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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
The Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1418
Prince Henry founded his school for navigation.
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May 29, 1453
The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire.
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May 29, 1453
The hight of the Ottoman Empire was when they took over Constantinople
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Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus Discovers America in 1492.
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Jan 1, 1492
Tobacco was introduced to Europe when Columbus discoved America
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Jun 7, 1494
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at Tordesillas on June 7, 1494, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal
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Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama sailed in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East.
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Jan 1, 1509
Praise of Folly is an essay written in 1509 by Erasmus.
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Jan 1, 1517
The Mona Lisa is a painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci
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Jan 1, 1517
The 95 theses was a list of questions and propositions for debate written by Martin Luther.
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Sep 20, 1519
On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain in an effort to find a western sea route to the Spice Islands
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Jan 1, 1521
Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztec Civilazation in 1521
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Jan 1, 1526
The Mughal Empire was an empire established and ruled by a Persianate dynasty
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Jan 1, 1528
King Henry VIII broke away and created the Anglican church in 1528
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Jan 1, 1532
Fransisco Pissarro conquerored the Incan empire in 1532
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who creaed the idea that the sun is at the center of the universe
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Jan 1, 1545
The Council of Trent was held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento, Italy
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The Spanish Armada was defeated by England
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Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1599.
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Galileo created his first telescope
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The Thirty Years War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648.
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William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood and wrote about it in one of his books in 1628
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Discourse on Method is a philosophical book published by Rene Descartes
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The Taj Mahal was created by a Mugal emporer
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Isaac Newton created his gravitational theory in 1666
