Mr. Bomars history class

Chapter 17 renaissance and reformation

Period: Dec 1, 1300 to Jan 13, 1700

Ch. 19-20

Period: Jan 29, 1392 to Jan 29, 1800

Princen Henry of Portugal is Born

Mar 4, 1394

This is important because Prince Henry made a school for the exploring later in his life. He was known has Henry the Navigator, he helped the exploration world with his school.

Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor

Jul 16, 1398

This is important because it started a new era. Exploring was introduced to China and conquering. They had power and could conquer anyone.

Zheng He captains his first voyage

Jul 11, 1405

This is important because he was ver important in the expeditions and one of Yonglos most trusted. He was a very good captain, he got quite a bit done.

Donatello creates his David statue

Jul 5, 1430

This is significant because he started making nude sculptures and after him other artist looked at his sculptures for ideas.

The Hundred Years' War ends

May 14, 1440

This is important because a new time starts here, and there is no more fighting going on.

Ch. 21

Period: Feb 28, 1450 to Jun 22, 1800

Johan Gutenberg invents the Printing Press

Dec 14, 1450

This is important because it started a new age in orinting books. Books could be made much faster, and they were cheaper so more people could learn to read and buy more books.

Fall of Constantinople to the Turks

Sep 19, 1453

Once Constantinople fell it allowed for all of the Grrek stuff to come out and be recognized.

B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope

May 27, 1488

This is important because it started more exploration because people wanted to beat others and it did more for trade. They had more stuff to trade with now that they are on land that has things that they didn't.

Ferdinand & Isabella end war with Muslims

Mar 5, 1491

This is important because the war with Muslims ended. Also because if freed them up financially.

C. Columbus spots land in North America

Oct 12, 1492

This was important because it gave them more land for Spain to settle on. It also put them ahead of other contries and made them want to explore more so that they oould get a piece of the new land.

Spain & Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas

Jun 7, 1494

This is important because instead of worrying about each other they could worry about other people. It also meant that they could really extend their trade.

Vasco da Gama lands in India

Mar 20, 1498

This is important because again they wanted to explore more and conquer more. It also gave them more to trade and a good oppurtunity to trade.

Chapter 22

Period: Mar 26, 1500 to Mar 26, 1900

Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast

Mar 1, 1501

This is important because he sent letters back saying what it was like and stuff. From those letters somebody made a map of the New World from his descriptions.

Leonardo DaVinci starts the Mona Lisa

Apr 8, 1503

This is significant because this becomes a very popular piece of art. It is one of his most popular pieces of art.

Raphael paints School of Athens

May 17, 1508

It is wonderful, and it has a bunch of philosophers, scientist, and mathematicians on there from old times.

Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Aug 14, 1508

It was beautiful, and to do it he had to lay on his back to paint. Paint dripped into his eyes and he went blind from it at one point. It took him four years to make it, 1508-1512.

Machiavelli writes The Prince

Feb 5, 1513

It is important because it was very popular for people to read and talked about how a prince should behave,

Martin Luther posts his 95 Thesis

Oct 31, 1517

This is important be cause it caused a reformation, and people started to believe in him and a different church.

Nicolaus Copernicus begins studying planetary movement

Mar 26, 1518

This is important because he did all that work and he was right. Since his discovery it allowed people to think about it and question it. It allowed for other people to think about other things. It is also exactly how it works. Like he said the Sun is the center and not the Earth.

H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast

Mar 1, 1519

He captured land for Spain and got more land to grow animals and food. He also set an example on how other people could capture land and conquer people.

First slave revolts in Hispaniola

Mar 4, 1522

It made other slaves feel like they could revolt too. It gave some slaves hope for a better life.

F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpha

Nov 1, 1532

They went to meet him and they tried to convet him to Christianity and when he wouldn't they went and captured him. They kept him for a year before they killed him.

Ivan the Terrible

Mar 4, 1533

He was a great leader at the start. He becomes paranoid and even creates a secret police that kills any traitors. In a delusion he killed his son.

Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada

Oct 2, 1535

Now France was in the New World and they had a claim on it. France could bring settlers over there and create a colony.

