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Period: 1350 to 1550
The Reinassance
The Reinassance was the risse of secular humanism. People began to look for faith in science compared to religion. People start to write books about Greek and Roman teachings. Artistic era begins. People start painting, making sculptures, and creating new architecture. -
Period: 1400 to 1499
European Exploration
During The 15th century Exploration from Europe was a hot topic Cape Bojador and Portuguese exploration of the west coast of Africa, while also in the last decade of the century the Spanish sent explorers to the New World, focusing on exploring the Caribbean Sea, and the Portuguese discovered the sea route to India. -
1438
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. He is known for rejecting teaching from the Roman catholic Church. -
1455
Johannes Gutenberg
Gutenburg Invented the moveable type printing press around 1439. His press allowed newspapers to be mass-produced at relatively cheap costs. The only downside to this item was it put a lot of scribes out of jobs. -
1483
Nicolaus Copernicus
Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was instrumental in establishing the concept of a heliocentric solar system, in which the sun, rather than the earth, is the center of the solar system. -
1485
Henry VIII
Biggest invasion of France -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Founded the Americas -
1497
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India -
1500
Prince Henry of Portugal
responsible for the explorations of the Portuguese -
1501
Michelangelo
is widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. Among his works are the "David" and "Pieta" statues and the Sistine Chapel frescoes -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci
He sketched various different art pieces but is most commonly known for painting the Mona Lisa. -
1510
John Calvin
John Calvin was a French theologian and reformer. Calvin was the leading second-generation Protestant reformer, yielding only to Martin Luther in influence. -
Period: 1517 to
The Reformation
The Reformation was the religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval of the 16th century that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
he discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean -
1520
Ferdinand Magellan
He discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean -
1521
Hernan Cortez
was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. -
1533
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Founded the jesuit order -
1534
Jacques Cartier
French explorer Jacques Cartier is known chiefly for exploring the St. Lawrence River and giving Canada its name. -
1535
Francisco Pizarro
discover the Pacific Ocean, and after conquering Peru, founded its capital city, Lima. -
Period: 1543 to
Scientific Revolution
The revolution began with kepler and ended with Newton. This was all about learning about learning new information about the universe and how things worked. -
1555
William Shakespeare
From 1594-1608 Shakespeare worked for the London Theatre World. He was most commonly known for writing tragedies such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Richard the third. He only wrote one comedy which was titles A Midsummer Night's Dream. -
1577
Francis Drake
English admiral Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe from 1577-1580, -
Desiderius Erasmus
the first editor of the New Testament, and also an important figure in patristics and classical literature. -
Miguel de Cervantes
Cervantes was a spanish poet, playwright and novelist. His most famous novel was Don Quixote written in 1605. -
Johannes Kepler
kepler was a student of mathematics and astronomy, He was the first to come up with the 3 laws of planetary motion. In 1609 He posted this first 2, then after more research he finalized his laws in 1619. -
Galileo Galilei
Galilei was known for making telescopes. In 1610 he discovered Jupiter's four massive moons, now known as the Galilean moons, He also discovered the myriad stars which make up the milky way. -
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English Civil War
This was the wars that turned absolute march England into Democracy England. -
William Harvey
In 1628 harvey described the importance of the heart, He also was the first to correctly state how the circulatory system works in our bodies. He is known as the founder of modern physiology. -
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Absolute Monarchies
This was the peak when kings were in total control over the land. There was not really a goverment, but when there was it was the king had say over anything. -
Charles I
Charles I was king of England, Scotland and Ireland, whose conflicts with parliament led to civil war and his eventual execution -
Oliver cromwell
He commanded campaigns in Ireland and Scotland in the early 1650s, and served as “lord protector” of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from 1653 until his death. -
Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes wrote Leviathan in 1651. He believed everyone was born with bad intentions and people needed government to keep them in line. He believed in absolute monarchy. -
William and Mary
William and Mary was appointed in 1672, king and queen of england -
Louis XVI
He was an absolute monarch known as the sun king because he wanted to be held in high standards like a God. He built the palace of Versailles out of his fathers hunting shack to show power in 1682 -
Louis XIV
King Louis XIV of France led an absolute monarchy during France’s classical age. He revoked the Edict of Nantes and is known for his aggressive foreign policy. -
Isaac Newton
in 1687 Isaac newton posted his laws of gravity, and motion. He also built the first light reflecting telescope in 1668. -
Period: to
Glorious Revolution
Over all the Glorious Revolution was when William and Mary took the throne from James II in 1688. The event brought a permanent realignment of power within the English constitution making england more democratic. -
John Locke
wrote the treatises on Government in 1689. He believed everyones birth rights in life, liberty, and property. He believed everyone had the gift of reason -
Peter the great
Born in Moscow, Russia on June 9, 1672, Peter the Great was a Russian czar in the late 17th century who is best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation. He created a strong navy, reorganized his army according to Western standards, secularized schools, administered greater control over the reactionary Orthodox Church, and introduced new administrative and territorial divisions of the country. -
Frederick the Great
ruled prussia, great militaty power. -
Baron de Montesquieu
Montesquieu was a french analyst who is famously known for his book spirit of laws, about the separation of powers. -
Voltaire
Voltaire was a french philosopher who is most commonly known for writing about freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and tolerance in 1748. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
He wrote the social contract in 1762 and believed in popular sovereignty -
Period: to
The French revolution
The revolution envoked the french constituipn. The french also overthrew the king and queen making way for a new goverment. Napoleon crowned himself as the first emeporer of France. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte was a highly respected military leader in france and made france one of the most powerful countries in europe. He was the first emperor of france in 1804 -
Period: to
The Enlightenment
The enlightenment was all about encouragement to look at yourself rather than to look to God for help. It imphasized importance on politics, goverment, and education -
Eugene Delacroix
Delacroix was a man known as the leader of the French Romantic era. His most famous paintings were "Liberty Leading the People" and "The Death of Sardanapalus” painted in 1827.
