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Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance
Europeans belief for art and culture -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
Capture of the capital of the Roman Empire -
Jan 1, 1481
Peak of Ottoman Empire
Refered to as Turkey -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus discoved America
When Columbus first landed in the Bahamas -
Jan 1, 1492
Tobacco introduced to Europe
Brought overseas form America -
Jan 1, 1494
Treaty of tordasillas
Agreement between Spain and Portugal -
Jan 1, 1498
Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa
Found the water route around the tip of Africa -
Jan 1, 1507
Mona Lisa finished
Painted by Leonardo de Vinci -
Jan 1, 1511
Erasmus’ Praise of Folly
Book written by Erasmus -
Jan 1, 1517
95 theses
Luthers 95 church rules -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
First person ever to travel around the world at once -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
Cortez defeats the Aztects throughout 1519-1521 -
Jan 1, 1524
Pizzarro conqueror’s the Incas
Pizzaro finally defeats the Incans -
Oct 31, 1526
Start of Mughal Empire
Empire extending over large parts of the Indian subcontinent -
Jan 1, 1534
Anglican Church started
Queen Elizabeth ruled the Anglican church -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published
Theory that the earth revolved around the sun -
Jan 1, 1545
Council of Trent
a council to determine representitives for the council from 1545-1563 -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Spanish army -
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Shakespears famous Roman generals -
Prince Henry’s School founded
First school for oceanic navigation -
30 years war
30 years war was from 1618-1648 -
Taj Mahal built
Famous building in the Ottoman Empire -
Discartes’ Discourse on Method-1637
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William Harvey discovered circulation of blood
discovery of blood flow -
Newton’s Laws of gravity
Gravity laws made by Newton -
Galileo’s first telescope-1672
first person to invent a telescope