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Michaelangelos Painting of the sistine chapel
Cornstone work of high Renaissance art. The cedilings various painted elements from part of a larger scheme of decoration withen the chapel. -
Period: Sep 1, 1200 to
World History 2 Timeline
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Sep 1, 1300
Michelangelo "David"
5.17 metre marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the biblical hero David. favored subject art of florence -
Oct 1, 1300
The Renaissance
Started 1300 to 1600 Birth of the modern world. new and artistic ideas developed during this time. Began in Northern italy. It began there because of thriving cities. The Medici family ruled florence. -
Oct 18, 1418
prince henery founds navigation school in portugal
in this school people were trained in navigation map making and science they did this in order to sail west of africa -
Feb 2, 1453
Byzantine Capital of Constantinople conqured and renamed it Istanbul by the muslim ottomans
It was once one of the greatest cities in the world thriving and everything was changing quickley. Soon enough it was caputured by the muslim ottomas and renamed Istanbul. -
Oct 18, 1492
Columbus first voyage
Columbas needed Spain to help fund his voage to discover America. He was in search of an all water route to China. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The treaty was an agreement between Spain and Portugual settling conficts of new discovered land by Christopher Columbus.
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Oct 2, 1509
Erasmus writes "praise of folly"
First written in Latin. Best known work of the greatest of teh Renaissance humanists. -
Oct 18, 1519
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquer. He was known to be a quick thinker and, intenlligent man.He did not defeat them the first time but did the second time -
Oct 18, 1532
Pizzaro conquers the Inca
Incas were the largest ciilization in the Americans. Pizzaro was ranted by the Queen of Spain the license to conquer Peru -
Dec 14, 1543
Nicolaus C. Developed the Heliocentric Therory
Ther first predicitive mathematical model of the motion of the planests was developed by Nicholas. He was consdidered one of the most significant astronomical thinkers of all time. -
Dec 14, 1564
Galileo used telescope to support helliocentric therory
Galilieo was a Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. His observataions of the moon supported the heliocenrtic theroy. He used a telescope. -
Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion
In astronomy, Keplers laws of planetary motion are three scientific laws describing motion of planets around the Sun. Kepler was a German mthematician, astronomer and astrologer -
Shakespeare writes " the tragedy of Julius Ceaser"
It is the story of politiciol conflict and turns tto the ancient Roman world and to the famous assasination of Julius Ceaser by his republican opponent. It is still seen as one of the most important writings by Shakespears -
William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood
He was English Physician. He was teh first to describe completley the circulation of blood and in detail teh proprites of the heart -
Issac Newton formulated law of gravity
Issac Newton explained the workings of the universe through mathematics. He formulated the fowr laws of motion and gravity and how objects morve when force acts on them -
Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I
Cromwell was a English military and political leader. Charles I was the first of our monarchs to be put on trial for treason -
Thomas Hobbes Leviathan
He was an English professor best know for his on politicol philoshophy and politicol science. He also contriuted to history and geometry -
Taj mahal built
Was built on a parcel of land to the south of the walled city of Agra. It was a monumnetal tomb for his favourite wife. -
Louis XIV builds placeof Versailies
Louis XIV wanted t distance himself from the Parisians and to keep the powe with in the nobility. Converted a hunting lodge into the palace -
Glorious Revolution ( william and mary)
Also called the revolution of 1688. The Phrase William and Mary usually refers to the goregency over teh Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland -
English Bill of Rights 1689
Act of Parliment. Declaring rights and liberties and setteling the succession of teh crown. Reestablished teh monarchy. -
John Locke's Two Treaties on Goverment
Popular Sovereighty. Goverments power comes from people to have natural rights to life, liberty, and property -
Peter the Great builds St Petersburg
The first residential building to be built in the newly founded city of Sta Petersburg was a wooden house or cabin. Peter the great built the city of St Petersburg in order to have a great port o the Baltic Sea. It became a strategic trading location -
Death of Louis XIV
Known as Louis the Great or the Sun King. Had the longes reign in European history. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract
Swiss writer. Influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern politicol sociaolgical and educational thought. -
Thomas Jefferson Decleration of Independence
Adopted by teh Contienental Congress withc announced that the thriteen American colonies regarded themselves as independet states and no longer a part of the British Empire. It has one of the best sentences to this day. -
storming of bastile
Known as the begininng of the French Revolution. It was a prison and it had gunpowder -
Reign of Terror
aslo known simply as The Terro was a period of viloence tha occurred after start pf tje French revolution. The guillotine became the syboll -
Napoleaon becomes Emperor
Joined army of new french goverment. Military figure and civil law infulencer. -
Congress of Vienna Meets
Met from Sept 1814 to June 1815 to redraw Europs political map and settle issues from previous wars. All European states were represented -
Napoleon Dies
Some beleive he died of stomach cancer some of arsneic. He rulled for twenty years -
Leonardo da Vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
its a half length portrait of a women. Which has been regonized as the best known the most visited and the most written about portrait of the world. Believed to be painted between 1503 and 1506. -
Shakespeare writes "the tragedy of Julius Ceasr"
Believed to have been written in 1599. -
the restoration of Charles I
The Restoration of the English Monarchy began when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charless II.
