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Period: 1300 to
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a period in European history, from the 14th century to the 17th century, regarded as the cultural bridge between the middle ages and modern history. -
1346
The Black Death
The Black Death was a mortal disease that spread all around Europe in the years of 1346-1353. The Black Death was an epidemic of bubonic plague, a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that circulates among wild rodents where they live in great numbers and density. -
1446
Death Of Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi was one of the leading architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his best work on the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, in Florence. -
1503
Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci , it is best described as the most written and famous painting. -
Period: 1550 to
Age Of Absolutism
The Age of Absolutism describes a period of European history in which monarchs successfully gathered the wealth and power of the state to themselves. -
1564
The Death Of Michelangelo
Michelangelo was a famous painter, sculpter, architect, and poet and is known as one of the most famous artists of the Italian Renaissance. Michelangelo died because of a brief illness just weeks before his 89th birthday. -
1571
The Battle Of Lepanto
The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement taking place on October 7th, 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, of which the Venetian Empire and the Spanish Empire were the main powers -
Shakespear: Hamlet
Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakspear, it was set in Denmark.The play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet. Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne, also marrying his deceased brother's widow. -
Hobbes publishes the leviathan
Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil—commonly referred to as Leviathan—is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. -
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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, -
Hume published Treaties on Human Nature
There is only one extant manuscript of Candide that was written before the work's 1759 publication; it was discovered in 1956 by Wade and since named the La Vallière Manuscript. It is believed to have been sent, chapter by chapter, by Voltaire to the Duke and Duchess La Vallière in the autumn of 1758. -
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. -
Voltaire published Candide
There is only one extant manuscript of Candide that was written before the work's 1759 publication; it was discovered in 1956 by Wade and since named the La Vallière Manuscript. It is believed to have been sent, chapter by chapter, by Voltaire to the Duke and Duchess La Vallière in the autumn of 1758. -
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Americsn Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
James Watt improves the steam engine.
The Watt steam engine, developed sporadically from 1763 to 1775, was an improvement on the design of the 1712 Newcomen steam engine and was a key point in the Industrial Revolution. Watt's two most important improvements were the separate condenser and rotary motion -
Big British setback at Saratoga
General Burgonye's attempt to seperate the rebellious New England colonies from those farther South ends in a spectacular failure. -
Americans hold their own at the Battle of Bunker Hill
In the first action of the war, inexperianced colonial soliders holf off hardened British veterans for more than 2 hours at Breeds hill. -
South Carolinians repel British attempt to take Charleston.
A British invasion force mounts an all day attack ona patriot force on Sullivans Island, -
America declares independence
The Declartion of Independence is adopted by the second continental congress. -
Winter of change for the continental army
With the brught occupying Philidelphia just 20 miles away, The Continental army enters winter quarters at vally forge, Pennsylvania. -
The beginning of the French Revolution
As the 18th century drew to a close, France's costly involvement in the American Revolution and extravagant spending by King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his predecessor had left the country on the brink of bankruptcy. -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799. -
Thomas Paines rights of man was written
Paine's Rights of Man was printed by Joseph Johnson for publication on 21 February 1791, then withdrawn for fear of prosecution. J. S. Jordan stepped in and published it on 16 March. -
France declares war on Austria and Prussia
Revolutionaries wanted war because they thought war would unify the country, and had a genuine desire to spread the ideas of the Revolution to all of Europe. On April 20, 1792, the Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria. -
Dantons Execution
Georges Danton was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution, in particular as the first president of the Committee of Public Safety. He was guillotined by the advocates of revolutionary terror after accusations of venality and leniency toward the enemies of the Revolution. -
Churches Reopened
In 1785 Catholicism was one of the main religions of the French. It was a very big religion and had very big traditions. It was later shut down, but reopened in 1795 -
New constitution is adopted forming the directory
The Constitution of the Year III is the constitution that founded the Directory. Adopted by the Convention on 5 Fructidor Year III and approved by plebiscite on September 6. ... It was more conservative than the abortive democratic French Constitution of 1793. -
Italian Campaign
Napoleon took over the French "army of Italy," drove the Austrians and Sardimians out of piedmont, defeted the Papal states and occupied Vience. -
Period: to
Napoleonic era
The Napoleonic era is a period in the history of France and Europe. It is generally classified as including the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution. -
Renewed War With Britain
In May of 1803 Britain immediately employed her superior naval force to seize the French west India colonies; while France took possession of Hanover and excluded British commerce from Hamburg. -
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor.
Emperor of the French was the title used by the House of Bonaparte starting when Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title Emperor on 14 May 1804 by the French Senate and was crowned emperor of the French on 2 December 1804 at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. -
German Campaign
Napoleons army regrouped in German territory, and battled the coalition successfully in several locations before suffering a decisive defeat in the battle of nations at the hands of Germany’s general blucher -
Napoleon Escaped
Napoleon escaped from Elba, landing landng in southern France and marching towards Paris, gathering an army around him as he went. -
Napoleon died on St. Helena
Longwood House was the final residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, during his exile on the island of Saint Helena, from 10 December 1815 until his death on 5 May 1821 -
Alexander Grahm Bell patents the telephone.
He may not have invented the telephone, but Bell was the first to get patent for it. Being able to speak to people over a telephone wire greatly changes the way the world communicates. -
The Brooklyn Bridge opens
After 13 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge is finished in New York City, at the time, it was th elongest suspension bridge in the world. -
Orvil rught makesthe first powered airplane flight
Using an engine that they invented, Orvill and Wilbur Wright invented the first plane that is not powered by wind. Orvill flys the plane for 12 seconds over a beach in North Carolina -
Henry ford creates the Model T.
Henry Ford creates a type of car called the Model T. It is much cheaper than other cars beacuse it is amde ona n assembly liine, allowing many more people to buy cars.
