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Jul 6, 1415
John Huss was burned at the stake for being a dissenter of the Catholic Church
- Bohemian religious leader
- Advocated ideas similar to Wycliffe
- Arrested, tried as a heritic
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Oct 31, 1439
Gutenburg invented the printing press
Growth of literacy was stinulated by Gutenburg -
Oct 29, 1453
Ottoman empire conquered Istanbul and renamed it Constantinople
Invaded -
Oct 31, 1473
Copernicus creates the heliocentric theory, stating the sun was the the center of the universe
Kepler's work improved his theory by adding mathmatic reasoning -
Oct 29, 1492
Christopher columbus was sponsored by Spain to sail west to reach Asia
"1492 Christopher Colombus sailed the ocean blue" -
Oct 27, 1495
Leonardo De Vinci painted the Last Supper
Along with The Mona Lisa -
Oct 31, 1500
Tobacco was shipped along the Middle Passage of the Triangular Trade to the African Slaves
trade route across the atlantic -
Nov 3, 1501
De Gama sailed establishes trade with India for the Portuguese
Also the all water route to Asia -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther nails 95 Thesis to the church door in the Holy Roman Empire
View-
* Salvation by faith alone
* Bible as the ultimate authority
*All humans equal before God
* Doesn't aprove of the selling of indulgences
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* 95 Thesis
* Birth of Protestant Church (none Cathlic) -
Oct 31, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world
First to cross the Pacific Ocean & to Circumnavigate (sail around) the globe. Explored the Phillipine Islands turning them into major spanish base for trade in Pacific -
Oct 31, 1521
Hernando Cortez the Navigator and his forces conequered the Aztec Empire
Gained control over Mexico by 1550 -
Oct 31, 1524
Followers of the Caatholic Church gathered at the Council of Trent
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Oct 27, 1534
King Henry VIII broke from the Cathloic church in Rome and divorced his wife
Views-
*Dismissed (no longer rule) the authority of the Pope in Rome
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*Divorced
*Appropriated (took) lands and wealth of the Roman Cathlic Church in England -
Nov 3, 1534
Cartier exploered the St. Lawerence River and Montreal leading the French Claim to Canada
Officailly discovered Canada -
Nov 3, 1534
The Jesuits were created during the Council of Trent
Society of Jesus -
Oct 31, 1555
Queen Elizabeth I becane the head of the Anglican Church
Also the Spanish Armada -
Oct 31, 1561
John Calvin beliefs established the idea of Pedestination
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Nov 3, 1578
William Harvy studies the animals and antomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system
with help from his teacher -
Queen Elizabeth defeated the Spanish Armada
Views-
* As queen, Elizabeth was head of the Anglican Church
* Tolerance for decenters
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* Expansion and colonialism -
Galileo Uses his telescope to prove the Heliocentric Theory correct
used to observe stars and other planets -
The Thirty Year war was fough in Germany
Was one of the greatest and longest armed contests of the early modern period. -
Louis XIV builds the Palace of Versailles
Resedence of all the Kings -
Luis XIV Revoked (stopped) the Edict of Nantes Which gave Huguenots fredom of religion in France
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Peter the Great Westernizes Russia
Changed the wat Russans thought about things. The way they dressed.
