Early Modern History

  • Period: 1271 to 1295

    Marco Polo travels to China

    over land?
  • Petrarch
    1350

    Petrarch

    Petrarch develops ideas of humanism
  • Fall of the Mongol empire to the Chinse Ming dynasty
    1368

    Fall of the Mongol empire to the Chinse Ming dynasty

  • Period: 1434 to

    Medici Family in power

    in Florence, in-and-out of power from behind the scenes to being official dukes of Grand Duchy of Tuscany
  • Portuguese establish Arguin
    1443

    Portuguese establish Arguin

    First African trading post.
  • 1444

    Gutenberg

    Invention of movable metal type, first used by Johann Gutenberg
  • Period: 1455 to 1471

    Wars of the Roses in England

    Powerstruggle for the English drown between the houses of York and Lancaster
  • 1469

    Ferdinand and Isabella Marry

    Links their two kingdoms now ruling the larger part of the Iberian peninsula
  • Period: 1471 to 1484

    Pope Sixtus IV

    allows ferdinand and isabella to establish the Spanish inquisition
  • 1477

    Louis XI conquers Burgundy

    After defeating Karel de Stoute
  • Spanish Inquisition
    1478

    Spanish Inquisition

    year of establishment (under F&I)
  • Bartholomew Diaz sails around Cape the Good Hope
    1488

    Bartholomew Diaz sails around Cape the Good Hope

    without realizing it!
  • Spain conquers Granada
    1492

    Spain conquers Granada

    End of the Reconquista, also expelled all Jews from Spain
  • Columbus Accidentily stumbles across america
    1492

    Columbus Accidentily stumbles across america

  • Period: 1492 to 1503

    Pope Alexander VI

  • Invasion of Italy by Charles VIII of France
    1494

    Invasion of Italy by Charles VIII of France

    At the request of Milan, because Florence and Naples were trying to take over territory from Milan
  • Period: 1500 to

    Consolidation of serfdom in eastern Europe

    Granted to Junkers by HRE
  • Amerigo Vespucci publishes Mundus Novus
    1503

    Amerigo Vespucci publishes Mundus Novus

  • Establishment of Casa de la Contratarián
    1503

    Establishment of Casa de la Contratarián

    Port of Sevilla takes monopoly on trade in the New World.
  • Portuguese capture Malacca
    1511

    Portuguese capture Malacca

    From the Muslims
  • Machiavelli writes 'Il Principe'
    1513

    Machiavelli writes 'Il Principe'

  • Period: 1513 to 1521

    Pope Leo X

    Medici pope;
    St. Peters indulgences (naar voorbeeld van Johan Tetzel)
    Excommunicated Martin Luther
    Concordat of Bologna.
  • Martin Luther 95 theses
    1517

    Martin Luther 95 theses

    Sent in a letter to his bishop (name= ???)
  • Spanish king authorizes Slave Trade
    1518

    Spanish king authorizes Slave Trade

    to the new world colonies
  • Period: 1519 to 1522

    Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the world

  • Diet of Worms
    1521

    Diet of Worms

    Meeting called for by Charles the V to adress protestantism and Martin Luther's theses. Luther is asked to revoke his words, which he doesn't do. Therefore Charles outlaws him.
  • Cortés conquers the Mexica Empire
    1521

    Cortés conquers the Mexica Empire

  • Period: 1521 to 1559

    Habsburg-Valois Wars

    Wars between the Habsburg family and the French crown, fighting took place on Italian soil.
  • Royal Supreme Court of the Indies
    1523

    Royal Supreme Court of the Indies

    Takes over all colonial affairs
  • Period: 1523 to 1534

    Pope Clement VII

    Medici pope
  • German Peasants war
    1525

    German Peasants war

    Agv. Luthers' ideas (promise of social change) didn't give them a lot of social change, but their position improved slighty through meadows, enclosed fields and forests being returned to the commons
  • Turkish victory at Mohács
    1526

    Turkish victory at Mohács

    Which allowed the spread of protestantism in Hungary.
  • Period: 1530 to 1540

    English reformation

    Henry VIII ends authority of the Pope in England
  • Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire
    1533

    Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire

  • Period: 1533 to

    Reign of Ivan the Terrible in Russia

  • Period: 1534 to 1549

    Pope Paul III

    counter-reformation: behaviour change popes, education and stricter control way of life of the clergy, Holy office (jurisdiction over inquisition)
  • Ursulines
    1535

