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Feb 28, 1347
the bubonic plague begans
th ebubonic plague went acros europe and dimineshed 2/3 of their population -
Sep 29, 1350
The Renaissance Begins
The Renaissance was an intellectual and artistic movement. Hummanism was created and religion was beginning to lose it's foothold on society. -
Sep 29, 1478
The Spainish Inquistion begins
One of the most deadly inquistions in history, it was designed to root out all non Catholics i.e Jews and Muslims. -
Sep 29, 1492
Columbus discovers the America's
columbus reaches what he thinks is america -
Sep 29, 1494
Portugal claims Brazil.
Although Spain continues to claim land in South America, a large region remains outside its empire. In the Treaty of Tordesillas, Portugal claims Brazil and issues grants of land to Portuguese nobles. -
Sep 29, 1498
Vasco da Gama reaches India after rounding Africa
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama reaches India after rounding the southern tip of Africa. Although the Portuguese lose half their ships and many sailors die on the voyage, the venture is highly profitable and he returns with a cargo of spices. -
Sep 29, 1511
Portugal seizes Malacca.
After da Gama's success in setting up a trading post, the Portuguese begin to capture key ports around the Indian Ocean. In 1511 they seize Malacca, which allows them to ally with Asian leaders and establish a major foothold in Asian trade routes. -
Sep 29, 1522
The Vittoria completes its circumnavigation of the globe.
The Vittoria completes the first circumnavigation of the globe, nearly three years after first setting out. While Ferdinand Magellan leads the initial expedition, he and four other ships do not survive the entire voyage. -
Sep 29, 1533
Ivan the Terrible is born
van conquered large amounts of territory transforming Russia into a multienthnic country. He became the first Tsar of Russia. -
Sep 29, 1533
Francisco Pizarro executes the last Inca emperor.
Inspired by the success of Cortés in Mexico, Francisco Pizarro arrives in Peru in 1532. He capitalizes on the unrest in the Incan empire and quickly captures the Inca emperor, whom he executes in 1533. The Spanish spread across Ecuador and Chile, adding much of South America to Spain's empire. -
Sep 29, 1543
The publication of On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres by Copernicus
On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres was decacated to Pope Paul III, to protect him from vilification. -
Sep 29, 1559
coronation of queen elizabeth
elizabeth was the 5th and last tyrant of the dynaty -
Sep 29, 1571
Johannes Kepler born
He would make the three laws of planetary motion.
And he also published many books like Astronomia Nova and Harmonices Mundi, where he stated his first two laws in the former, and the third in the latter. -
Galileo's telescope
Galileo made a telescope with increasingly higher magnifying power than any other. With this invention they could look at planets -
Galileo publishes Starry Messanger
Some of those observations were Galilean moons.
He also saw that the moons surface was not soomth as the Christian belief, but irregular.
Also that there was a vast numbers of stars that are invisable to the naked eye.
And lastly he saw that there was a difference between stars and planets when viewed from earth. -
Kepler publishes Harmonice Mundi
This book contians his thrid law of plantery motion: The square of the orbital period of any planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of the planet's orbit. Harmonice Mundi was a type of summation of his theories about celestial correspondences, and he ties together the raitos of planetary orbits along with other things. -
Two New Sciences is published
Two New Sciences is published by Galileo about the laws of motion. It was written during his time under house arrest. It was also not published in Italy becuase of his trial. It was published in Leiden, The Netherlands.
