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Feb 19, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
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Feb 14, 1455
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press
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Feb 19, 1487
Bartolomew Diaz arrives at Cape of Good Hope
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Feb 19, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
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Feb 19, 1497
Vasco da Gama circumnavigates Africa to arrive in the East
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Feb 19, 1517
Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation
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Feb 19, 1519
Magellan making the first circumnavigation of the globe
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Feb 19, 1543
Copernicus invents the heliocentric theory
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Feb 19, 1545
Paul III convenes the ecumenical council in Trento (Counter reformation)
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Was founded the British company for oriental Indies
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Was founded the Dutch company for oriental Indies
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Spreads the Enlightenment in France
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Beginning of the first industrial revolution
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Boston Tea Party
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Beginning of the American Revolution
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The United States declares their independence
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Beginning of the French Revolution
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The people of Paris assaults the Bastille fortress
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Beginning of the Congress of Vienna
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Beginning of the second industrial revolution
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Riots of 48 across Europe
