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Period: Jan 27, 1390 to
Ch. 19-20
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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portufal is Born
He was also known as Henry the Navigator. Henry was the third child of the Portuguese king John I. He is responsible for the early development of Portuguese exploration -
Jul 17, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
Yonglo Emperor, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China, reigning from 1402 to 1424. Yonglo sent Zheng He on many voyages. -
Jul 11, 1405
Zheng He captains his first voyage
Zheng He sailed as the represntative of the Ming Dynasty. He sailed with about 60 ships a dn over 25,000 people. He brought exotic gems and animals to Yonglo he had found during his voyage. He died on his seventh voyage. -
Period: Apr 17, 1420 to
History
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Sep 17, 1436
Johan Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
The printing press by Johan Gutenberg was not the first printing press. The printing press allowed more people to read and write as the number of books increased. It also allowed people who aren't as wealth as the kings or the lords to own at least one book. -
Apr 6, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
The fall of Constaninople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. Constaninople falls to the Ottomans. Constaninople fell and then when all the greek stuff moved to Italy, it gave Italy new knowledge of greek. -
Sep 27, 1453
The Hundred Year's War
The war was between France and England. England surrendered to France. The war was a result of a disagreement from William the Conquerer. It ended a period of economic trouble and stopped the decreasing population. -
Mar 12, 1488
B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
B. Dias was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first Euoprean to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean. This was important because the Europeans were now able to trade directly with India. -
Jan 2, 1492
Ferdinand & Isabella end war with Muslims
Granda War began in 1482. The war ended in 1492, when the Treaty of Granada was signed and ratified between Boabdil, the sultan of Granada, and Ferdinand and Isabella, the King and Queen of Castile, León, Aragon and Sicily. -
Oct 12, 1492
C. Columbus sports land in North America
After 10 weeks of traveling Christopher Columbus and his crew spotted the New World. During his first voyage in 1492, instead of reaching Japan as he had intended, Columbus landed in a New World, landing in the Bahamas archipelago, on an island he named San Salvador -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain & Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between Spain and Portugal to settle conflicts over new discovered lands, explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century explorers. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama lands in India
He was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route. -
Oct 29, 1498
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
Amerigo Vespucci charted the New World during his voyage. He knew Columbus was wrong and the New World wasn't Asia. The German mapmakers uses Vespucci's notes, and later name the New World "America". -
Period: Mar 26, 1500 to
Chapter 22
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Sep 8, 1501
Donatello creates his David statue
The statue represents the hero from the Bible David. The statue was unveiled on September 8, 1504. The eyes of David (a warning glare) were turned towards Rome. It is made of Bronze. -
Dec 31, 1503
Leonardo Da Vinci starts the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa was never finished. The Mona Lisa is now in the Louvre in Paris. The Mona Lisa revolutionized contemporary portrait painting. -
Sep 17, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel center decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Geneius. Michelangelo went blind while painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. While he painted the ceiling he mixed the oil based paints and plaster he was painting on, the mixture of paint faints away so today people still repaint over it to have the painting as close to it's original state. -
Dec 18, 1509
Raphael paints School of Athens
The Stanza della Segnatura was the first of the rooms to be decorated. Nearly all great Greek philosophers can be found in the painting. The painting has a central vanishing point. -
Jan 18, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
It wasn't published until 1532, 5 years after his death. The Prince is about how to be a good ruler. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 Thesis
Martin Luther posts his 95 Thesis on the door of the Wittenberg Church. Martin is threatened and goes in hiding, but it was the start of the reformation. -
Mar 26, 1518
Nicolaus Copernicus begins studying planetary movement
He observed the plantets and stars for 25 year. He came with the idea the planets revolve around the sun and not the other way around. -
Feb 23, 1519
