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Jan 1, 1350
The Italian Renaissance Begins
Image CitationThe Italian Renaissance was the earliest manifestation of the general European Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement that began in Italy during the 14th century and lasted until the 16th century, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe. The term Renaissance is in essence a modern one that came into currency in the 19th century, in the work of historians such as Jules Michelet and Jacob Burckhardt. Although the origins of a movement that was confin -
Jan 1, 1455
Gutenberg prints Bible using moveable type
Image CitationJohannes Gutenberg created the Gutenberg Printing Press in 2455.The first thing that was printed on the printing press was the Gutenberg Bible.The Bible was only 42 lines long. -
Jan 17, 1492
Columbus
Columbus and his fellow explorers make landfall on the largest of the Carribean islands,Cuba. -
Jan 1, 1505
Leonardo da Vinci paints the “Mona Lisa”
Image citationLeonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is one of the most famous and most celebrated works of all time. The mastery of the painting lies in its subtle detail, including the faint smile, and Mona Lisa's distinctive gaze. The work is said to have been commissioned by a gentleman named Francesco del Giocondo, who hired Leonardo to paint a portrait of his wife, and this is why The Mona Lisa is sometimes referred to as La Gioconda. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo begins painting the “Sistine Chapel”
Image CitationThe Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The ceiling is that of the large Papal Chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV after whom it is named, and was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II. The chapel is the location for Papal Conclaves and many important services. -
Jan 1, 1518
A Spanish ship carries the first boatload of African slaves to the Americas
Image CitationA Spanish ship carried a boatload of slaves from Africa to America. For the next two centuries it formed a triangular trade. The trade occured in Europe, Africa, Asia, and American continents. The Europeans carried manufactured goods like guns, cloth to Africa traded the goods for slaves. An esimate of 275,000 slaves were brought to America which then was called the Middle Passage, middle portion of the triangular trade route. Many slaves died because of disease and no medicine to cure. -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Elizabeth I became Queen Elizabeth I on Novemer 1¶,1558 when she was 25 years old.She inherited the throne from her hlf-sister Queen Mary I.She became queen when Mary died and remained in power until her death on March 24,1603. -
English found Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an english settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century situated around the present-day cities Salem and Boston.The territory adminastrated by the colony included much of present-day central New England,including poritions of the U.S, states of Massachusetts,Maine,New Hampshire,Rhode Island and Connectiut. Territory was claimed but never adminastrated by the colonial government extended as far west as the Pacific Ocean. -
Louis XIV comes to the throne of France at age four
Tough he assumed the throne at age 4,Louis XIV didn't actually assume control of the French government until the age of 18.His reign was the longest in the history of European monarchies – 72 years.
During his reign, Louis XIV reorganized the army and oversaw France’s involvement in five wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of Devolution, and the War of the Reunions -
Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years’ War
The Peace of Westphaliawas a sieries of peace treaties signed between May and October of 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster.These treaties ended the Thiry Years War in the Holy Roman Empire,and the Eighty Years War between Spain and the Dutch Republic ,with formally recognizingthe independence of the Dutch Republic.The Peace of Westphlia treaties involved the Holy Roman Emperor,Ferdinand III,of the House of Hasburg,the Kingdom of Spain,the Kingdom of France,the Swedish Empire,the Dutch Republic. -
Hungarian
The Hungarian diet grants the Habsburg dynasty in Austria a hereditary right to the crown of St Stephen -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution,[a] also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange). William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending of the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England. -
John Locke develops theory of government
John Locke believed that all people were bornequal and possessed natural rights:life,liberty,and property.He also believed that a political contract existed between the government and the people.Each had certain rights and responsibilities. -
George Washinton
George Washington raises on Prospect Hill a new American Flag,the British red ensign on a ground of thirteen stripes-one for each colony -
President George Washington
George Washington,unanimosuly elected first president of the United States, is inaugurated on Wall Street in New York. -
Meeting in Alabama
Seven southern states,meet in Montgomery,Alabama,agree to form the Confederate States of america. -
Curragh
British officers stationed at the Curragh in Dublin say they would resign if ordered to quell Protestant resistence in Ulster. -
Madrid
Madrid falls to the Nationalist forces,bringing the Spanish Civil Warto an end and Franco to power.
