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Henry started the first school of navigation. Students were trained in navigation, map making and science
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Was the first known European to do it. he did it in hope of finding a route to India
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Columbus sailed West hoping to reach Asia. What he thought was Asia was actually America http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm
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Was made in order to end the dispute between who had claim to the newly discovered lands. A line was made to divide the land between Spain and Portugal
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De Gama reached Calicut in 1498. He was treated with traditional hospitality
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Cortez fought the Aztecs back and fourth for two years.Finally the Aztec capital fell on August 13 1521 http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/americas/cortes.cp.html
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Copernicys presented this theory in 1543. Few people believed thist theory until the 1700's
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A group of 104 Englishmen began a settlement on Jamestown. 13 years before the Pilgrims arrived http://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement.htm
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After Cardinal Mazarin died, Louis took control of the government. His reign lasted for 72 years
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Peter took reign after his half brother died. He traveled Europe bringing new ideas to Russia http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/facts/explorers-and-leaders/peter-the-great
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The glorious revolution was the overthrow of King James II. William III and Mary 11 took the throne
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A period of political upheaval that saw republic formed and luis executed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
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Louis tried to escape from the revolution. He was recognized and brought back to Paris
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Napoleon's reign saw one of the greates miltary generals ever collapse in just a few years. Naoplean could only be defeated by on man. Himself
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For more than 20 years Napolean was conquering Europe. He had one of the greates militaries of all time http://www.worldology.com/Europe/napoleonic_wars.htm
