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Dec 15, 1418
Prince Henry founds navigation school in Portugal
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Oct 18, 1453
Constantinople conquered and renamed.
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Mar 15, 1493
Columbus’ first voyage
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Dec 15, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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Sep 18, 1500
Renaissanc Begins
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Oct 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa
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Jan 18, 1504
Michelango's David
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Dec 16, 1504
Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory.
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Oct 1, 1509
Erasmus writes "Praise of Folly"
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Oct 1, 1512
Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine chapel
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Dec 15, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
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Dec 15, 1553
Pizzaro conquers the Inca
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Shakespeare writes "the tragedy of Julius Caesar"
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Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion.
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Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory.
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Taj Mahal built
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Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I
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Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan
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The restoration of Charles II
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Louis XIV builds palace of Versailles
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Isaac Newton formulated law of gravity.
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Glorious Revolution (William and Mary)
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John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government:
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English Bill of Rights of 1689
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Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
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Death of Louis XIV
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Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract
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William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood
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The American colonies win independence from England
Amerca won the revolutinary war. This day is celebrated today as Independance Day -
Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
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Storming of the Bastille
People of france attacked prison for gunpowder. this started French rev -
Reign of Terror
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Napoleon becomes Emperor
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Congress of Vienna meets
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Napoleon dies
