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1300
The Renaissance
The Renaissance started in Italy during the 1300s.The agricultural economy developed into a commercial economy. -
1300
The economy during the rennaisance
The agricultural economy developed into a commercial economy. -
1418
Prince Henry of Portugal
Prince Henry of Portugal helped usher in the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic slave trade. He is also credited with furthering knowledge of geography, map making, and navigation. Henry was not a sailor or an explorer,but he did sponsor many exploratory sea voyages. He started a school for navigation in Sagres, at the southwestern tip of Portugal. -
1450
The Printing Press
The Printing Press developed around 1450 and it helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance. -
1450
The Printing Press
The Printing Press developed around 1450 and it helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance. -
1453
Renaissance ideas traveled to Northern Europe.
Students studied in Italy,then returned home helped spread ideas. -
1455
Johannes Gutenberg
Gutenberg developed a method of movable type and used it to create on of the Western world's first major printed books the "Forty-Two-Line" Bible. -
Oct 12, 1492
European Exploration
Christopher Columbus sailed to an island in the Bahamas in the Caribbean sea,which he claimed for Spain and named it San Salvador in 1492. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus reached an island in the Bahamas that he thought was the East Indies. He claimed it for Spain and named it San Salvador. He traded with the people who were already on the island. -
1493
Columbian Exchange
The So-Called New World and the Old world of Europe were involved in a massive exchange. -
1497
Vasco da Gama
Da Gama led a Portuguese fleet to India in search of a maritime route from Western Europe to the East. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon in July with four vessels. On his second voyage, he attacked Arab shipping interests in the region and used force to reach an agreement with Calicut's ruler. -
1503
Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is an oil painting on wood and it is probably the worlds most famous painting. -
1508
Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus developed his own heliocentric planetary system model. Around 1514, he shared his findings in the Commentariolus. -
1508
The Scientific Revolution
Copernicus asserted his heliocentric(sun-centered) model. -
Oct 31, 1512
Michelangelo
Michelangelo decorated the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel. -
1516
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus translated the New Testament into Greek. -
1517
The reformation
The reformation began after Luther posted his 95 Theses(ideas) on his church's door. -
1517
Pope excommunicates Luther
The Pope kicks Luther out after he posted his ideas on his church's door. -
1517
Luther goes into hiding
Luther goes into hiding and copies the New Testaments into German -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther
Luther Copied the New Testament into German. Luther wrote the "95 Theses" -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Magellan set out from Spain in search of fame and fortune with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. While in route he discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean. He is credited with becoming the first European to circumnavigate the globe. -
1521
Hernan Cortez
Cortez served as a soldier in an expedition to Cuba led by Diego Velázquez. Cortez traveled to Mexico with about 500 men and 11 ships in 1519,setting his sights on overthrowing the Montezuma two in the Aztec capital of Tenochitilán. Cortez returned to defeat the Aztecs and take the city after the Aztecs drove them from Tenochitilán. -
1531
Francisco Pizarro
Pizarro entered the city of Cajamarca and took the Inca leader Atahuapla hostage. -
1534
Jacques Cartier
Cartier explored the western coast of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence as far as today's Anticosti Islands,which Cartier called Assomption. He captured two Native Americans from the Gaspee´ peninsula and returned to France to make his report of the expedition to King Francis. -
1534
Absolute Monarchies
Henry the 8th started the Anglican Church -
1534
Henry VIII
Henry VIII took away the lands of the Catholic church in England. -
1534
St.Ignatius de Loyola
St.Ignatius de Loyola founded the Society of Jesus(Jesuits) in Paris. -
1541
John Calvin
Calvin used Protestant principles to establish a religious government . -
1577
Francis Drake
Drake became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe;he was rewarded with knighthood. Drake and his cousin John Hawkins sailed to Africa in order to join the fledgling slave trade. Drake lead an expedition around South America through Straights of Magellan -
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I made the Anglican church the official church of England. She defeated the Spanish Armada. -
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote plays that capture the complete range of human emotion and conflict. -
Spain suffers economic problems
Spain suffers economically by inflation,no productivity,and a growing population. -
Johannes Kepler
Kepler discovered three major laws of planetary motion. -
Galileo Galilei
Galilei invented an improved telescope that let him observe and describe the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, the phases of Venus, and the rugged lunar surface. -
Miguel de Cervantes
Cervantes wrote the play " Don Quixote". -
William Harvey
Harvey was the first to recognize the full circulation of the blood in the human body and to provide experiments and arguments to support this idea. -
30 years war
The 30 Years War began because of the Support of Lutheranism. -
Charles I
Charles I dissolved parliament three times in the first four years of his rule. He dismissed parliament altogether in 1629. -
English Civil War
The struggle between King Charles I and his Westminster Parliament over who should control the army needed to crush the Irish Insurrection in turn provoked the outbreak of Civil War in England. -
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell helped organize armed forces after the outbreak of civil war in 1642,serving as deputy commander of the "New Model Army" that decimated the main Royalist force at the 1645 Battle of Naseby. He defeated Charles I in 1645. -
Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes wrote the Leviathan. He believed that Government was created to protect people from themselves and that Absolute Monarchs would be best type of government. -
Charles II
Charles II signed a treaty with French King Louis XIV in which he agreed to convert to Catholicism and support France's war against the Dutch in return for subsidies. He arranged for his niece,Mary, to wed the Protestant William of Orange.Charles dissolved Parliament in 1679 and ruled alone for his remaining years because he was tired of the conflict. -
Glorious Revolution
Charles I was able to dissolve parliament. -
Louis XIV
Louis XIV transformed a royal hunting lodge in Versailles into one of the largest palaces in the world,officially moving his court and government there. -
Peter the Great
Peter the Great dragged Russia out of the medieval times.He centralized government,modernized the army, and increased the subjugation and subjection of the peasants. -
Isaac Newton
Newton developed the law of gravitation. He developed the three laws of motion. -
The Enlightenment
Locke posted his "Essay Concerning Human Understanding". -
John Locke
Locke wrote 2 Treatises On Government. He believed that rulers were supposed to protect natural rights and that people had the gift of reason. -
William and Mary
William and Mary signed the charter for a "perpetual College of Divinity, Philosophy, Languages, and other good Arts and Sciences. -
Baron de Montesquieu
Montesquieu believed in the separation of powers in the government. He wrote the book " The Spirit of Laws". -
Voltaire
Voltaire wrote the book Candide. He believed in Religious Toleration. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau wrote the Social Contract. He believed Government is a contract between the ruler and the people. -
Louis XVI
Louis XVI supported attempts by his ministers Jacques Turgot and later Jacques Necker to relieve France's financial problems. -
The French Revolution(The Reign of terror).
The Reign of terror was led by Robespierre. -
Fredrick the Great
Fredrick the Great governed Prussia during 46 years,gave importance to the army,reformed the administration,and made his country a major power. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte conquered most of Europe during the French Revolution. He crowned himself emperor. -
Eugene Delacroix
Delacroix Painted "The Massacre at Chios".
