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Oct 12, 1492
columbus sails to Hispaniola
Columbus sailed for Spain to the west lokking for the Indies but found Hispaniola. -
Jul 8, 1497
Vasco Da Gama
He was credited for being the first one with a successful trip from Europe to Asia he sailed for Portugal. -
Aug 13, 1521
Cortez conqures the Aztecs
The Aztecs were weakend by the deisease the explorers brought with them and the Aztecs were defeated. -
Mar 13, 1543
Corernicus persents the Heliocentric Theory
the Heliocentric Theory said that the Earth revolved around the sun instead of the sun revolving around us. -
Apr 11, 1580
King Philp II of Spain gained control of Portugaul and protegeese terirories
He made Portugaul extermly weathly temporarily because of infalation. -
English settle Jamestown
Jamestown was the first English Colony succesfully planted in America -
Louis XIV of France begins his reign
Louis was also called the Sun King and built the palace at Versailles to show his power. -
Restoration
Following the death of Cromwell the monarchy was re-established in England -
Peter the Great of Russia begins his reign
Peter the Great was credited for dragging Russia out of midieval times. -
Glorious Revolution in England
England was overthrowing the King because he was Catholic the ones to overthorw him were his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange -
English Bill of Rights
It also sets out—or, in the view of its drafters, restates—certain constitutional requirements of the Crown to seek the consent of the people, as represented in Parliament. -
French Revoluton begins
Radical social change to forms based on Enlightenment ideas -
National Assembly
Trird Estates own assembly to pass and reform laws in the name of the French people. -
Storming the Bastille
Paris citizens afraid of the swiss troops gather weapons and storm the Bastille for gunpowder -
The Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre rule dFrance as a dictator he was an influential power who thook control after the King and Queen were killed -
Napoleon conquers most of Europe
His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide and is generally regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time.
