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Oct 1, 1300
The Renaissance
Renaissance began in 1300 and lasted until 1600.Renaissance=Rebirth of classicalideaas, art, and learning- New intellectual and artistic ideasthat developed during the Renaissance marked the "birth" of the modern world. -
Oct 17, 1419
Prince Henry founds naviqation school in Portugal
He was responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents. -
Oct 1, 1453
Byzantine capital of Constantinople conquered and renamed istanbul by the Muslim Ottomans
The fall of Constantinople happened around 1453, the Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Istanbul became largely muslim when the fall happened, -
Oct 17, 1492
Columbus' first voyage
He made four voyages to the Americas, the first being in 1492, which resulted in the Discovery of America from a European point of view. -
Oct 17, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
It divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain -
Oct 1, 1501
Michelangelo's "David"
Painted the Chapel's ceiling and Sculpted David
"David" was sculpted in 1501-1504
Sculpted "David" in Florence, Italy -
Oct 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
Leonardo began painting the Mona lIsa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence,Italy -
Oct 1, 1508
Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine chapel
Was painted in between 1508 an1512 -
Oct 1, 1509
Erasmus wrote "praise of folly"
Praise of Folly was written 1509 to amuse Sir Thomas Moore. -
Dec 16, 1517
Nicolaus Copernicus invented Heliocentric Theory
Nicolaus was a Polish scientist who developed the "Heliocentric Theory," it sai the sun was the center of the universe; not the earth. -
Oct 17, 1519
Cortez conqueros the Aztecs
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most significant events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. -
Oct 17, 1532
Pizzaro conquers the Inca
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. -
Shakespeare writes "the tragedy of Julius Caesar"
Shakespeare wrote the play around 1599 -
Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion
Kepler was a German scientist that discovered the laws govern planetary motion. He said mathematical laws govern planetary motion and orbits were elliptical. -
Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory
Galileo was a Italian scientist; he used the telescope to support the Heliocentric Theory in 1609. He later published his findings in Starry Messanger. -
William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood
William Harvey was an English doctor that published "On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals." He also deiscovered the circulation of blood throughout the body. -
Louis XVI builds palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles was built in 1624, it was originally a hunting lodge. It was expanded by Louis XIV beginning in 1669 he used it as a lodge for his secret refuge for his armorous trysts. Mansart, the king's principal architect, drew the plans to enlarge what was turning more and more into a palace. -
Taj Mahal was built
It was built by Mughal emperor Shah jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It took 22 years to finish the entire building -
Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I
In London Kind Charles I was beheaded for treason in 1649. Oliver cromwell was a prime mover in the trial and execution. -
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan
Hobbes was an English thinker and he wrote the Leviathan in 1651. He believed that Humans are naturally evil in the "state of nature ," life would be "nasty, brutish, and short." He was convinced that this is the reason people need a government. -
The restoration of Charles II
Charles the second was Charles Is' son and was put on the throne by Parliment and his rule was called the restoration because it restored the monarchy. -
Isaac Newton formulated the Laws of Gravity
Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws that together form thefoundation for classical mechanics. One of the laws he published the law in 1687 and used it to explain the observed motions of the planets and their moons. -
Glorious Revolution (William and Mary)
In 1688, Parliment invited William and Mary to replace James II for sake of Protestanism; this was a bloodless revolution. They then attack the Bastille ( Paris prison) to get gunpowder. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was created in 1689 and said a ruler couldn't levy taxes without Parliments consent, interfere with freedom of speech in Parliment, and penalie a citizen who petitions the king about grievances. -
John Locke's two treatises on Government
John locke was an English thinker and he wrote Two Treatises on Government in 1690. Some of his ideas were "popular Sovereignty," government's power comes from the people, and people have "natural rights" to life, libertuy, and property. -
Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
Peter built St. Petersburg to give himself seaport to the West (Called a window to the West.) This was the new Capital -
Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws
The Spirit of the Laws is a treatise on political theory published by Montesquieu in 1748. He was a french writer and some of his ideas were seperationof powers, dividing government powers among 3 branches, and checks and balances. -
Jean-Jaques Rousseau's The Social Contract
The social contract was written by Rousseau and his ideas were that he supported religious toleration and free speech and he wanted seperation. -
Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence and was written in 1776. It fueled the revolutions in the America's and France. -
The American Colonies win Independence from England
The Boston Massacre, Lexington and Concord was the only type ov violence; after these events occured the colonies won Indepence.New taxes without representation in Parliment and navigation acts restricted colonial trade. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille (July 14,17890)- French Independence day; people gathered weaponds in order to defend Paris against the King's Swiss mercendary army. -
Death of Louis XVI
Louis was executed, beheaded, in 1793 by the means of Guillotine during the French Revolution. Louis XVI was only 19 years old when he ascended the French throne, and his youth and inexperience made him an immature and indecisive leader. -
Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror was a period of violence that occured after the French Revolution; incite of rival by political factions. This created mass execution to destroy "enemies of the revolution." -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Napoleon declared himself Emperor of France in 1804 in attempt to unify Europe under French domination, he doesn't suceed. He was trying to restore order back into France unfortunately he was not successful. -
Congress of Vienna meets
The Congress of Vienna serves of meetings of European leaders from 1814-1815. They attempted to restore Europe as if it had been before the French Revolution anf Napoleic Conquest.They wanted to return to the general peace and stability that Europe had before the French Revolution. -
Napoleon dies
Napoleon dies in 1821 from stomach cance but a lot of people choose to believe it was from Arsenic poisoning, He was not still ruling the country when he died but he ruled from 1804-1815; so the government wasn't affected by his death but he was exiled from France more than once. When he was exiled from Farance Louis XVIII took over rule.
