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Jun 9, 1215
The English Bill of Rights
was passed laying out specific rights on Parliament
and putting limits on royal power -
1222
William Harvey
showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood
throughout the body -
Mar 12, 1225
The Magna Carta
was signed establishing the foundations of English rights -
Jul 21, 1543
Galileo
used the telescope to support the proof of the heliocentric theory -
Jan 27, 1553
Nicolaus Copernicus
developed the heliocentric theory -
Johannes Kepler
discovered planetary motion -
Louis XIV
became the king of France -
The English Civil War
began between the Roundheads (supporters of
Parliament) and the Cavaliers (supporters of the King) -
Oliver Cromwell
began his rule of England as the Lord Protector -
The Restoration of Charles II
the monarchy was put back in control in England -
Charles I of England
was beheaded -
The Palace of Versailles
was built under the reign of Louis XIV -
James II
became the King of England -
Isaac Newton
published his law of gravity -
Thomas Hobbes
published Leviathan – social contract (people give up rights to a
strong ruler who maintains order) -
The Westernization of Russia
was started by Peter the Great -
William and Mary
became the leaders of England (this is referred to as the
Glorious Revolution) -
Edward Jenner
introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox -
The Age of Reason
(the Enlightenment) began -
Peter I
became the czar of Russia -
St. Petersburg
became the capital of Russia under Peter the Great