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1400
Johannes Gutenberg
He was born -
1439
Johannes Gutenberg
Gutenberg was the first to use a movable type. -
1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Born on April 15th -
1466
Desiderius Erasmus
Born on October -
1468
Johannes Gutenberg
He died on February 3rd -
1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
He was born on February 19th in Torun, Poland. -
1475
Michelangelo
He is born on March 6th -
1483
Martin Luther
Luther was born on November 10th -
1488
Michelangelo
He drops out of school and signs up for apprenticeship as a painter for Domenico Ghirlandaio -
1490
Leonardo da Vinci
Da Vinci’s sketch “ Vitruvian Man,” was drawn -
1491
Henry VIII
Henry VIII was born on June 28th. -
1495
Leonardo da Vinci
Da Vinci painted “The Last Supper” -
1503
Michelangelo
He finished a easel painting, his only one that survived, of the Holy Family (Madonna Doni) -
1505
Martin Luther
Luther received his masters degree -
1509
John Calvin
Calvin was born on July 10th. -
1517
Martin Luther
Luther proposed and academic efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses. -
1517
Nicolaus Copernicus
He derived a quantity theory of money. -
1519
Nicolaus Copernicus
He formulated an economics principle and was later called Gresham’s law. -
1519
Leonardo da Vinci
Died on May 2nd -
1530
John Calvin
Calvin broke from the Roman Catholic Church. -
1536
Desiderius Erasmus
Died on July 12th -
1541
John Calvin
Calvin was asked to lead the church of the city. -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
He died on May 21st in Frombork, Poland. -
1546
Martin Luther
Luther died on February 18th. -
1547
Miguel de Cervantes
He was born on September 29th -
1547
Henry VIII
Henry VIII died on January 28th. -
1564
Galileo Galilei
Born on February 15th in Pisa, Italy. -
1564
William Shakespeare
He was born. -
1564
John Calvin
Calvin died on May 27th. -
1564
Michelangelo
He died on February 18th -
1570
Miguel de Cervantes
He became a soldier and also fought in the battle of Lepanto -
1571
Johannes Kelper
Was born on December 27th in Weil der Stadt, Germany. -
1578
William Harvey
Born on April 1st in Folkestone, United Kingdom. -
Miguel de Cervantes
He got married to Catalina de Salazar on December 12th -
Miguel de Cervantes
He published his first piece of work called La Galatea -
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5th -
Oliver Cromwell
On April 25th he was born in Huntingdon, United Kingdom. -
Charles 1
Born on November 19th in Dunfermline Palace, Dufermline, United Kingdom. -
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes got his bachelor degree of Thucydides -
William Shakespeare
He wrote many tragedies until now. -
Johannes Kelper
Published the Astronomia Nova. -
William Shakespeare
He appears to have retired from Stratford. -
Galileo Galilei
Heliocentric books were banned and Galileo was told to hold back teaching, or defending Heliocentric. -
Miguel de Cervantes
He died on April 22nd -
William Shakespeare
He died on April 23rd. -
Desiderius Erasmus
A statue of Erasmus was erected -
Charles 1
He was the monarch of three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. -
Oliver Cromwell
He was elected to the Parliament. -
William Harvey
His work was published in Frankfurt and he also announced a theory that blood circulates throughout the body. -
Thomas Hobbes
English translation -
Charles 2
He was born on May 29th in St James’s Palace, St James’s, United KIngdom. -
Johannes Kelper
Died on November 15th in Regensburg, Germany. -
John Locke
John Locke was born on August 29th -
Galileo Galilei
Died on January 8th in Arectri. -
Isaac Newton
Born on January 4th in Woolsthorpe Manor, United Kingdom. -
Thomas Hobbes
He suffered serious illness -
John Locke
The end of the Thirty Years War on December 4th -
Charles 1
He died on January 3rd in the City Of Westminster, United Kingdom. -
Charles 2
He was proclaimed by the Parliament Of Scotland as king on February 5th. -
William and Mary
They were born on November 14th. -
Oliver Cromwell
He served as the Lord Protector of Commonwealth for England, Scotland and Ireland. -
Isaac Newton
Newton enrolls in Grantham Grammar School. -
William Harvey
Died on June 3rd in Roehampton, London, United Kingdom. -
Oliver Cromwell
On September 3rd he died in Palace of Whitehall, London. -
Charles 2
He entered the Treaty of Dover with his first cousin King Louis XIV of France. -
John Locke
John Locke writes some of the essay on December 4th -
Peter The Great
Born on June 9th in Moscow, Russia. -
Peter The Great
Ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7th of May until death. -
Charles 2
He died on February 6th in Palace of Whitehall, London. -
Isaac Newton
His book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was published. -
John Locke
John Locke returns to England on November 5th -
William and Mary
The English Parliament offered William and Mary the throne as joint monarchs, which is known as the Glorious Revolution. -
William and Mary
They were crowned on April 11th. -
Baron de Montesquieu
Born on January 18th. -
Voltaire
Born on November 21st in Paris. -
Peter The Great
Beard Tax. -
Isaac Newton
Newton named master of Mint. -
Baron de Montesquieu
He was sent away to school. -
William and Mary
William died on March 8th. -
Isaac Newton
His influential book Opticks was published. -
John Locke
John Locke died on October 28th -
Isaac Newton
He was knighted by Queen Anne. -
Peter The Great
He established the Governing Senate. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Born on June 28th -
Baron de Montesquieu
He surprised close friends by publishing his Lettres Persanes. -
Peter The Great
He introduced the Table of Ranks. -
Peter The Great
Died on February 8th in Saint Petersburg, Russia. -
Isaac Newton
Died on March 31st in Kensington, London, United Kingdom. -
Baron de Montesquieu
He was elected and took his seat in October. -
Voltaire
Voltaire returns to Paris. -
Voltaire
Voltaire elected to the French Academy. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
He wrote “Discourse of the Arts and Sciences.” -
Louis XVI
He was born on August 23rd -
Baron de Montesquieu
Died on February 10th in Paris. -
Voltaire
Voltaire writes his most famous philosophical tale, Candide. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
He was born on August 15th -
Louis XVI
He married Marie Antoinette the daughter of the emperor empress -
Louis XVI
Louis Auguste became Louis XVI on May 10th from the loss of his grandfather Louis XV -
Voltaire
Voltaire died on May 30th in Paris -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Died on July 2nd -
Napoleon Bonaparte
He is given the command of the French army of Italy on March 2nd -
Louis XVI
War broke out in April -
Louis XVI
He was executed by Guillotine for treason -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
He was a national hero in the Pantheon in Paris. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
He wins the battle of Lodi on May 10th -
Napoleon Bonaparte
He wins the Battle of Rivoli -
Eugene Delacroix
He was born on April 26th -
Eugene Delacroix
He enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. -
Eugene Delacroix
He returned to Paris with new ideas for his art. -
Eugene Delacroix
He died on August 13th -
William Harvey
The William Harvey Hospital was constructed on in Ashford a few miles from where he was born. -
Galileo Galilei
NASA sent a mission to Jupiter it was named Galileo in honor of the astronomer. -
Leonardo da Vinci
A painting by Leonardo was sold for a world record at an auction on November 15th
