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1440
Printing Press is created
The Printing press is created. The Printing press helped people get educated because it made getting books and literature easier. -
Period: 1478 to
Spanish Inquisition Span
The Spanish Inquisition was when the Spanish turned in their neighboring Calvinists and Lutherists, and they would get tortured until they said they would convert. -
1488
Bartholomew Diaz returns form Finding the bottom tip of Africa
Bartholomew Diaz found the bottom tip of Africa. Him finding this later let other explorers get to the East Indies. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus sets sail
Columbus sails the blue in 1492, to find a new passage to Asia, but instead lands in the
Americas. -
May 4, 1493
Line of Deamrcation
The Line of Demarcation was the line that the Pope drew to decide which territories belonged to Spain or Portugal. -
1494
Treaty of Tordesillas is signed
The Treaty of Tordesillas was a second line drawn around the line similar to the line of demarcation that split all territories in the eyes of the pope to the Spanish and Portugal it further defined this. -
May 20, 1498
Portugal finds the East Indies
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to discover the islands, and it let them gather cinnamon and other spices for a lot more than waiting for it on the Silk Road. -
1504
Michelangelo's David is finished
Michelangelo's David was finished in 1504. Michelangelo made Michelangelo's David. It is a humanism, knowledge of human anatomy, and Idealism statue. -
Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin is born
John Calvin, the creator of Calvinism, is born. -
1511
School of Athens is finished being Painted
Raphael finishes his Fresco masterpiece the School of Athens. -
Period: Mar 28, 1515 to Oct 4, 1582
Teresa of Avila's life
Teresa of Avila was a nun of the Catholic faith. She helped people come back to Catholicism after the reformation. -
Period: 1516 to 1556
Charles V's reign
Charles V was a very powerful king of Spain who eventually stepped down because it was too much pressure. -
Oct 31, 1517
95 thesis gets nailed up
Martin Luther nails up his 95 complaints about the Catholic faith starting the reformation. -
Sep 20, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan sets sail around the world
Ferdinand was a Portuguese man who sailed the whole world for Spain to prove that it was round and that Spain rightfully owned all of it because of the line of demarcation. -
Apr 1, 1521
Diet of Worms
Martin Luther debates Charles V at the diet of Worms and starts Lutheranism. -
Aug 13, 1521
Aztecs Fall
The Aztecs fell because the Spanish conquistadors came through and decimated their population, and the Aztecs had stoned their empire -
Nov 1, 1534
Henry VIII Starts Anglicanism
Henry VIII starts Anglicanism because he wanted to divorce his wife at the time and he couldn't do that while being Catholic. -
Period: 1540 to 1580
Francis Drake Life
Francis Drake was a privateer that Queen Elizabeth hired to lead the Spanish Armada and to steal gold and silver from Spain. -
Dec 13, 1545
Council of Trent Starts
The leaders of the Catholic faith decided they had a problem and got together and decided to ban indulgences. -
Jan 16, 1556
Charles V abdicated the throne
Charles V abdicated the Throne to his son, Philip II, because he was too old, had bad health, and couldn't handle all the stress of ruling basically two countries. -
Period: 1562 to
7 French Civil Wars
The 7 French Civil Wars were a series of wars where the Calvists wanted more freedom and they kept fighting for it. It eventually caused the Edict of Nantes. -
1573
Vasco Nunez de Balboa Discovered Pacific
Vasco found the Pacific, and this later inspired others to try to find another way to the East Indies. -
Spanish Armada sets sail
The Spanish Armada was the biggest navy at the time that Philip II sent because Elizabeth rejected him, Francis Drake stole his gold and silver, and there were English troops in the Netherlands, and they were Anglican. -
Dutch East India Company is Founded
The Dutch East India Company was founded in 1602. They brought about a new way of doing trades. They didn't force locals to convert, and they didn't try to fully takeover. -
Petion of rights 1628 is signed
The deal that Parliament created to try to give Parliament more power power to stop the divine right beilving king, but King Charles just ingnored it and didn't call Parliament more like it said in the document. -
Versaille is finished being built
Versaille was the Palace that attracted nobles built by Louis XIV to get all the nobles and one place and slowly take control of their territories. -
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Louis XIV reigns
Louis XIV was a king of France who believed in centralized power and got lots of money for wars by charging people to pay extra to never pay taxes again and this caused the finances to be very poor in the future. -
Peace of Westphalia is signed
The Peace of Westphalia was the treaty signed to end the 30 years war, and it basically put the original plan for the Holy roman empire back in place. -
Execution of Charles I
Charles I was the king of England who believed in divine right that the Calvinist disagreed with. This trigged a civil war and at the end of the war he got executed. -
Period: to
Glorious Revolution takes place
The Glorious Revolution was when England asked William and Mary to take over because they didn't want another king who believed in divine right because the last time, it caused a civil war. There was no fighting.