World History Review

  • Period: 1450 to

    Age Of Discovery

  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus Discovers The Americas

    Age of discovery
  • Period: 1500 to

    Height Of The Renaissance

  • 1517

    Martin Luther Posts The 95 Theses

    Protestant Reformation
  • Period: 1517 to

    Protestant Reformation

  • 1518

    Cortes Conquers The Aztecs In Mexico

    Age Of Discovery
  • 1530

    Calvin creates a new form of Protestantism

    Protestant Reformation
  • 1534

    Henry VIII splits from catholic church

    Protestant Reformation
  • Period: 1540 to

    Scientific Revolution

  • 1543

    Copernicus creates heliocentric theory

    Scientific revolution
  • 1558

    Elizabeth I creates the Anglican Church

    Protestant Reformation
  • Period: to

    English civil war

    Age of Revolution
  • Charles II takes power ( Restoration)

    Enlightenment
  • Newton creates law of gravity

    Scientific revolution
  • Period: to

    Enlightenment

  • William and Mary take power in England

    Enlightenment
  • Locke writes the Two Treatises of Government

    Enlightenment
  • Montesquieu writes the Spirit of Laws

    Enlightenment
  • Period: to

    Age Of Revolutions

  • Period: to

    American Revolution

    Age of Revolution
  • Period: to

    French Revolution

    Age of Revolution
  • Period: to

    Reign of terror

    Age of revolution
  • Napoleon takes power

    Age of revolution
  • Haitian Independence

    Protestant reformation
  • Period: to

    Napoleonic wars

    Age of revolution
  • Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexican Revolution

    Age of Revolution
  • Simon Bolivar helps Venezuela with independence

    Height of Renaissance
  • Congress of Vienna meets

    Age of revolution
  • The U.S. issues the Monroe Doctrine

    height of Renaissance
  • Unification of Germany

    age of reformation