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Period: Feb 6, 1394 to
Chapter 1920
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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal is Born
He commanded the expedition which captured Ceuta, he is also known as Prince Henry the Navigator. -
Period: Dec 14, 1400 to
Chapter 17 renaissance and reformation
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Jan 30, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
He was the 3rd emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Yonglo means "perpetual happines". -
Jan 30, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage
He commanded expeditionary voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa. -
Feb 6, 1419
H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
Cortez brought 508 soldiers with im
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Dec 19, 1426
Donatello creates his David statue
This statue was one of five.
14.2-17 foot sculpture. -
Aug 19, 1450
Johan Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
It was a profoundly important invention. It was the first portably typing device. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
It was the capture of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Turkish threat was the worst one yet. -
Dec 19, 1453
The Hundred Years' War Ends
it went on from 1337 to 1453.
It was between England and Frace. -
Jan 30, 1488
B. DIas reaches Cape of Good Hope
He became the first European mariner to round the perilous if Cape of Good Hope, this made it possible to re-open their trade ties with Asia. -
Jan 2, 1492
Ferdinard & Isabella end war with Muslims
Muhammad XII of Ganada surrendered the city of Granda
This war was a joint project between the two -
Oct 12, 1492
C. Columbus spots land in North America
Reached North America with three ships, the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain & Portugal agree to Treaty of Tortesillas
This settled conflicts between newly found land, this line set a barier on where each side could go -
Jul 30, 1497
Vasco da Gama lands in India
He is the first European to reach india by the atlantic ocean. He arrived at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. -
Feb 6, 1502
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
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Dec 19, 1503
Leonardo DaVinci starts the Mona Lisa
It is a half length portrait of the girl.
It is said to be the most heard of, written of, and most popular painting. -
Dec 19, 1509
Raphael paints School of Athens
It is one of the most famos frescoes.
It is 5x7.7 meters large. -
Dec 19, 1512
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
It is a cornerstone work of high Renassance art.
Its the largest chapel built in the Vitican. -
Dec 19, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
Also has a latin title De Principatibus.
He wrote the book to get a posistion in the government. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 thesis
Posted 95 problems with the chuch. Start of the prodistant reformation. -
Period: Mar 10, 1523 to
Book project thingy
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May 21, 1527
Philip the Second is born
He became an important king who inherrited Spain, Spanish Netherlands, and American colonies. -
Nov 15, 1532
F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpa
He attacked and captured Atahualpa
he forced him to pay a mind-boggling ransom amounting to tons of silver and gold -
Mar 10, 1533
Ivan IV
he was known as Ivan the Terrible, he was "crowned" king at age 3 -
Feb 6, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
He was exploring the St. Lawrence River when he found the newly claimed land. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
Henry the 8th executed his wife, allows henry to have a son with Jane Seymore -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is born
Only son of Henry the 8th born.
Anglican church becomes solidified under him -
Apr 19, 1541
Ignatius of Loyala founds the Jesuit order
starts own order of priests.
Refocuses church on education. -
Dec 19, 1553
Mary I becomes Queen
Catholic daughter becomes queen.
Begins reign of bloody murder -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizibeth I becomes Queen
Only Anglican daughter of Henry becomes queen.
Begins elizabethin age -
Mar 10, 1568
Duke execution
the Duke's executed 1,500 protestants because mobs of them swept through catholic churches -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
dealt a crippling blow to Spains dominance -
Edict of Nantes was made
this was adeclaration of religious toleration -
Dutch East India Company is founded
This was founded by John Watts, the company was the "govenor" of merchant London traiding into the east indies. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
His crew set him, and his son john, and seven of his loyal crewmen adrift in a small boat
they were never seen again -
William Shakespeare
It is said to be a mystery how he died, but they believe it is because he has a fever.
He was a well known poet. -
The Thirty Years' War
It had two main phases, the phase of the hapsburg triumphs and the hapsburg defeats -
Prussia rose to Power
this upset central europe's delicate balance of power -
Charles I becomes king
he cost a lot of money and was forced to call parliament again -
Galileo publishes his many findings in "Dialogue Concerning the Two Cheif World Systems"
It questioned the copernican system and the ptolemaic system -
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Ch. 22
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Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in "Discourse on Method"
it made the quote "i think, therefore i am." famous -
Louis XIV became king
He was the most powerful ruler in French history -
Thomas Hobbes outlines the social contract in Leviathan
This becomes the newest version of the social contract -
New Netherlands becomes New York
Govenor Stuyvestant was forced to surrender. After that New Netherlands became New York -
Habeas Corpus
Gave every prisoner the right to obtain a writ or document ordering that the prisoner be brought before the judge -
La Salle claim Mississippi River for France
he took 40 men along, claimed it as he reached the mouth of the river near venice, louisianna -
Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in "mathematical principles of natural philosophy"
It opened up a new feild for scientists -
Bill of Rights was drafted
this document listed many things that a ruler was not able to do -
John Locke justifies rebellion in "Two Treatises on Government"
This is a theory of civil society -
Peter became sole ruler of Russia
known as Peter the Great because he was one of Russia's greatest reformers -
The War of the Spanish Succession
England, Austria, the Dutch Republic, Portugal, and several German and Italian states joined together against France and Spain -
Construction of St. Petersburg
25,000 to 100,000 people died from the harsh working conditions -
Gabriel Fahrenheit makes the first mercury in glass thermometer
It was the first thermometer of its kind, and continued to be the most used. -
Voltaire is exiled to england
This gave him a new enlightenment in the way he would write and think about things. -
Maria Theresa suceeded her father
She stayed strong and didn;t let Fredrick have Silesia -
Fredrick the great begins his reign in Prussia
Fredrick had many military victories. -
Tom Fielding writes the novel "tom jones"
The earliest english prose book described as a novel -
Seven Years War begins
It was a war that was faught for seven years, also known as the French and Indian war -
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
She became a writer and an advocate of womans rights -
George the third becomes king of great britain
George was Englands longest-ruling monarch at that time. -
The start of the partition of poland
The main reason was for Russian Emoire's power to get larger. -
Catherine the Great puts down the serf rebellion
Catherine gained control over the serf's. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a political prostest by the Sons of Liberty. They dumped large amounts of tea into the harbor and spoiled it. -
Declaraion of Independance is signed
It was the start of a "new begining" of how things would change in the worlf for people. -
First slave revolts in Hispaniola
The slaves would never willingly submit to their status, so they revolted
