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Jan 1, 1350
Renaissance began
When the Renaissance began, there were many important factors that took place. For example, the printing press was created by Johannes Gutenburg. There was also the Black Death. It killed many people, around 75 million. -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henry School Founded
In 1419, Prince Henry founded a school that taught map making and navigation. It was located in Sagres, Portugal. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople is important because it is when the Turks, or Ottoman Empire, captured Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul. -
Nov 16, 1481
Peak of the Ottoman Empire
During its peak, it became one of the most powerful states in the world. The Ottomans were leaders of the Turkish warriors, that believed in Islam. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
When Christopher Columbus discovered America, he thought he had landed in India. Little did he know it was the "New World". It is a very important year because the Europeans brought new items to the New World and the indigeous people brought new items to Europe, or the "Old World". -
Oct 15, 1492
Tobacco was brought to Europe
On October 15, 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed back to Europe, he brought tobacco with him. The American Indians offered it to him as a gift, which he accepted and took with him. Soon, tobacco was being grown all over Europe. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was between Portugal and Spain. It was made to help settle conflicts over the new lands discovered by Christopher Columbus. -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco de Gama's water route
In 1497 Vasco de Gama sailed around the tip of Africa. While doing so, he discovered a water way at the tip of Africa. Eventually, he reached the port of Calicut in India and discovered goods such as new spices, rarer silks, and precious gems -
Jan 1, 1511
Erasmus'- Praise of Folly
The Praise of Folly was first printed in 1511. The essay was inspired by De Triumpho Stultitiae, which was written by the Italian humanist, Faustino Perisauli. -
Jan 1, 1513
Mona Lisa painting finished
The painting, the Mona Lisa, is very neat because it was created by Leonardo de Vinci. It was one of the first paintings to be portraits, and Leonardo changed the image of the person that modeled for him. -
Jan 1, 1517
95 Theses
The 95 Thesis was made on two beliefs. One, that the Bible is the central religious authority and two, humans may reach salvation by which their failth but not their deeds. -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
During 1519, Magellan circumnavigated the world. He wanted to lead a voyage across the Pacific. He sailed around the edge of South America, into the Pacific. He made his way into the Phillipines but died during a war there. -
Jan 1, 1521
Cortez conquered the Aztecs
in 1521 on an expedition, Cortez heard rumors that the Aztecs had wealth and gold. He went to them and conquered them at their capital, Tenochtitlan. -
Jan 1, 1526
Start of the Mughal Empire
The Mughal empire started when they defeated the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. The Mughal emperors were Central Asian Turco-Mongols that belonged to the Timurid dynasty, -
Jan 1, 1532
Pissarro conqueror’s the Incas
In 1531-1532 Pissarro went on an expedition with his three half brothers. That fall, they entered an Incan city called Cajamarca, and took the leader hostage. The Incan leaders name was Atahualpa, and paid a ransom, or fine, to stay alive. He was still killed in 1533. Afterwards Pissarro conquered the city Cuzco and founded the city of Lima, which is now the modern day capital of Peru. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published
In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus disccovered the Heliocentric Theory, or "Sun-Centered". In his theory he said what others had not " a singular method for ordering the planets and for calculating the relative distances of the planets from the Sun" -
Jan 1, 1545
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent, was a council of the Roman Catholic Church. It was important because it clarified almost every doctrine that was contested by the Protestants. -
Apr 1, 1578
William Harvey discovered circulation of blood
Before he found how the blood circulated, he thought that there were two separate blood systems in the body. In 1578 William Harvey discovered hte circulation of blood in the human body. He found that the blood flows very fast through a single system of veins or ateries. -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
In 1588 King Phillip the second sent out a ship, known as the Spanish Armada, to invade England. When they arrived at England, England fought back with heavy guns, and Spain failed. We believe that since Spain failed, that is why England and the Netherlands did not become part of the Spanish Empire. -
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
The play Shakespeare wrote was about how Julius Caesar was killed. He wrote it about a non-Christian civilization that existed 16 centuries before Shakespeare wrote his plays. -
Galileo's first telescope
In 1609 Galileo built his first telescope.built was a Dutch design, but improved. The telescope he With it, he discovered four "new" stars orbiting Jupiter which were the planets moons. -
30 Years War
The thirty years war is exactly what it says in the name. It was a war that lasted thirty years. It was from 1618 to 1648. The battle was between the Catholics and the Protestants. -
Taj Mahal was starting to be built
The Taj Mahal is a very important structure because it represents art for India. It was created by Shah Jahah in memory of his wife. -
Discartes’ Discourse on Method
Discourse on Method, written by Rene Discartes, was very important because it was one of the first modern philosophical works not written in Latin. Instead, it was written in French so that everyone, including women and children, could read it. -
Newton’s Laws of gravity
In 1687 Newton's Law of Gravity said that "any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them." -
Anglican Church started
The Anglican Church, also known as the Church of England, was begun by Henry the eighth. It broke with Catholicism over issue the of divorce. Also, the King became the leader of the church. Later on, the monarch becomes the Supreme leader with the Act of Supremecy under Elizabeth the first.
