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Sep 8, 1300
Renissance Begins
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century -
May 29, 1453
Byanzantine capital Constantinople is conqured by Ottomans and renamed Instabul
When it was conqured, it was a 1500 year old empire -
Dec 17, 1492
Columbus sets sail.
Columbus took the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria -
Jun 4, 1494
The Treaty of Tordesillas
It divided the lands belonging to Portugal and Spain -
Oct 1, 1503
Leo paints the Mona Lisa
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Sep 8, 1504
Michaelangelo's David
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Sep 17, 1508
Michaelangelo's painting of the Sistine Chapel
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Oct 1, 1509
Erasmus writes "Praise of Folly"
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Aug 13, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
Most signifigant event in the Spanish colonization of the Americas -
Dec 17, 1522
Nicolaus Copernicus discovers the Heliocentric Theory
He discoverd the Sun is in the center of the universe, not the Earth -
Jun 26, 1541
Pizzaro conquers the Incas
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"Shakespear writes "The Tradgedy of Julius Ceaser"
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Prince Henry's navigaional school founded
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Johannes Kepler discovers Planetary Motion
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Galileo Galilei uses a telescope to support Heliocentric Theory
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William Harvey discovers circulation of blood
Published a book on his discovery -
Taj Muhal was built
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Oliver Cromwell executes Charles I
Father of Charles II who restored the country -
Thomas Hobbes publishes The Leviathan
He thought humans were naturally evil -
The Restoration of Charles II
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Isaac Newton formulates Gravity
Discovered when an Apple hit him on the head -
The Glorious Revolution of William and Mary
William and Mary overtook the throne -
The English Bill of RIghts was signed
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John Locke publishes Two Treatises of Government
His ideas were used in Thomas Jefferson's Decleration of Independance -
King Louis XIV builds Palace of Versailles
Built to make enemies envious and provided a home for his Nobles -
Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
After winning access to the Baltic Sea through his victories in the Great Northern War, Peter I found the city of St. Petersburg as the new Russian capital. -
Montesquieu publishes The Spirit of Laws
Used to cllassify the classification system -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes The Social Contract
Talks about peoples freedoms -
Thomas Jefferson's The Decleration of Independence was ratified
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The American colonies win Independence from Great Britian
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Storming of the Bastille
Stormed a Prison for Gunpowder -
The exectution of Louis XIV for Treason
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Reign of Terror
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Napoleon is crowned Emperor
He was exiled and came back to rule for 112 days before being exiled further. Wrothe the Napoleianic Code -
Congress of Vienna meets
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states -
Death of Napoleon
His death is questioned of how he died
