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Dec 14, 1300
Renaissance begins
The Renaissance is the rebirth of classical ideas, arts, and learning. Mew iintelectual and artistic ideas develope during the Renaissance marked the "birth" of the modern world -
Dec 14, 1400
Byzantine capital of Constantinople
The muslim ottomans conquered constantinople and renamed it Instanbul. -
Dec 14, 1418
The navigational school.
Prince Henery founded this school in Portugal. The goal of the school was to teach people how to navigate. -
Dec 14, 1473
Nicholaus copernicus developed the heliocentic theory
Nicholaus believed that the sun was the center of the universe. Thus helio meaning 'sun" and centeric meaning "center". -
Apr 14, 1492
Columbus's First voyage
A voage made by columbus that was financed by spain so that columbus could find a direct rout to asia by going around the world. -
Dec 14, 1493
Treaty of Tordesillas
portugal though that spain was claiming land that had already been clamed portugal. Pope alexander VI drew a line dividing the atlantic ocean (line of demarcation) -
Dec 14, 1501
Michelangelo's "David"
This a sculpture of a man named David that was portrayed after his defeting of a giant name Goliath. -
Dec 14, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"
A portrait thought to be of Lisa Gherardini. -
Dec 14, 1508
Michelangelo's painting of "The sistine Chapel"
A masterpiece with out precedent that was to change the course of Western Art. -
Dec 14, 1509
Praise of Folly
A book writen by Erasmus that pokes fun at merchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars and pompous priests. -
Dec 14, 1532
Pizzaro conquers the Inca
Within 20 years Pizzaro and his group had concoured the inca territory with their riches and everything. -
Dec 14, 1563
Cortez conquers the aztecs
spanish conquesters defeted the aztecs. some reasons cortez defeted the aztecs : 1. technology( superiour wepons), 2. help from the natives, and 3. disese -
Galileo Galilel
He used the telescope to support heliocentric theory. He was a physist, mathmatition, astrotomer,and philosopher. -
William Harvy
discovered the circulation of blood. This was discovered throughout the whole body . He also wrote the book "Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals" -
The Tragedy of Julius Ceasar
One of many Shakespere plays that portrays cesar and his death. -
Johannes Kepler discovered the planetary motion
Johannes discovered that the plantets dont travel in a circle , that their rotation was more like an oval. -
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote the " leviathan". His ideas were that humans are naturally evil. He also believed that the state should have central wuthority to manage behavior. -
Isaac Newton
Descovered the laws of gravity . He said that gravity was the force of attraction exerted on the earth by an object. -
Oliver cromwells execution of charles the first
oliver cromwell, leader of the round heads , had Charles I exicuted for comiting treason. -
Taj Mahal
Shah Jahan had this built in his wifes honor when she died. -
The restoration of Charles the second
Parliment put charles the first's son, Charles the second, on the thrown. His rule is called the restoration because it restored the monarchy. -
Louis XIV builds the palace of versailles
Built to represent Louis XIV's pwer and authority.It was ment to impress visitors, show his power,and arouse envy of other monarchs. -
English bill of rights
said rulers couldnt levy taxes without parliment consent, interfere with freedom of speech in parliment , and penelize a citizen who petitions the king about grievances. -
Peter the Great builds st. Petersburg
Built so that there was a seport to the west. -
John Loke's Two trieties on government
The two trieties on goverment had the ideas that governments power comes from the people. Also that the purpose of government is toprotect peoples rights. -
The Spirit of law
Writen by Montesquieu , who was a french writer. This book talked about like it says in it's title spirit and law -
Jean- Jacques Rousseau The social contract
The social contract was made for free individuals to agree to protect their rights. -
The Declaration of Independance
WRiten by thomas Jefferson. It was based on Lockes Ideas. It argued for natural rights.It also listed grivences as justification for revolution. -
Storming of Bastille
People gathered weapons in order to defend paris against the kings swiss. they storm the Bastille to get gun powder. This becomes the symbol of and the begining of the French Revolution. -
the american colonies win endipendance from england.
The americans now have freedom of religion. The also have freedoms of speech ,press and even more. -
Reign of Terror
As many as 40,000 people were executed! An extream radical group took over France. -
Congress of Vienna meets
An attempt to restore Europe as it had been before the French Revolution and nepoleons conquest. -
Napoleon Dies
Napoleon makes alot of mistakes. He ha a 112 day rule. He is the exiled to st.Helen -
Glorious revolution
Parliment invited William and mary to replace James the second for sake of protestantism. This was a bloodless revolution. -
Death of Louis XIV
Louis was tried for trason by national convention,
