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Period: Sep 1, 1200 to
World History 2 Timeline
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May 7, 1300
Renaissance begins
Started in northern Italy due to Italy's central location, trade routes and cultural exchange. Wealthy families like the Medicis funded the artists. -
Jun 24, 1419
Prince Henry founds navigation school in Portugal
The school started Portuguese exploration and trade. Soon Portugal had trading posts along west Africa. -
May 29, 1453
Constantinople is renamed Istanbul
The Ottoman empire lays seige to Constantinople and takes over it and makes it the capital of their empire. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus' first voyage
Columbus leaves Spain to find a sea route to Asia. Instead he finds the New World. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas is signed
Divided newly discovered American lands between Spain and Portugal. -
Oct 5, 1504
Michelangelo creates David
Michelangelo sculpts David from the Bible. -
Feb 9, 1509
Erasmus writes Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly makes fun of pompous priests, young lovers, and greedy merchants. -
Aug 16, 1512
Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel's ceiling
Michelangelo paints the ceiling on a church outside the Vatican. -
Nov 23, 1517
Da Vincipaints the Mona Lisa
Da Vinci paints one of the most famous paintings ever. -
Aug 13, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
The Native Americans and Spainish conquered the Aztecs with guns and horses. This event was a major part of the Spainish colonization of America. -
Feb 6, 1532
Pizzaro conquers the Incas
He conquers due to disease and superior weapons. -
Jul 7, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory
He said the sun was the center of the solar system, not the earth. Published On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies. -
Shakespeare writes the Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Shakespeare write a play about the assassination of Julius Caesar. -
Renaissance ends
The Renaissance ends and the Modern Era begins. -
Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion
Said mathematical laws govern planetary motion. Said orbits are elliptical. -
Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory
Supported Copernicus' ideas of heliocentric theory. Forced to recant his ideas by the church. -
Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I
Charles I had a fight with Parliament over money, Cromwell supported Parliament and gained power. He executes Charles for treason. -
Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan
Said humans are naturally evil, live in nature would be nasty, brutish and short. State must have central power to manage behaviour. -
William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood
Harvey was an English doctor. Published On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals. -
Taj Mahal was built
The Taj Mahal was built to honor Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan's wife. -
Restoration of Charles II
His rule restored the power of the monarchy in England. -
Palace of Versailles is built
Louis XIV built this to impress foreign monarchs and to show his power. He forced all the nobles to live here so he could control them and have complete power. -
Isaac Newton formulated law of gravity
Newton published Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. -
Glorious Revolution of William and Mary
James II was replaced by the Protestant William and Mary. -
John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government
Popular sovereignty means government power comes from the people. People have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
Purpose of government to protect those rights, if it doesn't people have the right to revolt. -
English Bill of Rights of 1689
Said the monarchy could not levy taxes without Parliaments consent, could not interfer with freedom of speech in Parliament or penalize citizens who petition. -
Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
Built to create a seaport to west. Brought Russia out of the medieval ages. -
Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws
Seperation of powers into three branches. Each branch can restrain the power of the other two. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract
Social contract is free individuals agree to crate government to protect their rights. -
Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
Based upon John Locke's ideas. Argued for natural rights and listed grievances as justifications for revolution. -
The American colonies win independence from England
Due to the Navigation acts (restricted colonial trade), new taxes without representation, and British violence in the colonies. -
Storming of the Bastille
Citizens gathered weapons to defend Paris against the King's Swiss mercenary army. Symbolic start of the French Revolution. -
Reign of Terror
Rolled through France in 1789, peasants afraid of nobles and vice versa. -
Death of Louis XVI
Declared a treasonist by the National Assembly, tried and found guilty.
(The overview said Louis XIV and I assumed you meant XVI, sorry if this is wrong.) -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Planned to unify Europe under French domination, created an effiecent tax system, improved government efficency. created the Napoleonic code. -
Congress of Vienna meets
Meet to contain France, balance power by equally distrubuting power among Europe, replaced European monarchs that Napoleon had dethroned, and caused new political philosophies to form. Increased nationalism, reduced French power, Britian and Prussia gained power and revolutions in Latin America. -
Death of Napoleon
Escaped exile and allowed to rule for 100 more days, failed in the Battle of Waterloo, exiled again to St. Helena.
