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Sep 25, 1300
Reniassance Begins
In the 1300s the Renaissance begins in Italy. City-states such as Florence, Milan, and Mantua are affected.
Source: http://mrspotgeter.wordpress.com/early-brit-lit/renaissance/, Modern World HIstory Book -
Sep 25, 1324
Pilgrimage to Mecca
The Mali king Mansa departs on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Sources: Modern World History Book, http://www.israeldailypicture.com/2012/05/russian-pilgrims-on-way-to-jericho.html -
Sep 26, 1368
Ming Dynasty
Hongwu becomes an emperor of China starting the Ming Dynasty in China.
Source: Modern World HIstory Book, http://www.asisbiz.com/China/Shanghai/pages/Wiki-The-walled-Old-City-of-Shanghai-during-the-Ming-Dynasty.html
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Sep 26, 1455
Printing Press
Gutenberg's printing press is finished and is ready to start printing.
Sources: Modern World HIstory Book, http://top-10-list.org/2009/06/04/top-10-common-misconceptions-modern-technology/first-printing-press/
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Sep 26, 1455
First Printed Bible
The bible becomes the first book printed on Gutenberg's printing press.
Sources: Modern World HIstory Book, http://library.dts.edu/Pages/TL/Special/sc_bibles.shtml
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Sep 26, 1492
Colombus
Columbus accidently discovers the Americas when trying to find a faster way to trade goods.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://www.interestingtopics.net/christopher-columbus-id-262
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Sep 26, 1504
Statue of David
Michelangelo sculpts David in his moments just before battle.
Sources: Modern World HIstory Book, http://www.worldofstock.com/stock-photos/statue-of-david-by-michelangeloelo--florence/ASC1111
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Sep 26, 1505
The Mona Lisa
Da Vinci paints one of the world's most valuable and priceless paintings the Mona Lisa.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mona_Lisa.jpg
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Sep 26, 1508
School of Athens
Raphael paints the School of Athens for the pope's apartments in the Vatican.
Sources: Modern World HIstory Book, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raphael_School_of_Athens.jpg
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Sep 26, 1509
The Praise of Folly
Erasmus writes a famous book called The Praise of Folly that poked fun at greedy merchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars, and pompous priests.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Praise_of_Folly
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Sep 26, 1516
Utopia
Thomas Moore tries to depict a better model of society in his book Utopia.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://socialhistory.org/en/today/07-06/humanist-beheaded
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Oct 31, 1517
95 Theses
Martin Luther starts the Reformation by posting the 95 theses on the church in Wittenberg.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2012/10/31/what-was-luther-doing-when-he-nailed-his-95-theses-to-the-wittenberg-door/
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Sep 26, 1528
The Courtier
Baldassare Castiglione writes a book called The Courtier that depicts how to become a Reniassance man.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://hankwhittemore.wordpress.com/tag/burghley/
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Sep 27, 1533
Henry VIII Divorce
Henry secretly marries Anne Boleyn who is in her twenties. Shortly after Parliament legalizes Henry's divorce from Catherine.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Eugene-Francois-Marie-Joseph-Deveria/The-Divorce-Of-Henry-VIII-1491-1547-And-Catherine-Of-Aragon.html
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Oct 1, 1533
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV comes to the throne when he is only 3 years old. His young life was disrupted by the struggles for power among boyars.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://www.biography.com/people/ivan-the-terrible-9350679
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Sep 27, 1534
The Church of England
The English King Henry VIII starts the Church of England and was a devout Catholic.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://stephensizer.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
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Sep 27, 1536
Institutes of the Christian Religion
John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion, in the book he expresses ideas about God, salvation, and human nature. In whole it was a summary of Protestent theology.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://onceuponacross.blogspot.com/2011/05/just-added-institutes-of-christian.html
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Sep 27, 1540
Jesuits
Ignatius and his follower get the pope to create a new religious order called the Society of Jesus. Mumbers were called Jesuits.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus
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Oct 1, 1543
Heliocentric Theory
Nicolaus Copernicus believes that the sun is the center of the universe. This idea is called the Heliocentric Theory and he published his findings in his book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies on this date.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentrism
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Oct 1, 1543
On the Structure of the Human Body
Versalius dissects human corpses and publishes his findings in On the Structure of the Human Body. Before this people just assumed that the human anatomy was much like that of other animals
Sources: Modern World History Book, https://libwebspace.library.cmu.edu/posnercenter/sp09/subcontents//Vesalius.html
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Sep 27, 1545
Council of Trent
Pope Paul III called a council of Church leaders to meet in Trent, in northern Italy, called the Council of Trent. Here catholic bishops and cardinals agreed on several doctrines.
