World History 2 Timeline

history

Period: Oct 1, 1000 to Oct 1, 2013

World History 2 Timeline

Period: Sep 1, 1200 to Sep 1, 2014

Renaissance begins

Oct 1, 1300

history

Period: Oct 1, 1300 to Oct 1, 1700

Prince Henery Founds Navigational School

Oct 18, 1418

Constantinople becomes Istanbul

Oct 1, 1453

muslim Ottomans capture Constantinople and rename it

Columbus First Voyage

Oct 18, 1492

Treaty of Tordesillas

Sep 5, 1494

, 5 September 1494

Michelangelo Sculpts David

Oct 1, 1504

Michelangelo Paints Sistine chapel

Oct 1, 1508

Erasmus Writes "Praise of Folly"

Oct 1, 1511

da Vinci paints Mona Lisa

Oct 1, 1517

Cortez conquers the Aztecs

Aug 13, 1521

Pizzaro conquers the Inca

Dec 17, 1532

Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory

Dec 17, 1532

Shakespeare writes the tragedy of Julius Caesar

Oct 1, 1599

Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory

Dec 17, 1612

Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion.

Dec 17, 1620

William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood

Dec 17, 1621

Taj Mahal is built

Oct 1, 1648

in honor of Shan Jahan's dead wife

Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I

Dec 17, 1649

Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan

Dec 17, 1651

The restoration of Charles II

Dec 17, 1660

Glorious Revolution (William and Mary)

Nov 5, 1688

English Bill of Rights of 1689

Dec 16, 1689

John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government:

Dec 17, 1689

Peter the Great builds St. Petersburg

May 27, 1703

Death of Louis XIV

Sep 1, 1715

Isaac Newton formulated law of gravity.

Dec 17, 1720

Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws:

Dec 17, 1748

Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract

Dec 17, 1762

Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence

Jun 28, 1776

The American colonies win independence from England

Jul 4, 1776

Louis XIV builds palace of Versailles

Dec 17, 1788

Storming of the Bastille

Jul 14, 1789

Reign of Terror

Jul 28, 1794

Napoleon becomes Emperor

Dec 2, 1804

Congress of Vienna meets

Dec 17, 1814

Napoleon dies

May 5, 1821