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Jul 6, 1415
John Hus
John Hus was burned at the stake for being a dissenter of the Catholic Church -
Nov 2, 1418
Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Henry of Portugal founded the first school of navigation, In this school, people were trained in nagivation, map-making, and science, in order to sail down the west of Africa. -
Nov 2, 1439
Printing Press
The printing press was invented by Johann Gutenberg, this invention spread the protestant reformantion movement. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus's first voyage was sponsored by Spain to sail west to reach Asia. Instead of reaching Asia he discovered the new world. -
Oct 27, 1498
The Last Suppper
Leonardo da Vinci started painting the Last Supper in 1495 and finished in 1498. -
Nov 2, 1500
Secularism
Secularism was formed during the Italian renaissance, which was the a new idea of art. -
Oct 27, 1509
Praise of Folly
He writes that he was on the road from Italy to England and, rather than waste his time with idle chatter and gossip, he preferred to muse upon his friendship with More. He then decided that he would occupy his time writing a praise of folly. -
Nov 2, 1516
Predestination
John Calvin created predistination which said that God had already chosen who he wanted to go to heaven and nothing could change that. -
Oct 31, 1517
95 Theses
Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses which led to the protestant reformation. -
Nov 2, 1518
Atlantic Slave Trade
The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of people from Africa were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. -
Nov 2, 1519
Cortes conqueers the Aztecs
Cortes (one of the most well know Spanish conquistadors) conquers the Aztecs, this starts the Spanish colonization of the Americas. -
Nov 2, 1522
Ferdidnand Magellan
Ferdidnand Magellan was a portuguese explorere who was the first man to circumnavigate the world, it was orginnally planned as an expidition to the East Indies -
Period: Oct 31, 1532 to Oct 31, 1572
Pizarro conquered the Incas
Pizarro conquered the Incas which led to the spread of disease throughout the civilization -
Oct 27, 1533
Henry VIII
King Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in Rome and divorced his wife. -
Nov 2, 1534
Jacques Cartier
The first European explorer known to have sailed up the St. Lawrence River itself was Jacques Cartier, which led the the French claim to Cananda. -
Nov 2, 1543
Heliocentric Theory
Nicolaus Copernicus created the heliocentric theory which said the sun was the central point while the earth revolved around it. -
Nov 2, 1559
Anglican Church
Queen Elizabeth was the head of the Anglican church and restored protestantism in England -
Dec 4, 1563
Council of Trent
Catholic folloewrs met at the Council of Trent to stop the protestant and start a Catholic reformation. -
Nov 2, 1570
King Sebastian of Portugal
King Sebastian of Portugal issued a decree opening up trade to India to any private Portuguese national. -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Queen Elizibeth I defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588 -
William Harvey
He was the first known to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart. -
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Thirty Years War
The Thirty Years war was faught in Northern Europe. It was between the Protestants and the Catholic over the churches. -
Planetary Motion
Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion which furthered the theory of planets orbiting the sun. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) lived in Italy. He used the newly-invented telescope to make his own observations. -
English Civil War
Oliver Cromwelll won the English Civil war and executes Charles I. -
Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV built the Palace of Versailles to hold all the royal and wealthy people of France, it was a sign of power. -
Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes granted Huguenots the rights to practice their religion without persecution. Louis XIV revoked this right which caused many Huguenots to leave. -
Glorious Revolution
William III and Mary II ruled England after the Glorious Revolution which was also known as the overthrow of King James II of England. -
Two Treaties on Government
John Locke wrote the Two Treaties on Government which attacked patriachalism and outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society. -
Peter the Great
Peter the Great westernized Russia in immitation of Western Europe which greatly improved their economy. -
Spirit of Laws
Montesquieu wrote the Spirit of Laws which had many points among the most important was respect for the role of history and climate in shaping a nation's political structure. -
Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was the author of the Social Contract which argues that government attains its right to exist and to govern by “the consent of the governed.”
