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Oct 27, 1415
was burned at thJohn Huss was burned stake for being a dissenter of the Catholic Church
He initiated a reform -
Oct 29, 1418
Prince Henry founded the school navagation
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Oct 29, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
helped spread knowledge and religion -
Oct 27, 1453
The Ottomans conqured Constantinople & renamed it Instanbul
Became economical & Political pwerhouse -
Oct 27, 1492
Christopher Columbus first voyage was sponsored by Spain to sail west to reach Asia
opend the way for colonization -
Oct 27, 1495
Leonardo da Vinci
Was a new style of art (Perspective) -
Oct 31, 1498
Vasco da Gama established trade with India for the Portuguese
Opened Trade -
Period: Oct 29, 1500 to
was shipped along the Middle Passage of the Triangular Trade to the Americas
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Oct 27, 1509
Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly
Example of Renaaissance Humanism -
Oct 29, 1514
Nicholas Copernicus created the heliocentric theory
Example of modern thinking -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther wrote 95 thesis
Started the Protestant Reformation -
Oct 29, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to circumnavigate the world
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Oct 29, 1521
Cortés conquered the aztecs in mexico
Spanish controll mexico -
Oct 27, 1534
Henry Vii broke from catholic Chruch in rome and divorced his wife
Dissmissed Popes authority -
Oct 31, 1534
Jacques Cartiar explored St. Lawrence River + Montreal leading to French Claim to Canada
French terratory + trading routes -
Oct 31, 1534
were created during the catholic reformation
helped aid in catholic reformation -
Oct 29, 1538
John Calvin beliefs presented the idea of predestination
example of modern thinking -
Oct 29, 1551
Pizzaro conqured incas
spanish control incas -
Oct 29, 1563
Roman Catholic Church followers met the at the Council of Trent
met to reform the church -
Queen Elizabeth defeated the Spanish Armada
Kept England Protastant -
Galileo Galilei used telescope to prove heliocentric theory
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Kepler discovers Planetary Motion
Correctly identified the planetary orbit -
William Harvey studies animails and anatomy to create an accurate theory of the heart and circulatory system
created first accurate theory of the heart + circulatory system -
Louis xvi builds the Palace of Versaillies
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The Thirty Years War fought in Germany
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Oliver Cromwell wins English Civil War and executes Charles i
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Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes
Hugenots leave France -
Mary and William rule England after the Glorious Revolution
passed Bill of Rights -
John Locke wrote the two treaties on Goverment
Changed peoples views -
Peter the Great westernized Russia
Changes Eastern culture -
Montesquieu writes Spirits of Laws
influenced peoples views -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes Social Contract
changed peoples views
