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Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
Considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and Modern history -
Period: 1394 to 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
Explored for Portugal -
Period: 1400 to
European Exploration
English explorers wanted to find the Northwest Passage -
1440
Johannes Gutenberg
Invented the printing press -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Arived in the Americas -
1498
Vasco da Gama
Was the first European explorer to reach India -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci
Painted the Mona Lisa -
1508
Nicolaus Copernicus
This is when he began to make his own heliocentric model. -
1511
Desiderius Erasmus
Wrote The Praise of Folly -
1512
Michelangelo
Created the Sistine Chapel ceiling -
Period: 1517 to
The Reformation
Attempts to reform the Catholic Church and the development of Protestant Churches in western Europe -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther
Posted his 95 Theses on the door of Wittenburg Castle Church -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Led the Spanish expedition to the East Indies -
Jul 13, 1521
Hernan Cortez
Captured the Aztec Empire -
Jul 29, 1533
Francisco Pizzaro
Conquered the Inca Empire and killed the emperor -
1534
Henry VIII
Created the Church of England -
1534
Jacques Cartier
Explored the St. Lawrence River -
1534
St. Ignatius de Loyola
Founded the society of Jesus -
Period: 1543 to
Scientific Revolution
Rapid advances in European scientific, mathematical, and political thought -
1553
John Calvin
Created Calvinism -
1558
Elizabeth I
Became the Supreme Governor of the English Protestant Church -
1579
Francis Drake
Claims the land where California is for England -
Johannes Kepler
He pubished his first two laws about planetary motion -
Galileo Galilei
Made the telescope -
Miguel de Cervantes
Wrote his book Don Quixote -
William Harvey
Announced his discovery of the circulation of blood within the body -
Period: to
Thirty Years war
A religious civil war between the Protestants and Roman Catholics -
William Shakespeare
Wrote Macbeth -
Charles I
Ascended to the throne, his reign was marked by religious and political strife that led to civil war -
Period: to
English Civil War
Caused due to conflict between Charles I and Parliament -
Period: to
Louis XIV
Ruled France -
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote Leviathan -
Oliver Cromwell
Served as Lord Protector of the commonwelth of England, Ireland, and Scotland -
Charles II
Crowned king of England, Ireland, and Scotland. His reign marked the Restoration Period -
Period: to
The Enlightenment
A philosophical movement that took place in Europe, influential in French and American revolutions and constitutions -
Issac Newton
Presented his three laws of motion -
Period: to
Glorious Revolution
Ensured that England would have a constituational monarchy -
William and Mary
They were offered the throne as joint monarchs, known as the Glorious Revolution -
John Locke
Wrote the Two Treaties of Government -
Peter the Great
Declared St. Petersburg as the capital of Russia -
Period: to
Absolute Monarchies
A monarchy that is not restrained by any laws -
Period: to
Frederick the Great
Prussia's king -
Baron de Montesquieu
Published the Spirit of Laws -
Voltaire
Wrote Candide and Other Stories -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Wrote The Social Contract -
Period: to
The French Revolution
Far reaching social and political upheaval in Franch -
Storming of the Bastille
A representation of the oppressive nature of the monarchy, the start of the French Revolution -
Louis XVI
He died which was considered a major event in the Revolution -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Wrote his Napoleonic Code -
Eugene Delacroix
Painted the Liberty Leading the People painting
