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Period: 1300 to
Renaissance
Rebirth that began in Italy -
Period: 1401 to
Age of Exploration
European Exploration, more parts of the world are being discovered. -
1440
Johannes Gutenburg
Creates the printing press -
Period: 1473 to 1543
The Scientific Revolution
New discoveries in the Science field -
1492
Christoper Columbus
"discovered Americas" actually landed in San Salvador the the Bahamas -
1498
Vasco da Gama
First to sail around Africa to Asia -
1500
Henry VIII
King of England created the Anglican church, Did not like the pope had many wives. -
1503
Leonardo Da Vinci
Creates the Mona Lisa -
1504
Michelangelo
Creates the Statue of David -
1504
Martin Luther
Dutch monk, Wrote 95 Theses and nailed it to church door. -
1514
Nicolous Copernicus
Heliocentric Theory -
Period: 1517 to
Reformation
Religious,political,intellectual and, cultural -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
First to circumnavigate the world -
1519
Hernan Cortez
Invaded Mexico and conquered the Aztecs -
1532
Francisco Pizzaro
Conquered the Incas -
1534
Jacques Cartier
Explored Canada. (Quebec) -
1540
Ignatius de Loyola
Created the Jesiuts -
1558
Elizabeth I
Queen of England,Defeated Spanish armada. Made the Anglican church the head of England -
Francis Drake
Help defeat the Spanish armada. Great seaman -
Period: to
William Shakespear
Writes at least 37 plays including Romeo and Juliet. -
Johannes Kepler
Discovered that planets moved around the sun in ellipses orbits. Laws of planatory -
Galileo Galilei
Created the telescope -
William Harvey
Announced his discovery of circulation of blood within the body -
John Calvin
Created Calvinism -
Oliver Cromwell
Led parliament/puritans in the English Civil War -
Charles 1
Led troops to arrest parliament,Eng. Civil War -
Period: to
English Civil War
A fight between parliament and royalists -
Period: to
The enlightenment
New ideas of government -
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote the Leviathan. Absolute Monarchy -
Charles 2
King of the restoration -
Issac Newton
Laws of gravity and motion -
Period: to
William and Mary
Replaced James on the throne , start of the glorious revolution. -
Period: to
Glorious Revolution
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John Locke
Wrote 2 Treatises of Government. People had the power -
Louis XIV
Rebuilt Versailles. Divine right of kings. Spent a lot of money -
Peter the Great
Established the city of Petersburg -
Voltaire
Wrote Candide. Church did not equal State. Wrote against the french using satire.Went to jail -
Baron de Montesquieu
Wrote the spirit of laws. Separation of powers -
Fredrick the Great
Wanted to make Prussia stronger. Seven years war. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Wrote the social contract. Stronger ruled over the weaker. -
Period: to
The French Revolution
Rebellion against the king -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Crowned him self emperor -
Eugene Delacroix
Painted Liberty Leading