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Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance
The renaissance was really religous about paingings and focused on secular and humanism themes. Began in north italy because they were organized and wealthy. -
Oct 18, 1418
prince henrey founds navigation school in portugal
was a prince, soldier, and patrons of explorers. Was the third son of king john 1 -
May 29, 1453
Battle for constantinople
Ended the roman empire and the imperian state which lasted 1,500 years. -
Oct 18, 1492
columbus' first voyage
made 4 voyages to america, columbus was Not the first european voyage. -
Jun 7, 1494
treaty of tordesillas
Divided the newly discovered lands outside europe between portugal and spain along a meridean -
Feb 14, 1502
Michelangelo's "david"
Made entirely out of marble and is 17' feet tall. He symbolized Liberty, and Freedom -
Apr 5, 1504
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
This is the most popular painting in the world from books to music, and even being visited to. -
Jun 4, 1509
Erasmus, "Praise of Folly"
considered on of the most notible works of the raniassance. Employed as one of the catalysts. -
Sep 1, 1510
michelangelos sistine chapel
Has 9 scenes from the book of genesis, and the whole painting shows decoration and religon -
Feb 18, 1519
cortez conquers the aztecs
one of the most significant events in the colonization of america.. people supported him -
Oct 18, 1532
pizzaro conquers the inca
had 169 soldiers and beat the incas in the battle of cajamarca, and this was the first step in a long campaign -
Dec 11, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus developed the Heliocentric Theory
Polish scientist making the obesrvation that, "the sun is t\at the center of the universe." Also supported by the church -
william harvey discovering circulation of blood
english physican the fouun the circulation of blood in the body and created his own book called, "on the motion of the heart and blood in animals." -
shakespeare writes "tragedy of julius caeser"
He named it after the character but the character Julius is not the most visible in the book. he appears in 5 scenes -
Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion
Says orbits are olliptical and that math laws govern the laws of planetary motion -
Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory
Made the book, "starry messenger," and supported copernicus. The church was not happy and forced him to resent his beliefs -
Thomas hobbes, "Levithian"
The book "levithan," said humans are naturally "evil," and that live was nasty, brudish, and short. Also stating the people need to be controlled by a goverment -
taj Mahal Built
Was the resting place for mumtaz mahal. Made of white marble, and is 35 meters. -
Isaac Newton formulated the law of gravity
Was a english scientist that discovered the laws of gravity by a apple falling on his head one day. Published, "mathmatical principles of natural philosophy." -
John Lockes two treaties on goverment
said that the goverments power came from the people. Stated, "people have rights to life, liberty, and property." -
Death of Louis XIV
This happened the morning before his 77th Birthday. This was the longes Reign in France that has ever happened. Louis Died of a disease at the Palace of Versalies -
montesqueiu's The spirit of laws
this divided the goverment among the 3 branches: legislative, judical, and executive. Presenting checks and balances -
Jean-Jacques Rosseau's, The social contract
Social contract: Wrothe the "social contract," which means free individuals agree to create a sociaty and goverment to protect their rights. -
The americal colonies win indeopendence from England
The colonies rebel because because there were navigation acts- restricted colonial trade, and there was new taxes without representation in parliament. -
Thomas jefferson, and the declaration of independence
Argues for natural rights, and lists grievances and justification for revolution. this whole thing was based on Locke's idea. -
Storming of the Bastille
Occured in Paris, France this partically initiated by the cost of intervening in the american revolution. the storming of the bastille, along with the Declaration of the Rights of man and of the citizen were the third event of the opening stage on the revolution -
reign of Terror
Occured after the "onset" of the revolution. occured between the rival of two factions. This marked mass executions of "enemies of the revolution." -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
French military, and political Leader Napoleon started to rule during the ages of "The Revolution" Napoleon had created his own code, and was also the first monarch of France MR.BOYLAND, THIS IS OFF OF MY COMPUTER... THE IMAGE WONT LOAD I AM GIVING YOU A WARNING ABOUT THIS. -
Congress of Vienna meets
this was used to settle things involving the French Revolution. This objedctive resulted in the redrawing of the continentals politicail map. placing in boundaries to places like France, Netherlands, etc. -
Napoleon Dies
Napoleon died of a fatal Stomach Cancer. He was starting to loose his wars in the revolution (russis etc.) and later died.
