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Jan 29, 1394
Prince Henry of portugal is Born
facinated by explorataion he sent many ships to map and explore the african coast. -
Period: Jan 29, 1394 to
ch. 19-20
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Renaissance and Reformation
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Jan 29, 1402
yonglo becomes Ming emperor
Raised to China to its peak in power. -
Jan 29, 1405
Zheng He captians his first voyage
He was the Captain of the largest fleet in the world and led 7 expeditions. -
Apr 11, 1430
Donatello creates his David statue
Donatello creates his david statue. The nakedness of his statue is what stands out to most people. -
Dec 15, 1436
Inventing of the Printing press
Johan Intevted the printing press alowing books to be produced at a higher rate. It made people more literate and spread christianity throughout Eurpope. -
Jan 29, 1450
B. Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
First European to sail around the tip of Africa and reach the Indian Ocean. -
Apr 6, 1453
The fall of constantinople
The capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Emplire. Marked the end of the Byzantine empire. Helped fuel the renaissance. -
Oct 19, 1453
The Hundred Years War ends
The hundred years war ends for good this time.when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France. The war was said to have fueled the rennaissance. -
Jan 29, 1479
Ferdinand & Isabella end war with Muslims
The end of the war opened the doors for exploration. Isabella wanted Chrisipher to spread Chrisianity. -
Oct 12, 1492
Colombus spots land in North America
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Jun 7, 1494
Spain & Portugal agree to treaty of tordisallas
Treaty that gave land to Spain and Portugal. -
Jan 29, 1499
Vasco da Gama lands in India
first european to reach india by going around africa. -
Jan 29, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World coast
He maped most of the coast of north and south america and named the Continets after himself. -
Period: Mar 4, 1500 to
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Period: Mar 30, 1500 to
ch. 22
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Oct 6, 1503
Da Vinci starts the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Started painting the Mona Lisa. This painting is his most famous and it one of the most famous today. It leaves us with a mystery and to why she is smiling. -
Dec 16, 1508
Michelangelo paints the sistine chapel
Michelangelo started painting the celieng of the chapel. It took him four years to complete it. Today it is a work of art that many tourists enjoy seeing. -
Sep 18, 1509
Raphael paints School of Athens
Rapheal finishes School of Athens. The painting is his best work. He includes many important poeple from the past along with himslef in the corner. -
Jan 17, 1513
Machiavelli writes the prince
Machiavelli wrote the Prince in 1503 but it wasn't published untill 1513 after he died. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that the aims of princes are glory and justice. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 thesis
Martin Luther was basically the guy that got people away from being Catholic. He started Lutheranism. -
Jan 29, 1518
Hernando Cortez lands on the Mexican coast
Was conquistidor that conqerored the Aztec empire. -
Mar 26, 1520
Nicolaus Copernicus begins studying planetary movement
Copernicus observed the planets and their movements and came to the conculsion that Earth was not the center of the Universe was the Sun was. -
Jan 29, 1531
F. Pizarro meets Atahualpa
He traps and kidnaps the inca emperor devasating the empire later killing him. -
Jan 29, 1535
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canado
claimed land in canada for France Which helped them colonize. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 1536. She was executed because she could not give birth to a son. She was charged for being a witch. Her daughterd Elizabeth became one of England's greatest Queens. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward the sixth is born
Was the king of Ireland untill his death in 1547. He became king at the age of nine. During his reign there were many economic problems. -
Apr 19, 1541
Ignatius of Loyola founds the jesuit order
After being wounded during a great battle he went on a spiritual misson. He started a movement of jesus lovers. -
Dec 18, 1553
Mary the first becames Queen
Mary became queen at thirty seven when her husband died. She executed lots people and so she got the name bloody Mary. She restored Roman Catholisism. -
Mar 2, 1555
21 Charles the V divides his empire
Charles splits his empire and gives it to his son, and brother. -
Nov 17, 1558
Queen Elizabeth the first becomes queen
Was the Queen of England and Ireland. She was also known a the Virgin Queen. She helped the Drama of that period flourish. -
Mar 3, 1560
21 Ivan the terrible
Ivan was nice for the most part until his wife died and he blamed people for poisoning her. He then executed many boyars and their familes. -
Mar 2, 1568
21 The dutch defeat Spain
William of Orange tried to take over the netherlands but the dutch flooded thier lands to stop the Spainiards. -
Mar 2, 1576
21 absolute monarchs take power
they believed that they had the divine right meaning that god created the monarchy and acted gods representitive. -
Rene Descartes lays out his scientific Method
Rene believed that scientists needed to reject old assumptions. He relied on Mathametics and logic. -
English East India Company is founded
