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Period: 1415 to 1460
Prince Henry of Portugal
Founded voyages -
1440
Johannes Gutenberg
Printing press -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Sailed to the americas -
Period: 1497 to 1504
Amerigo Vespucci
Crosses the Atlantic several times -
1498
Vasco da Gama
Lands in India -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa -
1504
michelangelo
sculpture of David -
1509
Desiderius Erasmus
Praise of Folly -
1517
Martin Luther
95 Theses nailed onto the door of his church -
Period: 1519 to 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
Circumnavigated the globe between -
1521
Martin Luther
Refusal at the diet of Worms -
1521
Hernan Cortez
Invades Mexico -
1532
Francisco Pizarro
Defeats the Incas -
1534
Henry VIII
Breaking the bonds with the catholic church -
1534
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Foundation of the Jesuits -
Period: 1534 to 1542
Jacques Cartier
When he sails -
1536
John Calvin
Wrote the Institutes -
1540
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Jesuits recognized -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Published his heliocentric model -
Period: 1545 to 1563
Council of Trent
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1558
Elizabeth I
Anglican made the official Church -
1562
Huguenots civil Wars
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Francis Drake
Conquers the Spanish Armada with Queen Elizabeth -
Period: to
William Shakespeare
he wrote a lot during his lifetime. For example Romeo & Juliet -
King Henry IV Edict of Nates that grants the Huguenots Religious freedom
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Miguel Cervantes
Wrote Don Quixote -
Johannes Kepler
Published his first 2 planetary laws -
Galileo Galilei
First telescope -
Period: to
30 years War
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Johannes Kepler
Published his 3rd planetary law -
William Harvey
Publish findings -
Period: to
Charles I
Years ruled, ended when he was beheaded -
Charles I
Tried to arrest parliament -
Period: to
English Civil War
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Oliver Cromwell
he ruled -
Period: to
Charles II
He ruled from...Restoration happened when he took the throne -
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote Leviathan -
Period: to
Louis XIV
he ruled from -
Isaac Newton
Laws of motion -
Louis XIV
Versailles was finished -
Period: to
Peter the Great
he ruled from -
William and Mary
Took over the throne and established the Glorious Revolution -
John Locke
Wrote Two Treatises on Government -
Period: to
Frederick the Great
he ruled from -
Baron de Montesquieu
Wrote the Spirit of Laws -
Voltaire
Wrote Candide -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Wrote Social Contract -
Storming the Bastille
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Tennis Court Oath
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Declaration of Rights of Man
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Constitution of 1791
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Louis XVI
beheading -
Reign of Terror
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Constitution of 1795
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Coup de Etat -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon crowned emperor -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Russian Defeat -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Waterloo -
Napoleon Bonaparte
First Exile -
Eugene Delacroix
Made Liberty Leading the People
