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Period: Apr 13, 1400 to
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Apr 22, 1451
Columbus was born
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, Italy. -
Apr 13, 1492
Columbus
His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited. Columbus headed off disaster by promising his crew that if land was not sighted in two days, they would return home. The next day land was discovered. -
Apr 22, 1506
Columbus dies
He died May 20, 1506 still believing he had discovered a shorter route to Asia. -
Apr 13, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, led by Hernando Cortes, was a landmark victory for the European settlers. Following the Spanish arrival in Mexico, a huge battle erupted between the army of Cortes and the Aztec people under the rule of Montezuma. The events that occurred were crucial to the development of the American lands and have been the subject of much historical debate. -
Apr 13, 1543
Copernicus presents the Heliocentric Theory
The Heliocentric Theory is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a stationary Sun at the center of the universe. -
Absolutism
there were fights over religon and territory and everyone had really big armys and that led to taxes so everyone was afraid and they wanted and absolute leader because of it -
English settle Jamestown
In 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River. -
Louis XIV of France begins his reign
Louis XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. He holds the distinction of being the longest-reigning king in European history, reigning for 72 years and 110 days. -
Glorious Revolution in England
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, is the name of the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau. William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England. -
Voltair
Voltair was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, freedom of expression, free trade and separation of church and state. -
Peter the Great of Russia begins his reign
Born on May 30 1672, Peter was named Peter Alexowitz, meaning 'Peter the son of Alexis'. His father, Tsar Alexis, had married twice, and Peter was the first child of his second marriage. There were already six daughters and two rather unhealthy sons, named Feodor and Ivan, from the first marriage. When Alexis died very suddenly in 1676, Feodor ruled until his own death in 1682, when the ten year-old Peter became tsar jointly with his half-brother Ivan. At first Peter's older half-sister Sophia h -
French Revolution begins
The French Revolution (1789–1799), was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a major impact on France and indeed all of Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years. -
the great fear
The "Great Fear" occurred from 20 July to 5 August 1789 in France at the start of the French Revolution. Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain shortage of the spring, and the grain supplies were now guarded by local militias due to rumors that bands of armed men were roaming the countryside. -
Tennis Court Oath
On the morning of 20 June, the deputies were shocked to discover that the chamber door was locked and guarded by soldiers. Immediately fearing the worst, and anxious that a royal attack by King Louis XVI was imminent, the deputies congregated in a nearby indoor tennis court where they took a solemn collective oath "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established".[ -
Napoleon conquers most of Europe
Portugal and Spain quickly lost nearly all of their colonies in the Americas due to their complete inabilty to intervene when they could barely survive in the face of Napoleon's invasions. The Holy Roman Empire was formally dissolved, and the Habsburg Empire became the Austrian Empire, even more formally dominated by the ethnic German minority. Prussia was expanded immensely due to its triumph in the war. France returned to a monarchy. The Netherlands gained Belgium for the time being. The moder
