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1439
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press.
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1471
Prince Henry found the Gold Coast.
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1487
Vasco da Gama discovered the southern tip of Africa
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1492
Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe to America.
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1501
Michelangelo made the Renaissance sculpture of David.
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1503
Leonardo da vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
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1514
Nicolous Copernicus believes in heliocentric model
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1516
Desiderius Erasmus translate the new testament to Greek.
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1517
Martin Luther Writes the 95 theses.
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1519
Ferdinand Magellan sailed to the Spice islands
He sailed from Spain with a fleet of 5 ships to discover a western route to the Spice Islands. -
1521
Hernan Cortez defeated the Aztecs
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1532
Francisco Pizarro overthrew the Incans.
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1533
Henry VIII is excommunicated.
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1534
St. Ignatius de Loyola founded the Jesuits.
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Apr 20, 1534
Jacques Cartier explores the west coast of Newfound land
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1536
John Calvin Published Institutes of the christian religion.
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1558
Elizabeth became queen of England
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Period: 1577 to 1580
Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe.
He defeated the Spanish armada in 1588. -
William Shakespeare wrote his very first play.
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Johannes Kepler Discovered the planets moved around the sun
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Miguel de cervantes published the first part of Don Quxote.
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Galileo Galilei discovers Jupiters moons
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William Harvey discovers circulation of human blood.
He announced his discovery. -
Louis XIV becomes king of France.
He was 5. -
Oliver cromwell rebuilt the french army.
He planned the training. -
Thomas Hobbes wrote the leviathen.
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Isaac Newton came up with the theory of gravity.
There is a myth that he was sitting under a tree and an apple fell on his head and he was enlightened. -
John Locke Wrote the essay on toleration.
He protested that Protestant dissenters who objected to some aspects of Anglican worship should have full civil rights. -
Charles II agrees to convert to catholicism and support the french war.
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William and Mary signed a charter.
The charter for the perpetual college of divinity, philosophy, languages and other good arts and sciences. -
Peter the Great established the city of Petersburg.
He moved the capitol there. -
Baron de Montesquieu published spirit of laws.
This was considered his most important work. -
Fredrick the Great starts 7 years war.
The invaded Saxony. -
Voltaire Publishes candide
Voltaire simultaneously published candide in 5 countries. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the Social Contract.
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Louis XVI: His name was changed from louis auguste.
His grandfather died. -
Napolean Bonoparte crowned himself emperor.
He did this after seizing power in France with a coup d'tat. -
Eugene Delacroix Painted Liberty Leading the People.
This commemorates the July Revolution of 1850
