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Oct 30, 1384
John wycliffe was burned at the stake for being a dissenter in the catholic church
he was condemed as a heritic by the catholics because he did not agree with them and he wanted others to see the truth about the catholics -
Nov 3, 1450
Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press
this was improtant because it spread religions like protestants and started the revolution type thing of people being able to have their own bibles. -
Oct 30, 1453
The ottoman empire conqured constantinople and renaimed it instabul
after the Turks conqured constantinople they decided to rename the city because they despised the name and wanted it to be called after their own. -
Nov 3, 1473
copernicus creates the heliocentric theory stating the sun was the center of the universe
he was the first person to challange the catholic church and or aristatals on how the world worked and science it self. He went against the churches idea of what was true and right. -
Oct 30, 1492
Cristopher Colmubus was sponserd by spain to sail to asia
he was sent by elizabeth l to go find gold and spread christianity to the people. -
Nov 3, 1497
Vasco de gama sailed establishes trade with India for the Portuguese
it started much of the new world and helped them build their society. -
Feb 1, 1498
Leonardo da vinci paints the last supper
Leonardo painted diffrently from anyone in his era. The way he painted was a diffrent form and technique. Painters then who painted in churches painted the same way, they never had time to paint details in their mural because they had to hurry and finish the painting before the plaster dried, but he had a new approach and that made him stand out from the rest. -
Oct 31, 1517
martin luther nails the 95 thesis to the door in holy roman empire
the head of catholics was the pope and he needed to raise money to make a bigger and better chuch so he thought up an idea called indulgences in which he sold them; a way to have your sins forgiven so you have a better chance of getting into heaven, and out of pergatory, Martin luther did not think this was moraly right so he worte 95 reasons why the selling of indulgences was wrong and should be stopped. He posted them on the door for everyone to see. -
Nov 3, 1519
Ferdinand magellan becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world
He went around the southern tip of South America rather than looking for the "north west passage" like many other explorers. -
Oct 30, 1530
King henry broke from the catholic church in Rome and divorced his wife
king henry wanted children so he could have an heir for his throne. his current wife could not provide that for him even though she promised to do so. The catholic church is against divorce so after time he decided that he would break away from the church and flee so that he could rightfly divorce his wife and marry someone else who could provide a male for his heir. -
Aug 15, 1534
the jesuits were created during the council of trent
Spanish Basque soldier whad a extraordinary conversion. He wrote down his experiences which he called his Spiritual Exercises and later he founded the Society of Jesus with the approval of the Pope. They did a lot missionary stuff, spreading the word. -
Oct 2, 1535
jacques cartier explored the St.lawrence river and Montreal leading thee french to claim canada
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Nov 3, 1536
John Calvin beliefs established the idea of predestination
predestination "what will be, wil be" is what Calvin believed and others started to too. It means that God already desided whether you were going to heaven or not. -
Nov 8, 1547
Hernando cortes the navigator and his forces conqured the aztec empire
he was one of the first people to start spanish colinization of the Americas begin a new world. -
Nov 3, 1551
followers of catholics met at the consil of trent
they met there to talk about the church and plans they made., they especially used when the protestant reformation became a big thing -
Nov 3, 1558
Queen ELizabeth became the head of the anglican church
this was important because then people wer allowed to chose whatever religion they wanted and she accepted that without forcing them to be her religion as long and they didnt persecute her for her religon. -
Queen ELizabethl defeated the spnaish armada
There was a rivalry between britian and spain over control of trade in the new world. She defeated them. -
slaves was shipped along the middle passage of the triangular trade to the americas
one of the biggest trades and helped build the americas. -
Galileo uses his telescope to prove the helocentric theory correct.
this is important because Galileo was the one who invented the telescope and was one of the few poeple who believed in something against the catholic church and or aristatal and agreed with copernicus. -
Wiliam Harvey studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system
Harvey showed people and the world that when aristatals and or the church said that the organs of the body are much like a pig or animal organs he showed that our insides are much diffrent from animals, like our heart. -
thirty years war was faught in germany
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the thirty years war is faught in Gemany
the war started based off of conflict between Protestants and the Catholics at the time and political disputes also had a lot to due with it. massive destruction happend in areas like germany. -
Peter the great westernizes Russia
When he was under rule he decided that he wanted to westernize russia because he was sent on a trip to europe by his mother and saw how europes poorest were richer then russias richest. -
Louis XIV builds the palace of versailles
After the French Revolution in 1789, it became a permanent royal residence. Louis forced certain people to live there and made nobles change his clothes for him. the building was built to impress -
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes giving freedom of religion to Hugenots in France
He wanted to bring France under Catholic once again since he is catholic. That scared and angered the protestants because Louis believed in divine rule and beleived he should have the right to do what he wants for france. The Hugenots were catholic and by denying the Edict of nantes Hugenots were free to be catholic and he brought them back into office to rule with him.
