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Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Jan 1, 1291
The Crusades
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Aug 5, 1096
The First Crusade
The Crusades were a series of religious wars with the objective to get back the holy land that was taken, Jerusalem. Jerusalem was ruled by the Muslims for hundred of years, but by the 11th century the Seljuk had it taken over. Threating local Christian populations. https://www.britannica.com/event/Crusades -
Apr 14, 1111
The King's Expidition
Henry the Fifth made a his first expedition to Rome, April 14 1111. Upon his arrival he is crowned holy roman emperor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor -
Dec 1, 1170
The Murder of Thomas Beckett
Thomas Beckett was murdered in December of 1170. A reason his murder was important was because Thomas Beckett was one of the must influential and important people of the 12th century in Europe. Thomas Beckett argued with the King of England, Henry the II, about the power of the church.
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Apr 1, 1182
The Massacre of the Latins
The Massacre of the Latins was a large scale massacre of the Roman Catholic, called Latin's, inhabitants of Constantinople. The Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Latins -
Period: Jan 1, 1346 to Jan 1, 1352
The Black Death
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1347
Traveling of the Black Death.
The Black Death had stayed inside of Asia and China for the most part since 1344. But later in the late 1340's the Black Death was carried by a trader caring it within using the silk road.
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-europe-exported-black-death#:~:text=The%20medieval%20Silk%20Road%20brought,known%20as%20the%20Black%20Death. -
1347
Its Arrivial
The Black Death had arrived in Messina in Sicily. It arrived specifically by travelers that had given it to rats.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7513766/
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1348
The second plague pandemic
The Black Death was the beginning of the second plague pandemic. The beginning of the plague had religious groups royalty and peasants worried.
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1352
A cure for the plague
In 1352, the four thieves potion was thought as a cure to the black death. The four thieves potion was a mixture of cider, vinegar, wine, and some whatever spices you can find. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
The Age Of Exploration
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Period: 1400 to 1495
Early Renaissance
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1429
Joan of arc and the siege of Orleans
The Siege of Orleans was the watershed of the hundred years war between France and England. It was the first major victory of the royal army. -
1436
The Printing Press
The printing press was a sheet of metal with ink and it was made a certain way that it could repeatedly make new pages. It was the a major reason for the rest of Europe learning what the bible said and mass produced information not everyone was rich enough to buy.
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1455
Gutenberg bible
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Jul 1, 1464
Death of cosimo de medici
The Cosimo de Medici was a Italian banker and politician. He started a the Medici Family monarch which would rule through most of the Italian Renaissance. -
1478
The spanish inquisition
The Spanish inquisition was established by the Catholic Monarchs. King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.
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1481
Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes
The Sistine Chapel is a Chapel in the Apostolic palace. It is the official resident of the pope.
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1488
Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope was a expedition trying to find a way to Asia without going through Constantinople which was taken over by the Turks. The leader of this expedition was Bartolomeu Dias. The name, Cape of Good Hope was made up by Bartolomeu Dias because he was lucky and happy that he had found it.
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1492
Portugal and Spain
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Oct 12, 1492
Discovering the Americas
In 1492 Christopher Columbus made a expedition trying to find a new route to Asia because Constantinople was taken by the Turks. Instead off going to the West Indies where he thought he was. He ended up in the East Indies. Were he meet the people of the Americas, and conquered the Americas. Knowledge from class -
Period: 1496 to 1527
High Renaissance
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1498
Voyage to North America
The Joh Cabot voyages to the coast to North America found Newfoundland. Also his finds would help the British have a claim to Canada later on.
https://www.johncabot.edu/about-jcu/who-was-john-cabot.aspx#:~:text=Under%20a%20patent%20granted%20by,Britain's%20later%20claim%20to%20Canada. -
Sep 1, 1513
Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean
Balboa led a group of around 190 explorers from Spain on ships to the tip of South America. From there they crossed some straights and then found the Pacific Ocean.
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/vasco-nunez-de-balboa#:~:text=Balboa%20Sees%20the%20Pacific,-By%201511%2C%20Balboa&text=In%20September%201513%2C%20Balboa%20led,del%20Sur%20(South%20Sea). -
1517
Martin Luther 95 Theses
Martin Luther 95 Theses were a series of statements claiming that the church's practices were wrong. They said that the church was wrong about indulgences and making people pay for baptisms.
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Period: Jan 1, 1517 to
The Reformation
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1524
European wars of religion
The protest reformation in northern and eastern Europe sparked the beginning of the religious wars. These wars were fought between Protestants and Catholics
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Period: 1527 to
Late Renaissance
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1530
Ivan the terrible was born
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1536
Desiderius Erasmus Dies
Desiderius was a Dutch renaissance humanist. he was critical of the Calthiloc church. -
1538
Henry the 8th excommunicated
King Henry was excomminated by the pope. Looking for a way out of his marriage. -
Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
The Scientific Revolution
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1555
The Peace of Augsburg
The peace of Augsburg was a peace treaty between the holy roman emperor and Schmalkalden League. Signed at the imperial city of Augsburg -
1557
Bankruptcy of spain
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1572
Saint Bartholomew 's Massacre
Mobs of the French killed protestants who went against the holy catholic church. It started because King Charles the fourth's sister married King Henry the Fourth ( the future king of France.)
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Compound microscope
A microscope that could enlarge very small things. It was found by two scientist looking through tubes and they saw things through the tubes were enlarged. -
The Eddict of nates
The Edict of Nantes was signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV and granted the Calvinist Protestants of France, also known as Huguenots, substantial rights in the nation, which was in essence completely Catholic. -
Magnetism
The ancient Greeks were the first to use magnetism. William Gilbert was the first person to study this. -
The invention of the telescope.
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The four moons around Jupiter
Galileo Galilei found that four moons orbited Jupiter. He thought that they were a group of stars but found that