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Nov 7, 1346
Black Death
The black death is a huge outbreak of a plague. This plague was carried by rat fleas. It killed one-third of the population.
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Nov 7, 1347
The First Guns Appear in Europe
Wikipedia's Page on the History of the FirearmsThe first guns appear in Europe in the 14th century. There are many theories of how firearms and gun powder appeared in Europe. One is that the guns were transmited through the Silk Route, and another is that guns came to Europe through the Mongols. -
Nov 7, 1420
Invention of the Caravel
The caravel is invented in the 15th century by the Portuguese. It was made to explore the along the West African Coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. The caravel used a lateen sail to give it speed.
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Nov 7, 1442
First Auctions of Black Slaves
The black slave austions took place in 1442. It was located in Portugal. Information on this event is very limited.
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Nov 7, 1465
Navigation is Improved Over Earlier Eras
Navigation is improved in many different ways. Navigation techniques are improved upon. Astrolabes are improved upon and constructed in better methods. -
Nov 7, 1498
Columbus Discovers the American Continent but has the Belief That it is Part of Asia
Columbus finds the American continent on one of his explorations. He believes that he found part of Asia, that is why Native Americans as we know are called Indians. He believed that the Native Americans were from the country India, and therefore he called them Indians. -
Nov 7, 1506
Death of Columbus
Columbus dies in 1506 never to realize that he discovered what would become known as the Americas. He died at the age of 54, in Vallidolid, Spain. -
Nov 7, 1514
Smallpox bought by Europeans Begins to Wipe out Native Populations in the Americas
Smallpox is a diesease unique to humans. It spread to the New World as a result of explorations. Smallpox went on to wipe out 80% of the New World population. -
Nov 7, 1517
Martin Luther Starts the Protestant Reformation in Germany
Luther wrote a letter to his bishop, Albert of Mainz, in which he protested the sale of indulgences. He enclosed with his letter a copy of his "Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences," it later came to be known as The Ninety-Five Theses. -
Nov 7, 1519
Ferdinand Megellan Leaves Spain with Five Ships to Find a "Southwestern Passage" to Asia
Ferdinand Megellan leaves Spain in 1519 to find a passage to Asia. He leaves with his five ships, the Trinidad, the San Antonio, the Concepcion, the Victoria, and teh Santiago. He becomes the first to circumnavigate the Earth. -
Nov 7, 1522
The last remaining of Magellans Five Ships, with its Crew of Seventeen Men, Reutrns to Spain, to End the First Voyage Around the World
The first voyage around the world begins with five ships and get's reduced to two. After a battle in the Philippines they had limited crew and only three ships left. They abandoned, Concepcion, and burned it. The Trinidad, and Victoria were the two ships to bring the rest of the crew home. There were only eighteen survivors when they got back to Seville. -
Nov 7, 1543
The astronomer Nicholas Copernicus Publishes a Book Which Says That the Earth and Other Planets Revolve Around the Sun. Biologist Andreas Vesalius Publishes the First Accurate Book on Human Anatomy
Copernicus was still working on De revolutionibus orbium coelestium when in 1539 Georg Joachim Rheticus, a mathematician arrived. A close ally of Martin Luther, had arranged for Rheticus to visit several astronomers and study with them. Rheticus then became Copernicus' pupil, he also presured Copernicus which in turn made Copernicus give his book over to Rheticus to be published. It is speculated that Copernicus did not want his book to be published. -
Nov 7, 1564
William Shakespeare is Born. The Great Renaissance Artist Michelangelo Dies.
William Shakespeare, a man who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language is born. The same year Michelangelo, an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer who put a great unmatched influence on the development of Western art died. -
A Dutch Explorer Discoveres Australia
There is not an explorer that exactly "found Australia", through time different people came by the coast for different reasons. The Dutch East India Company was a trading company that traded extensively with parts that now form Indonesia. Through time people from this company and other Dutch exploration/trade ships may have seen this continent, although there is still no known discoverer, there are speculations on who "discovered" it first though. -
Galileo Builds His First Telescope
Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Based only on uncertain descriptions of Hans's first practical telescope Galileo went to build his own telescope. He made a version with 3x magnification, then went on to improve and gave it 30x magnification. These telescopes were profitable to Galileo as he could sell them to Merchants who found them useful at sea and as items of trade. -
Why did I choose these items as the top fifteen?
I choose these events for many different reasons. The main reason being that these events are the big events that had drastic influences on history. One event is the Black Plague which hurt the European population greatly in decreasing numbers and leaving many empires vulnerable. Another is small pox spreading to the Americas, which took out many Native Americans, and therefore destroyed much resistance to the Europeans and quite possibly the reason to why America is where it is today. One more
