designed to "take effectual Measures for correcting divers Abuses that have long prevailed in the Choice of Members to serve in the Commons House of Parliament". -
English Factory Act of 1833*
In 1833 the Government passed a Factory Act to improve conditions for children working in factories. Young children were working very long hours in workplaces where conditions were often terrible -
Reform Act of 1867
Before the Act, only one million of the seven million adult males in England and Wales could vote; the Act immediately doubled that number. Moreover, by the end of 1868 all male heads of household were enfranchised as a result of the end of compounding of rents. However, the Act introduced only a negligible redistribution of seats.
