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Period: Sep 1, 1200 to
World History 2 Timeline
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Jan 1, 1300
The Italian Rennaissance Begins
This was a new way of thinking. It was a rebirth of classical ideas and art and learning -
Apr 15, 1452
Leonardo DaVinci
Leonardo was a great religious artist. He also painted the Mona Lisa -
Apr 6, 1453
Byzantine capital of Constantinople conquered and renamed Instanbul by the Muslim Ottomans
The Ottoman empire was very strong and lasted for nearly 600 years. -
Apr 15, 1475
Michaelangelo
Michelangelo was a poet, sculptor, painter, and engineer. He is one of the most famous artists in the world. -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus discovers America
Christopher Columbus sails from Spain and discovers America. He was actually trying to find a trade route to Asia and found America by mistake. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
This settled conflicts between Spain and Portugal over land discovered by Christopher Columbus. -
Jan 1, 1501
Michelangelo sculpts the David
Michelangelo sculpted the David. It is one of his finest works. -
Jan 1, 1508
Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. It shows scenes from the Bible -
Jan 1, 1509
Erasmus and the praise of folloy
Erasmus wrote this essay in 1509. -
Jan 1, 1520
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
In the early 5000s the Spanish conquistadors took over the Indian Empires. They had better weapons and disease killed millions of Indians. Cortez conquered the Aztecs. -
Jan 1, 1526
The Taj Mahal built
A ruler of the Islam empire in India built the Taj Mahal for his wife's death. -
Aug 29, 1533
Pizarro conquers the Incas
Pizarro was a Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in the New World -
Jan 1, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory.
This said that the sun was the center of the universe. -
Shakespeare writes the tragedy of Julius Caesar
Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays. This one was about Julius Caesar. -
Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion.
Kepler said that planets traveled around the sun. -
Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory
Galileo used observation through a telescope to say that the earth went around the sun. A lot of people in the Church did not like this. -
William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood
William Harvey was a doctor who did a lot of research on people and animals and learned about blood circulation. -
Louis XIV builds the palace or Versailles
Louis the XIV was called the Sun King. He was a very strong king and ruled for many, many years in France. He built huge buildings and taxed people a lot. -
Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles 1
A war in England was fought to see if the king or Parliament had more power. Oliver Cromwell led the Roundheads who thought Parliament should win. The war lasted 7 years. They killed the king. -
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan
This is a book Thomas Hobbes wrote about government and it helped people think about new ideas. -
The restoration of Charles II
After Oliver Cromwell died, Charles II was made King of England. -
Isaac Newton formulated the law of Gravity
Isaac Newton thought about gravity watching apples fall and did a lot of investigations about gravity. -
Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg
Peter the Great was a strong king in Russia. The capitol of St. Petersburg is where he established his government. -
The Glorious Revolution (William and Mary)
Parliament replaced James II with William and Mary. There was no blood with this revolution which made it glorious. -
English Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights limited the power of the King. -
John Locke's Two Treatises on Government
John Locke wrote a book anonymously about government with people and not a king. -
Montesquieu"s The Spirit of Laws
Montesquieu believed in a government with a constitution and no slavery and separation of powers. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseaus's The Social Contract
This book helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe. -
Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
This document declared America's independence from England. -
The American colonies win independence from England
The Treaty of Paris ends the Revolutionary War and The American Colonies are independent.
