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Jan 1, 1217
Marco Polo
Marco Polo made a map. That map was of America. so that proves that he actually discovered America two centries before Columbus did. -
Jan 1, 1415
Prince Henry
Prince Henry is important because he led the successful attack in 1415 to explore Africa. No europeans knew about it at the time -
Jan 1, 1479
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama was the first sailor to travel to India. He found a a open sea path from europe to the east. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He was determined to find a water path from europe to Asia, but instead he found the Americas. This is very important because it was the first time some one went across the Alantic Ocean and then people knew the world wasn't flat. It was round. -
Jan 1, 1501
Nicolaus Copernicus
He was the first astronomer to form heliocentric cosmology. That is important because he established that the planets orbited the sun. That led to more stuff about space. -
Jan 1, 1513
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro is a spanish conquistador. he traveled through alot of the pacific coast. During those travels he discoverd the Pacific Ocean and Peru. Those are very important discoveries because they are still here today. -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan. he found it trying to find a sea route to the Spice Island. He was the first to cross the Pacific Ocean. It is signifcant because the Strait is still here today. -
Jan 1, 1520
Martin Luther
HE influenced religious thought throughout Europe. He made the Bible avaliable to people. HE is important becasue he helped Spread Christiantity. -
Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier
He was sent by Francis to go explore the new world to find all of its riches. his exploration allowed france to claim lands that would beecome Canada. That is important because if wouldn't have found it it could be called something else. -
Jan 1, 1536
John Calvin
He discovered Calvinism. That is important because that helps emphasizes the grace of God and the doctrine of Predestination. -
Jan 1, 1538
Ignatius of Loyola
He is the founder of Jesuits. That is important because that is the founder of the society of Jesus -
Dec 2, 1547
Hernan Cortes
He was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that led to the fall of the Aztec Empire. That was significant because there religion and food and culture went down with them. -
Jan 1, 1572
Tycho Brahe
He discovered a new star. He also contributed to books on astronomy. That is important so people could study and learn about space and the stars -
Jan 1, 1573
Francis Bacon
Bacon served as both Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. He is significant because he agreed with medeival thinkers that humans too often erred in interpreting what their 5 senses percieved. -
Johannes Kepler
He Inventeed the laws of planetary motion. This is important because it led to many other things like Isaac Newton's law of gravity. -
Galileo Galilei
He invented the telescope. That is very important because we can look at the stars and planets without spending a lot of money going to space. -
Rene Descartes
Rene is a french philosopher, mathemation and writer who spent most of his life in the dutch Republic. He's importtant because the condemnaation of Galileo leads Descartes to abandoned his plans to publish the world -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle is important because he played a key role in founding the Royal Society to nuture this new view of science. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton came up with the three laws of motion. this is important because it is the basic principl of physics. it laid the ground work for all things physics.
