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Period: Jan 1, 1100 to
World History Timeline
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Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance
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Nov 9, 1418
Prince Henry founds his navigation school
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May 29, 1453
Constantinople falls
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Nov 9, 1484
Vasco de Gama finds water route around the tip of Africa
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Aug 9, 1492
Columbus discovers America
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Nov 9, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas signed
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Nov 9, 1509
Erasmus' "Praise of Folly"
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses
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Nov 9, 1517
Mona Lisa Finished
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Sep 20, 1519
Magellan sets off to circumnavigate the world
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Aug 13, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
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Jan 1, 1526
Start of the Mughal Empire
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Nov 9, 1528
Tobacco introduced to Europe
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Nov 9, 1533
Pizarro conquers the Incas
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Nov 9, 1534
Anglican Church started
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Nov 9, 1543
Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory published
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Nov 9, 1545
Council of Trent
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May 1, 1566
Peak of the Ottoman Empire
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Shakespeare's Julius Caeser
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Galileo's first telescope
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William Harvey discovers circulation of blood
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30 Years War starts
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Descartes' Discourse on Method
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Taj Mahal built
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Newton publishes his laws of gravity