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1415
Prince Henry of Portugal
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1440
Johannes Gutenberg
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1497
Vasco da Gama
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1503
Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
It is known as the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world. -
1504
Michaelangelo
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1504
Herman Cortes
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1509
Henry Crowned
Henry was the last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle. -
1511
Desiderius Erasmus
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1517
Martin Luther Begins The Protestant Revolution
The reformation started with the 95 theses. -
1519
Francisco Pizarro
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1520
Jacques Cartier
In the late 1520s he traveled to Newfoundland in 1534 he was hired to find a better travel route to Asia. 1542 he went back to Canada and came back with what he thought was gold and jewels but was only quartz, crystals, and metals. -
1521
Diet of Worms
This event addressed Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. -
1521
Ferdinand Magellan
He was the first European to sail across the Pacific ocean and he discovered the Philippines in 1521 -
1540
Jesuits
It was organized in the Catholic Church in Spain. -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
He created the heliocentric theory which is thinking the sun is the center of the solar system. -
1545
The Council of Trent
It was called to clearly define Catholic beliefs. -
1558
Elizabeth The First is Crowned
This was the last British coronation to be conducted under the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. -
1562
John Calvin
After creating Calvinism he had a big following at the year of 1562. -
1564
Shakespeare is born
He is known as the greatest writer in the English language. -
1566
Francis Drake
He sailed to the Caribbean on a slave trading enterprise in 1566, he sailed to the new world, 1570 he sailed to the west indies, in 1572 he went back to the west indies. -
Johannes Kepler
In 1596 Kepler published Cosmographic Mystery which was the basis for his three laws of Planetary motion. -
Galileo Galile
He invented the telescope in 1609. -
Miguel de Cervantes
He wrote the book Don Quixote which was published. -
Mayflower Lands at Plymouth Rock
The first known written reference to the rock dates back to 1715. -
Charles The First Executed
He was tried, convicted, and executed for high treason.