H. Cortez lands on Mexican coast
With about 11 ships, 500 men, 13 horses and a small number of cannons, Herando Cortez landed in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mayan territory. He claimed the land for Spain in 1519. -
Nov 15, 1532
F. Pizzaro meets Atahualpa
With less than 200 men vs thousands, Pizarro invites Atahualpa to a feast in the emperor's honor. He than opens fire onto the unarmed Incans. Pizarro and his men were able to capture Atahualpa and kill many Incans. Pizarro forced Atahualpa to convert to Christianity. -
Mar 5, 1533
21-Ivan IV
Ivan came to throne when he was only three. He is also known as Ivan the Terrible. -
Jul 14, 1533
Mary I becomes Queen
She is also known as "Bloody Mary". She is the fourth to be crowned in the Tudor dynasty. Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the Protestant reign of her half-brother -
Jul 24, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
Cartier on his first voyage helped change the French conception of North America. It was believed that the area's only value in fishing. Cartier also reported that there were fertile lands and possibly wealth in minerals. -
Dec 14, 1534
Ignatius of Loyla founded the Jesuit order
The Jesuit Order is a Society of Jesus. It is a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola to defend Catholicism against the Reformation. It is very committed to education and scholarship. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is Executed
She was King Henry's second wife. She is the mother of Elizabeth I. Her execution made her a key figure in politics and religion. It was the start of the English Reformation. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is born
He was crowned on February 20th at the age of 9. Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. He was England's first Monarch raised as a protestant. Edward never governed by himself because he was son young and before he could reach the age of ruling himself he died. -
Period: Mar 3, 1550 to
Chapter 21
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Mar 3, 1555
21-Philip II of Spain
He became the King of Spain at the age of five. He was born on 1527 and died on 1598. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen
She was the fifth to be crowned it the Tudor dynasty as well as the last as she was never married and never had kids. She used not marrying as an advantage and gained more power. She was queen for about 44 years. -
21-Battle in the English Channel
Spain had the larger fleet (Spanish Armada) and more ships. It would have been great for open sea but it wasn't very good for the narrrow channels. Spain was defeated and was never powerful again. -
English East India Company is founded
The East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpetre, tea and opium. The Company was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth. -
Dutch East India Company is founded
It is considered to have been the first multinational corporation in the world and was the first company to issue stock. It possessed powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, coin money, and establish colonies. -
21-Don Quixote
Written by Miguel de Cervantes. Depict a modern noble man yearning for the days of knights. The noble man travels on an older horse fighting windmills (and other various object that are non-threatning). -
Henry Hudson was last seen
No one isn't sure what really happened to Hudson, they are't sure if he died from mutiny or from murder. Although he was last seen in 1611, 13 other people returned home from the voyage that same year. -
William Shakespeare Dies
He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". Shakespeare wrote about 38 plays,154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems, and few verses. His plays are traslated into every major living language. -
21-Thirty Years' War
It was a war between Protestant Union VS Catholic League fighting for influence of Europe. Phase one of the war (1618-1630) dominated by Hapsburgs. Phase two (1630-1648) start with Gustavus Adolphus (Sweden) beating Hapsburgs in Northern Germany. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
New Netherland was a colony established by the Dutch West India Company. In present day it is New York CIty, parts of Long Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey. -
21-Cardinal Richelieu
He is a minister who makes up for all of Louis's weakness. He does this by making the Hugnuenots vulerable, making the nobles weak, and fighting the Hapsburg. -
21-Charles I
He took the throne on 1625. When the parliment refused to give him funds he dissolved the parliment. -
Galileo publishes his many findings in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
This book presented the ideas of both Copernicus and Ptolemu. It showed Galileo supported the theory of Copernicus. -
21-English Civil War
The English Civil War began on 1642 and ended on 1645. Charles I wanted his kingdoms to follow one religion and the Scots reblled and threatend to invade England. The two sides were the supporters and opponets of King Charles. -
21-Louis XIV becomes King
