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Jan 1, 1269
marco polo
in 1269 they returned to venice to meet marco for the first time. the three of them embarked on an epic journey to asia, returning after 24 years to find venice at war with genoa; marco was imprisoned and dictated his stories to a cellmate. he was released in 1299 became a wealthy merchant married and had 3 children. he died in 1324 and was buried in san lorenzo. -
Period: Jan 1, 1269 to
scientific revolution age of discobery timeline.
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May 25, 1420
prince henry (portagual)
henry gained appointment as the governor of the very rich order of christ the portuguese successor to the knights templar which had its headquarters at tomar. -
Jan 1, 1480
christopher columbus
in the 1480s the columbus had developed a different plan to reach the Indies by sailing west across the ocean sea most often called the atlantic ocean. in 1485 columbus presented his plans to john II, king of portugal. he proposed the king equip three sturdy ships and grant columbus one years time to sail out into the atlantic search for a western route to the orient and return back home. -
Jul 8, 1497
vasco de gama
monument to the cross of vasco da gama at the cape of good hope south africa. the expedition set sail from lisbon on following the route pioneered by earlier explorers along the coast of africa cape verde islands. after reaching the coast of present day sierra leone he took a course south into the open ocean crossing the equator and seeking the south atlantic westerlies that bartolomeu dias had discovered in 1487. -
Feb 13, 1502
francisco pizzarro
on February 13 1502 pizarro sailed from spain with the newly appointed governor of hispaniola.
the first attempt to explore western south america was undertaken in 1522. -
Jan 1, 1519
ferdinand magellan
magellans expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the atlantic ocean into the pacific ocean and the first to cross the pacific. -
Jan 1, 1520
hernana cortes
In 1519 he was elected captain of the third expedition to the mainland an expedition which he partly funded. cortes returned to spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered six years later. -
Mar 16, 1521
ingnatius of loyola
he was wounded at the battle of pamplona. he underwent a spiritual conversion while in recovery. -
Jan 1, 1534
jacques cartier
iIn 1534 cartier set sail under a commission from the king hoping to discover a western passage to the wealthy markets of asia. he was to discover certain islands and lands where it is said that a great quantity of gold and other precious things are to be found. -
May 24, 1543
nicolaus copernicus
be published his book De reveloutinibus orbium coelestium before his death. -
Jan 1, 1580
francis bacon
he was knighted in 1603.He became Bencher in 1586, and he was elected a reader in 1587delivering his first set of lectures in lent the following year. in 1589 he received the valuable appointment of reversion to the clerkship of the star chamber although he did not formally take office until 1608. -
johannes kepler
Kepler claimed to have had an epiphany while teaching in Graz, demonstrating the periodic conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the zodiac he realized that regular polygons bound one inscribed and one circumscribed circle at definite ratios, which he reasoned,might be the geometrical basis of the universe. -
tycho brahe
after dissagreements with the new danish king,he was invited bythe bohemian kingand the holy roman empirerudloph II to prague where he became the offical imperial astronomer. he made an observation that mars and jupiter were close together. -
galileo galilei
Father Grassi had anonymously published a pamphlet, An Astronomical Disputation on the Three Comets of the Year 1618 which discussed the nature of a comet that had appeared late in November of the previous year -
rene descartes
was a french philosopher and writer who spent most of his adult life in the dutch republic. -
robert boyle
was a 17th century natural philosopher chemist physicist, and inventor also noted for his writings in theology. he is best known for boyles law. -
issac newton
most modern historians believe that newton and leibniz developed independently, although with very different notations. occasionally it has been suggested that newton published almost nothing about it until 1693 and did not give a full account until 1704. -
john calvin
he broke from the roman catholic church and and went to switerzland. were he published his seminal work institutes of the christian religion. -
martin luther king jr.s speech
marin luther king jr. deliverd his historic "i have a dream" speech on august 28. 1963 in washington d.c in front of millions of people!
