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Sep 1, 1300
renaissance begins
started 1300 to 1600 birth of modern world. new and artistic ideas developed at this time. -
Oct 17, 1418
Prince Henry found navigational school in Portugal
Prince Henry started this school in 1418 , was succesful -
Apr 15, 1453
Byzantine capitol of constantinople conquered and renamed Istanbul by Muslim Ottomans
This was called the fall of constantinople -
Mar 1, 1477
michelangelo sistine chapel
cornstone work of high renaissance work. the ceilings various painted elements from part of a larger scheme of decoration within the chapel. -
Aug 3, 1492
columbus first voyage
when columbus discovered the new world -
Jan 15, 1494
treaty of tordesillas
divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain -
Oct 1, 1501
michellangelo's "David"
5.17 marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the biblical hero of david. -
Oct 1, 1503
Leonardo da vinci paints the "Mona Lisa"
its a half length portrait of a women. Which has been recognized as the best known, best visited, and most written about portrait ever. -
Jan 15, 1509
Erasmus writes "praise of folly"
Praise of Folly is considered one of the most notable works of the Renaissance -
Jan 15, 1521
cortez conquers the Aztecs
the aztecs were tricked -
Jan 15, 1532
Pizzaro conquers the Inca
one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. -
Jan 15, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory
sun is center of universe -
shakespeare writes "the tragedy of julius caesar"
portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius
ceasar -
johannes kepler discovers planetary motion
The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.
A line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.[1]
The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit. -
Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory
was the first to use a telescope to prove heliocentric theory -
william harvey circulation of blood
discovered how bllod flows through the body -
louis viv builds palace of versailles
one of most visited places in the world -
taj mahal was built
was built in 1632 -
oliver cromwell and the execution of charles I
was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland -
Thomas hobbes leviathan
work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government -
the restoration of charles II
happend after the death of oliver cromwell -
isaac newton laws of gravity
states that any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses -
glorious revolution (william and mary)
also called revolution of 1688 -
english bill of rights
Act of the parliament of England -
john locke two treatise of government
greater government -
peter the great builds st. petersburg
peter the great builds the city of St. Petersburg as the new Russian capital. -
death of louis xiv
got his head chopped of by guilotine -
Montesquieu's The spirit of laws
a treatise on political theory -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The social contract
originated during age of enlightenment -
Thomas Jeffferson's Declaration of Independence
gave american colonies there independence -
The American colonies win independence from England
won there independence from Declaration of Independence -
storming of the bastille
The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. -
reign of terror
a period of much viloence, including people getting there heads chopped off by the guilotine. -
napoleon becomes emperor
Napoleon I was the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years -
congress of vienna meets
The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars -
napoleons death
Napoleon died, his death was unmasked