He became king at the age of 5. He was born on 1638 and died on 1715. He became an absolute ruler at the age of 23. -
Thomas Hobbes outlines the social contract in Leviathan
The horrors of the English Civil War convinced him that all humans were naturally selfish and wicked. He argued that to escape such a bleak life, people gave up their rights to a strong ruler and exchange they gained law and order. -
21- Habeas Corpus
This law gave every prisoner the right to obtain a writ or document ordering that the prisoner be brought before a judge. The judge would decide whether the prisoner should be tried or set free, Monarch could not purt someone in jail simply for opposing the ruler. -
La Salle claim Mississippi River for Spain
The French explorer Rober de la Salle led an expedition from Canada down the Mississippi River to the Fulf of Mexico, La Salle claimed the entre Mississippi for France and name the land Louisiana. -
Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
This is one of the most important scientific books ever written. He describe the world as a giant clock. -
John Locke justifies rebellion in Two Treatises on Government
Locke said people are born free and equal and with three natural rights life, liberty, property. He said it was the governments job to protect these rights and if they didn't they should be overthrown. Therefore his book justified the overthrownment of James II. -
21-Peter the Great
Czar of Russia who sought to make Russia more European. He was born on 1672 and died on 1725. -
21-War of Spanish Succesion
War between French and Spain VS Britain, Austria, Dutch, Portugal, Germany, and Italy. It ended in 1713. The Treaty of Utrecht was signed. It stated Spain and Frace cannot be united -
21-A New Capital
Peter the Great began building a new city on Sweden's land once Sweden surrendered. While building the new capital about 25,000 to 100,000 people died from terrible working conditions and dieseases. -
Voltaire is exiled to England
Voltaire often used satire against his opponents, His sharp tongue made him enemies at the French court and he was sent to prison twice. After his second time in jail Voltaire was exiled to England. There he realized he liked the English government much better. When he went back to France he even raise the doubts about the Christian religion. -
21-Maria Theresa
Shw was born on 1717 and died on 1780. She succeeded her father in 1740 and inherited the Austrian throne. -
Frederick the Great begins his reign in Prussia
He wrote often to Voltaire about the changes, He was opened to may of the ideas of the Enlightment. Therefore, he granted religious freedom and improved education. However, he did not get ride of serfdom as he needed the support of the nobles. -
Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia, brought together all the most current and enlightend thinking about science, technology, art, government, and more. This book was made by the articles and essays contributed by many of the leading scholars of Europe. -
Seven Year's War begins
Seven Year's War began in 1756 and it affected Europe, North America, Cnetral America, the West African Coase, India, and the Philippines. This war involed great powers during that time. -
21-Seven Years' War
Maria therease decide that the French Kings were no longer Austria's chief enemies. Austria, France, Russia, and others were allied against Britain and Prussia -
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
She published an essay called A vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792. The essay stated that women, like men, should be educated. She stated that it's important for women to be educated as it can help educate their own kids (the sons) and allow them to be better mothers. She also believed that women should be doctors as well and not just nurses. She also argued for women's right ot participate in politics. -
The start of the Partition of Poland
Russia, Prussia, and Austria each tried to assert their influence and these countries took a piece of Poland. This is what is called the First Partition of Poland. -
Catherine the Great puts down the serf Rebellion
With great brutality, Catherine's army crushed the rebillion. She originally favored an end to serfdom but after the rebellion she decieded she needed the nobles' support the keep the throne and did not abolish serfdom. -
Boston Tea Party
Adams organized a raid against three British ships in Boston Harbor. The raiders dumped 342 chests of tea into the water as an act of protest. -
British Army and American Militia exchange fire at Lexington, Massachusetts
The fighting spread to nearby Concord. Then the members of Second Continental Congress voted to raise an army under the command of George Washington, The American Revolution had begun. -
Declaration of independence is signed
The document was written by Thomas Jefferson. The document ended by breaking the ties between the colonies. -
Joseph II abolishes serfdom in Austria
He abolished serfdom and oredered that peasants be paid for their labor with cash. The bobles resisted to this change. After the death of Joseph II, many of his reforms were undone. -
First slave revolts in Hispaniola
