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Period: 1271 to 1295
Marco Polo travels to China
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1350
Petrarch
Petrarch develops ideas of humanism -
1368
Fall of the Mongol empire to the Chinse Ming dynasty
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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 -
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 -
1478
Spanish Inquisition
year of establishment (under F&I) -
1488
Bartholomew Diaz sails around Cape the Good Hope
without realizing it! -
1492
Spain conquers Granada
End of the Reconquista, also expelled all Jews from Spain -
1492
Columbus Accidentily stumbles across america
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Period: 1492 to 1503
Pope Alexander VI
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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 -
1503
Amerigo Vespucci publishes Mundus Novus
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1503
Establishment of Casa de la Contratarián
Port of Sevilla takes monopoly on trade in the New World. -
1511
Portuguese capture Malacca
From the Muslims -
1513
Machiavelli writes 'Il Principe'
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Period: 1513 to 1521
Pope Leo X
Medici pope;
St. Peters indulgences (naar voorbeeld van Johan Tetzel)
Excommunicated Martin Luther
Concordat of Bologna. -
1517
Martin Luther 95 theses
Sent in a letter to his bishop (name= ???) -
1518
Spanish king authorizes Slave Trade
to the new world colonies -
Period: 1519 to 1522
Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the world
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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. -
1521
Cortés conquers the Mexica Empire
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Period: 1521 to 1559
Habsburg-Valois Wars
Wars between the Habsburg family and the French crown, fighting took place on Italian soil. -
1523
Royal Supreme Court of the Indies
Takes over all colonial affairs -
Period: 1523 to 1534
Pope Clement VII
Medici pope -
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 -
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 -
1533
Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire
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Period: 1533 to
Reign of Ivan the Terrible in Russia
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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) -
1535
Ursulines
Angela Medici establishes the Ursulines as first women's teaching order -
1536
Calvin published
Calvin publishes his 'The Institutes of the Christian Religion' -
1540
Pope approval of society of Jesus (Jesuits)
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1542
Pope Paul III establishes Inquisition
Or: the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition -
1545
Potosí silver mine discovered
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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 -
1555
Peace of Augsburg
cuius regio, eius religio -
1557
Malacca colony founded by Portugal
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Period: 1558 to
Reign Elizabeth I in England
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Period: 1560 to
Height of the European witch-hunt
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1563
Establishment of first academy in Florence
Meant for artistic training -
Period: 1568 to
Civil war in the Netherlands
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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. -
1581
Act of Abjuration
Dutch rebels officially don't recognize Philip II of Spain as their monarch any more -
Murder William of Orange
Murdered by Balthasar Gérard (Burgundian Catholic) -
England defeats Spanish Armada
Sent by Filips the II of Spain -
Period: to
Reign of Henry IV in France
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Edict of Nantes
Introduced by Henry VI (Henry of Navarre) - freedom of conscience and ??? for protestants -
Period: to
Time of Troubles in Russia
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Period: to
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
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First settlement in Quebec
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Start of Romanov dynasty
Micheal Romanov ascends to the throne -
Elisabeth van der Palts geboren
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Period: to
Growth of absolutism in Austria and Prussia
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Period: to
First phase of the Franco-Spanish wars
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Period: to
Reign of Frederick William (great elector) of Prussia
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Period: to
Time that the Long Parliament in England was in session
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Ville-Marie (Montreal) established
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Period: to
English civil war, which ends with the execution of Charles I
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Period: to
First English civil war
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Period: to
Reign of Louis XIV in France
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Period: to
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
Ending the 30-years war and all the related or constituting conflicts -
peace of Munster
Ending Dutch-Spanish war (80 years war), part of the treaty of Westphalia -
Period: to
Second Phase of the Franco-Spanish war
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Period: to
Second English civil war
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Period: to
Third English Civil war
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Period: to
Military rule in England
Under Oliver Cromwell (the Protectorate) -
Period: to
Jean-Baptiste Colbert applies Mercantilism to France
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Charles II and XIV secret agreement
Meant to re-Catholicize England. -
Period: to
Cossack revolt led by Stenka Razin
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Declaration of Indulgence by Charles II
Allowing catholics freedom of conscience and freedom of practice in 150 fortified cities. -
Test Act
Repeals the declaration of indulgence, safeguarding the position of the Anglican church, catholics lose their rights. -
Period: to
Exclusion crisis
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Period: to
Construction of absolutist palaces
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Louis XIV moves the court to Versailles
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Period: to
Reign of Peter the Great in Russia
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Period: to
Habsburg push the Ottoman Turks from Hungary
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Edict of Nantes revoked in France
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Period: to
Glorious Revolution in England
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Austrian Habsburgs push the Ottomans out of Hungary
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Charles II of Spain dies
Sparking the war of Spanish succession -
Period: to
War of the Spanish Succession
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Period: to
War of Spanish succession
