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Apr 13, 1418
Prince Henry
Prince Henry starts the first oceanic navigation school and also starts an astronomical observatory course in Sagres, Portugal. This school gave sailors knowledge to sail down the west of Africa. This starts the age of Voyage -
Apr 13, 1492
Columbus sails to the Americas
He made 4 voyages to the Americas, his first in 1492. This resulted in what is widely known as the Discovery of America -
Apr 13, 1513
Vasco de Balboa
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Apr 13, 1521
Cortez Conquers the Aztecs
Cortez arrives to the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II. Moctezuma believes Cortez is the God "Quetzacoatl". This eventually ends up in Cortez's favor, and Cortez ends up ambushing the Aztecs
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Apr 13, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese in the service of the Spanish crown, was looking for a westward route to the to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. He was the first European to reach the lands -
Apr 13, 1543
Copernicus and the Heliocentric Theory
In a book called On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies Copernicus proposed that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the Solar System.
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English settle Jamestown
the Virginia Company explorers landed on Jamestown Island to establish the Virginia English colony on the banks of the James River.
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Louis XIV of France begins his reign
Louis XIV inherited this power from his father and carried it further. He was styled the Grand Monarch, and his brilliant court at Versailles became the model and the despair of other less rich and powerful princes, who accepted his theory of absolute monarchy. Louis is also known for spending millions on creating the palace of Versailles.
http://www.louis-xiv.de/index.php?id=31
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Glorious Revolution in England
King James's policies of religious tolerance after 1685 met with increasing opposition by members of leading political circles. it was ment to overthrow of King James II.
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Peter the Great of Russia takes power
Peter the Great was one of Russias greatest leaders. He made Russia a military warfare and re inveneted education.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man included the thoughts of many philosophers. It asserted the political and social equality of all men, the sovereignty of the people, and the natural right to liberty, property, security, and resistance to opposition. -
Storming of the Bastille
Paris erupted on July 14, 1789. The Paris mob was determined to arm itself due to presence of foreign troops in the streets of Paris. They moved on to the Bastille which was a symbol of the Kings absolute authority. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Third estate was locked out of it's meeting room, while all other estates where under debate. This creates rage and controversy, the delegates meet in an indoor tennis court and pledge to re write a new constitution. -
French revolution begins
French Revolution is a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a major impact on France.The French Revolutionary Wars started in 1792. It included storming the Bastille. -
Napoleon conquers most of Europe
Nearly all of Europe fell under Napoleon's control, and certainly all of it was forever changed by being ruled by him or fighting against him. Napoleon came closer than anyone else in modern history to conquering Europe.
