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Period: Nov 18, 1300 to
Renaissance
This was revival of culture since the Old Roman Empire. It was based mainly in most of Europe. -
Nov 18, 1419
Prince Henry's School of Navigation
The school was made for training people in navigation. They were prepared by this school to navigate. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
The fall of Constantinople resulted in the caputure of the Byzantine Empire. -
Period: Nov 9, 1481 to Nov 9, 1566
Peak of Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire peaked due to many reasons: It was highly centralized, there was only one person with true power, good wealth, strong militia. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus discovers America
Christopher Columbus lead explorational party that consisted the 3 ships (Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria). He eventually discovered the Americas, whilst looking for Asia. -
Oct 15, 1492
Europe's Introduction to Tobacco
Columbus wrote in his diary that he witnessed an Indian in a canoe with water, food, and tobacco leaves. And then afterwards, a few years later, it widespread from Spain to all around Europe. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
This treaty divided the European countries from the New World countries. -
Nov 18, 1497
Vasco da Gama finds water route around the tip of North Africa
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Nov 18, 1511
Erasmus' Praise of Folly
The Praise of Folly was a satirical book ripping the doctrine of the Catholic Church -
Oct 31, 1517
95 Theses
A writing by Martin Luther that mentions all of the problems he thought were wrong with the Catholic church. -
Nov 18, 1517
Mona Lisa finished
Mona Lisa was created by Leonardo da Vinci and it was a significant part of the Renaissance. -
Nov 19, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
Cortes infiltrated Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire in doing so. -
Sep 6, 1522
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
Magellan circumnavigated the globe. Unfortunately, he never made it back home because of his death in the Phillipines. -
Nov 9, 1526
Start of Mughal Empire
It was started by a prince named Babur and expanded on from there. -
Nov 19, 1532
Pizarro conquers the Incas
Pizarro made a conquest to the Incas and enslaved them. -
Nov 19, 1534
Anglican Church
The Anglican Church by King Henry VIII who established this because he couldn't be able to divorce another one of his wives again. -
Nov 19, 1543
Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory Published
Copernicus was an astronomer who had developed this theory about where the Sun is at rest close to the middle of the universe, and that Earth is spinning on its axis every day. And this theory was eventually disproved. Now, the theory is that there is actually no specific place for there to be a center in the universe. -
Period: Nov 19, 1545 to Nov 19, 1563
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent revived old Catholic beliefs and set up the ideals of the Counter-Reformation, and they were also against Protestants. -
Defeat of Spanish Armada
They were defeated by the British forces lead by Lord Charles Howard and Francis Drake. -
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar was about the tragedy of Julius Caesar's life. -
Galileo's First Telescope
The telescope he made was a refracting telescope. He only wanted it to be magnified at 8x, but instead, it was magnified at 20x for it. And it had a convex objective lens and a concave eyepiece through in a lengthy tube. -
William Harvey's Discovery of Blood Circulation
William Harvey discovered in blood circulation that the flow of blood has to be on going, and that its flow is only going to be able to go in one direction only. -
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Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' war was a war against the very wealthy Hapsburg family vs the people against them. It was a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics. It is one of the most deadly wars that ever occured in Europe. -
Taj Mahal
An Indian Palace that was built by one of the Mughal emperors for his princess. -
Descartes' Discourse on Method
A book that is mainly describing one's reason and finding the truth in science. -
Newton's Laws of Motion
Isaac Newton was a physicist that had happened to be one of the most impacting scientists during the Scientific Revolution, and he is arguably to be one of the smartest people that have ever been on this Earth. He came up with the Laws of Gravity. The Laws of Gravity state all objects attract with each other along with a force of gravitational attraction.
