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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
The Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period in Europe that is considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. -
Jan 1, 1418
Prince Henry's school founeded
Prince Henry started the first school for oceanic navigation. -
Period: Apr 6, 1453 to May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire. -
Period: Jan 1, 1481 to Jan 1, 1566
Peak of Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire, empire grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus discovers America
Columbus led his three ships out of a Spanish port. -
Oct 15, 1492
Tobacco introduced to Europe
A Spanish doctor named Nicolas Monardes wrote a book about the history of medicinal plants of the new world. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was a treaty between Portugal and Spain in which they agreed to divide up all the land in the Americas between the two of them. -
Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Jan 1, 1498
Vasco da Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa
He was the first European to reach India by sea. -
Jan 1, 1517
Mona Lisa finished
The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. -
Oct 31, 1517
95 Theses
The 95 Theses were written by Martin Luther and are widely regarded as the initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. -
Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1522
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
He was the first European to go all the way around the world. -
Jan 1, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
He conquered the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain. -
Jan 1, 1523
Erasmus' Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly is an essay written in Latin by Desiderius Erasmus The essay was inspired by De Triumpho Stultitiae. -
Jan 1, 1526
Start of Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an empire established and ruled by a Persianate dynasty of Chagatai Turco-Mongol origin that extended over large parts of the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan. -
Jan 1, 1531
Pissarro conquers the Incas
He led his army up the Andes Mountains and reached the Inca town of Cajamarca. -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus' Heliocentric theroy published
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun. -
Period: Jan 1, 1545 to Jan 1, 1563
Conuncil of Trent
The Council of Trent was was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. -
Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. -
Galileo's first telescope
The basic tool that Galileo used was a crude refracting telescope -
William Harvey discovered cirulation of blood
William Harvey to the discovery of the circulation of the blood and his scientific and experimental approach to this matter. -
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30 years war
The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. -
Discartes' Discourse on Method
The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise. -
Taj Mahal built
The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located on the southern bank of the Yamuna River in the Indian city of Agra. -
Newton's laws of gravity
All objects attract each other with a force of gravitational attraction. -
Anglican Church started
The Church of England and the churches in other nations that are in complete agreement with it,