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Period: Mar 22, 1300 to
Chapter 22
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Period: Dec 13, 1350 to
Chapter 17
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Period: Jan 29, 1392 to
World History
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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal is Born
He was the 3rd son of King John 1. He was 66 when he died. -
Jan 29, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
He was a big influence on the Ming Empire. -
Jan 31, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage
On this voyage they discovered a lot of different land and it was very significant. -
Dec 13, 1408
Donatello creates his David statue
The height of the statue is 191 cm. He also made a bronze statue of David. -
Apr 28, 1442
Edward VI was born.
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Period: Feb 28, 1450 to
World History
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Apr 6, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
After the fall of Constantinople it marked the end of the Roman empire. That empire lasted 1,500 years. -
Dec 14, 1453
The Hundred Years' War Ends
Many different countries were involved. The war resulted in a French victory. -
Jan 31, 1482
Ferdinnand & Isabella end war with Muslims
This was a significant event because is ended Islamic power. -
May 3, 1488
B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
King John the 2 of Portugal appointed him to go on this voyage to find a trade route to India around the southern tip of Africa. -
Jan 31, 1492
C. Columbus spots land in North America
This is obviously an important event because he found land that is today North America. -
Dec 13, 1493
Johan Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
The printing press used an oil based ink and a wooden base. The wood rotted very quickly so was soon improved -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain and Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
The goal was to settle dissagreements between new unsettled land that Christopher Columbus had found. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama lands in India
He reached the India sspice route helping Porugeess very much. -
Dec 13, 1503
Leonardo DaVinci starts the Mona Lisa
Leonardo never actually finished his Mona Lisa painting. He kept messing with it until he died -
Jan 31, 1507
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
He made an accurate map of South America. -
Dec 13, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
The ceiling is about 131 feet long and 43 feet wide. Overall he painted 5,000 square feet of ceiling. -
Dec 14, 1509
Raphael paints School of Athens
Most Greek philosophers are found within the painting.Plato and Aristotle are at the main vanishing point of the painting. -
Dec 14, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
It was written in Vernacular not Latin. They didn't print the Prince until 1532. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses
He wrote it on the same day he posted it. The date it was posted it All Satints Day. -
Mar 27, 1518
Nicholaus Copernicus begins studying planetary movement
This is very relavent to today because without his interest in the movement of the plantes in the universe many people today might be very clueless. -
Jan 31, 1519
H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
It was important to him because he met the lady that would have his baby there. -
Jan 31, 1532
F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpa
This was important because when they would meet again he would die. -
Mar 1, 1533
Ivan the Terrible assumes throne
He was three years old when he assumed his position at the throne. He was named Ivan the Terrible bacause as he grew older he got more bitter and crabby. -
Jan 31, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
This was important to the French because he was claiming this land for France. -
Dec 17, 1534
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order.
He was a Spanish soldier. He was educated. -
May 17, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed.
She was Henry's 2nd wife. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is born.
He died July 6th 1553. -
Dec 17, 1554
Mary I becomes Queen
She died november 1558. She is Bloody Mary. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen
She died the 24th of March 1603. -
Feb 28, 1559
King Henry II of France died
He had four sons. Three of them ruled, one after the other, but all proved incompetent. The real power behind the throne was their mother. -
Mar 1, 1581
Czar Ivan the Terrible kills his son and heir
Ivan started beating his current wife who was pregnant. Ivan's son started arguing with him saying it was wrong. In return Ivan beat his son and put him in a coma for several days before dying. -
English Navy defeats Spanish Armada
Philip of Spain sent many sleets of ships to take down the Spanish Armada. The one of 1588 was the most impacful. -
Prince Henry inherited the throne
When both Catherine and her last son died, Prince Henry inherited the throne. -
Johannes Kepler mathematically proves Copernicus and Brahe
These 3 mens ideas about the universe and its laws are very important to us today because without it we would not have a very good idea on how everything works. -
English East India Company
It created a great trade system. It helped to create a good government and establish a good structure to living. -
Dutch East India Company is founded
It put almost a million Europeans to work. It really helped to create a government system. It allowed for prisonary punishment, coins and money, allowed to wage on war. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
He was last seen on the souther end of the Hudson Bay. His crew mutinied him and put him on a boat to die. -
William Shakespeare dies
He was an English poet and playwriter. He was born in 1564. -
Thirty Years' War begins
This war was between most European countries. It is considered one of the longest battles of Europe and one of the longest wars in modern history. -
James the 1st died
He died of a stroke. -
Galileo published his many findings in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
There were many ideas that he published in this book but one of the ones that affects us today is that the earth moves. Without this idea we might still be thinking that everything revolves around the earth. -
Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in Discourse on Method
Without this being published we may not realize today that everything we do and think about doing is based around the scientific method, -
Louis XIV becomes Kings
He became king at the age of 4. He ruled for 72 years. He had his corination at the age of 15. -
English King is executed
Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans executed him. -
Cardinal Mazarin died
Louis took control of the government himself after Mazarin died. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
This is important because New York is obviously an important part of our lives today. -
La Salle claim Mississippi River for Spain
This was important because Spain now owned the Mississippi River. -
Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
This is very important information that was published because it proves why moving things on the earth move how they do. -
William of Orange becomes king
William of Orange married his first cousin Mary. They were very significant to modern day parliment because of them agreeing to the bill of rights. -
William and Mary consented the Bill of RIghts
This is an act of the English Parliment. They decided to agree to this Bill of Rights because they wanted to greant certain rights to english citizens. -
Peter the Great became sole ruler
He began to heavily infulence his advisors. -
Peter the Great embarked on the "Grand Embassy"
A visiting Western Europe on his "grand Embassy" he realized how much he loved it and wanted his home country of Europe to be like western europe. -
Peter the Great orders St. Petersburg to be built
He was very demanding about what exactly he wanted done. -
Voltaire is exiled to England
The reason he got exiled from France was because he wrote bad things against France. He affected writings of plays by making things less traditional. This affects our way of play writing today. -
Maria Theresa inherits throne
Her husband died so she inherited the throne. -
Henry Fielding writes the novel Tom Jones
This affects modern day writing very greatly, Without Henry's work writing would probably not be as advanced and diverse as it is today. -
Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia
This obviously affects people today very greatly because without his publishings we may not even have an encyclopedia today. -
Seven Years' War begins
It involved many powerul countries. -
Frederick the Great starts Seven Years War
This war involved Europe, North America, Central America, West African coast, India, and the Philippines. Some 900,000 to 1,400,000 people. -
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
Mary was a very good writer and that is mostly why she is famous. She greatly affect our way of writing and thinking today. -
Cesare Baccaria writes against torture in On Crimes and Punishment
Baccaria published in this book some of the first agruments against the death penalty. Without this being published todays way of punishment may still be as harsh as it was back then, -
The start of the Partition of Poland
There was a set of four partitions and they all greatly affected Poland. I think without these 4 events Poland would be greatly different today. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party gave people the courage to stand up for what was right and it led to war for independence. -
The Declaration of Independence was signed
This is a very important event in history because it officially declared our independence against Britain. Without this event in history the U.S may not have been a free country today. -
Delegates at the Constitution Convention sign the Constitution
There were 55 delegates at the meeting and only 39 people actually signed the constitution. This event was very important because without those signatures our government would not be even close to where it is today. -
FIrst Slave revolts in Hispaniola
This was the start of a chain reaction for all slaves to revolt against slavery. -
Beethoven Dies
Beethoven really affected all generations because without his bold work music would be nowhere near where is is today,
