Western Civilization

By KaylaBear
  • Feb 4, 1419

    Maritime School Opens

    Prince Henry the Navigator founded a school for navigators on the southwestern coast of Portugal
  • Feb 4, 1450

    Movable Type

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the Movable Type
  • Period: Feb 11, 1473 to Feb 11, 1543

    Copernicus

  • Feb 4, 1492

    Reconquista of Spain

    Christians drove Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula
  • Feb 4, 1492

    Reconquista of Spain

    Struggle between the Spainards and the invading Muslims
  • Feb 4, 1492

    Columbus Reaches the New World

    Columbus sails to the Americas
  • Feb 4, 1508

    Sistine Chapel Painted

    Michel Angelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
  • Period: Feb 10, 1509 to Feb 10, 1547

    Reign of King Henry VIII

  • Period: Jul 10, 1509 to May 27, 1567

    John Calvin

  • Oct 10, 1511

    The Praise of Folly

    Desiderius Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly
  • Feb 4, 1513

    The Prince

    Written by Niccolo Machiavelli
  • Feb 4, 1518

    95 Theses

    Written by Martin Luther
  • Feb 4, 1519

    Magellan circumnavigates the world

    Magellen sails around the World
  • Feb 10, 1519

    Cortes Interacts with the Aztechs

  • Feb 11, 1525

    Council of Trent

  • Feb 4, 1528

    The Book of the Courtier

    Written by Baldassare Castigilone
  • Feb 11, 1534

    Act of Supremecy

  • Feb 11, 1540

    Recognition of the Jesuits

  • Feb 11, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

  • Period: Feb 10, 1556 to

    Reign of Philip II of Spain

  • Period: Feb 10, 1558 to

    Reign of Queen Elizabeth I

  • Period: Apr 26, 1564 to

    William Shakespear

  • Aug 24, 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

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    Rene Descartes

  • Edict of Nantes

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    Baroque Period

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    Rembrandt

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    Reign of Gustavus II of Sweden

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    Thirty Years War

  • Mayflower Compact

  • Cardinal Richelieu becomes Cheif Minister

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    John Locke

  • Trial of Galileo

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    Issac Newton

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    Reign of King Louis XIV of France

  • Peace of Westphalia

  • Leviathon

    Written by Thomas Hobbes
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    Reign of Peter the Great

  • Glorious Revolution

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    War of Spanish Successiion

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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    War of Austrian Succession

  • On the Spirit of Laws

    Written by Montesquieu
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    French and Indian War

  • Common Sense

    Written by Thomas Pain