age of discovery

  • Apr 10, 1271

    marco polo

    marco polo
    went through harsh and rough teritory
  • Apr 9, 1419

    prince henry

    prince henry
    started the first school of nnavigation
  • Apr 9, 1492

    vasco da gama

    vasco da gama
    king john 2 of portugal to the south of lisbon
  • Apr 9, 1492

    christopher columbus

    christopher columbus
    set sail to find the indies but found the americas
  • Apr 10, 1504

    hernan cortes

    hernan cortes
    left spain to find fortune in the new worlds
  • Apr 7, 1508

    nicolaus copernicus

    nicolaus copernicus
    developed his own celestial model of heliocentrc planetary system
  • Apr 10, 1509

    ferdinand magellan

    ferdinand magellan
    he joined a fleet that had lead to the battle of diu
  • Apr 10, 1513

    francisco pizarro

    francisco pizarro
    joined vasco nunez de balboa in the march to the southern sea
  • Jan 3, 1521

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
    martin luther was excomunicated because decet romanum.
  • Apr 7, 1521

    ignatius of loyola

    ignatius of loyola
    was gravely injured in battle with the french
  • Apr 20, 1534

    jacques cartier

    jacques cartier
    explored the west coast and found new land
  • Apr 7, 1555

    John Calvin

    John Calvin
    John Calvin was given absolute supremacy as leader in geneva
  • Apr 8, 1573

    francis bacon

    francis bacon
    completed his course study at trinity
  • Apr 8, 1574

    Tycho brahe

    Tycho brahe
    he gave a course of lectures in astronomy.
  • galileo galilei

    galileo galilei
    went to school to learn about medicine but be came a teacher
  • johannes kepler

    johannes kepler
    johannes tought arithmatic for six years
  • rene descartes

    rene descartes
    received a degree and a lincense in civi cannon law
  • robert boyle

    robert boyle
    played a keyrole in founding the royal society
  • isaac newton

    isaac newton
    isaac published his most aclaimed work philosophiae