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Jul 6, 1415
John Hus
He was burned at the stake for being a dissenter of the Catholic Church. He was killed for rebelling against the Catholic Church. -
Period: Oct 29, 1415 to
The Age of Discovery
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Nov 3, 1418
Prince Henry
He found the school navigation. This opened up knowledge about sailing the world. -
Nov 3, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg
He invented the printing press. This allowed many books to be printed throughout Europe because of its dramatic improvement of the printing process. -
Nov 3, 1453
Ottomans
They conquered Istanbul and renamed it Constantinople. This made the Ottomans a powerhouse in the world. -
Oct 31, 1492
Christopher Columbus
His first voyage was sponsored by Spain to sail west to reach Asia. This started the age of exploration. -
Oct 29, 1498
Leonardo da Vinvi painted the Last Supper
Leonardo chose to capture the moment in which Jesus announces to the apostles that he knows one of them will betray him. It was an incredible work of proportion and emotion in painting that was unheard of in the Renaissance Era. -
Period: Oct 29, 1500 to
The Age of Absolute Monarchs
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Period: Oct 29, 1500 to
The Renaissance
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Nov 3, 1500
Vasco de Gama
He established trade with India for the Portuguese. The major significance of Vasco Da Gama's voyages was that they opened maritime trade between Asia and Europe and they helped to create a Portuguese empire. -
Oct 29, 1509
Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly
Praise the Folly is one of the most notable works of the Renaissance and played an important role of the start of the Protestant Reformation. -
Period: Oct 29, 1517 to
The Reformation
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther
Martin Luther wrote the 95 Thesis. This lead to the Protestant Reformation. -
Nov 3, 1519
Hernan Cortez
He conquered the Aztec Empire. This lead to the Spanish rule of the Carribean. -
Nov 3, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He was the first person to circumnavigate the world. Ferdinand Magellan was an explorer who is most famous for attempting to travel all the way around the world by ship. He basically completed it, but was actually killed before he made it all the way, but his ship and crew were able to finish the rest of the voyage. -
Oct 29, 1529
Henry III broke from the Catholic Church in Rome and divorced his wife.
This established the Church of England. This event lead to England breaking away from the Roman Catholic Church. -
Nov 3, 1531
Henry VIII
He became the head of the Anglican Church. His struggles with Rome led to the separation of the Church of England from papal authority. -
Oct 31, 1532
Pizarro
He conquered the Incas. Peru contained huge amounts of silver in mines developed by the Inca. -
Nov 3, 1534
Jacques Cartier
He explored the St. Lawrence River and Montreal leading the French Claim to Canada. Cartier had in fact discovered an important waterway into the vast areas of Canada. -
Nov 3, 1543
Copernicus
He created the heliocentric theory. It was the first theory that said that the universe does not revolve around the Earth; instead we revolve around the sun. Also it led to the advancement and accuracy in astronomical tools -
Period: Oct 29, 1550 to
The Scientific Revolution
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Nov 3, 1561
John Calvin
His beliefs established the idea of predestination. According to the doctrine of predestination, God chose a select few to get in to heaven. It doesn't matter if you're a good person, or a good Christian, if God didn't choose you, you burn. -
Nov 3, 1563
Followers of Martin Luther met at the Catholic Church
Martin Luther and his followers split from the Catholic Church. -
Queen Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada
This made England a world class power and introduced weapons into naval warfare. -
Galileo
He used his telescope to prove the heliocentric theory. Galileo is responsible for the re-birth of modern science, and the scientific method. -
Kepler
He discovers planetary motion. Kepler's laws of motion helped overturn the earlier Aristotelian astronomical system which believed that the sun and planets revolved around the Earth. -
William Harvey
He studies the animals and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system. Harvey's work made little difference to general medical practice at the time. Blood letting continued to be a popular practice and it was not until the 20th century that doctors realised the importance of checking a patient's blood flow by taking a pulse. -
Oliver Cromwell
He wins the English civil war and executes Charles I. He was one of many Brits who eroded the power of the king, in favor of Parliament. -
The Thirty Years War is fought in Germany
Germany lost 15 - 30% of their population. Germany was divided into several smaller territories, the Holy Roman Empire lost a lot of power, Spain lost a lot of political and military power. -
Slaves
They were shipped along the Middle Passage of the Triangular Trade to the Americas. The New England colonies used slaves to get farm work and house work done more quickly. The slave trade gave the colonies more help to make cash crops, which they sold to England for more slaves, and on and on like that. -
Louis XIV
He revoked the Edict of Nantes. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes weakened the French economy by driving out a highly skilled and industrious segment of the nation. -
William and Mary
They ruled England after the Glorious Revolution. To end the Glorious Revolution, William and Mary signed the English Bill of Rights of 1689. -
John Locke
He wrote the Two Treatises on Government. he First Treatise is focused on the refutation of Sir Robert Filmer. The Second Treatise outlines a theory of civil society. -
Peter the Great
He westernized Russia. He implemented major military and domestic reforms that centralized Russia and increased its role in Europe. -
Montesquieu
He writes the Spirit of Laws. The Spirit of Laws is Montesquieu’s best known work in which he reflects on the influence of climate on society, the separation of political powers, and the need for checks on a powerful executive office. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
He writes the Social Contract. It was important because it provided influential radical arguments and, more important, extraordinarily powerful images and phrases, which were widely cited during the French Revolution.