Anne Boleyn is executed

May 19, 1536

She was the second wife of Henry, after her growth the Anglican church grew.

Edward VI is born

Oct 12, 1537

He becomes king at age 10 when his father died, he kept the Anglican church. He dies only a couple years later of illness.

Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order

Dec 17, 1537

Created how a true cristian should live. They taught the ways of a true cristian.

Mary I becomes Queen

Jul 19, 1553

She became queen after her step-brother Edward died. She switched the church back to Catholic and her nickname was bloody Mary.

Philip II

Mar 4, 1556

He inhearited Spain, Spanish Netherlands, and American colonies. He took one fourth of the ships gold as tax that the conquistadors brought over.

Elizabeth I becomes Queen

Nov 17, 1558

She became queen after Mary died. She switched the church back to Anglican. She tricked men with the offer of marriage.

Battle in the English Channel

Mar 4, 1588

In this battle Spain tried to go after Britain and their ships were too big and not use to such a small space. Britain one and some consequences were that Spain would never be as powerful and other countries would try to fill the void.

English East India Company is founded

May 22, 1600

After the Dutch East India Company started to become influential the English decided that they needed to be better. So they became known and were a competitor to the Dutch.

Dutch East India Company is founded

Jan 1, 1602

They could control a lot of things with trade and stuff, even control and army. When the English became a competitor they defeated them.

Henry Hudson is last seen

Mar 5, 1611

Some of the people set Henry, his son, and other people in a small boat and let them drift. They gave them supplies to survive though.

William Shakespeare dies

Apr 23, 1616

This is significant because William was a very good writer and play writer and his writings lived on forever.

Thirty Years' War

May 12, 1618

The Thirty Years' War is a war defined by triumphs and defeats of Hapsburg. This is important because it made other countries weak and then they felt the need that they needed to be the best.

Cardinal Richelieu

Mar 4, 1624

He was appointed by Louis XIII to be his minister. He made a lot of reformes and made the ruler stronger. He als started the Thirty Years' War because Hapsburg was a threat.

Charles I

Mar 4, 1625

He always needed lots of money because he was at war with Spain and France. Parliament refused to give him money so he dissolved it. The made him sign the Petition of Right.

Galileo publishes his many findings in "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems"

Mar 26, 1632

Agter Calileo died his ideas spread. It alowed for people to build off of his ideas and discover other things and build other things.

Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in "Discourse on Method"

Mar 27, 1637

Descartes believed that everything had to be proved with Mathematics and logic. He believed that everything should be doubted until proved by reason. Modern scientific methods are based on this idea.

Federick the Great

Mar 4, 1640

Fredrick wanted to expand his land. He thought that since Austria was ruled by a women that he could easily get the land. They ended up going to war and it was difficult for him.

English Civil War

Mar 4, 1642

Supporters and opponents of King Carles fought the war. Those who remained loyal to Charles were called Royalists or Cavaliers. Puritan supporters of Parlimament, called Roundheads.

Louis XIV

Mar 4, 1643

Became king at age five and absolut ruler at 23. He built a grand palace and made the nobles live with him and attend to him. He was ver selfish. He was also the most powerful ruler France had ever had.

Oliver Cromwell

Mar 4, 1649

They brought Charles in for treason and then he became ruler. He drafted a constitution and later he ripped it up and ruled as a military dictator.

New Netherlands becomes New York

Sep 8, 1664

This is important because the Dutch owned New Netherlands and the English wanted it so that they could connect their land. So the English took it and connected their land.

La Salle claims Mississippi River for France

Mar 5, 1682

This was important because France was starting to own a lot of land. They now had a river and land and they could be on top.

Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"

Mar 27, 1687

It is one of the most important scientific books ever written. He describes the univers like a giant clock. All of the parts work together in ways that can be expressed mathematically. He also believed that God was the clockmaker who made the clock.

William of Orange and Mary

Mar 4, 1688

Seven members of Parliament called William of Orange and Mary to overthrow Marys father. When William led his army to London James fled to France. This was called the Glorious Revolution.

