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1297
The magna carta
Was signed established the foundations of English rights -
Jun 12, 1566
Nicolaus copernicus
Developed the heliocentric theory -
The baroque period
Began in art music and architecture -
The classical period
Began in art music and architecture -
The novel
Became a new form of literature -
Johannes kepler
Discovered planetary motion -
Galileo
Used the telescope to support the proof of the heliocentric theory -
The english civil war
Began between the roundheads -
Louis XIV
Became the king of france -
William Harvey
Showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body -
Oliver Cromwell
Began his rule of England as the lord protector -
Charles I of England
Was beheaded -
The restoration of Charles II
The monarchy was put back in control in England -
Isaac newton
Published his law of gravity -
Peter I
Became the czar of russia -
The palace of Versailles
It was built under the reign of LOUIS XIV -
The westernization of russia
Was started by Peter the great -
Thomas Hobbes
Published leviathan- social contract -
James II
Became the king of England -
The age of reason
(The enlightenment) Began -
William and mary
Became the leaders of England -
The English bill of rights
Was passed laying out specific rights on parliament -
Montesquieu
Published on the spirit of laws -
John locke
Published two treatises on government -
Francois Marie arouet
Chaned hidls name to voltaire and goes on to chapion individual freedoms -
Jean jacques Rousseau
Wrote the social contract -
The American revolution
Began which was heavily influenced by the age of enlightenment -
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the declaration of independence -
All weather roads
Were created to improve year round transport and trade -
The constitution
Was ratified on the US -
The storming of the Bastille
Was symbolic start of the French revolution -
The French revolution
Began having been influenced by the enlightenment and the American revolution -
The bill of rights
Was added tonthe constitution of the US -
Marie Antoinette was executed
At the guillotine -
Louis XVI was executed
At the guillotine -
The reign of terror
Marked a period of mass execution during the French revolution -
Edwards jenner
Introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox -
Napoleon bonaparte
Seized power in france in a coup d'etat -
Eugene delacroix
Began the transition of art to the romantic school -
St. Petersburg
Became the capital of Russia under peter the great