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Jan 1, 1400
Italian Renaissance
The rebirth of arts, culture, and thinking which lasted until the 16th century. -
Jan 1, 1418
Prince Henry's School Founded
Prince Henry founded the first ever school of navigation to train and prepare explorers. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
The fall ignited the growth in importance of Islam in the European world. -
Jan 1, 1481
Peak of Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire was at it's full height which made it gain both land and power, -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus discovers America
Christopher Columbus was the first to discover the new world, and did it with the help of a team and 3 ships- The Nina, The Pinta, and the Santa Maria. -
Oct 14, 1492
Tobacco introduced to Europe.
Columbus was offered tobacco from Native Americans. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordasillas
Meant to settle conflicts and disputs about the newly discovered land. -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa
A water route is doscovered and utalized for growth in trade and supplies a route to India. -
Jan 1, 1511
Erasmus's Praise of Folly
About a charater who's mind set of different from everyone else's at the time and notices the corrupt Roman Catholic Church. -
Jan 1, 1517
Mona Lisa Finished
Leonardo Da Vinci finishes one of the most famous art pieces in the world. -
Oct 31, 1517
95 Theses
Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, a book with dispute ideas. -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortez Conquers the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortez conquers another Empire for the Spanish. -
Sep 20, 1519
Magellan circumnaviagtes the globe
Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globe which vastly expands human's knowledge of the world they live on. -
Jan 1, 1526
Start of Mughal Empire
Mughal Empire is started which will become one of the largest empires in the Indian territory. -
Nov 15, 1532
Pissarro Conquers the Incan Empire
The Incans are conquored aswell as all of their neighboring civilizations as the Spanish sail over. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus' Heliocentric theory published
Copernicus develops theory that all planets revolve around the central, and nonmobile, sun. -
Jan 1, 1548
Council of Trent
A council created by the Protestant Refromation and was one of the Roman catholic Chruch's most important councils. -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Spanish's "Invincible Armada" was defeated by Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake with the help of the English naval force. -
Shakespear's Julius Caesar
Shakespear writes a tradgedy of Caesar's life. -
Galileo's First Telescope
Galileo makes his first telescope with which he observed the moon and discovered the four satellites of Jupiter. -
William Harvey doscovered ciculation of blood
William Harvey discovers blood circulation after studying at Cambridge and Padua. -
30 Years War
A series of wars in central Europe. -
Discartes' Discourse on Method
The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise. -
Taj Mahal Built
The Taj Mahal is an anceint Indian building made as a tomb for the wife of a king. -
Newton's Law of Gravity
A theory hypothesizing the amount of mass and space apart produces gravity. -
Aglican Church Started
King Henry VIII started a church of his own to divorce his wife.