Peter the Great

Mar 4, 1696

He toured England incognate. He wanted to see what other modern Europeans were doing. He took many things back with him and became a great ruler. He called his trip "The Great Embassy"

War of the Spanish Succession

Mar 4, 1701

The war ended in 1713. It ended the united thrones of Spain and France. The Treaty of Utrecht said that the ruler of Spain could continue to rule as long as them and France did not come together again.

Voltaire is exiled to England

Mar 27, 1726

Voltaire lived in France which had an absolute monarchy. When he went to England he liked how the King worked with the people and he really pushed how England was. He wanted the government to work with the people.

Maria Theresa

Mar 4, 1740

She became ruler because her father Charles VI had leaders sign an agreement. She was suppose to rule peacefully but she had years of war.

Baron von Montesquieu proposed separation of power in "On the Spirit of Laws"

Mar 27, 1748

He believed that there should be separation of power because then no government could gain too much power. His ideas are the basis of the United States Constitution.

Henry Fielding writes the novel "Tom Jones"

Mar 27, 1749

The book is about an orphan who had been kicked out of his adopted home. He travels all over England and has to go through many obsticales to win the hand of his lady. This is important because it is one of the books that set down the basis for the structure of a modern novel.

Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his "Encyclopedia"

Mar 27, 1751

The "Encyclopedia" would bring together all the most current and enlightened thinking about science, technology, art, government, and more. The Church was not happy and banned the books. He finally started publishing again. This is important because we still have Encyclopedia's today and they are very important and we get a lot of information from them.

Seven Years' War begins

Apr 3, 1754

The war happened in North America because British and the French wanted the same land. It is also called the French and Indian War. The indians sided with the French mainly because the French understood them better.

Seven Years' War

Mar 4, 1756

Maria Theresa had allied herself with other countries. When Frederick heard about this he had to ally himself with other people too. This was a part of the Seven Years' War that happened all over the world.

Mary Wollstonecraft is born

Mar 27, 1759

Mary Wollstonecraft believed that a wonem's education should not be secondary to a mans. Instead it should be as equally important. Also that they should not only be able to be nurses but doctors too and to particiapte in politics.In her lifetime none of the things happened but she contributed and made other women want to fight for their rights too.

Cesare Beccaria writes against torture in "On Crimes and Punishment"

Mar 27, 1764

He believed that people should receive a speedy trial and that torture should never be used. He also believed that the degree of the punishment should be based of off the seriousness of the crime. He also said that capital punishment should be abolished. His ideas influenced criminal law reformers in Europe and North America.

Boston Tea Party

Mar 27, 1773

To protest the taxes on tea Adams organized a raid against three British ships in Boston Harbor. They dumped 342 chests of tea into the water. George III got mad. He formed the First Continental Congress. They spoke about how Boston was being treated. When he didn't listen they formed a Second Continental Congress. THen British soldiers and American militamen exchanged gunfire. The Second Continental Congress voted to have the commander of the army be George Washington.This leads to freedom.

Declaration of Independence is sighned

Jul 4, 1776

The Second Continental Congress issued it. Thomas Jefferson wrote it and they were based off of the ideas of John Locke. The document included a long list of George III's abuses. The document ended by breaking the ties between the colonies and Britain. The colonies, the Decaration said, "are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown. This is a very important document to the United States because it means the freedom that we earned.

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention sign the Constitution

Sep 17, 1787

The Constitution required approval by conventions in at least 9 of 13 states. It was difficult because some people beleived that the Constitution left government with too much power.They had to add the Bill of Rights which were the ten amendments. They were just basic rights. This is very important because we still use the Constitution in the United States today.

Mozart first performs "Don Giovanni"

Oct 29, 1787

This is important because Mozart is a legend now days. Everyone wants to be able to play his music and it is very beautiful. He was a very talented musician. Even though he is not with us anymore he still lives on through his music.

Beethoven Dies

Mar 26, 1827

This must have been a devastating time. Just like Mozart his music was amazing. People love to listen to his music. His music has impacted many things and is one of the best classical composers I have ever heard.