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Jan 1, 1400
the renaissance era
the renaissance era lasted from the early 1400's to the late 1600's. Was the time when the rebirth of humanism happened and also the word renaissance is defined as either "rebirth" or "reconstruction". -
Jan 1, 1436
printing press
johannes gutenburg invented the gutenburg printing press it was finished in 1440. it was also made of replaceable/movable wooden and metal letters. -
Jan 1, 1500
introduction of the heliocentric theory
the theory is about the distance between the planets and the sun. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
the age of monarchies
a monarchy is a govermental system in which it is run by one person. the term is used for absoulte athuority. -
Jan 1, 1503
mona lisa
the mona lisa is a 16th centruy oil painting created by Leonardo da Vinci.it is a very famous painting worldwide. -
Oct 31, 1517
95 theses
martin luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in wittenburg,Germany. martin luther was a priest and scholar. this event began the Protestant Reformation. -
Period: Jan 1, 1521 to Jan 1, 1522
Luther's translation of the bible
luther translated the bible form latin to german. luther had many gifts for bible translating had understanding of other languages, had faith in the word of god, and enthusiasm. -
Period: Dec 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
council of trent
this was called by the pope paul III the council lasted for 18 years but it was only engaged in talks for four and a half years. Many of the popes at this time did not want to lose power. -
inventing the telescope
before the telscope people thought the earth was inside glass or ball and that the stars were holes in the ball that showed light from heaven above -
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30 years war
the peace of augsburg in 1555 brought a short truce between europen countrys in a religous matter. this only regarded lutherns and roman catholics then another religon came to be calvinism. calvinists began to demand regonition of their rights. this is when the 30 years war began. -
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The reign of louis XIV,XV, and XVI
louis the 14 "the sun king"
louis the 15 "the beloved"
louis the 16 "the last" -
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the age of reason
The Age of Reason represented a time in which man viewed him self and the world. pursuing knowledge and observing the universe. -
newtons laws of gravity
apples had a huge contrubution in the laws of gravity Isaac Newton introduced the term "gravity" after he saw an apple falling onto the ground in the graden. -
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french revolution
this was in which when republicans over through the monarchy and roman chatholic church. -
the steel plow
the large plows made for cutting the tough parire ground were called "grasshopper plows". the plows were made of wrought iron and had a steel share -
nelson mandela
he was the first democratically eleceted president of south africa.
