Ámer Álvarez-Gismera Modern History

By Ámer
  • Gutenberg printing press
    1450

    Gutenberg printing press

    Johanness Gutenberg invented the printing press, Copies of manuscripts could be made, such as the two hundred copies of his beautiful Bible, for which it took three years
  • Period: 1452 to 1519

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Italian artist, Renaissance man, painter, architect, writer, sculptor, painter, poet... His most important works: the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa
  • Fall of Constantinople
    May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    The Ottoman Empire defeats the Byzantine Empire in the city of Constantinople; Islam defeats Christianity in this battle. The city had resisted numerous sieges thanks to its walls, moats ...
  • Period: 1475 to 1505

    Catholic Kings

    Isabella I and Ferdinand II are united in marriage and unite their kingdoms. The kingdom of Spain as we know it today begins, they reconquer the peninsula and under their government America is discovered
  • Period: 1475 to 1564

    Michael Angelo

    Italian Renaissance artist. Architect, sculptor, painter, poet. His most important works are The David and the paintings of the vault of the Sistine Capital
  • Discovery of America
    Dec 10, 1492

    Discovery of America

    Columbus discovers America on behalf of the kingdom of Castile, looking for new routes to the Indies
  • Treaty of Tordesillas
    Jul 6, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    Agreement between the Catholic Kings and King John the Second of Portugal in the city of Tordesillas in Valladolid. It establishes a line, three hundred and seventy leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, establishes zones of navigation and conquest of the Atlantic Ocean and avoids conflicts
  • Period: 1504 to 1555

    Joanna of Castile

    Joanna of Castile is the third daughter of the Catholic Kings; Known as Juana la Loca because of her illness. Both her father and son locked her up so she could not reign.
  • Period: 1509 to 1564

    John Calvin

    French theologian and philiosophist, one of the most important thinkers of the Protestant Reformation. His dotrine is Calvinism and he was very intolerant of those who did not think like his faith.
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Henry VIII

    From the Tudor monarchy. It unifies England and Wales. It punishes witchcraft with the death penalty. He breaks with the Catholic Church, being the supreme head of the Church of England called the Anglican Church.
  • Period: 1516 to 1556

    Charles I of Spain

    known as El Cesar, he is the son of Juana de Castilla and Felipe I El Hermoso.
  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent

    Were meetings of the most important positions of the Church and Pope Paul III to respond to the Protestant Reformation and to fix the Catholic docmas, which had experienced a crisis in the sixteenth century.
  • Period: 1556 to

    Fhilip II

    Philip I of Spain and Philip II of Portugal. Under his reign the Spanish empire is larger than ever; There were Spanish territories on all continents, under his reign there are wars with France, with the Netherlands and with the Ottomo Empire; and conflicts with England. Spain expands across the Atlantic and Pacific
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    Philip III

    Known as the pious, because he had a lot of religious devotion. During his reign he followed the Spanish hegemony, but the difficulties were already beginning. He has gone down in history as a lazy monarch and delegated to others to rule.
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    Velazquez

    Spanish Baroque painter, important figure in the Spanish figure. Fundamental paintings of his work: Las Meninas (a portrait of the royal family) or the triumph of Bacchus
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    Philip IV

    King of Spain during those years, establishes peace with: France, England and The Netherlands. Known as Felipe El Hermoso and died in a hunting accident from a stroke
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    Charles II

    Known as The Bewitched, because he was weak and sick; It was also infertile. Died very young
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    War of the Spanish Succession

    It is a conflict over who was done with the reign of Spain. When Charles II died without descendants, Philip of Bourbon faced Charles of Austria. Philip of Bourbon is imposed and the Treaty of Utrecht is signed
  • French Revolution

    French Revolution

    It is a political and social revolution against Louis XVI. The motto was equality, liberty and fraternity. Robes Pierre is the leader, and many nobles are guillotine, including Louis XVI.
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    Martin Luther King

    I lead the movement for African American rights in the United States. He was a peaceful man who wanted to get rights through protests and marches. The most prominent was the march in Washington for jobs and freedom; that brought together more than two hundred thousand people. I give one of the most famous speeches in history, I Have a Dream. He was murdered in Tennessee