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Period: Dec 17, 1350 to
chapter 17-renaissance and reformation
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Period: Jan 27, 1390 to
age of exploration
this is the age of exploration -
Mar 5, 1392
birth of prince henry
prince henry of portugal was born. he founded the school of navigation in portugal. -
Dec 29, 1402
yonglo becomes ming emperor
When it was time for him to choose an heir, Yongle very much wanted to choose his second son, Gaoxu. Gaoxu was an athletic warrior type that contrasted sharply with his older brother's intellectual and humanitarian nature -
Jul 11, 1405
zheng he captains his first voyage
heng He's first voyage departed July 11, 1405, from Suzhou. it would be a good voyage -
Oct 9, 1409
donatello creates david statue
it is made of marble and is of david from david and goliath. -
Aug 25, 1440
invention of printing press
it was invented by johann gutenburg. it helped improve the literacy rate greatly. -
Apr 8, 1453
fall of constantinople
the turks took over constantinople in 1453. this marked the end of the roman empire -
Nov 23, 1453
the hundred years war ends
it was fought on french soil and was actually a succession of wars. -
Jan 31, 1488
bart dias reaches cape of good hope
he reached it in 1488. it was important. -
May 13, 1492
ferdinand and isabella end war with muslims
it was a series of military campaigns between 1482 and 1492, during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. It ended with the defeat of Granada and its annexation by Castile, ending Islamic rule -
Sep 10, 1492
columbus spots land in north america
Columbus "discovered" the West Indies in 1492, but didn't discover the mainland of the America's until his third voyage in 1498, and that was South America, on present-day Venezuela. -
Jun 7, 1494
spain and portugal make treaty of tordesillas
he lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west to Spain. The treaty was ratified by Spain. -
Nov 4, 1497
vasco de gama lands in india
Reaching the legendary Indian spice routes unopposed helped the Portuguese Empire improve its economy that, until Gama, was mainly based on trades along the Northern and coastal West Africa. -
Period: Mar 27, 1500 to
chapter 22
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Jan 31, 1503
davinci starts mona lisa
davinci started the mona lisa in 1503 in florence italy -
May 5, 1508
vespucci charts new world coast
america was named after him. he mapped america -
Oct 4, 1508
michaelangelo paints sisteen chapel ceiling
he started painting in 1508. it has various stories of the bible -
Dec 14, 1510
raphael paints school of athens
it is a famous painting by rafael that actually has him in it -
May 10, 1513
machiavelli writes the prince
the prince was written by machiavelli. it was published 5 years after death -
Oct 20, 1518
cortez lands on mexican coast
Blocked by his enemy the governor in Cuba Cortez decided in Oct. 1518 to go with his own force of 600 troops, the governor tried to stop him but he went anyway -
Mar 3, 1522
luther posts his 95 thesis
this was an important book -
Nov 6, 1532
pizzarro meets athualpa
On November 16, 1532, Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador, springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. With fewer than 200 men against several thousand, Pizarro lures Atahualpa to a feast in the emperor's honor and then opens fire on the unarmed Incans. -
Jul 24, 1534
cartier claims land in canada
24, July 1534. At Baie de Gaspé, Jacques-Cartier declared the new territory he found for the King of France. -
Jul 29, 1536
anne boleyn is executed
Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard -
Sep 18, 1537
edward VI is born
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine.The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch raised as a Protestant. During Edward's reign, the realm was governed by a Regency Council, because he never reached his majority -
Mar 27, 1540
nicolaus copernicus begins studying planetary movement
Nick was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center. -
Oct 1, 1553
Mary 1 is becomes queen
Mary was born on 18 February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London. She was the only child of King Henry VIII of England and his first wife Catherine of Aragon to survive infancy. she was known as bloody mary. -
Jun 8, 1556
ignatius of loyola founds the jesuit order
Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a local noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and was its first Superior General. -
Sep 21, 1556
philip 2 becomes king of spain
Known in Spanish as "Philip the Prudent" (Felipe el Prudente), his empire included territories in every continent then known to Europeans and during his reign Spain was the foremost Western European power. -
May 5, 1558
elizabeth I becomes queen
Elizabeth's life was troubled from the moment she was born. Henry VIII had changed the course of his country's history in order to marry Anne Boleyn, hoping that she would bear him the strong and healthy son that Catherine of Aragon never did. But, on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich Palace, Anne bore Elizabeth instead. -
Apr 14, 1566
the dutch revolt
the Dutch Revolt was the successful revolt of the Protestant Seventeen Provinces of the defunct Duchy of Burgundy in the Low Countries against the ardent militant religious policies of Roman Catholicism pressed by Philip II of Spain -
england defeats spanish armada
it made spain not be the best power or something -
thomas hobbes outlines the social contract
Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. -
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 in 1600 -
henry hudson is last seen
James Bay on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Hudson's crew mutinied, setting Hudson, his son and several other crew adrift in a small boat. -
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 in 1600 -
new netherlands becomes new york
new nether lands was named new york in 1603 -
galilep publishes his findings
His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism. -
william shakespeare dies
it is not certain how he died but it is thought to be a fever -
thirty years war
the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe, involving most of the countries of Europe -
english civil war
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists -
louis becomes king
louis becomes king -
peter embarks on embassy
he Grand Embassy (Великое посольство in Russian) was a Russian diplomatic mission, sent to Western Europe in 1697-1698 by Peter the Great. -
peace of westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster. -
the restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum -
first slave revolts
1663: First serious slave conspiracy in Colonial America
White servants and black slaves conspire to revolt in Gloucester County, VA, but are betrayed by a fellow servant. -
louis invades netherlands
the Spanish Netherlands was repeatedly invaded by the french. -
le salle claims missisippi river
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glorious revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England -
war of spanish succesion
he War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) was fought between two alliances of European powers, including a divided Spain, -
peter begins building st petersburg
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voltaire is exiled to england
in 1716 Voltaire was arrested and exiled from Paris for five months. From 1717 to 1718 he was imprisoned in the Bastille for lampoons of the Regency. -
baron von montesquie does some stuff
its baron von montesqeui -
fahrenheit makes the first mercury thermometer
was a German-Polish[1][2] physicist, engineer, and glass blower who is best known for inventing the mercury thermometer (1714), and for developing a temperature scale now named after him. -
frederick begins reign of prussia
Frederick the Great remains one of the most famous German rulers of all time. -
diderot publishes encyclopedia
In 1750 an elaborate prospectus announced the project, and in 1751 the first volume was published. -
seven years war begins
the French and Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War. the name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various American Indian forces allied with them -
seven years war
The Seven Years' War was a world war that took place between 1754 (in North America) and 1763. It involved most of the great powers of the time -
boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party (referred to in its time simply as "the destruction of the tea" or by other informal names and so named until half a century later,) -
priestley seperates oxygen from air
He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state. -
catherine puts down the slave rebellion
was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in Russia after Catherine II seized power in 1762. -
declaration of independence
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty -
cornwallis surrenders
the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, October 19, 1781 at Yorktown. The fire on Yorktown from the allies was heavier than eve -
greg was born
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constitution is signed
The Constitution was signed by 39 of the 55 delegates on September 17, 1787. -
beethoven dies
He died on 26 March 1827 at the age of 56 during a thunderstorm. His friend Anselm Hüttenbrenner, who was present at the time, said that there was a peal of thunder at the moment of death.
