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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
chapter 17
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Period: Feb 3, 1300 to
chapter 19/20
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May 2, 1360
yonglo becomes ming emperor
Anxious to establish his own legitimacy, Zhu Di voided the entire reign of his young nephew and established a wide-ranging effort to destroy or falsify records concerning his childhood and rebellion. -
Feb 6, 1371
zheng he captains his first voyage
As a favorite of the Yongle Emperor, whose usurpation he assisted, he rose to the top of the imperial hierarchy and served as commander of the southern capital Nanjing (the capital was later moved to Beijing by Yongle). -
Feb 3, 1394
prince henry of portugal is born
Henry was born in 1394 in Porto, probably when the royal couple was living in the city's old mint, now called Casa do Infante (Prince's House). -
Feb 8, 1409
donatello creates his david statue
The story of David and Goliath comes from 1 Samuel 17. The Israelites are fighting the Philistines, whose best warrior – Goliath – repeatedly offers to meet the Israelites' best warrior in man-to-man combat to decide the whole battle. -
Jan 8, 1450
johan gutenberg invents the printing press
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Jan 10, 1453
the hundred year of war ends
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France for control of the French throne. -
May 29, 1453
fall of constantinople to the turks
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Feb 6, 1482
ferdinand and isabella end war with muslims
The ten-year war was not a continuous effort: it was a series of seasonal campaigns launched in the spring and postponed in the winter. The Granadans were crippled by internal conflict and civil war; meanwhile the Christians were generally unified. -
Feb 3, 1488
B.dias reaches cape of good hope
When following the western side of the African coastline from the equator, however, the Cape of Good Hope marks the point where a ship begins to travel more eastward than southward. -
Oct 27, 1491
ignatius of loyola founds the jesuit order
Between 1524 and 1537, Ignatius studied theology and Latin in the University of Alcalá and then in Paris. -
Feb 6, 1492
c.columbus spots land in north america
Though Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas (having been preceded by the Norse expedition led by Leif Ericson in the 11th century[ -
Feb 3, 1494
spain and portugal agree to treaty of tordesillas
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Jul 3, 1497
vasco da gama lands in india
Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast -
Feb 3, 1500
dutch east india company is founded
Weighed down by corruption in the late 18th century, the Company went bankrupt and was formally dissolved in 1800,[8] its possessions and the debt being taken over by the government of the Dutch Batavian Republic. -
Period: Mar 6, 1500 to
chapter 21
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Period: Mar 26, 1500 to
chapter 22
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Jan 8, 1503
leonardo davinci starts the mona lisa
Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world."[1] -
Jan 8, 1509
raphael paints school of athens
The School of Athens is one of a group of four main frescoes on the walls of the Stanza (those on either side centrally interrupted by windows) that depict distinct branches of knowledge. -
Jan 8, 1512
michelangelo paints the ceiling of the sistine chapel
Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The Creation of Adam is the best known, having an iconic standing equalled only by Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations -
Apr 9, 1513
machiavelli writes the prince
Although it was written as if it were a traditional work in the mirrors for princes style, it is generally agreed that it was especially innovative -
Feb 18, 1516
mary i becomesqueen
As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the short-lived Protestant reign of her half-brother. -
Mar 10, 1517
martin luther posts his 95 thesis
The background to Luther's Ninety-Five Theses centers on practices within the Catholic Church regarding baptism and absolution. -
Sep 7, 1533
elizabeth i becomes queen
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May 19, 1536
anne boleyn is excuted
Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort of England, was executed by a French Swordsman at the Tower of London on 19th May 1536, just 16 months after becoming Henry VIII’s second wife. Read more: http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/why-was-anne-boleyn-executed/#ixzz2puolhsXe -
Oct 12, 1537
edward vi is born
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english east india company is founded
Commonly associated with trade in basic commodities, which included cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpetre, tea and opium, the Company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth in 1600,[3] making it the oldest among several similarly formed European East India Companies. -
english east india company is founded
The company was dissolved in 1874 as a result of the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act passed one year earlier, as the Government of India Act had by then rendered it vestigial, powerless and obsolete. -
johannes kepler mathematically proves copernicus and brahe
Though Kepler is best known for his defining laws regarding planetary motion, he made several other notable contributions to science. He was the first to determine that refraction drives vision in the eye, and that using two eyes enables depth perception. He created eyeglasses for both near and farsightedness, and explained how a telescope worked. He described images and magnification, and understood the properties of reflection. -
william shakespeare dies
The cause of Shakespeare's death is a mystery, but an entry in the diary of John Ward, the vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford (where Shakespeare is buried), tells us that "Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted -
fredrick the great begins his reign in prussia
Fredrick built Prussia into one of the strongest nations in Europe and left a legacy of absolute devotion to the fatherland that continued to shape German history into the 20th century -
George the III becomes the king of great britain
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mary wollstonecraft is born
Within four years, she published her most famous work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). In the work, she clearly abhors prevailing notions that women are helpless adornments of a household. Instead, she states that society breeds "gentle domestic brutes” and that a confined existence makes women frustrated and transforms them into tyrants over their children and servants. The key, she purports, is educational reform, giving women access to the same educational opportunities as men. -
declaration of independence is signed
the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and on the following day 12 of the 13 colonies voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee's motion for independence. -
joseph II abolishes serfdom in Austria
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Lord cornwallis surrenders at yorktown
Although the war persisted on the high seas and in other theaters, the Patriot victory at Yorktown effectively ended fighting in the American colonies. Peace negotiations began in 1782, and on September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, formally recognizing the United States as a free and independent nation after eight years of war.
