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1498 BCE
Vasco da Gama
First person to sail directly from Europe to India. -
Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
.It was an artistic and philosophical movement that began in Italy. It altered how Europeans viewed themselves. -
1439
Johannes Gutenberg
Invented the movable type printing press -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Sailed from Europe to America. Discovered the "new world" of the Americas. -
Period: 1492 to
European Exploration
European ships were traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners. -
1501
Michelangelo
Made the sculpture of David -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci
Painted the Mona Lisa -
1503
William Shakespeare
wrote his very first play -
1514
Nicolaus Copernicus
Became so convinced in the theory of a heliocentric solar system that he began to share his notes with friends. -
1516
Desiderius Erasmus
Translated the New Testament into Greek -
1517
Martin Luther
nailed the 95 theses to the Churchs door attacking the Catholic Church's corrupt practice of selling "indulgences" to absolve sin. -
Period: 1517 to
The Reformation
The 16th- century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern area. -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Set out from Spain with a fleet of 5 ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. -
1521
Hernan Cortes
The Aztecs drove the Spanish from the city, but Cortes returned again to defeat them and take the city -
1532
Francisco Pizarro
Pizarro overthrew the Incla leader and conquered Peru and three years later founded the new capital city of Lima. -
1534
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Founded the Jesuit movement -
1535
Jacques Cartier
Explored the St Lawrence River and Gave Canada its name. -
Dec 17, 1538
Henry VIII
Henry was excommunicated by the pope. The reformation had begun. -
Period: 1550 to
The Scientific Revolution
A concept used by historians to describe the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature. -
1556
John Calvin
Published the landmark text "Institution of the Christian Religion,¨ an early attempt to standardize the theories of Protestanism. -
Francis Drake
Circumnavigated the globe from 1577-1580 and helped defeat the Spanish Armada -
Miguel de Cervantes
Published first part of Don Quixote -
Johannes Kelper
His first and most famous discovery was that the planets move around the sun in orbits shaped like ellipses. -
Galileo Galilei
Discovered the four most massive moons of Jupiter -
William Harvey
Announced his discovery of the circulation of blood within the body. -
Oliver Cromwell
Was elected to Parliament... He commanded campaigns in Ireland and Scotland in the early 1650's and served as "lord protector" of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from 1653 until his death. -
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The English Civil War
series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalist over, principally, the manner of England´s government. -
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Absolute Monarchies
Form of monarchy in which one ruler has supreme authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written laws. -
Charles I
King Charles I is beheaded for treason....Charles I ascended to the English throne in 1625 following the death of his father, King James I. In the first year of his reign, Charles offended his Protestant subjects by marrying Henrietta Maria, a Catholic French princess. -
Thomas Hobbes
Published Leviathan -
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Isaac Newton
Came up with the theory of gravity . -
Charles II
Signed a treaty with King Louis XIV in which he agreed to convert Catholicism and support Frances war against the Dutch in return for subsidies. -
Period: to
Glorious Revolution
When William of Orange took the English throne from James II in 1688. The event brought a permanent realignment of power within the English constitution. -
John Locke
wrote two treatises on government -
William & Mary
Signed the charter for a Perpetual College of Divinity, Philosophy, Languages, and other good arts and sciences to be founded in the Virginia Colony. -
Period: to
The enlightenment
It was an intellectual movement. Influenced by the rise of modern science and religous conflict coming from the reformation -
Peter the Great
Established the city of St. Petersburg on the Neva River and moved the capital there from its former location in Moscow -
Baron de Montesquieu
Published the Spirit of Laws -
Frederick the Great
Austria blocked by France and Russia tries to regain control of Silesia. Frederick struck preemptively, invading Saxony and with his ally, Great Britain started the Seven Years War -
Voltaire
Published Candid simultaneously in five countries -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
wrote the social contract -
Louis XVI
Louis Auguste became Louis XVI after the death of his grandfather Louis XV -
Period: to
French Revolution
A period of far- reaching social and political upheaval in France and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French empire. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Seized political power in France in a 1799 coup d'etat . Crowned himself -
Eugene Delacroix
Painted Liberty, leading the people which commemorates the July Revolution.
