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1450
Gutenberg
Created the printing press -
Period: 1455 to 1460
Prince Henry of Portugal
Before he sailed to Cape Verde, Africa, Europe thought Africa went on forever -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Discovered America -
1498
Vasco da Gama
Found a water route around Africa to India -
1503
Da Vinci
Painted the Mona Lisa -
1512
Michelangelo
Painted The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel -
1512
Hernan Cortez
Invaded Mexico and conquered the Aztecs -
1517
Martin Luther
Created his 95 Theses and started the Reformation -
1519
Erasmus
His second edition of the New Testament came out -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Sent five ships with him to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands -
1521
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Was wounded in a war and underwent a spiritual conversion during recovery -
1532
Francisco Pizarro
Tricked and killed the Incan Emperor, Atahualpa -
1534
Henry VIII
Created the Anglican Church so a pope couldn't tell him what he can and can't do -
1534
Jacques Cartier
Went on his first voyage looking for a passage to Cathay -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Made the heliocentric theory -
1553
John Calvin
Created Calvinism and believed in predestination -
1559
Elizabeth I
Made the Anglican Church the official state church -
1562
Huguenots
Involved in many wars -
Period: 1577 to 1580
Francis Drake
Sailed around the world -
Period: to
Spanish Armada
Elizabeth I troops fought and won against the Spanish Armada -
Henry IV
Gave Huguenots religious freedom -
Shakespeare
Wrote Hamlet -
Miguel de Cervantes
Wrote Don Quixote -
Johannes Kepler
Made the laws of planetary motion -
Galileo Galilei
Created his telescope -
Louis XIII
Became king at 10 years old -
William Harvey
Announced his discovery of circulation of blood in the body -
Period: to
Thirty Years War
Ended with The Peace of Augsburg -
Period: to
Louis XIV
The Age of Louis XIV was the time period when Louis XIV ruled France -
Civil War
Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, wins the Civil War against the Nobles, led by the king. -
Charles I
Beheaded for treason -
Hobbes
Wrote the Leviathan and believed all humans were evil -
Oliver Cromwell
Becomes dictator -
Charles II
Becomes king and starts the Restoration -
Isaac Newton
Created the law of gravity -
Period: to
Peter the Great
Ruled Russia -
Isaac Newton
Created the laws of motion -
William and Mary
Parliament asks William and Mary to get rid of James II and rule jointly -
English Bill of Rights
Was passed creating separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, and encourages the freedom of speech -
Locke
Wrote the Two Treatises on Government and said people had three natural rights: Life, liberty, and property -
Period: to
Frederick the Great
Ruled Prussia -
Montesquieu
Wrote the Spirit of Laws and believed separation of the powers was the best type of government -
Voltaire
Wrote the Candide against prejudice, superstition, and intolerance -
Rousseau
Wrote the Social Contract and said that civilization meant the stronger ruled over the weaker -
Period: to
Louis XVI
Was the last king of France in the line of bourbon monarchs before the French Revolution -
Versailles
Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles -
Bastille
Townspeople stormed the Bastille -
Period: to
Napoleon
Was a french military leader and emperor who conquered most of Europe -
National Assembly
Created the New Constitution -
Radicals
Took over the government -
Robespierre
Started the Reign of Terror -
Louis XVI
Was executed for treason by the guillotine -
Period: to
Reign of Terror
Was meant to protect France from enemies and keep the country safe from foreign invaders -
Eugene Delacroix
Painted the Liberty Leading the People