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Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance
The renaissance was a "rebirth" of Europe. New ideas and ways of life became present. Humanism became the foucus of life and religion took a back seat and wasn't as big of a deal. Patrons and wealthy families became the rulers of the state instead of a monarchy. The arts were a big things as well. -
Dec 8, 1304
Francesco Petrarch
He was the "father of humanism". He was also a writer. -
Dec 10, 1320
Dante and Divine Comedy
Divine Comedy is an epic poem by Dante Algheri, which he started in 1308 and completed in 1320 before his death in 1321. The poem is about Dante's journey through heaven guided by Beatrice, who symbolized theology. -
Dec 8, 1322
The Visconti family
They ruled Milan for centuries. -
Dec 10, 1378
The Great Schism
When the Roman Catholic Church split it was known as the Great Schism. Three men all claimed that they were the Pope, which divied Europe because each "pope" had followers. The council of constance endeed the schism by taking power away from all of the "popes" and made Clement VII the new pope. This confusion for power made the Church weakend. -
Dec 8, 1400
Perspective
Durning the Renaissance art was a big thing. Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Rapheal were artist that changed the game and created perspective which made piantings more interesting to look at. -
Dec 8, 1400
Perspective
Durning the Renaissance art was a big thing. Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Rapheal were artist that changed the game and created perspective which made piantings more interesting to look at. -
Dec 10, 1415
Henry the Navigator
He was the thrid son of the King John of Portugal. He was a patorn of the expoloration. -
Dec 10, 1439
Johann Gutenberg
He invented the printing press, which changed the world that we know today, much like the internet. -
Dec 10, 1450
Council of trent
One of the Roman Catholic Church's most important councils. They met to excomunicate Martin Luther. -
Dec 10, 1450
Witch hunts
People burned females who they though were evil. It was normally single women in the lower middle class. -
Dec 8, 1454
Treaty of Lodi
The treaty allied Milan, Naples, and Florence -
Dec 10, 1485
Henry VII
He was a resourseful king who restored the English monarchy. -
Dec 10, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He sailed from Spian to find a faster way to India, but ened up in a new world, now known as the Americas. -
Period: Dec 12, 1500 to
Renaissance and Discovery
The Reniassance was a time of re-birth in Europe. -
Dec 10, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci
The Americas are named after him. He discovered that the culture and land was not that of Asia and knew that it was a new world that was found. -
Period: Dec 12, 1501 to
European State Consolidation
Great Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia were the leading powers in Europe.The Ottoman Empire startedto decline. -
Jul 10, 1505
Marthin Luther
He was a man who changed religion. He told everyone that the pope was wrong and called the church out for all of their cheating and tricks. He was one of the men that created Protestanism. He translated the Bible into Greek so that the common people could read it and that took away power from teh clergy memebers. -
Dec 12, 1510
Nicoluas Copernicus
He didn't apporve of the Ptolemaic system and belived that the sun was the center on the solar system. He created teh Heiliocentric system, used today. -
Dec 10, 1516
Thomas More
More opposed the Protestant Reformation. He also wrote "Utopia", a book about a perfect worry free life. -
Dec 10, 1517
Ferdinand Magellan
He was a Portuguese explorer sent to explor the West Indies. -
Period: Dec 12, 1517 to
The Age of the Reformation
A time when religion was not just Cathoic, but Protestant, thanks to Martin Luther, or a Calvinist, thanks to John Calivn for predestination. The church was split and weakend -
Dec 10, 1530
John Calvin
Was a humanist lawyer but then separted form the church. He lead reforms in Switzerland. He ended up having followers called Calvinist. -
Dec 12, 1550
Huguenots
French Protestants that were apart of many reformaions. -
Period: Dec 12, 1560 to
Age of Religious Wars
The Calvinists and teh Catholics fight in France. The Spanish take over the Netherlands. England and Spain fight over supremacy and the Thirsty Years War takes place. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo
He was an astronomer who perfected the microscope. He also traced sun spots. He played a huge role in science, math and astronomy. -
The Dutch Golden Age
Dutch trade, science, military, and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half of the golden age was durning the Eighty Years War. -
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New Direction in Thought and Culture
New astronomical theories of Copernicus, Brahe, Kelper, Galileo, and Newton were created. Science had a huge impact on philosophy. Science and religion are two oppostie things so the Church had a problem with this. witch hunts also became super popular. -
The Thrity Years War
Sweden, France, Spain and Austria all were fighting on German territory. The war started over religion. -
Isaac Newton
He created the three main laws of physics. He was hit in the head by an apple tree and created these laws and discovered gravity. -
Treaty of Westphalia
The treaty ended the Three Years War. -
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The Age of the Enlightenment.
