1st Semester Timeline

  • Columbus discovers New World
    Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus discovers New World

    Columbus discovered America in 1492 he led his three ships his objective was to sail west so he could find a easier route to trade with China.
  • 95 Thesis
    Oct 31, 1517

    95 Thesis

    On October 31, 1517 martin Luther nailed his 95 thesis to the catholic church in Wittenburg Germany because he didn't agree on what was going on.
  • Creation of the Edict of Nantes

    Creation of the Edict of Nantes

    The edict of Nantes was created in April and Signed by King Henry IV gave the Huguenots rights in France.
  • English Civil War

    English Civil War

    The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliament and Royalists over Englands Government.
  • Lois XIV revokes edict of nantes

    Lois XIV revokes edict of nantes

    The Huguenots lost their rights in Franc after Louis XIV dismissed Richelieu and he forced them to stay in the palace of Versailles.
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America.
  • French Revolution

    French Revolution

    The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.
  • Haiti Revolution

    Haiti Revolution

    The Haitian Revolution was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti.
  • Congress of Vienna

    Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, and held in Vienna from November 1814 to June 1815
  • Matthew Perry opening Japan to trade

    Matthew Perry opening Japan to trade

    Matthew led his ships to japan negotiate to re-open there trading with them.
  • Unification of Italy

    Unification of Italy

    Italian unification, or the Risorgimento, was the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century.
  • Unification of Germany

    Unification of Germany

    The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France.
  • Mexico Revolution

    Mexico Revolution

    The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle radically transforming Mexican culture and government. Although recent research has focused on local and regional aspects of the Revolution, it was a "genuinely national revolution."