Company that allowed Britian to trade in Asia. -
Dutch East india Company is founded
21 year monopoly where the Netherlands could carry out trade in Asia. -
Galileo publishes his many findings in Dialugue Concerning the two Chief World Systems
Galileo described his observations saying that Jupiter had four moons and that the Sun has dark spots. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
English explorer that tried to find a north west passage to Asia. -
William Shakespeare dies
William Shakspeare, one of the greatest poets and playwriters ever. His plays are still performed today. -
21 thirty years wa
The war was fought between the hapsburgs and the prodestant princes. The war did great damage to germany. -
21 English civil war
King Charles fought Oliver Cromwell. In the end Charles was executed and it was the first time a king had been put on a public trial. -
Thomas Hobbes outlines the social contract
He was convinced that all humans were selfish and wicked. With out governments to keep order there would be war of every war with every man. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
The Duke of York set up outside and scared the Dutch away. -
21 the restoration
When Prince Charles restored monarchy so it was called the restoration. -
21 Louis the 14th takes power
At 23 louis becomes one of the greatest kings of France. -
21 peter visits the west
Peter the Great from Russia decided he needed to vist Europe to modernize Russia. He came back and brought many ideas back to Russia. -
La Salle claim Mississippi River for Spain
Opened up trade and also gave them acces to lots of land. -
21 Louis has verailles built
versilles was the biggest palace at the time and it stretched a distance of 500 yards. -
Isaac Newton Published his laws of gravity.
Newton was certain that all physical objects were affected equally by the same forces. -
John Locke justifies rebellion
According to him all people are born free and equal with three rights, life, liberty and property. The purpose of government is to protect these rights. -
21 land owners power
Wealthy land owners had so much power they could make a serf work 6 days a week leaving no time to grow thier own food. -
Mozart performs Don Giovanni
Mozart was one of the greatest composers of all time. He started conducting at the age of five and wrote more than 600 pieces in his lifetime even though he was only 35. -
21 war of spanish succession
serveral countries in Europe joined forces to stop France becuae it had gained to much power. -
21 New capital
The Russians began building St. Petersburg. A trade town the Russians got from the Swedes. 100,000m people died building it. -
Voltaire is exiled to England
He Published more than 70 books of political essays. He often used satire aginst his oppoenents. Fearing another jail term he fled to Paris. -
Baron von Montesquieu
He believed that Britian was the best governed country of his day. According to him Britian has the perfect balance of power. His book talked about not letting one person have too much power. -
Denis Diderot publishes first volumes of his encylopiedia
He imagined a large set of books to which all the leading scholars of Europe would contribute articles and essays. He believed that it would bring together all the latest ideas about science and technology. -
Seven Years war begins
The last major war invloved England France and Germany untill the revolutionary war. -
21 The seven years war
Frederick the great attacked Saxony. In the end france lost it's colonies in Europe and lead for further british expansion. -
George the 3rd becomes the king of great britain
He had colonies in North America and they were growing. Until 1776 most Americans considered themselves loyal to him. -
Catherine puts down the serf rebellion
Catherine was forced to marry the king of russia. with people on her side she put her husband in jail and then ruled. The serfs tried to rebel but she stopped it. -
Cesare Baccaria writes against torture
He believed that laws exsisted to preserve socail order not avenge crimes. He railed against common abuses of justice. He also believed the equl punishment should be abolished. -
The start of the Partition of Poland
Russia, Prussia and Austria all took a part of Poland and claimed it for themselves and Poland wasnt on the map again until after world war one. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel adams got a group of people together and attacked 3 british ships and dumped 342 crates of Tea overboard because of the high tax on Tea. -
Joseph Priestley seperates Oxygen from the Air
He noticed how good he felt after breathing it in and observed two mice as well. He thought it would become a luxury for people. -
Declaration of Independence in signed
Thomas jefferson wrote it declaring our independence from Britian. It included a long list of the kings abuses. it said the colonies were absolved from all allegiance to the british crown. -
Lord Cornwallis surrenders at York town
With assitance from France the americans were able to win the battle of york town and thus made Lord cornwallis surrender. -
Frederick the Great begins his reign in Prussia
He granted many religous freedoms, reduced censorship, and improved education. He also reformed the justice system at the time. -
Delegates at the Constitutional convention sign the constitution
55 delegates signed it. they were asked to revise the laws of the confederation. Using the new ideas of the Enlightenment they creaated a new system of government. -
First slave revolts in Hispaniola
Slaves revolted killing 30 people but then got killed.
