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Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
Timeline
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Oct 25, 1550
Ming Dynasty Begins
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Oct 25, 1553
Rise of Ivan the Terrible
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Oct 25, 1553
The Tudors Begin Ruling England
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Oct 25, 1553
The Scientific Revolution
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Oct 25, 1558
Queen Elizabeth I
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Oct 25, 1562
The French Wars of Religion
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Oct 25, 1568
Japan is Unified
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The Stuarts Begin Ruling England
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Romanov Dynasty Begins in Russia
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The Thirty years war
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The Hermit Kingdom
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Galileo Faces the Inquisition
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Descartes Writes "Discourse on Method"
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Puritan Revolution
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Iasic Newton Born
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Louis XIV
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Quig Dynasty
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The Enlightenment
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Period: to
1651-1800
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Kangxi Begins Ruling China
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The First Daily Newspaper is Published in England
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Montesquieu publishes "The Spirit of the Laws"
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Denis Diderot writes first Encyclopedia
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Rousseau publishes "The Social Contract"
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Voltaire writes "Treatise on Toleration"
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Treaty of Paris Gives Control of India to England
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American Colonies Declare Independance
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Adam Smith Publishes "the wealth of Nations
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England's King George III Sends Trade Mission to China