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Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
When the world started to learn about music and art -
Period: 1418 to
European Exploration
When the Europeans discovered the New World -
1434
Prince Henry of Portugal first to explore Cape Bojabor
It was his first exploration -
1439
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
He was the first European to print the bible. -
1492
Christopher Columbus "discovers" America
He was not the first person in America Native Americans were -
1498
Vasco da Gama completes his voyage to India
He is the first European to do this -
Period: 1500 to
Absolute Monarchies
When Kings and Queens had absolute power where they ruled -
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
It became well known all over the world and I still one of the most well known paintings -
1504
Michelangelo sculpted David
He created a new piece of art that everyone loved and it became very popular. -
1508
Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric model
It was the first accurate solar system -
1513
Francisco Pizarro helped discover the Pacific Ocean
He was on the crew Yasco Nunez de Baiboa -
1517
Desiderius Erasmus published many books
Doing this created a name for himself -
Period: 1517 to
The Reformation
When people were strong on different political views and beliefs -
1520
Ferdinand Magellan saw the Pacific Ocean
He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean -
1521
Hernan Cortez defeated the Aztec's
He took over their empire -
1533
Henry VIII broke with the church
He married a woman in secret from the church -
1534
Jacques Cartier discovers new land
It was his first exploration -
1540
St. Ignatius de Loyola
He established the Jesuit order -
Period: 1543 to
The Scientific Revolution
When world started to learn more about science and it worked in every day life -
1555
John Calvin became a leader of Geneva
He was given absolute supremacy -
1558
Elizabeth I took the throne of England
She was in charge now and made a lot of changes. -
1575
Miguel de Cervantes published La Galatea
This was his first book he wrote -
1577
Francis Drake sets out from Plymsuth
He did this to raid the Spanish and explore the pacific -
William Shakespeare wrote Henry VI, Part one
This was the first play he wrote -
Johannes Kepler he invited the laws of Palnetary motion
He was the to see this -
Galileo Galilei has a problem with the heliocentric model
He does not like the idea of the model -
William Harvey was James I's physician
He was a very good doctor -
Charles I was crowned King of three countries
The countries were England, Scotland, and Ireland -
Period: to
English Civil War
It was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists -
Oliver Cromwell launched an attack
The attack was on Charles I -
Thomas Hobbes published the Leviathan
He put his ideas in this book -
Charles II he became King of England
He was crown King -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
He was crowned -
John Locke writes the two treatises on government
He became famous for this book -
Isaac Newton completes calculation on gravity
He figured out why we have gravity -
Period: to
The Enlightenment
When People had their ideas of how the world should be -
Period: to
The Glorious Revolution
Was when they over threw King James II -
William and Mary became joint monarch
They were monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland -
Peter the Great defeated the Swedish army
He was a very good military leader -
Frederick the Great becomes King
He became King of Prussia -
Louis XVI becomes King of France
He was crowned King -
Baron de Montequieu published The Spirit of Laws
He was well known for writing this book -
Voltaire writes Candide
He became very well known for writing this book -
Jean Jacques Rousseau published The Social Contract
He became very well known for writing this book -
Period: to
The French Revolution
When the people of France over throw the government -
Storming of the Bastille
When people of France took over the Bastille Starting the French Revolution -
Napoleon Bonaparte became emperor of France
He crowned himself -
Eugene Delacroix Paints Liberty Leading the People
He made a famous painting