Souces: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Trent
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Sep 27, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg was signed. In this the German princes decided that each ruler would decide the religion of his state.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Augsburg
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Sep 27, 1560
Calvinism in Scotland
Knox and Protestant nobles make Calvinism Scotland's official religion. They also deposed their Catholic ruler.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/knox.htm
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Sep 27, 1580
Philip II
The king of Portugal dies without an heir. Philip was the king's nephew and therefore seizes the Portuguese kingdom.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain
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Henry IV
Henry becomes king after Catherine and her last son died. Henry was decisive, fearless in battle, and a clever politician. He became Catholic for the sake of his country.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_England
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The Microscope
The first microscope is invented by a Dutch maker of eyeglasses Zacharias Janssen. This invention leads to more scientific discoveries.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://www.history-of-the-microscope.org/history-of-the-microscope-who-invented-the-microscope.php
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Edict of Nantes
Henry IV tries taking a step toward healing Fance's wounds. In this declaration he declared that the Huguenots could live in peace in France.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://sio.midco.net/dansmapstamps/distributions1.htm
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The Telescope
Galileo Galilei builds his own telescope and uses it to study the stars. He discovered this idea from a Dutch lens maker who had built an instument that could enlarge far-off objects.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://www.devicemag.com/
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Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu is appointed as the kings minister. He was strong and made up for Louis's weaknesses. He in effect becomes the ruler of France.
Sources Modern World History Book, http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardinaal_de_Richelieu
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Galileo Stands Trial
Galileo's findings frighten the Catholic and Protestant leaders and he is forced to stand trial and under the threat of torture read aloud a signed confession that he thought Copernicus' ideas were false.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://schoolofthinking.org/2010/02/galileo-scientist-and-saint/
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English Civil War
The English Civil War starts between the opponents and supporters of King Charles. Those loyal to Charles were called Royalists and on the other side were Puritan supporters of Parliament.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War
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Mercury Barometer
Evangelista Torricelli, a student of Galileo, develops a tool for measuring atmospheric pressure and predicting the weather. This tool is called the barometer.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://transmitnoise.com/typography-evangelista-torricelli/
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End of the Thirty Years War
Cardinal Mazarin ends the Thirty Years War and as a hated ruler it became one of his greatest triumphs.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://www.principiadialectica.co.uk/blog/?p=1596
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Louis XIV
Louis hadn't really been the ruler of France until Mazarin's death. Then he took control of the government himself and weakened the power of the nobles.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France
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The Sceptical Chymist
Boyle publishes The Sceptical Chymist where he challenges Aristotle's idea that the physical world consisted of four elements. He proposed that matter was made up of smaller primary particles that joined together in different ways.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sceptical_Chymist
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The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
Issac Newton publishes his ideas of gravity and the universe in his book The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. It becomes one of the most important scientific books ever written.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophi%C3%A6_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica
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War of the Spanish Succession
England, Austria, the Dutch Republic, Portugal, and several German and Italian states joined together to prevent the union of the French and Spanish thrones. The war dragged on until 1714.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://general-history.com/a-tangled-skein-the-war-of-the-spanish-succession/
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The Thermometer
A German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit builds the first thermometer that showed water freezing at 32 degrees.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/Education/Learning_Resources/Challenger/science3b.php
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Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa succeeds her father and becomes the Empress of Austria. She was an able ruler that devoted herself to her children. She decreased the power of the nobility.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa
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The First Vaccine
Edward Jenner, a British physician, intorduced the first vaccine to prevent smallpox.
Sources: Modern World History Book, http://colinfarrelly.blogspot.com/2012/10/lessons-from-past-case-of-smallpox.html
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