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The Trail of Galileo
The Galileo affair was a sequence of events, beginning around 1610, culminating with the trial and condemnation of Galileo Galilei by the Roman Catholic Inquisition in 1633 for his support of heliocentrism (Italian: il processo a Galileo Galilei). ... Galileo was kept under house arrest until his death in 1642. -
The "Golden Age" of the Netherlands
It was a period during the 17 century, in which dutch trade, science, military, and art improved. First Part is represented by the eighty years war. -
Treaty of Westphilia ends the thirty year war.
This war began with someone getting thrown out of a window. This war was basically the first world war, but ended and everyone agreed on peace. -
Thomas Hobbes publishes, "The Leviathan"
This book concerns about the society and the government at the time. One of the earliest examples of the social contract theory. -
The English Civil War
It was a war between royalists and civilians on how the government is ran. It was a war that started between protestants and Catholics. -
The English Monarchy restored
King Charles II was the first to rule after Monarchy was restored. He restored England's, Scotland's and Ireland's all together to restore all three kingdoms. -
Oliver Cromwell’s Navigation Acts
This was a law that was set that didn't let foreign trading ships were allowed to come and give there objects in England's shore. He did this so that they would have more money and make more of a profit if they're getting there own items from the colonies in the new world. -
The Baroque Period in Art and Music.
Was a period in which they exaggerated motion and clear. More detail to music and art to add more drama, dark, chilling feeling. -
Consumer Revolution
The term Consumer revolution refers to the period from approximately 1600 to 1750 in England in which there was a marked increase in the consumption and variety of "luxury" goods and products by individuals from different economic and social backgrounds. -
Test Act in England
It was a series of acts that served as a religious test for the public office. To see if anything come upon different religions. -
Ottoman Siege of Vienna
Took place on a mountain near Vienna, after the city had been taken over by the Ottomans just two months earlier. The battle was the first time Poland and the Holy Roman Empire worked together. -
The Enlightenment
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European politics, philosophy, science and communications were radically reoriented during the course of the “long 18th century” (1685-1815) as part of a movement referred to by its participants as the Age of Reason, or simply the Enlightenment. -
Revocation of Edict of Nantes
This was an Edict issued by Louis XIV. This edict granted Huguenots the right to practice religion freely. -
Newton Publication of the, "Principia mathmatica"
He wrote these books in Latin. This book made a huge revolution in the world of physics. -
The "Glorious Revolution"
This was when King James II of England was overthrown. He was thrown over by the English Parliamentarians and with a little help from a dutch fellow of William III of Orange. -
John Locke Published, "Two Treatises of Government"
It is considered to be one of the most important works in western philosophy ever written. He wrote this in result of the "Glorious Revolution." -
Reign of Peter the Great
He westernized Russia to be more like Europe. He fought for a warm water port to trade and gather more materials for Europe. -
Rococo Period in art and music.
It was the "late" baroque style. Was a baroque style, but more happy and jumpy feelings. -
War of Spanish Succession
This was a war that Spanish and the French prince and princess wouldn't marry so that they could have a huge power. Didn't want them to combine and become something bigger than everyone else. They fought a war just so that couldn't happen. -
Reign of Frederick the Great of Prussia
Frederick II, known as Frederick the Great, was Prussia's king from 1740 to 1786. By winning wars and expanding territories, he established Prussia as a strong military power. -
Reign of Maria Theresa of Austria
Maria Theresa (1717-1780), archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, and queen of Hungary and Bohemia, began her rule in 1740. She was the only woman ruler in the 650 history of the Habsburg dynasty. -
Last appearance of Bubonic plague in Western Europe
he Black Death or Black Plague was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, ... Spreading throughout the Mediterranean and Europe, the Black Death is .... As it spread to western Europe, the disease entered the region from southern Russia ..... Europe's last major epidemic occurred in 1720 in Marseille, -
War of Austrian Succession
War of the Austrian Succession, (1740–48), a conglomeration of related wars, two of which developed directly from the death of Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor and head of the Austrian branch of the house of Habsburg, on Oct. 20, 1740. -
The Agricultural Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution was a period of technological improvement and increased crop productivity that occurred during the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe. In this lesson, learn the timeline, causes, effects and major inventions that spurred this shift in production. -
Commercial Revolution
The Commercial Revolution was a period of European economic expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism which lasted from approximately the late 13th century until the early 18th century. It was succeeded in the mid-18th century by the Industrial Revolution. -
Reign of Louis XIV
Louis XVI (1754-1793) Louis was born at Versailles on 23 August 1754. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette, daughter of the emperor and empress of Austria, a match intended to consolidate an alliance between France and Austria. In 1774, Louis succeeded his grandfather Louis XV as king of France. -
Seven Years War
The Seven Years' War was a war fought between 1754 and 1763, the main conflict occurring in the seven-year period from 1756 to 1763. It involved every European great power of the time except the Ottoman Empire, spanning five continents, and affected Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. -
Enclosure Movement
In the early 1700s, there was an "enclosure movement" that was a cause of the industrial revolution in England. The enclosure movement was this: wealthy farmers bought land from small farmers, then benefited from economies of scale in farming huge tracts of land.Jun 28, 2016 -
Reign of Catherine the Great of Prussia
Catherine II, often called Catherine the Great, was born on May 2, 1729, in Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland), and became the Russian empress in 1762. Under her reign, Russia expanded its territories and modernized, following the lead of Western Europe. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau publishes The Social Contract
A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences (1750), also known as Discourse on the Sciences and Arts (French: Discours sur les sciences et les arts) and commonly referred to as The First Discourse, is an essay by Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau which argued that the arts and sciences corrupt human morality -
Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799). -
The Classical period in art and music.
This was between the baroque and romantic periods. The biggest musician during this time was Ludwig Van Beethoven. -
First Partition of Poland
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The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that ended the existence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. Growth in the Russian Empire's power, threatening the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg Austrian Empire, was the primary motive behind this first partition -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America. -
Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations
The piece represents Smiths views on economic system that he thinks will promote freedom within a nation. Known as the "Invisible Hand." -
French Revolution
The french revolution was a time in far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. -
Slave Revolt in Haiti
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Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) The Haitian Revolution has often been described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. Slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but French control over the colony. -
Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication on the Rights of Women
It was first seen as the first feminist treatise. She wrote it to persuade woman that they have power and strength and have a say in stuff and can do what men do. -
Edward Jenner’s Smallpox Vaccination
Edward Jenner, an English country doctor from Gloucestershire, administers the world’s first vaccination as a preventive treatment for smallpox, a disease that had killed millions of people over the centuries. -
Height of Mercantilism in Europe
Mercantilism was an economic theory and practice, dominant in modernized parts of Europe during the 16th to the 18th century,[1] that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. It was the economic counterpart of the previous medieval version of political power: divine right of kings and absolute monarchy.[2] -
Congress on Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was convened in 1815 by the four European powers which had defeated Napoleon. The first goal was to establish a new balance of power in Europe which would prevent imperialism within Europe, such as the Napoleonic empire, and maintain the peace between the great powers. -
Diplomatic Revolution
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The Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 was the reversal of longstanding alliances in Europe between the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.
