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Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina.
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Martin Luther nails the 95 Thesis to the door of the church at Wittenburg. This starts the Protestant Reformation.
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edict of nantes took freedoms away from the huguenots
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was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads").
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was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
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was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange
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American Revolution was a war fought from 1775-1783 and won by the 13 American colonies to achieve independence from Great Britain.
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The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.
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The Congress of Vienna (German: Wiener Kongress) was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, and held in Vienna
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Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years
