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Period: Jan 26, 1380 to
Chapter 19-20
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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal is Born
Prince Henry was third son so would not become king. For this reason, he became a famous navigator and started a school. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Chapter 17 Events
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Jan 1, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
Yonglo was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was born with the name Zhu Di. He was emperor for 22 years. -
Jul 11, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage
Zheng He was a Chinese Emperor. The reasons for the voyages is unknown. -
Jan 1, 1440
Donatello creates his David statue
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Jan 1, 1450
Johan Gutenburg invents the Printing Press
The printing press started as a screw-type wine press that Johan Gutenburg changed to be a printing press. It then was a movable wooden printing press. It made books faster to make making more people able to write. -
May 15, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
Eastern Roman Empire got captured. Ottoman Turks were the group to take over the empire. -
Oct 17, 1453
The Hundred Years' War Ends
It was a war between France and England. It lasted 116 years with England winning most of the battles but France won the war. -
Sep 1, 1479
Ferdinand & Isabella end war with Muslims
The war lasted 10 years. Most of the troops came from Castile. Isabella was more powerful then Ferdinand. -
Jan 1, 1488
B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
Bartolomeu was a Portuguese explorer. He sailed around the tip of Africa becoming the first European to have done that. -
Oct 12, 1492
C. Columbus spots land in North America
Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. He sailed for Spain claiming the land for them. His whole life he thought he landed in Asia but didn't. -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain & Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
The treaty was signed in Tordesillas. It divided land between Spain and Portugal. Portugal got to the east and Spain got to the west. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama lands in India
Vasco da Gama is a Portuguese explorer. He was the 1st European to reach Asia via the Atlantic. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Chapter 21
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Period: Mar 26, 1500 to
Chapter 22
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May 14, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
Amerigo was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer. He named it the New World later called America. He tried to upset Columbus' thoughts which is what turned out to happen. -
Jan 1, 1503
Leoardo DaVinci starts the Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa was painted in Florence, Italy. It is a oil painting on wood panel. Leoardo DaVinci never finished the painting. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo went blind from painting then getting paint in his eyes. The way he mixed the paint made it slowly faint away. After it got faint people started to do touch ups on it. -
Jan 1, 1509
Raphael paints School of Athens
In the painting Raphael made the center the attention. Going out from the center he had important people in his painting including himself. -
Feb 18, 1516
Mary I becomes Queen
Mary I was the only daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She wanted to return England to Christianities. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 Thesis
Martin Luther posted 95 things wrong with the church on the church doors. This started the Reformation. -
Mar 1, 1519
H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
Hernán was a Spanish Conquistador. When landed he had a native women translate for him. -
Jan 1, 1527
21.1 Philip II is born
Philip II married Queen Mary I so he became king of more places. Also Spain was doing very good under his rule so they called it The Golden Age. He was King of Spain for about 42 years. -
Jan 1, 1532
F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpa
Francisco traps Atahualpa inviting him to dinner. With 1000 against 200 Spanish open fire keeping Atahualpa to convert to Christianity then later killing him. -
Jan 1, 1532
Machiavelli writes The Prince
The Prince was not published until 5 years after his death. He did not write it to become famous. It was written with ideas about things. -
Jan 1, 1533
21.4 Ivan the Terrible assumes throne at age 3
At age 3 his father died. His mother tried to take power but Ivan's uncle wanted the power. His uncle was soon arrested and his mother died. That left him to rule. At age 21 he took absolute rule. -
Sep 7, 1533
Elizabeth I becomes Queen
After Mary I died Elizabeth I became queen. She also was a daughter of King Henry VIII and her mother was Anne Boleyn. She used the single life as a way to get things for her country. -
Jul 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
Jacques was exploring for France. He was in search for reaches and new route to Asia. Jacques explored the St. Lawerence River. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
Anne Boleyn was the Queen of England for three years before being executed. She was executed for commiting adultery. Anne now haunts the Tower of London where she was killed. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is born
Edward was born to the parents of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. At age 9 Edward VI became King the died 6 years later. -
Jan 1, 1539
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order
Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight. It converted non-christians to Catholicism. -
Jan 1, 1543
22.1 Nicolaus Copernicus begins studying planetary movement
Nicolaus was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer. He did his studies in hiding and right before he died he published them. He believed that the Sun was the center of the universe not the earth. -
Jan 1, 1581
21.1 Czar Ivan the Terrible kills his son and heir
Ivan had some mental problems that only got worse as he got older. After causeing his daughter in law to miscarry his son went to defend her. Then Ivan killed his son. Finally he died of a heart attack leaving Europe without a ruler -
21.1 English navy defeats Spanish Armada
The weather played a big role in the battle. The storm made the Spanish Armada wait which gave the English navy time to get ready. Spanish was lead by King Philip II and Queen Elizabeth I. England was lead by Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. -
22.1 Johannes Kepler mathematically proves Copernicus and Brahe
Kepler created three laws about the planets and how they moved. When Brahe died Kepler took over his job. Overall he just found the laws to go with Copernicus and Brahe's thinkings. -
