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Period: 1415 to 1460
Prince Henry of Portugal
Founded Voyages -
1440
Johannes Gutenburg
Printing press -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Sailed to the Americas -
Period: 1497 to 1504
Amerigo Vespucci
Crosses the Atlantic several times between this timespan -
1498
Vasco da Gama
Lands in India -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci
Painted the Mona Lisa -
1504
Michelangelo
Sculpture of David -
1509
Desiderius Erasmus
Praise of Folly -
1517
Martin Luther
Nailed the 95 theses onto the door of the church -
Period: 1519 to 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
Circumnavigated the globe -
1521
Martin Luther
Refusal at the diet of Worms -
1521
Hernan Cortez
Invades Mexico -
1532
Francisco Pizarro
Defeats the Incans -
1534
Henry VII
Breaking the bonds with the Catholic church -
1534
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Foundation of the Jesuits -
Period: 1534 to 1542
Jacques Cartier
Sails for this timespan -
1536
John Calvin
Wrote the Institutes -
1540
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Jesuits recognized -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Published his heliocentric model -
Period: 1545 to 1563
Council of Trent
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1558
Elizabeth I
Anglican made the official Church -
1562
Huguenots Civil Wars
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Francis Drake
conquers the Spanish Armada with Queen Elizabeth -
Period: to
William Skaespear
Wrote the most during this timespan -
King Henry IV Edict of Nates
grants the Huguenots religious freedom -
Miguel Cervantes
Wrote Don Quixote -
Galileo Galilei
First telescope -
Johannes Kepler
Published his first two Planetary -
Period: to
30 years war
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Johannes Kepler
published his third planetary law -
William Harvey
Published his findings -
Period: to
Charles I
Years ruled was beheaded at the end -
Charles I
Tried to arrest parliament -
Period: to
English Civil War
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Oliver Cromwell
Years ruled -
Period: to
Charles II
How long he ruled Restoration happened when he took the throne -
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote Leviathan -
Period: to
Louis XIV
He ruled in between this timespan -
Issac Newton
Laws of motion -
Louis XIV
Versailles was finished -
Period: to
Peter the Great
Years ruled -
William and Mary
Took over the throne and established the Glorious Revolution -
John Locke
Wrote two treaties on Government -
Period: to
Fredrick the Great
Years ruled -
Baron de Montesquieu
Wrote the spirit of laws -
Voltaire
Wrote Candide -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Wrote the social contract -
Storming the Bastille
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Declaration of rights of men
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Tennis Court Oath
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Constitution of 1791
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Louis XIV
Beheading -
Reign of Terror
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Constitution of 1795
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Coup de Etat -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon crowned emperor -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Russian defeat -
Napoleon Bonaparte
first exile -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Waterloo -
Eugene Delacroix
Made liberty leading the people