The Estates General is called on for the first time in about a century. The National Assembly and the Declaration of the Rights of Man are created. The second revolution happens, ending the monarchy. Also the Reign of Terror occures. -
Louis XV
Louis XV was the King of France until he died in 1774. He returned the Austrian Netherlands in the Battle of Fonteny. He ruled wihtout a prime minister. He allied with Austria in the Seven Years War. He was stabbed and had poor health until he died. -
Financial Crisis
The French monarchy supported the American Indepenedence from Britian, which made France go into debt. They had to call teh Estates General which hadn't met up in decades. -
Napoleon
He was the Emperor of France and the King of Italy. He used the stradegy of war to claim new land adn make France super powerful. -
Pugachev's Rebellion
A series of rebellions that took place after Catherine II took the throne. It ened being a battle between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. -
Louis XVI
Louis succeeded Louis XV and bacame the King of France. He made several attempts to reform France with ideals from the Enlightenment like, abolish serfdom and tolerance towards non-Catholics, this was opposed. He also supported the colonists in North America and was realized in the Treaty of Paris. Doing this he put Fance in an economy down fall, so he summoned the estates general to try and raise taxes to restore the counrty. he had signed to establish a consitutional monarchy before his death. -
Seven Years' War
It split Europe into two "teams" Great Britian leading one side and France leading the other even though the war took place in North America. It is also called the Frech and Indian War. -
The American Revolutionary War
The Americans wanted indepenedence from Great Britian and France supported it, while Britian was fighting it by taxting whatever they could. The Revolutionary War changed the way people though and fough. -
Family life
Households were quite large and had many generations within them. The men worked within the family eonomy to help support the family. The women took care of the children and teh house. -
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The Age of Napoleon and the Triumph of Romanticism
Napolean rises to power adn becomes emperor. He recreates teh French Emipre. Russia invades and Napoleon's power declines. The Congress of Vienna is establised and romanticism starts. -
Three Estates
The three estates divied the scoical classes to try and find peace. The first was made of the clergy, the second was nobility, and the thrid estate the the pesants. The clergy had the most power then nobility and finally the middle class with slim to no power. -
National Constituent Assembly
The third estate finally had finally gotten tired of not really having a voice, so they left the three estates and formed the National Assembly. They craeted thier own consituion and ste of rules. They made an oath called the Tennis Court Oath, vowing that they would meet constantly. -
Declaration of Rights and Man
The National Assembly created this decloration to express how they are no different than the first adn secnod estates. The decloration states that man has ceritan rights that cannot be taken form him; natural, unalienable, and scared rights of man. There are seventine main statements that they anounce, men are born equal, every man has liberty, property, security, -
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Society and Economy Under the Old Regime
The aristocrats were in charge of everything. Family sturctures started to change and everyone worked. Europe started to urbanize. -
The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was an era where thousands of people died, from the guillotine and executions. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette were some of the guillotine's victums. -
Romanticism
An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that hapened throught Europe. It was all about feelings and nature. -
Congress of Vienna
It was a conference of ambassadors of European states. -
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The Conservation order and the Challenges of Reform
Natinalism and liberalism are huge. The Wars of Independence in Latin America happened. -
Treaty of London
It declared Greece an independent kingdom. -
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Economic advance and social unrest
Industrialism started, it effected and changed families and labor laws. Women had more importance and value. Police and prisins were established. The revolution of 1848 in Germany took place -
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The Transatlantic economy. trade wars, and colonial rebellion
Spain had vast colonies in the Americas. African slaves became a huge thing. North Amercia wanted indenpendence from Britian. -
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The Age of Nation-States
The Ottoman Empire and Russia reforms. Germany and Italy unify. Britian and Ireland emger.