    Ursulines

    Angela Medici establishes the Ursulines as first women's teaching order
  • Calvin published
    1536

    Calvin published

    Calvin publishes his 'The Institutes of the Christian Religion'
  • Pope approval of society of Jesus (Jesuits)
    1540

    Pope approval of society of Jesus (Jesuits)

  • Pope Paul III establishes Inquisition
    1542

    Pope Paul III establishes Inquisition

    Or: the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition
  • Potosí silver mine discovered
    1545

    Potosí silver mine discovered

  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent

    Counter-Reformation:
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  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Reign of mary Tudor

    Temporary restoration of Catholocism in England
  • Peace of Augsburg
    1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    cuius regio, eius religio
  • Malacca colony founded by Portugal
    1557

    Malacca colony founded by Portugal

  • Period: 1558 to

    Reign Elizabeth I in England

  • Period: 1560 to

    Height of the European witch-hunt

  • Establishment of first academy in Florence
    1563

    Establishment of first academy in Florence

    Meant for artistic training
  • Period: 1568 to

    Civil war in the Netherlands

  • St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
    1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

    Killing of hundreds of protestants or hugenots in France right before the Marriage of Catherine of Valois (???) and Henry of Navarre.
  • Act of Abjuration
    1581

    Act of Abjuration

    Dutch rebels officially don't recognize Philip II of Spain as their monarch any more
  • Murder William of Orange

    Murder William of Orange

    Murdered by Balthasar Gérard (Burgundian Catholic)
  • England defeats Spanish Armada

    England defeats Spanish Armada

    Sent by Filips the II of Spain
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    Reign of Henry IV in France

  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    Introduced by Henry VI (Henry of Navarre) - freedom of conscience and ??? for protestants
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    Time of Troubles in Russia

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    Time of Troubles

    Period after the death of Ivan IV (The Terrible) in which his relatives struggled to take over power. Eventualy Michael Romanov (16 years old) was put on the throne.
  • Dutch East India Company established

    Dutch East India Company established

  • First settlement in Quebec

    First settlement in Quebec

  • Start of Romanov dynasty

    Start of Romanov dynasty

    Micheal Romanov ascends to the throne
  • Elisabeth van der Palts geboren

    Elisabeth van der Palts geboren

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    Growth of absolutism in Austria and Prussia

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    First phase of the Franco-Spanish wars

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    Reign of Frederick William (great elector) of Prussia

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    Time that the Long Parliament in England was in session

  • Ville-Marie (Montreal) established

    Ville-Marie (Montreal) established

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    English civil war, which ends with the execution of Charles I

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    First English civil war

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    Reign of Louis XIV in France

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    Official Reign of Louis XIV

    He ruled from a very young age, so the first years of his reign he wasn't wielding power. His mother and Cardinal Richelieu were.
  • Treaty of Westphalia

    Treaty of Westphalia

    Ending the 30-years war and all the related or constituting conflicts
  • peace of Munster

    peace of Munster

    Ending Dutch-Spanish war (80 years war), part of the treaty of Westphalia
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    Second Phase of the Franco-Spanish war

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    Second English civil war

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    Third English Civil war

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    Military rule in England

    Under Oliver Cromwell (the Protectorate)
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    Jean-Baptiste Colbert applies Mercantilism to France

  • Charles II and XIV secret agreement

    Charles II and XIV secret agreement

    Meant to re-Catholicize England.
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    Cossack revolt led by Stenka Razin

  • Declaration of Indulgence by Charles II

    Declaration of Indulgence by Charles II

    Allowing catholics freedom of conscience and freedom of practice in 150 fortified cities.
  • Test Act

    Test Act

    Repeals the declaration of indulgence, safeguarding the position of the Anglican church, catholics lose their rights.
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    Exclusion crisis

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    Construction of absolutist palaces

  • Louis XIV moves the court to Versailles

    Louis XIV moves the court to Versailles

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    Reign of Peter the Great in Russia

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    Habsburg push the Ottoman Turks from Hungary

  • Edict of Nantes revoked in France

    Edict of Nantes revoked in France

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    Glorious Revolution in England

  • Austrian Habsburgs push the Ottomans out of Hungary

    Austrian Habsburgs push the Ottomans out of Hungary

  • Charles II of Spain dies

    Charles II of Spain dies

    Sparking the war of Spanish succession
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    War of the Spanish Succession

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    War of Spanish succession