English East India Company is founded
English East India Company is sometimes called EIC. The headquarters is in London, England. It is an international trading company. -
Dutch East India Company is founded
The Dutch East India Company is sometimes refered to as VOC. It is a trading intustry. They sent about 900000 people to the Americas from Europe. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
Henry Hudson was a sea explorer and navigator. Hudson wanted to go west to discover more so he took his son and seven other men and they where never seen again. -
William Shakespeare dies
It is unknown what William died of. William Shakespeare died on his birthday. He died at the age of 52. -
21.3 Thirty Years' War begins
The war lasted 30 years. Ferdinand II started the war. Most of the war happened on German soil. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
When the Dutch took over New York there was not a fight, it was handed over with no gun shots. This was a great victory to the Duke of York he named it New York after himself. -
21.5 Charles I Fights Parliament
Charles always needed money because of the wars. Parliament refused to give him the money. Charles then got rid of them. -
22.1 Galileo publishes his many findings in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
In 1616 he studied the theory of tides and in 1619 the theory of comets. In 1632 he was getting older so he published it. A year later he was tried for heresy and kept in house arrest until death. -
22.1 Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in Discourse on Method
The Discourse on the Method looks at the problem of skepticism. It is famous for the quote "I think, therfore I am." -
21.2 Louis XIV begins 72-year reign
The 72-year reign was the longest reign. He began his reign at age 5. At age 23 when the Cardinal died he took the throne for himself. His last years ruling were sad and nor glorious. -
21.5 Oliver Cromwell executes English king
Charles was the English king. He was put on trail and found guilty of treason. He was then sentenced to death. He was the first king to ever by publicly executed. -
21.2 Louis XIV begins 40-year building of Palace at Versailles
He showed his wealth and power by having it built. The building cost was about $2 billion. It also took 36000 workers. In the palace there are about 2,000 rooms. -
21.4 Peter the Great takes throne
When Peter first started to rule he had to split rule with his half-brother Ivan. Ivan then died giving all power to Peter. In the throne he created a larger standing army and many other things to make Russia the greatest nation. -
La Salle claim Mississippi River for Spain
La Salle claimed all the Mississippi River and its tributaries. That meant from Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian Mountains. When leaving France he had 300 men and 4 boats but when he got to the Mississippi he had 36 men and 1 boat. -
22.1 Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
Newton was a physicist and mathematician. His book was the foundation of classical mechanics. In the book he talked about his three laws of motion. -
21.5 Political Changes
England became a constitutional monarchy. The parliament drafted the bill of rights. Also monarch could not rule without consent of parliament and the parliament could not rule without consent of monarch. -
21.2 William of Orange becomes king
William of Orange joined toe League Of Augsburg. That France's power. He is a Dutch prince before becoming the king of England. -
22.2 John Locke justifies rebellion in Two Treatises on Government
John Locke was a philosopher. The First Treatise is about patriarchalism.The Second Treatise was based on natural rights. -
21.4 Peter the Great orders St. Petersburg to be built
St. Petersburg was the Russian Capital for over 200 years. It need a lot of workers because of the weather and stuff. Also many died or ran away making it nessesary to have even more. -
22.3 Frederick the Great begins his reign in Prussia
Frederick was the third Hohenzollern king. He was king for 1740 until 1786. His achievements were military victories and the Enlightment Age in Prussia. -
22.2 Voltaire is exiled to England
Voltaire's first exil was in 1715 for mocking the regent. He then returned in 1717 only to be exiled again for his wrightings. Then in 1726 he was sent back to Bastille for arguing from there he was sent off to England where he would spend the next three years. -
21.3 Maria Theresa inherits throne
He father Charles VI feared he would not have a boy to leave the throne to so he made a law making it legal for a daughter to rule if has no son. Maria Theresa ended up not having a brother so the throne was hers. She took the throne at age 23 when her father died. -
Seven Years' War begins
The Seven Years' War is also known as French and Indian War. It was fought all over the world. -
21.3 Fredrick the Great starts Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War is also known as French and Indian War. It was fought all over the world. Also it lasted more then 7 years but can't really tell because it was fought all over the world. -
22.2 Mary Wollstonecraft is born
Mary was a philosopher. Her main wrightings were for women's rights. Her best work was A Vindication of the Rights of Women. -
22.3 Catherine the Great puts down the serf Rebellion
Catherine continued to make Russia more modern. However the army and landowers relied on the serfs so she didn't get rid of them. That ended the rebellion. -
22.4 Boston Tea Party
The Americans held this event because it was their protest about taxation. On the night of the 16th the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
22.4 British Army and American Militia exchange fire at Lexington, Massachusetts
700 British soldiers were order on the night of the 18th to seize Concord. On that night Paul Revere road his horse warning people that the British were coming. This was the start of the American Revolutionary War. -
22.4 Declaration of Independence is signed
Thomas Jefferson was the main writer of the Declarartion of Independence. Most of his ideas came from past philosopies. 56 people signed the Declaration of Independence. -
22.3 Joseph II abolishes serfdom in Austria
When abolishing serfdom he gave all the serfs the full freedom. He then made officals regulate the rent of peasants to make sure landlords were not over charging. -
22.4 Delegates at the Constitutional Convention sign the Constitution
70 delegates were appointed to the Constitutional Convention. There were 55 delegates that showed up to the conventions. Only 39 signed the Constitutional. -
First slave revolts in Hispaniola
This is the first slave revolt that made an impact. It lead to the state of Haiti. After the revolts ended a lot of mixed raced people were considered colonist not slaves.
